Mr. Vyas is the Vice President, Sales & Operations at Neelands Group Limited. He champions operational improvements and new business development with focus on sustainable energy projects, digital optimization, and productivity by refining business processes to reduce processing time, improve margins and remove inefficiencies. His focus is on creating value for the customer by developing and executing turnkey sustainable projects through integrating CO2 refrigeration with micro-turbines to reduce GHG emissions & creating energy resiliency via effective heat reclaim and bringing pieces together with a digital layer for remote monitoring, alarm management, control, and optimization saving operational costs for retail, commercial and industrial customers. Mr. Vyas manages all activities including business development, feasibility engineering, design & analysis, financials, project planning and execution. Mr. Vyas has am M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University, TX, USA. He also holds Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification from UMass Donahue Institute, MA, USA

Ali White is a VEIC Energy Consultant for Efficiency Vermont’s commercial and industrial customers. Through that energy efficiency utility, she develops innovative energy-saving solutions tailored to their business models and strategies. She conducts technical and financial analyses to confirm the value of these solutions. Ali specializes in refrigeration energy efficiency measures and system design for grocery stores, breweries, and industrial processes. She holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Vermont.

Ammi leads a team of engineers and scientists in the research, development, deployment and market transformation of Energy Efficiency & Demand Responsive (EE/DR) technologies. Some of the technologies demonstrated include: advanced space conditioning systems for residential and commercial buildings, heat pump water heaters, advanced end-use smart technologies that integrate with the smart grid, and industrial process efficiency improvements. He also manages RD&D activities focused on advanced demand response (DR) applications in Energy-Water Nexus area & renewables integration, and technologies such as OpenADR and SEP. His focus also includes utility analytical techniques, such as energy meter data disaggregation, impact of energy efficiency on emissions etc, so as to make energy efficiency and demand response programs successful around the world. In his prior tenure at EPRI, Amarnath was a Senior Project Manager within the Industrial and Distributed Generation programs. His activities included the collaborative RD&D of efficient industrial technologies, advanced fuel cells and other distributed generation technologies. Amarnath received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in chemical engineering from India and a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston.

Armand Saliani is a mechanical engineer, he received his Msc degree from Georgia Tech and started his career in the nuclear industry. Combining strong skills in piping design and mechanical calculation, he joined Arneg Canada in 2016 to take the lead of the engineering department for refrigerated cases. He helped starting the rack division in 2018 and is now supervising the engineering of both rack and cases.

En su puesto, Carlos juega un papel de liderazgo a nivel ejecutivo, supervisa un equipo de ingeniería de más de 30 profesionales ubicados en 5 diferentes países que cubren los servicios de ingeniería requeridos por toda la región. Carlos trabaja de la mano con los departamentos de ingeniera a nivel global, planeación de producto y marketing de las diferentes unidades de negocios de Copeland para definir las tecnologías, soluciones, productos y servicios para Latinoamérica. Carlos se unió a Copeland en 1998 en Buenos Aires Argentina, cambió de residencia a los Estados Unidos para tomar la responsabilidad de América Latina en 2001. Carlos cuenta con más de 30 años de experiencia ganados durante su carrera desempeñando diferentes posiciones de liderazgo en la industria HVACR. Ingeniería Termo-mecánica, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional de Buenas Aires, Argentina Maestría en Administración y Negocios

Chris Pegg is the Vice President of Sales for North America at RDM USA. He has over 25 years of experience in the HVAC/R industry. Chris began his career as a service engineer and worked in product engineering, training, and project management before transitioning into outside sales. He is invested in RDM’s commitment to increase the use of open protocol solutions in the industry to further the advance of digitalization and automation.

Christina Starr is a Senior Policy Analyst leading EIA’s advocacy and engagement on HFC policy in the United States. Christina has been closely involved over the past eight years in providing input into US EPA regulations and at the state level in California, Washington, and New York among others. She is also a member of several Underwriters Laboratories (UL) safety standards committees for refrigeration and air conditioning.

Dan Hamza-Goodacre has over 20 years’ experience working on climate and sustainable development. Previous roles include the Director of Buildings & Industry at ClimateWorks and the Deputy CEO of PwC’s Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Dan held various senior posts in UK government, notably at Defra and the UK Foreign Office. He is a regular speaker and moderator at conferences and has written widely on climate and development. He holds an MSc in International Development from Bristol University, where he also was a lecturer and researcher in global environmental politics. He has lived and worked in latin American rainforests and volunteers in schools to support their ‘green’ teams.

Mr. Mastroieni is Vice-President of Central Procurement & Facility Management for Longo’s. With over 35 years of leadership roles including operations, distribution, and supply chain, he was instrumental in the growth and success of the company. From joining in 1980 when Longo’s was a two store fruit market, today the company has over 30 locations, an online shopping facility, and a distribution center. Being an ambassador of the company, he has been a key component in helping Longo’s become a platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, as well as being one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures. Mr. Mastroieni holds a College Business Degree as well as an Executive Leadership Degree from Queens University.

David Alejandro Ríos García, es Director General de la empresa Sistemas de refrigeración Totales, SA de CV en la cual ha desarrollado excelente experiencia en refrigerantes naturales y nuevos refrigerantes químicos, especialmente en instalaciones con CO2 transitico en países de clima cálido.\\nJefe del área de diseño, desarrollo e ingeniería de la empresa Desarrollo y Control Industrial de México, SA de CV donde se han diseñado y ensamblado chillers con amoniaco en carga critica, racks de compresores con CO2 transcrito para media y baja temperatura y sistemas de refrigeración en cascada con amoniaco y CO2.\\nAsesor técnico y expositor para el CO2 Training Center México, SC. Impartiendo temas de arranque, condicionamiento y mantenimiento de sistemas de refrigeración con refrigerantes naturales.

Edwin M. Dickson es Ingeniero Químico y tiene una Maestría en Ingeniería Ambiental. Edwin es profesional técnico especializado de la Unidad Técnica Ozono del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia, con 15 años de experiencia en la formulación, ejecución y seguimiento de proyectos relacionados con la eliminación y reducción de las Sustancias Controladas por el Protocolo Montreal en el sector de refrigeración y acondicionamiento del aire, y en iniciativas Clean Cooling Collaborative (K-CEP), y SPODS (Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Phase-Out of Ozone Depleting Substances). Entre sus principales logros se incluye la participación en el diseño de ingeniería de acondicionadores de aire centralizados con R290, asistencia técnica para el montaje de una nueva línea de fabricación de acondicionadores del aire centralizados con ductos, que funcionan con refrigerante tipo hidrocarburo, y formulación de la estrategia nacional de implementación de alternativas y medidas de eficiencia ambiental y energética para el sector de refrigeración comercial de supermercados en Colombia. Además, participó en el diseño de ingeniería de refrigeradores comerciales autocontenidos, y sistemas de refrigeración comercial tipo Mini Chiller con R290, y en la adopción de la NTC 6228 – ISO 5149. Trabajó en la implementación de la estrategia de valorización de gases refrigerantes residuales en Colombia – Red Nacional de Recuperación, Reciclaje y Regeneración de Gases Refrigerantes.

Francisco Picazo is a Global Engineering Project Manager at Grupo Bimbo. He has a Mechatronics Degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has been working on Asset Management and CAPEX projects for the baking industry since 2015. In 2019, he was appointed to lead Grupo Bimbo’s Refrigerants Strategy and today, he is also overseeing strategic projects for Grupo Bimbo, which includes new bakeries and new manufacturing lines.

After obtaining his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002, Giacomo Pisano worked for one year as a Project Manager for General Electric’s Oil & Gas division, where the core business is turbomachinery applied to the oil \\u0026 gas industry. He joined DORIN in 2003 in the R&D department, taking responsibility of the CO2 compressor development and being in charge of the product’s technical qualification. Giacomo Pisano then took over several application engineering roles and is currently responsible for the CO2 compressors’ business development. In the meantime he joined several ASERCOM working groups and was the Chairman for the association’s CO2 working group for many years.

Glenn has been working on F-gas management strategies for more than 25 years, and currently develops regulations to reduce emissions of high-global warming refrigerants in California. Glenn also serves as a technical advisor to the U.S. Climate Alliance Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy team.

Harrison Horning is Director of Maintenance for Retail Business Services, a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize. His role is focused on supporting Hannaford and Stop & Shop, two grocery chains with approximately 600 stores in eight northeastern US states. His current work includes collaborative efforts to address sustainability and climate impacts. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of facilities and energy management.

With a post-graduate degree in journalism from Rhodes University in South Africa and 10 years of experience relating to the HVAC&R industry, Ilana joined ATMOsphere (formerly shecco) in 2019. Co-founder of ATMOsphere, she also heads up the Market Intelligence team, focusing on market research, policy analysis, media, and specialized campaigns – all with the aim to accelerate the global transition to clean cooling and natural refrigerant solutions.

Jennifer has been involved in regulatory affairs across multiple industries for more than 20 years. In her current role, she is responsible for managing activities related to policies, regulations, codes and standards as they apply to the air conditioning and heat pump market. She is involved in several industry organizations, including AHRI and ASHRAE. Jennifer earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Wright State University and has an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix.

John has industry-leading Expertise in transcritical CO2 and Cascade [CO2-NH3] refrigeration systems for industrial refrigeration and industrial cooling applications. He has previously worked at GEA, BAC, Guentner, Emergent Cold Technologies, and is now at M&M Refrigeration

Kurt Liebendorfer is Vice President at Evapco in Taneytown, MD. He is leading the development and rapidly growing implementation of the new EvapCold family of products, which are complete Packaged Low Charge Ammonia Refrigeration Systems that are revolutionizing the industrial refrigeration market. Kurt has been in the industrial refrigeration, process cooling and construction industry for 35 years and has also worked for JCI/Frick, Stellar, Haskell and GEA/FES. Kurt received an MBA at Jacksonville University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Kurt has severed on the Board, President and Chair of several organizations. Over the last few years, he has devoted his time to serve on several committees with GCCA, CEBA and IIAR.

Since 2001, Laura is the Technical Coordinator of the Ozone Program Office of Argentina. Since 1986, she has worked as a consultant in various public organizations, industrial chambers, private companies and international organizations on issues of environmental impact of dams and solid waste disposal, implementation of Environmental Management Systems, environmental control in sanitary landfills, management of hazardous waste, water quality, etc. [a Consultant to the Secretariat for Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy; President of the Argentina Industrial Union and Food Industries Chamber Environment Commissions; Consultant of the Environmental Institutional Development Program for Inter-American Development Bank, Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank and several consulting firms]. Before she was an official of the Secretariat of Natural Resources and Human Environment as Head of the Department of Water Pollution. She has also participated in more than 50 courses, seminars and workshops nationally and internationally, ISO 14,000 standards, environmental legislation, environment and international trade, solid and hazardous waste, environmental management, environmental impact, oil spills, Montreal Protocol, etc. She has more than 15 published works on ISO 14,000 standards, water quality, eutrophication of reservoirs, hazardous waste management and the Montreal Protocol.

Founder of ATMOsphere a global, independent market accelerator with a mission to clean-up cooling. Marc Chasserot has 20 years of experience in the HVAC&R sector. His focus throughout those years has been with Natural Refrigerant based technologies used in Refrigeration, Heat Pumps and Air Conditioning applications. He has founded several industry platforms, namely; www.R744.com, www.hydrocarbons21.com, ammonia21.com, and Accelerate Magazine. Published numerous reports for industry and policy-makers, chaired over 70 ATMOsphere conferences worldwide. Marc has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and America. He holds several degrees in Economics, Marketing and Politics.

As the Head of Content for ATMOsphere (formerly shecco), veteran journalist Michael Garry is responsible for the news articles on R744.com, Hydrocarbons21.com and Ammonia21.com. He also contributes to in-depth market reports, and helps to organize ATMO conferences. Starting at ATMOsphere in 2014, he has also served as editor-in-chief of Accelerate America and Accelerate Magazine. Prior to joining ATMOsphere, he led the coverage of sustainability, technology and logistics at Supermarket News for 11 years. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of M.I.T with a degree in political science, he is the author of Game of My Life New York Mets: Memorable Stories of Mets Baseball.

Morgan is the Manager of Programs & Operations at the NASRC. With a background in sustainability and communications, she has a particular interest in aligning sustainable behaviors with the goals of individuals and businesses. Prior to her role at NASRC, she led sustainable forest management programs for landowners at the American Forest Foundation. Morgan holds an M.S. in Environmental Education from SUNY ESF, an M.P.A from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Environmental Science from SUNY Fredonia.

Omarly es ingeniero mecánico, Magister en Ingeniería Mecánica y Especialista en Administración Financiera, con más de 15 años de experiencia como consultora en Colombia y Latino América para el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Organismo de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial (ONUDI) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (ONU Medio Ambiente) en proyectos relacionados con alternativas de bajo Potencial de Calentamiento Atmosférico (PCA) para el sector de refrigeración y aire acondicionado, entrenamiento a técnicos en manejo seguro de refrigerantes inflamables, y experta en la formulación y evaluación en normas de competencias laborales en refrigeración.

Pier Zecchetto is CEO of the Colombian provider company Pórtan, providing their customers with technical engineering solutions, installation and maintenance in the fields of gastronomy, retail, and industry.

Pilar tiene un MBA Ejecutivo de ESADE Business School (España) y una doble licenciatura en Economía de la Universidad Pública de Navarra (España) y la Universidad de Abertay Dundee (Reino Unido) en Economía y Gestión Europea. Complementó su educación y experiencia laboral en los Estados Unidos y la India. Pilar ha trabajado en shecco durante más de cinco años, durante los cuales ha contribuido al desarrollo del mercado de tecnologías basadas en refrigerantes naturales a través de las conferencias ATMOsphere y ha fortalecido las relaciones de shecco con los clientes y otras partes interesadas a nivel mundial, con un enfoque especial en Europa y América.

Ingeniero Industrial Mecánico graduado en 1990. Durante 8 años fue ingeniero de sistemas de climatización para procesos industriales. Desde hace 26 años en Eletrofrio Refrigeración Ltda., es Gerente de Ingeniería, trabajando en las áreas de diseño y desarrollo de equipos y sistemas de refrigeración para supermercados, centros de distribución y cámaras frigoríficas.

Industrial Mechanical Engineer graduated 1990. For 8 years he was an engineer of air-conditioning systems for industrial processes. For 26 years at Eletrofrio Refrigeration Ltda., he is Engineering Manager, working in the areas of design and development of refrigeration equipment and systems for supermarkets, distribution centers and cold rooms.

Thomas es un especialista en finanzas de energía sostenible con experiencia en América del Sur y el Caribe, Asia y África. Thomas tiene una maestría. en Ingeniería Mecánica y un certificado ejecutivo en Finanzas Sostenibles, y tiene experiencia en el diseño, desarrollo e implementación de mecanismos financieros públicos y privados para proyectos de energía sostenible. Actualmente, Thomas lidera la Iniciativa mundial de Refrigeración como Servicio, cuyo objetivo es desarrollar y ampliar el uso de modelos de negocio de servitización para el sector de refrigeración y aire acondicionado, transfiriendo activos de energía física a los servicios.

Tony has nearly 40 years of experience in Utilities and Facilities Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and Management. Beginning as a hands-on technician, he progressed to fulfill many roles in the HVAC, Refrigeration, Plant Engineering, Facilities Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering industries. Before joining IIAR, he served in numerous supervisory-to-director level roles at Oscar Mayer Corporation, Sara Lee Corporation, Pepsico at Tropicana, Nestle, the National Archives and Records Administration, and Americold Logistics. At IIAR he facilitates and develops IIAR Standards, provides refrigeration industry technical assistance, develops and enhances our PSM/RMP activities, and he is a veteran presenter at industry related conferences and webinars.

Tristam Coffin is the President of Livingstone Consulting, an engineering and sustainability solutions group founded in the UK. From Europe to North America Livingstone provides innovative technical services focused on strategy, design, and execution. Prior to joining Livingstone, Mr. Coffin was a Director of Sustainability & Facilities at Whole Foods Market where he led a team that oversaw the implementation of environmentally responsible programs, sustainable engineering initiatives, and facility management. Mr. Coffin is a LEED AP, sustainability leader and holds a broad array of environmental expertise in areas including high performance buildings, refrigeration systems, renewable energy, and waste diversion.

Yesenia is the International Director of the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration, were she builds capacity and knowledge, and facilitates the adoption of standards on the safe, efficient operation of ammonia refrigeration systems. Yesenia has 15 years of experience conducting audits and risk analysis for large industrial systems in occupational safety and administration of ammonia refrigeration systems and has worked for the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, where she inspected complex chemical processes. She also worked for Americold Logistics, the largest refrigerated food warehouse company in the US. Yesenia has a Master of Public Health, specializing in occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, from the University of Alabama, as well as CARO Certification from the Association of Refrigeration Engineers and Technicians in the US.

With 20 years of experience, Yoram Shabtay is a Heat Exchanger Designer veteran with a Master’s degree in Heat and Mass Transfer. Shabtay is the head of consulting firm Heat Transfer Technologies LLC (HTT). As a licensed HVAC engineer, Yoram provides designs for current and new condenser and evaporator coils. HTT develops next-generation heat exchangers with institutions and the US DoE, and is a Technical Advisor to the International Copper Association, providing guidance and designs for all types of HVAC and refrigeration systems. Yoram regularly speaks at conferences about new upcoming heat-exchanger technologies and related development work. HTT also works with industry leaders providing prototype heat-exchanger service for evaluation.