Committees

Renowned leaders from the world of scholarship, politics, business, and civil society will attend 5th International Solar Cities Congress.

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At the international level, the 5th International Solar Cities Congress is made up of an Advisory Board, an Executive Committee and a Scientific Committee. At the local level, has an organizing committee.

Both the Board and the various committees are made up of the most important referents linked to the themes of the Congress.

The Scientific Committee will be responsible for the task of evaluating and selecting - taking into account the academic quality and relevance to the defined themes - the papers received under the Academic Forum, in order to choose the best papers to participate during the Congress.

International Advisory Board:

Chair: Mauricio Macri - Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires

  • Jong-dall Kim
    • President - International Solar Cities Initiative, ISCI
  • John Byrne
    • President, Director - Centre for Energy & Environmental Policy, Universidad de Delaware, USA
  • Monica Oliphant
    • Past President - International Solar Energy Society, ISES
  • Lida Tetsunari
    • Executive Director - Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Japan
  • Sanjay Mangala Gopal
    • Associate Professor and Director - Non-Conventional Energy Sources Laboratory, Departament of Mechanical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, India
  • Dr. Osvaldo Canziani
    • PhD in Meteorology - Universidad de Buenos Aires
    • Former Co-Chairman - IPCC Working Group II

Scientific Committee:

Energy & Climate Change:

  • Dr. Daniel Bouille

    • Vice President - Bariloche Foundation
    • BA in Economics with specialization in Energy Economics

  • Dr. Osvaldo Canziani

    • PhD in Meteorology - Universidad de Buenos Aires
    • Former Co-Chairman - IPCC Working Group II

  • Dr. Inés Camilloni

    • Dr. in Atmospheric Sciences - Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
    • Professor - Sea and Atmosphere Investigation Centre (CIMA)

Sustainable Construction:

  • Dr. Arq. Martin Evans

    • Professor-Researcher - Centro de Investigación Hábitat y Energía. Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

  • Ing. Alfredo Estéves

    • Industrial Engineer - Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
    • Member of the Scientific Researcher Career - CONICET
    • Teacher-Researcher - Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de Mendoza

  • Arq. Chiel Boonstra

    • CEO, senior consultant - Trecodome
    • Member of Board - International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI)

  • Dra. Graciela Lesino

    • PhD in Physics - University of Paris XI (Centre d'Orsay)
    • Former Deputy Director - INENCO
    • Emeritus professor - Univerisidad Nacional de Salta (UNS)

Energy Use and Local Generation:

  • Dr. Carlos Cadena

    • President - Argentinean Association of Renewable Energies & Environment (ASADES)
    • PhD in Renewable Energies - Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNS)

  • Dra. Graciela Lesino

    • PhD in Physics - University of Paris XI (Centre d'Orsay)
    • Former Deputy Director - INENCO
    • Emeritus professor - Univerisidad Nacional de Salta (UNS)

  • Dr. Susan Roaf

    • Visiting Professor - Open University and Arizona State University
    • Councilor - City of Oxford
    • Professor of Architectural Engineering - Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh)

  • Dr. Julio Durán

    • Head of Solar Energy Department - Atomic Energy National Commission (CNEA)
    • Professor - School of Science and Technology, National University of San Martín (UNSAM)

  • Dr. Julio Bragagnolo

    • PhD in Physics of Solid State - University of Delaware (USA).
    • Coordinator of the Solar Energy Mention of the Master in Renewable Energy - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN)
    • Expert in Photovoltaic Technology

Organising Committee:

Chair: Juan Carlos Villalonga- President - Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Environment and Public Space of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA)

  • Nerio Pace - Department of International Relations and Protocol (Government of the City of Buenos Aires)
  • Natalia Bas - Department of Science and Technology - Undersecretary of Creative Economy (Government of the City of Buenos Aires)
  • Marcelo Alvarez - Argentina Renewable Energies Chamber (CADER)
  • Florence Gonzalez Otharán - Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Environment and Public Space (Government of the City of Buenos Aires).
  • Gonzalo del Castillo - Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Environment and Public Space (Government of the City of Buenos Aires)
  • Dra. Susan Roaf - Professor of Architectural Engineering - Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh).
  • Dr. Manuel Fuentes - Advisory Board - International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI)
  • Arq. Chiel Boonstra - Advisory Board - International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI)