Prof. Huining Xiao
University of New Brunswisk, Canada

Prof. Xiao obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in Canada in 1995. Before joining the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Canada in 2001, he was a Lecturer at the University of Manchester (formerly UMIST) in the UK from 1996 to 2001. Currently, Prof. Xiao is the full Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. He was elected to the Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE) in June 2015. Prof. Xiao’s key research interests include the functional-modified cellulose fibres as environmental friendly materials and bioadsorbent; smart or responsive polymers/nanoparticles; biodegradable polymers and mesoporous materials. Prof. Xiao has enjoyed high reputation internationally in the areas of antimicrobial polymers and nanoparticles for cellulose-based products and enhancing barrier properties for green-based packaging materials. Over the past decades, Prof. Xiao has attracted substantial research funding from various recourses, including Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). To date Prof. Xiao has published over 670 scientific papers; among them, over 530 are SCI peer-reviewed journal papers with high impact in relevant areas. Prof. Xiao had been actively involved in the research supported by NSERC Strategic Networks. He was the Theme leader for both Sentinel-Bioactive Paper Network and Innovative Green Wood Fibre Products Network, responsible for surface chemistry/antimicrobial polymer Theme and chemical modification of fibre Theme.

Prof. Shin-Cheng YEH
National Taiwan Normal University

Prof. Yeh Shin-cheng is a Taiwanese environmental engineer. He served as Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan from 2014 to 2016. He was Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 2012 to 2014.

Yeh served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering of NTU in 1996-1997 and adjunct assistant professor in the same department in 1997–1998. Afterwards, he became an assistant professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at National Chi Nan University. In 2001–2006, he was an associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education of National Kaohsiung Normal University, and was promoted to professor and director in 2006–2009. In 2009–2012, he was a professor of the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education of National Taiwan Normal University, where he was also promoted to be director in 2010.

Prof. Guangwei Huang
Sophia University, Japan

Dr. Huang is a Professor at Sophia University, Japan, and currently serves as the Dean for the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies. He received his BSc from Fudan University, China, Master and Doctoral degrees from the University of Tokyo.
Before joining Sopha in 2011, his career included Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, Kanazawa University, and Niigata University, and Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. From 2015 to 2022, he was the Director of the Institute for Studies of the Global Environment, Sophia University.
Passionate about water environment, his study has evolved from fluid dynamics to water quality modeling and monitoring, urban flood risk analysis and reduction, and further to integrated watershed science and management. In recent years, his main research focus has been sustainability science from multiple perspectives, such as how urban sustainability development may cause rural unsustainability, how water culture may hinder sustainable living, and wetland conservation and wise use can contribute to social sustainability, and how environmental impact assessment should be conducted under the framework of sustainability. Wording differently, he uses water as a nexus to link the three pillars of sustainability.
He has peer-reviewed publications in various international journals such as Journal of Environmental Informatics, Natural Hazards, Hydrobiologia, Environment Pollution, International Journal of River Basin Management, Sustainability, etc. In 2019, he received the award of distinguished scientist from the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS). Further, he is the Editor in Chief for International Journal of Global Environmental Issues.
At this conference, he will deliver a talk about integrated watershed management for contributing to the achievement of SDGs.