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Eric Delforge
Corporate Business & Policy Officer, Mayekawa Europe
Eric Delforge joined Mayekawa in 2004. Previously he worked for several screw compressor manufacturers managing European activities. At Mayekawa, he handles European sales in industrial refrigeration, gas processing, cryogenics, heat pumps and food processing. The main focus of his work consists of the integration of heating and cooling into smart energy and thermal storage solutions. He advocates natural refrigerant-based technology applications across all industrial markets. He represents Mayekawa in various market sector organizations, actively informing its members on Mayekawa product developments and innovative applications. He also acts as a consultant and business lead with Mayekawa's large global accounts.
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Nina Masson
Chief Strategy Advisor, Special Projects, shecco
Nina has been working with shecco for 11 years in various roles, including Deputy Managing Director shecco SPRL and Chief Market Development Officer shecco group. Today, as Chief Strategy Advisor for Special Projects, she is responsible for EU and UN projects for natural refrigerants and sustainable HVAC&R solutions. She holds two Masters’ degrees in Business Management and in Environmental Management. Nina has been the lead author on various publications. She serves as an independent expert for UN and EU agencies on policy analysis, capacity building, renewable energies and energy efficiency.
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Petter Nekså
Chief Research Scientist, Department of Gas Technology, SINTEF Energy Research
Petter Nekså is a chief research scientist at SINTEF’s Department of Gas Technology. He also works as an adjunct professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dep. of Energy and Process Engineering and as visiting professor at the Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. With more than 30 years of professional experience within refrigeration and process technology, Nekså actively participates in several international organisations including the IIR, IPCC/TEAP and UNEP/TEAP (Technical and Economic Assessment Panel). Throughout his career, he has also obtained experience as a project manager for numerous medium to large projects.
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Agustin Sanchez Guevara
National Coordinator, Ozone Protection Unit, Mexico
Agustin Sanchez Guevara has been a Professor of Economics in the Metropolitan Autonomous University. Since 2003, he is the National Coordinator of Ozone Protection Unit in México, carrying out several projects such as the CFC national phase-out plan and the carbon tetrachloride phase-out project. He also coordinated the CFC production phase-out project. He has been awarded by the Montreal Protocol and US Environmental Protection Agency for his project implementation in benefit of the ozone layer and the global climate. Currently he is in charge of the implementation of the HCFC Phase-out Management Plan in México and is part of the negotiation team for the HFC phase-down amendment proposal to the Montreal Protocol. Agustin is the current Chair of the Executive Committee of the Montreal Protocol.
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Sidi Menad Si Ahmed
International Chief Advisor, shecco
Recently retired from his position as the Director of the Montreal Protocol Branch at UNIDO, Mr. Si Ahmed is shecco's International Chief Advisor.
Originally a meteorologist with a specialisation on numerical forecast, he graduated from the Institut Hydrometeorologique de Formation et de Recherche of Oran (Algeria) and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (atmospheric pollution).
Before joining UNIDO as a Protocol Coordinator, and later as a Director of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Branch, Mr. Si Ahmed was the Director on Environmental Studies at the Ministry of Environment in Algeria. He was also a lecturer on Environmental Impact Assesment at the University of Algiers.
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Stephan Sicars
Director of the Environment Branch, UNIDO
Mr. Sicars holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hanover University with specialization in energy- and process engineering.
For ten years, he was a Senior Programme Officer with the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation on the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. His main responsibilities were to discuss with the implementing agencies of the Protocol and the Executive Committee of the Fund, project and programme assessment, development of funding rules and policies, as well as funding levels. Prior to joining the Multilateral Fund, he worked for a number of years in research, facilitated technology transfer and participated in a number of international technical panels and task forces.
Mr. Sicars is currently Director of the Environment Branch of UNIDO, which, through the implementation of projects, covers subjects such as cleaner production, water, the management of persistent organic pollutants as well as mercury, and emission reduction of non-CO2 climate gases as well as phase-out of ozone depleting substances.
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Zhong Zhifeng
Vice Chief of Division III, FECO/MEP, China
ZHONG Zhifeng, graduated from Tsinghua University, holds a master degree of chemistry. In 2008, Zhong joined Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection, PRC. He then starts his career working in refrigerant sector. He is now generally responsible for the implementation of China Room Air Conditioner HPMP, Industry Commercial Refrigeration HPMP and Servicing HPMP.