Syed Isa Syed Alwi is the founder and Managing Director of the Premia International which was established in 2016. Currently residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; returning home after decades living abroad, he is an avid enjoyer of the climate, lifestyle and South East Asian food. He is a guest speaker at various conferences whose being at over 40 International conferences & summits around the globe with an emphasis on Algae Technology, Renewable Energy, Precision Agriculture and Biotechnology. Syed Isa has strong knowledge and working experience in renewable energy industry in Europe and Asia. Previously Syed Isa was the Managing Director for Algaetech International Sdn Bhd. Since 2004, he has steered Algaetech to dedicate in extensive research and development to algae technology, and the company has accumulated experience and expertise through the implementation of Algaetech's research into successful projects. Syed Isa also created Algae Integrated Management System (AIMsys), which provides real-time monitoring of an algae cultivation facility, including computerized automation control system of the process’s conditions, customized reporting with analysis that will assist algae businesses.

bio-remediation and renewable energy applications

Pr. Noureddine ALLOUCHE is a full professor in chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax (FSS) and Head of the Natural Substances Team in the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry. His research activity is documented by about 80 scientific peer-reviewed papers (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noureddine_Allouche) with an h-index of 14 and 908 citations, 2 chapters in two books and 2 patents, dealing with the extraction, isolation identification and biological activities of natural substances as well as treatment and valorization of industrial wastes. He leads a research group of more than 20 researchers. Pr. Noureddine ALLOUCHE prepared his Ph.D. Thesis (2000-2005) dealing with the treatment and valorization of olive mill waste. He has performed a Post-doc training (2006-2007) in the Institute of Natural Products Chemistry of CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. He participated in an INCO-MED project ‘‘contract ICA3-CT2002-10033’’ (2002-2004) entitled: ‘‘ New technologies for olive mill wastewater detoxification and product recovery”. Pr. ALLOUCHE was/is a national coordinator of four European projects: FP7, ARIMNET, H2020 and Erasmus+

Chemistry,