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Professor Brian Roberts has worked as a professional planner, project manager, academic andadviser for 40 years, on a wide range of urban and regional planning, urban management,institutional capacity building, land management and administration and economic development projects in 30 countries. He has held senior positions with the United Nations Centre for HumanSettlements, Queensland state government (Australia), two academic institutions, and the privateconsulting industry. These positions have involved managing large and complex multi-discipline projects, overseeing national and regional institutional reform programs, developing nationalurban management policy, higher-level education and training, and the briefing heads of State andministers in several countries. He has been a speaker, presenter, moderator and panelist at manynational and international forums, conferences and seminar events, a peer reviewer and authors of many international journals, books, and publications. He has been an assessor for the AustralianResearch Council, and several international development agency research and development grants.During his professional career, he has been involved in teaching & research, authoring and co-authoring 120 conference papers, journal articles, book chapters and books, including a textbook on regional economic development. He has supervised and examined masters and PhDtheses.

He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1995), a Master's in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1997) and a PhD in Civil Engineering - University of Leeds (2002). He is currently associate professor IV at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. He is editor-in-chief of Water (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/editors) and Ambiente Construído (http://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido) magazines. He has experience in Civil Engineering, with emphasis on energy efficiency in buildings, working mainly on the following topics: computer simulation, thermal performance of buildings, energy efficiency in buildings, natural and artificial lighting, rational use of water, use of rainwater, sustainability and life cycle analysis. In a study carried out by Stanford University, United States, published in 2021 (DOI 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3) he is among the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world throughout their careers; occupying the seventh position among the classifieds of UFSC and the eighth position among the classifieds of the state of SC. He is also among the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world in 2020; occupying the second position among the classifieds of UFSC and the second position among the classifieds of the state of SC. In 2021, in a study carried out by the AD Scientific Index (https://noticias.ufsc.br/2021/10/ufsc-tem-165-pesquisadores-entre-os-mais-influentes-da-america-latina-aponta-ranking -internacional/), is among the ten thousand most influential scientists in Latin America and also in the BRICS countries; in all areas of knowledge occupies the 36th position at UFSC, 1731st in Brazil, 2226th in Latin America, 5979th in BRICS and 77925th in the world. In the online version of the AD Scientific Index (www.adscientificindex.com), as of 10/03/2021, in all areas of knowledge it occupies the 36th position at UFSC, 1557th in Brazil, 1954th in South America and 70851th in the world; considering only the area of ​​Civil Engineering, it ranks 1st at UFSC, 4th in Brazil, 6th in South America and 463rd in the world (https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist.php?id=1109478). In a study carried out by Stanford University, United States, published in 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918) he is among the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world throughout their careers; occupying the eighth position among the classifieds of UFSC and the tenth position among the classifieds of the state of SC. Also among the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world in 2019; occupying the first position among the classifieds of UFSC and the first position among the classifieds of the state of SC

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Agronomist engineer and phD in agricultural research, lead the table grapes team of IMIDA, public institute of agrarian research. We developed together ITUM a genetic breeding program to obtain new seedless table grapes varieties with the use of biotechnological techniques such as in vitro culture and molecular markers for obtaining seedlings. Breeder of 20 new varieties already grown in Spain; the first commercial farms are being planted in Chile, Peru, Brazil and Australia; and in the coming years in South Africa, Namibia, Mexico, India and the United States. Two of the varieties have genes for resistance to powdery mildew; we are now focusing on organic farming. Speaker at international congresses in Singapore, Mexico, Chile, Italy, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, France, Greece and Peru.

Dr. Shankar Lal Garg is a reputed personality of the world with rich professional experience in different aspects of science research and development, teaching and supervising, planning and administration, institutional growth, international cooperation etc. Dr. Garg is recognized as a well-known environmentalist, eminent scientist, good researcher and bright academician having sound administrative acumen. He is a person of integrity, vision and foresight to lead any institute to new heights in qualitative as well as quantitative growth. He has skills to work with international people and he can collaborate with international foreign Governments and other organizations. He has won national and international recognitions as an environmentalist, good researcher and excellent teacher. He was awarded “Anak Sarawak Award” in year 2010 at Sarawak, Malaysia. Dr. Garg has been awarded Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award for making India shine by NRI society of India in year 2019 to celebrate 150th celebration of Mahatma Gandhi birth. Only 25 people were awarded throughout the globe. GISR foundation awarded Dr Garg International Business and Academic Excellence Awards 2019 Academic Leadership Award at Dubai. Global Education and Corporate Leadership Award 2019 was awarded to Dr. Garg by LWT India at Jaipur.

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Prior to joining Edith Cowan University, Reza was the Head of MBA and Industrial Management department at Qazvin Islamic Azad University (QIAU). He has taught variety of courses across business and management discipline on Project Scheduling and Control, Operations Research, Production Planning and Inventory Control. Reza has published in many refereed journals such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and Operational Research. Reza joined ECU in September 2016 and has a PhD in Production /Operations Management.

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The Royal Botanical Garden is a Scientific Research Institute belonging to the Higher Council for Scientific Research whose mission is to study the current diversity of plants and fungi, understand how this diversity has been generated and promote its conservation. For this, it has professionals in research and in laboratory and greenhouse techniques, scientific collections of dry plants, documentary archives, a garden of live plants and in scientific dissemination and culture. In addition to carrying out scientific research, it promotes scientific culture through various activities for the interested public (exhibitions, botanical walks, information classrooms, etc.)