Plenary & Keynote Speakers

8th International Conference on Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer (EHST 2024)



We are pleased to announce the plenary and keynote speakers for the 8th International Conference of Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer (EHST 2024) :



Dr. Catherine Mulligan

Dr. Catherine Mulligan
Concordia University, Canada
Plenary Speaker

Catherine N. Mulligan, PhD. is a Distinguished Research Professor at Concordia University in Montreal. She is the founder and Director of the Concordia Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems. Her research involves the treatment of soil, water, sediments and mining wastes. She has published more than 135 refereed journal papers and 8 books, and is preparing the book on the Water-Energy Nexus to be published in 2024 by CRC Press. She has supervised more than 75 graduate students to completion. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Engineering Institute of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering and Royal Society of Canada.

Topic of Keynote: Water-Energy Nexus: Energy Extraction from Water Towards Carbon Neutrality
Plenary Abstract

Dr. Sulaiman Al-Zuhair

Dr. Sulaiman Al-Zuhair
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Keynote Speaker

Sulaiman Al-Zuhair is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at UAE University and currently holds the position of Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Before that, he held the positions of Head of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Director of Project Management Unit and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program. Prof. Al-Zuhair’s research resulted in publication of over 100 papers in Scopus and his current Scopus h-index is 34. He also has five patents under his name and published an authored book and three book chapters. As a Principal Investigator, Prof. Al-Zuhair was able to secure research funds of over AED 3 million dirhams, and over AED 20 million as a Co-Investigator. He is the recipient of the Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (Best Academic Research) and the UAEU Research Excellence Award in 2019, and College of Engineering Excellence Research Award in 2016 and 2020. Prof. Al-Zuhair is on the Editorial Boards in a number of journals, and had held positions in the scientific and organizing committees of several international conferences

Topic of Keynote: Performance of Immobilized Enzymes in Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Keynote Abstract


Registration fee includes the following:

  • Publication of 1 accepted paper in the proceedings. Publication of each additional paper requires a $300 CAD registration
  • Buffet lunch for each day of the conference
  • 2 coffee breaks for each day of the conference
  • 1 banquet dinner OR cruise tour

Important information for accompanying person(s): Please be informed that the accompanying person can NOT be a co-author.
Co-authors, regardless if 1 author is attending, must pay the full registration fee.
The accompany person fee is only for spouses and/or children. Please contact us if you are unsure.

Virtual registration fee includes the following:

  • Publication of 1 accepted paper in the proceedings. Publication of each additional paper requires a $250 CAD registration
  • Access to all the sessions of the conference