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Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

The Report of the U.N. Brundtland Commission, Our Common Future, 1987

"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"

Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives"

Abba Eban

Important note:
Due to insufficient academic interest, we regret to inform you that the Toronto conference had to be cancelled. We have prepared alternative options for the work of authors who already submitted papers to the Toronto Conference. All the authors were informed via email and in case of any doubt, please contact us at na.sdewes2024@sdewes.org

For those interested in other SDEWES conferences in 2024, please check our upcoming conferences: 2nd Asia Pacific SDEWES Conference (April in Gold Coast, Australia) or 19th SDEWES Conference (September in Rome, Italy)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

 

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Umberto Berardi
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CO-CHAIR
Dr. Marc Rosen
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
CO-CHAIR
Prof. Neven Duic
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
CO-CHAIR
Prof. Zvonimir Guzović
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Conference secretary
Dr. Marko Ban
SDEWES Centre
Zagreb, Croatia
Mr. Lawrence Brydon
Sustainable Buildings Canada
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada




CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Dr. Umberto Berardi
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CHAIR
Prof. Daniel Rolph Schneider
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Mark Gorgolewski
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Alan Fung
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Soteris Kalogirou
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol, Cyprus
Dr. Şiir KILKIŞ
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK)
Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Henrik Lund
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Prof. Ingo Stadler
Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Cologne, Germany
Prof. Rodney Stewart
Griffith University
Gold Coast, Australia
Prof. Annamaria Buonomano
University of Naples Federico II/Concordia University
Naples/Montreal, Quebec, Italy/Canada
Prof. Andreas Athienitis
Concordia University
Monetreal, Canada




KEYNOTE AND PANEL PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Prof. Ingo Stadler
Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Cologne, Germany
CHAIR
Prof. Maria da Graça Carvalho
Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon, Portugal
Prof. Neven Duic
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia




AWARD COMMITTEE

Prof. Natasha Markovska
Research Center for Energy and Sustainable Development - MANU
Skopje, North Macedonia
CHAIR
Prof. Ingo Stadler
Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Cologne, Germany
Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek
Institute Jozef Stefan
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Antonio Piacentino
University of Palermo
Palermo, Italy
Dr. Brian Vad Mathiesen
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Prof. Miroslava Kavgic
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada









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