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SUMMARY:KU Summer Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:About\nAs the top-ranked university in the UAE\, Khalifa University recognizes its increasingly important role in the nation to promote learning\, knowledge and the development of new ideas\, not just within our own classrooms and labs\, but beyond into the local and global communities that we serve. \nWe are deeply committed to contributing to society through a range of partnerships and outreach activities\, including the newly launched KU Summer Webinar Series\, a string of educational webinars that will run throughout August 2020. This series is designed to educate and inform the general public about a variety of beneficial topics\, ranging from lessons on the coronavirus to lessons on how to better understand your personality\, build leadership skills\, create a sustainable lifestyle\, and many more. \nThe series is targeted towards everyone – from high school and university students\, to parents\, professionals and anyone in between who is interested in broadening their skillset and knowledge. \nWe are pleased to offer these seminars free of charge to our local and international community of learners as an extension of our active commitment to exchanging knowledge and resources in the spirit of collaboration to promote a happier\, more engaged community\, and a more sustainable world. \nThe ultimate aim of this Webinar Series is to leverage KU’s diverse set of resources to address the needs of the larger community\, and inform and empower community members with meaningful and actionable solutions. \nSchedule\nDownload the Schedule (English) Download the Schedule (Arabic) \nDate: Sunday\, 9 August 2020\n\n11am Using MBTI to learn about yourself and others by Kholoud Ribhi Elayyan\n\nView Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LaD_3BTDVw&feature=youtu.be \n\n2pm Combine Strengths of People through Positive Teamwork by Abdus Sabur Muhammad\n\nView Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85u6fy5OgPo&feature=youtu.be \n\n5pm Create a Sustainable\, Long-term\, Effective Lifestyle by Abdus Sabur Muhammad\n\nView Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtxnkWu2akY&feature=youtu.be \nDate: Tuesday\, 11 August 2020\n\n11am Developing Competencies in Medicine and Biotechnology for Abu Dhabi & the UAE by Dr. Habiba Alsafar\n\nView Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MJ9d93Mc8&feature=youtu.be \n\n2pm Curriculum Vitae Workshop by Joe Lahoud\n\nView Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKMSJTNDIc&feature=youtu.be \n\n5pm External factors that are driving Innovation in both Public and Private Sectors by Dr. Toufic Mezher\n\nView Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tThAw3jZa8I&feature=youtu.be \nDate: Thursday\, 13 August 2020\n\n11am Sustainable solutions for the road infrastructure in Abu Dhabi by Dr. Michele Lanotte\n2pm Silicon Photonics: controlling the flow of light by Dr. Jaime Viegas           \n5pm The Impact of the Mathematical Sciences in Modern Society by Dr. Jorge Zubelli\n\nDate: Sunday\, 16 August 2020\n\n11am ‘Exercise Snacks’ for a Healthier You by Kim Thompson\n2pm Technologies Leading to Sustainable Energy Transition by Dr. Samuel Mao\n5pm Biofeedback\, Mindfulness and Resilience in the Era of Covid-19 by Dr. Herbert Jelinek\n\nDate: Tuesday\, 18 August 2020\n\n11am Electric Transportation/Electric Vehicles by Dr. Balanthi Beig\n2pm Soil salinization: An hydrological perspective by Dr. Annalisa Molini\n5pm Drones: Safe and Secure Operation by Dr. Abdulhadi Shoufan\n\nDate: Thursday\, 20 August 2020\n\n11am The wondrous\, stupendous\, marvelous curious world of viruses by Dr. Ahmed Yousef\n2pm How a Career in Medicine Can Help the UAE Rise Out of a Pandemic by Dr. Peter Corridan\n5pm The role of serendipity in the discovery of crystal polymorphs & the impact of polymorphism on factors as diverse as the taste of chocolate and the efficacy of aspirin tablets by Dr. Sharmarke Mohamed\n\nDate: Sunday\, 23 August 2020\n\n11am Artificial Intelligence between Reality and Fiction by Dr. Hani Saleh\n2pm Data Analytics and Decision Making in the Digital Transformation Era by Dr. Ernesto Damiani\n5pm Learning by Doing\, Part of a Real-World Curriculum by Dr. Asli Hassan\n\nDate: Tuesday\, 25 August 2020\n\n11am 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing at Forefront of Fourth Industrial Revolution by Dr. Rashid Abu Al-Rub\n2pm Educating the whole student by Dr. Asli Hassan\n5pm The value of developing social and emotional learning skills by Dr. Asli Hassan\n\nDate: Thursday\, 27 August 2020\n\n11am The Use of Technology in Shaping the Future of Oil and Gas Industry by Dr. Emad Walid Al Shalabi\n2pm Developing Leadership Skills by Dr. Asli Hassan\n5pm The Dynamics of COVID-19 Pandemic by Dr. Dimitris Goussis\n\n
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SUMMARY:KU Community Webinars
DESCRIPTION:Khalifa University is deeply committed to contributing to society through a range of partnerships and outreach activities\, including the newly launched KU Summer Webinar Series\, a string of educational webinars that will run throughout August 2020. This series is designed to educate and inform the general public about a variety of beneficial topics\, ranging from lessons on the coronavirus to lessons on how to better understand your personality\, build leadership skills\, create a sustainable lifestyle\, and many more. \nThe series is targeted towards everyone – from high school and university students\, to parents\, professionals and anyone in between who is interested in broadening their skillset and knowledge. \nWe are pleased to offer these seminars free of charge to our local and international community of learners as an extension of our active commitment to exchanging knowledge and resources in the spirit of collaboration to promote a happier\, more engaged community\, and a more sustainable world. \n
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SUMMARY:SAFI-UAE Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:The UAE is at a very interesting crossroads as it relates to its aviation industry. In many ways\, the UAE has demonstrated its capacity to dream big and to deliver on its promises\, from launching a mission to mars\, to being a world leader in energy investments and infrastructure. \nThe UAE is ranked 3rd worldwide both in terms of Revenue-Ton-Kilometres (RTKs) and Revenue-Passenger-Kilometres (RPKs)\, two of the most important indicators to measure aviation’s impact\, only behind the USA and China. \nFrom an internal perspective\, the UAE has invested an estimated $270 billion (AED 1 trillion) in its aviation sector\, which includes improvements to airport infrastructure and a fleet of 884 modern commercial aircraft (which up until the COVID-19 outbreak was being increased by five to six aircraft per month). \nIf the UAE is to have a license to grow sustainably\, it must look at how its aviation sector will come out of the current crisis\, stronger and more resilient than ever\, and positioned to spearhead the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) from a strategic perspective. \nWith this in mind\, the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Initiative for the United Arab Emirates (SAFI-UAE) will be getting under way through this Webinar Series\, where we will explore many of the topics of relevance that will set the scene for a strong and vibrant SAF industry in the UAE. \nOnly working together will we accomplish this objective. We invite you to be part of SAFI-UAE! \nAgenda\nSession 1\nco-hosted by the International Association for Energy Economics – IAEE \nTitle : The Challenge for Sustainable Aviation Fuels Beyond COVID-19\nDate/Time :  5 August 2020\, 5:30pm – 6:30pm UAE Time\n\nSpeakers : Format – moderated panel session \n\nModerator\n\nSteve Griffiths (Senior Vice President\, Research and Development\, Professor of Practice\, Khalifa University of Science and Technology\, UAE)\n\n\nPanelists\n\nRobert Boyd (Senior Manager – Aviation Environment\, International Air Transport Association (IATA)\, Switzerland)\nJim Hileman (Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Environment\, Federal Aviation Administration\, USA)\nAlejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium\, Khalifa University of Science and Technology\, UAE)\n\n\n\nSession attendees will come away with insights into: \n\nThe efforts and strategies of the aviation industry to reduce its carbon footprint\nThe development and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels to date\, and the onset of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)\nThe outlook towards the long term goal of reducing by 50% the emissions in 2050 using 2005 as the baseline year\nShort and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 demand shock for the aviation industry\nThe future for SAF and the pathways most likely to address the challenge – local solutions for a global industry\n\nView Session 1 Here \n\n\n\nSession 2\nTitle: Pathways to Produce SAF\nDate/Time: 11 August 2020\, 5:30pm – 6:30pm UAE Time \nFormat – moderated panel session \n\nModerator\n\nAlejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium\, Khalifa University of Science and Technology\, UAE)\n\n\nPanelists\n\nMark Rumizen (Senior Technical Specialist\, Aviation Fuels\, Federal Aviation Administration\, USA)\nBruno Miller (Managing Director – Fuels\, Fulcrum Bioenergy\, USA)\nJennifer Holmgren (Chief Executive Officer\, Lanzatech\, USA)\n\n\n\n\nSession attendees will come away with insights into:\n\nAn understanding of the fuel approval process for SAF\nThe annexes that have been approved up to date and the ones that are on the pipeline\nA look at some of the most relevant projects that are being developed worldwide\nThe current and future technologies that can be used for producing SAF\nThe challenges for developing refining infrastructure for SAF and getting it to market\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios\n \nMark Rumizen has been the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) regulatory and technical expert for aviation fuels for over two decades. He has been employed by the FAA since 1991 and is currently the Senior Technical Specialist for aviation fuels in the Aircraft Certification Division.  He is also a member of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) steering committee and is the leader of the CAAFI Certification & Qualification Panel.  He serves on the Executive Subcommittee of the ASTM International Aviation Fuels Subcommittee and is the chairman of that subcommittee’s Emerging Fuels section. \n \n \nDr. Bruno Miller is Managing Director of Fuels and Regulatory Affairs at Fulcrum Bioenergy\, a pioneer in the development of a reliable and efficient process for transforming everyday household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels including jet fuel and diesel. He is responsible for directing Fulcrum´s fuels activities including sales\, logistics\, regulatory compliance\, and sustainability. Dr. Miller has more than 20 years of experience in the air transportation industry. As a strategic sourcing manager in the fuel department at Northwest and Delta Airlines\, he was responsible for the airline’s fuel supply chain in the U.S. Northeast\, Latin America and Africa\, including major airports in New York\, Boston and Washington D.C.  As Principal of Energy and Environment at Metron Aviation\, he analyzed and developed strategies to strengthen the leadership of major global airlines on sustainability and environmental performance. Dr. Miller has been Principal Investigator in a number of projects for the National Academy of Science’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) and was the co-chairman of the business team of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). He holds a Ph.D. in Air Transportation Systems as well as a M.S. and B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a M.S. in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). \n\n \nDr. Jennifer Holmgren is CEO of revolutionary carbon recycling company\, LanzaTech. Prior to LanzaTech\, Jennifer was VP and General Manager of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit at UOP LLC\, a Honeywell Company. Under her management\, UOP technology became instrumental in producing nearly all of the initial fuels used by commercial airlines and the military for testing and certification of alternative aviation fuel. Today\, under Jennifer’s guidance\, LanzaTech is working towards deploying carbon capture and reuse facilities globally to make fuels and chemicals from waste carbon.  In 2015\, Jennifer and her team at LanzaTech were awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Presidential Green Chemistry Award and she received the BIO Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology and the Outstanding Leader Award in Corporate Social Innovation from the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.  She was named most influential leader in the Bioeconomy by Biofuels Digest in 2017 and received the Digest Global Bioenergy Leadership Award in 2018. A member of the National Academy of Engineering\, a dog lover and committed greyhound rescuer\, Jennifer holds a B.Sc. degree from Harvey Mudd College\, a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago.  Jennifer is also the Director and Chair of the LanzaJet Board of Directors.  LanzaJet\, Inc.\, is a new company that will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for a sector requiring climate friendly fuel options. \nRegister for Session 2 \n\nSession 3\nTitle: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiatives Around the World\nDate/Time: 18 August 2020\, 5:30pm – 6:45pm UAE Time\nFormat – moderated panel session \n\nModerator\n\nAlejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium\, Khalifa University of Science and Technology\, UAE)\n\n\nPanelists\n\nSteve Csonka (Executive Director – Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)\, USA)\nKateryna Derkach (Director Strategy and Sustainability\, Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN)\, Canada)\nPedro Scorza (Director de Biocombustíveis de Aviação na Ubrabio\, Brazil)\n\n\n\n\nSession attendees will come away with insights into:\n\nAn understanding of the different initiatives that have been launched around the world to promote SAFs\nManaging a SAF initiative and governance structure\nStakeholder engagement process for SAF initiatives\nBest practices for initiatives working on SAF\n\n\n\nSession 4\nTitle: Global Lessons on SAF\nDate/Time: 25 August 2020\, 5:30pm – 7pm UAE Time\nFormat – moderated panel session \nSession attendees will come away with insights into: \n\nThe efforts worldwide for promoting SAFs from different perspectives\nThe view from an airline\nThe view from an OEM\nThe view from a distributor of SAF\nThe view from a promoter\nWhat has worked? What hasn’t?\nWhat is needed to get to the long-term goal?\nRecommendations from the industry to realize SAFs\n\nSession 5\nTitle: The Role of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Development of SAF\nDate/Time: 1 September 2020\, 3pm – 4:15pm UAE Time\nFormat – moderated panel session \nSession attendees will come away with insights into: \n\nThe initiatives that are being undertaken by the oil and gas (O&G) majors around the world to produce SAF and reduce aviation’s carbon footprint\nWhat are the key technologies that are used in the oil and gas industry to produce SAF\nCCUS\nHydrogen production\nHydrotreatment\nWhat is the role of the O&G industry moving forward in the production of SAF\n\nSession 6\nTitle: Regional Constraints and Opportunities for the Production of SAF\nDate/Time: 8 September 2020\, 3pm – 4pm UAE Time\nFormat – moderated panel session \nSession attendees will come away with insights into: \n\nThe constraints and opportunities that are available in this region of the world\nNo biomass at scale\nLarge energy infrastructure investments\nLow-cost low-carbon energy sources\nThe strategic role of the aviation industry for the UAE\nThe importance of Low Carbon Aviation Fuels (LCAF) in the energy portfolio for the aviation industry\nHow can policy help in the development of SAF for this region?\n\nSession 7\nTitle: Best Practices and Crossover Points for SAFI-UAE\nDate/Time: 15 September 2020\, 10am – 11:30am UAE Time\nFormat – moderated panel session \nSession attendees will come away with insights into: \n\nTechnology: several technological pathways have been established to produce SAF and a discussion will be held on the ones that are most applicable in the UAE and how they can be implemented\nPolicy: a number of policy options are available for the deployment of SAF and the ones most applicable to the UAE will be discussed\nSustainability: all aspects of sustainability (environmental\, economic\, social) need to be considered\, and an exploration of the certification schemes that will be available to ensure compliance with CORSIA will be done\, together with a discussion on optimizing carbon management\nR&D: there are several research tracks that could benefit the development of SAF in the UAE\, and this will be explored\nBusiness Development: a discussion of how to “connect the dots” so that projects to produce SAF can be integrated across industrial sectors\, working to secure the necessary financing and stakeholder involvement will be discussed\nThe views from the different strategic sectors of the UAE for producing SAF\nWhat are possible objectives and pathways for developing the SAF industry in the UAE?\nThe importance and strengths of the UAE to become a world leader in the production of SAF\n\nSession 8\nTitle: Stakeholder Engagement for SAFI-UAE\nDate/Time:  30 September 2020\, 10am UAE Time\nFormat – in-person stakeholder engagement session at KU \n\nModerator\n\nAlejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium\, Khalifa University of Science and Technology\, UAE)\n\n\nParticipants\n\nAircraft operators: Etihad Airways\, Emirates\, Fly Dubai\, Air Arabia\nAirports: Abu Dhabi Airports Company\, Dubai Airports\, Sharjah International Airport\nAircraft manufacturers: The Boeing Company\, Airbus\nEngine manufacturers: Rolls-Royce\, GE\, CFM\, Safran\n\n\nOil & Gas\n\nProducers: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company\, Emirates National Oil Company\, Saudi ARAMCO\, BP\, Shell\, Oxy\, ExxonMobil\, Total\, ENI\nTechnology providers: UOP-Honeywell\, Axens\n\n\nSupport industries\n\nEnergy: Masdar\, Siemens\, Marubeni\, Lanzatech\, AVL\n\n\nGovernment\n\nFederal: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment\, Ministry of Energy and Industry\, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future\, Ministry of Defence\, Ministry of Economy\, General Civil Aviation Authority\nState/Local: Environment Agency Abu Dhabi\, Department of Energy\, Department of Municipalities and Transport\nCompanies: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority\, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation\, Abu Dhabi Power Corporation\, Emirates Water and Electricity Company\, Tadweer\n\n\nAcademia\n\nUniversities: Khalifa University of Science and Technology\, NYU Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates University\, American University of Sharjah\n\n\nInternational Organizations\n\nAviation: International Civil Aviation Organization\, International Air Transport Association\, Airports Council International\nNon-Governmental Organizations: Emirates Nature WWF\nEnergy: International Renewable Energy Agency\n\n\nFinance\n\nBanks: HSBC\, First Abu Dhabi Bank\, etc.\nOthers: Abu Dhabi Global Markets\, Mubadala\n\n\nSAF Producers\n\nProjects: Fulcrum Bioenergy\, Velocys\, Neste Oil\, World Energy\, Lanzatech\n\n\nThe session will focus on communicating the following objectives:\n\nEstablish SAFI-UAE and define the work program\nEngage and recruit all the necessary stakeholders to participate in SAFI\nWork on defining the best pathways to focus on for establishing pilot/demonstration projects for at least 3 of the feedstock/conversion pathways\n\n\n\nThe purpose of SAFI-UAE will be to underpin the creation of the SAF industry in the UAE. It will reinforce the overall objective of creating a knowledge-based economy and confirm the UAE’s position as a world leader in the energy and aviation sectors by creating viable business models for the production of SAF. \n\n\n
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