Scientific Committee
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Scientific committee
The Scientific Committee of the 20th International Symposium of District Heating and Cooling is composed of internationally recognised experts. The submitted abstracts and full papers will be reviewed by the members of the Scientific Committee ensuring the scientific quality of the symposium.
The Scientific Committee of the IEA DHC Symposium 2027 includes:
| Dr. Simon Moser, Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz, Austria (SC Chair) |
| Michael Ahern, Ever-Green Energy, United States |
| Javier Ferrero Andrés, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Ireland |
| Dr. James Nicholas Barry, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Ireland |
| Prof. Markus Blesl, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Raymond Boulter, Natural Resources Canada, Canada |
| Dr. Anna Cadenbach, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IEE), Germany |
| Sarah Crawford-Theurkauf, International District Energy Association (IDEA), United States |
| Prof. Alice Dénarié, Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| Dr. Valentin Gavan, ENGIE Research & Innovation (Lab CRIGEN), France |
| Prof. Elisa Guelpa, Politecnico di Torino, Italy |
| Dr. Edith Haslinger, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria |
| Prof. Rene Hofmann, TU Wien, Austria |
| Prof. Stefan Holler, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany |
| Prof. Anton Ianakiev, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom |
| Jacob Janssen, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Netherlands |
| Dr. Hanne Kauko, SINTEF Energy Research, Norway |
| Prof. Thomas Kienberger, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria |
| Dr. Kyungmin Kim, Korea District Heating Corporation, Korea |
| Dr. Jooyong Kim, Korea District Heating Corporation, Korea |
| Håkan Knutsson, SweHeat & Cooling, Sweden |
| Prof. Risto Kosonen, Aalto University, Finland |
| Dr. Lukas Kranzl, TU Wien, Austria |
| Prof. Igor Krupenski, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia |
| Prof. Bruno Lacarrière, IMT Atlantique, France |
| Dr. Jongjun Lee, Korea District Heating Corporation, Korea |
| Dr. Kertu Lepiksaar, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia |
| Dr. Ingo Leusbrock, AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC), Austria |
| Prof. Lanbin Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China |
| Prof. Roel Loonen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands |
| Prof. Henrik Lund, Aalborg University, Denmark |
| Conall Mahon, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Ireland |
| Prof. Brian Vad Mathiessen, Aalborg University, Denmark |
| Dr. Lucio Mesquita, Natural Resources Canada, Canada |
| Prof. Natasa Nord, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway |
| Prof. Fabian Ochs, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Prof. Ivo Pothof, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
| Dr. Miika Rämä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland |
| Dr. Peter Riederer, CSTB, France |
| Meghan Riesterer, International District Energy Association (IDEA), United States |
| Dr. Henrique Roscoe Papini Lagoeiro, London South Bank University, United Kingdom |
| Prof. Costanza Saletti, University of Parma, Italy |
| Dr. Étienne Saloux, Natural Resources Canada, Canada |
| Dr. Ralf-Roman Schmidt, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria |
| Dr. Teresa Schubert, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria |
| Prof. Sylvain Serra, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (UPPA), France |
| Prof. Pascal Stabat, MINES Paris – PSL, France |
| Prof. Wolfgang Streicher, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Dr. Sreenath Sukumaran, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia |
| Prof. Michele Tunzi, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| Prof. Antti Uusitalo, LUT University, Finland |
| Dr. Amir Vadiee, Mälardalen University, Sweden |
| Dirk Vanhoudt, VITO/EnergyVille, Belgium |
| Dr. Nicolas Vasset, CEA-Liten, France |
| Prof. Ivan Verhaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| Prof. Anna Volkova, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia |
| Prof. Gernot Wallner, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria |
| Prof. Haichao Wang, Dalian University of Technology, China |
| Dr. Robin Wiltshire, IEA DHC and Heatmatters Ltd, United Kingdom |
| David Woodson, University of Washington, United States |
| Dr. Etienne Wurtz, CEA-Liten, France |
| Prof. Jianjun Xia, Tsinghua University, China |