Biography
Cliff Hacking is President and CEO of the Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA). An internationally experienced leader, Cliff has achieved significant results through creating and managing high performance teams. Since launching operations in 2012, Cliff has: led the successful launch of new EPRA branded programs in the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec, welcomed existing programs from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island into the EPRA family and has overseen the expansion of Phase V products in our British Columbia program; making it the most comprehensive program in North America. Under Cliff’s leadership, EPRA has provided a steward interface and steward services for more than 3,000 program Stewards across Canada; collecting and responsibly recycling more than 25,000 tonnes of regulated, end-of-life electronics in 2012 alone.
Research Interest
Recycling
Biography
Ahn Ji Whan received a B.S, M.S and Ph.D degree in Mining and Minerals Engineering during the years 1986 ~ 1997 from Inha University and she has another master’s degree in Resources Environmental Economics from Yonsei University. Now Dr. Ahn is working as a Principal Researcher in Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, Director for Resources, Environment and Materials R&D Center, KIGAM, President for Korea Institute of Limestone & Advanced Materials (KILAM), Chairperson, Japan/Korea International Symposium on Resources Recycling and Materials Science, Vice President of Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering and Vice President of Korea Institute of Resources and Recycling.Dr. Ji Whan Ahn has published more than 154 papers, 716 proceedings papers/Conference presentations and 71 patents. She received many awards, National Science Merit (Presidential Citation Award), The Excellent Research award from Ministry of Knowledge Economy and The First Women Ceramist award etc., for her research excellence.
Research Interest
Accelerated carbonation processing, CO2 solidification, Carbon capture and storage (CCS), Carbon capture and sequestration, Powder technology, Ceramics, Nano materials, Waste management system, Environmental remediation technologies, Green Chemistry, Mineral resources, recovery and recycling, Mineral carbonation, Electrometallurgy.
Biography
Dr. A. Angelakis is a Water Resources Engineer at the National Agric. Research Foundation, Institute of Crete, Greece and Technical Consultant of Hellenic Union of Municipal Enterprises for Water Supply and Sewerage. He has graduated from Agricultural Univ. of Athens, Greece (BS in Agronomy), UC Riverside, USA (MS in Soil Sci.), and UC Davis, USA (BS in Civil Eng., MS in Water Sci., and Ph. D. in Soil Physics). He is author/co-author of over 450 publications mostly in the scientific fields of Environmental engineering; Aquatic wastewater management systems; Small systems of water and wastewater management; Treated wastewater and reclamation and reuse; and Water and wastewater technologies in ancient civilizations. He has over 4000 SCH citations and an i10-index of 75. He has participated, mostly as invited speaker in the organizing/scientific committee of more than 120 international Symposia and/or Conferences in the last 25 years. He is Editor of Water Sciences and Technology (WST), WST: Water Supply, Public Health Frontier (PHF), Austin J. of Irrigation, and member of the Editorial Boards of Journals Water, Sustainability, International Journal of Hydrology, and International Journal of Hydrology. He is IWA (International Water Association) Distinguished Fellow and Honorary member of IWA and of Hellenic Water Association (HWA). Also he is Member of the IWA Strategic Council. He is President of IWA SG on Water and Wastewater in Ancient Civilizations and Past president of EUREAU (Federation of European Water and Wastewater Services) and the EUREAU WG on Water Reuse. He was recently awarded by the Hellenic Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeology.
Research Interest
Wastewater Treatment, Recycling