Preliminary Programme

The preliminary programmes (as of 17/07/2026) can be downloaded via the links below:

Overview Programme

Full Programme 

Keynote Speakers

The conference will feature six prominent keynote speakers. As of March 2026, five speakers are confirmed:

Dr Raya Al-Dadah (University of Birmingham)

Raya AL-Dadah is a Reader in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Head of the Sustainable Energy Technology Laboratory. She took lectureship position at UoB in 1995, promoted to senior lecturer in 2014 and to a reader in 2019. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Refrigeration, Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, member of the Higher Education Academy and associate member of the Institute of Energy. She leads research in the field of sustainable energy technologies including: (i) adsorption heat pumps using advanced metal organic framework adsorbent materials for cooling, heating, energy storage and water desalination; (ii) organic Rankine cycle for electricity generation using low temperature heat sources and (iii) harnessing solar energy using highly concentrated multijunction solar cells.

Her full profile may be viewed here Dr Raya AL-Dadah, Mechanical Engineering - University of Birmingham 

Prof Hector Iacovides (University of Manchester)

Professor Iacovides, graduated from University College London (Mechanical Engineering). He then joined the Thermo and Fluids Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department at UMIST as a post-graduate student, first obtaining an MSc Degree in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics and then going on to complete a PhD project in Computational and Experimental Heat and Fluid Flow. He then joined the staff in the Thermo and Fluids Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department at UMIST, first as a post-doctoral researcher and subsequently as a member of academic staff. Currently he is a Professor of Convective Heat Transfer at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering. He is an expert in both modelling and experimental investigation in turbulent flows, natural convection, mixed convection and conjugate heat transfer. 

His full profile can be viewed here Hector Iacovides - Research Explorer The University of Manchester

Prof Ali Kosar (Sabanci University, Turkiye)

Ali Kosar is one of the pioneers in the design and development of new generation micro heat sinks with functional surfaces and microfluidic devices including cavitation on chip devices. His research interests constitute a wide spectrum covering heat and fluid flow in micro/nano scale, condensation, boiling heat transfer, microfluidic systems, and cavitation. He is aiming at contributing to the literature by offering new knowledge and understanding about micro/nano scale heat transfer and fluid flow and providing experimental data and design guidelines for futuristic cooling and microfluidic system technologies. He has broad experience and knowledge on various types of experiments on heat and fluid flow and phase change phenomena in micro/nano scale. The results of his research have already generated more than 175 published journal research articles (received more than 4000 citations according to Web of Science, h-index: 33) which have been published in prestigious journals like Physics of Fluids, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Moreover, he also has more than 70 conference papers in prestigious and well attended international conferences.

His full profile can be viewed here Ali Kosar 

Prof Andrea Luke (Kassel University, Germany)

Prof Luke is a Professor of Technical Thermodynamics at the University of Kassel, where she leads the Technical Thermodynamics group within the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology. She studied mechanical engineering and completed her doctorate in thermodynamics, followed by academic and research roles at Leibniz University Hannover, where she also served as head of the Institute of Thermodynamics.

Her research focuses on heat and mass transfer, phase-change processes, and thermodynamic systems, with particular emphasis on evaporation, absorption, and refrigeration technologies. She has made significant contributions to experimental and applied thermodynamics, particularly in the design and optimisation of heat exchangers and energy-efficient cooling systems, and is widely recognised for linking fundamental research with practical engineering applications in sustainable thermal technologies.

Her full profile can be viewed here Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andrea Luke (Head of Technical Thermodynamics) - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Uni Kassel

Prof Andy Woods (University of Cambridge)

Prof Andy Woods, FRS, Head of Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows, University of Cambridge. BA and PhD in Applied Mathematics and Fluid Mechanics in Cambridge, with research interests in fluid mechanics for energy transition, including geothermal power production, high and low temperature thermal energy storage, hydrogen generation and storage, and geological carbon storage, and also geo flow problems, including volcanic eruption dynamics. I also have ongoing interests in the provision of low energy ventilation and heating/cooling systems for buildings, focussing on the use of thermal mass and hybrid ventilation solutions.