REDEC 2023 Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon 5-7 July
International Conference on Renewable Energies for Developing countries

About REDEC 2023

The 6th International Conference on Renewable Energy in Developing Countries REDEC 2023 will be held in Zouk Mosbeh – Lebanon. It focuses on both theory and applications related to renewable energy. During the previous REDEC conferences held in Morocco, participants from across the globe gathered, discussed and presented innovative and adequate scientific solutions for engineering problems related to energy saving and production. A variety of new topics is added to REDEC 2023 to give a chance to a wider range of participants to present their work in the domain of renewable energy and related research.

Keynote Speakers

KEYNOTE 1: Prof. Mohamed Benbouzid, IEEE Fellow

University of Brest, UMR CNRS 6027 IRDL – Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme, Brest, France

Date: July 6, 2023 at 9:00 A.M. /  LOCATION: notre dame University -louiaze, zouk Mosbeh - friends hall

Title: Fault-Tolerant Control: A Key Enabler in Improving Tidal Stream Turbines Resilience

Abstract: The growing demand for safety, reliability, maintainability, and survivability in power conversion and power supply systems has drawn significant research in the design of resilient or fault-tolerant systems, namely systems, which are designed to tolerate some faults or able to promptly adapt the control law (fault-tolerant control) in such a way as to preserve pre-specified satisfactory performances in terms of production quality, safety, etc. The need for these resilient or fault-tolerant systems has inspired much research for the particular case of electric machines drives. The majority of these contributions have been focused on faults in the machine, the drive or the power supply components while current trends include sensors and application fault modes. Indeed, the overall performance of electric motor/generator drives with a feedback structure depends not only on the health of the motor itself but also on the performance of the driving circuits and sensors (encoder, voltage sensors, and current sensors).
In this context, this keynote will address advances in electric machines and drives fault-tolerant control and resilience. A special focus will be made on critical systems such as tidal stream turbines. Indeed, they are submerged systems and have to withstand high loading and harsh underwater conditions.

Bio: Dr. Mohamed BENBOUZID received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1994, and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches degree from the University of Amiens, Amiens, France, in 2000.
After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the University of Amiens, Amiens, France where he was an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering. Since September 2004, he has been with the University of Brest, Brest, France, where he is a Full Professor of electrical engineering. Prof. Benbouzid is also a Distinguished Professor and a 1000 Talent Expert at the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. His main research interests and experience include analysis, design, and control of electric machines, variable-speed drives for traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications, and fault diagnosis of electric machines.
Prof. Benbouzid has been elevated as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of electric machines and drives. He is also a Fellow of the IET. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ENERGY CONVERSION and the APPLIED SCIENCES (MDPI) Section on Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. He is a Subject Editor for the IET RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION.


KEYNOTE 2: Prof. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, founder of utouch.ca

University of Ottawa and MBZUAI

Date: july 5, 2023  /  LOCATION: notre dame university - louiaze, zouk mosbeh - friends hall)

Title: The Metaverse: AI-Powered Universe of Persistent Digital Twins

Abstract: A digital twin is a digital replication of a living or non-living physical entity. By bridging the physical and the virtual worlds, data is transmitted seamlessly allowing the virtual entity to exist simultaneously with the physical entity. A digital twin uses AI to facilitate the means to monitor, understand, and optimize the functions of the physical entity and provides continuous feedback to improve quality of life and wellbeing of citizens. A Metaverse is a universe of persistent Digital Twins In this research program, we explore the design and development of frameworks, methodologies and methods regarding the convergence of multimedia technologies (AR/VR, AI, IoT, Big Data, Cybersecurity and 5G) towards the Metaverse. We will discuss metaverse streaming techniques and the potential usage of AI techniques to dynamically choose the appropriate bit rates for multiple users with a shared bottleneck network. We will show preliminary results and discuss open questions and possible R&D venues.

Bio: Prof. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, before joining MBZUAI, served as a Distinguished University Professor and University research Chair in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. He is an internationally recognized scholar who has made strong contributions to the knowledge and understanding of intelligent multimedia computing, communications, and applications.  He is the designated Editor-in-Chief (starting Feb. 2022) of the ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (ACM TOMM), Associate Editor & Guest Editor for several Transactions and Journals. He has co-authored 10 books and more than 600 publications and chaired more than 50 conferences and workshops and has supervised more than 150 researchers. He has received research grants and contracts totaling more than $20M. He is the author of the book Haptics Technologies: Bringing Touch to Multimedia.
Dr. El Saddik is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and has received several awards, including the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award from the German Humboldt Foundation, the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Achievement Award. He also received IEEE Canada C.C. Gotlieb (Computer) Medal and A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal for important contributions to the field of computer engineering and science and the IEEE TCSC Achievement Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing.