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SYMPOSIUM and ROUND TABLE TOPICS
Dr. Florian Kongoli holds 3 degrees: a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science/University of Montreal, Canada and a Doctor of Science Degree/Tohoku University, Japan. Since 1996 he is CEO of FLOGEN Technologies Inc., (www.flogen.com) a Sustainable High Tech applied research institute incorporated in Canada and USA that today have offices and representations in more than 15 Countries around the world while carrying out high tech projects in more than 40 countries. 
Professor Geoffrey Brooks has carried out research in the fields of process metallurgy, steelmaking, solar thermal engineering, dark matter detection and the extractive metallurgy of the moon. Professor Brooks has published over 200 papers on these topics and worked extensively with the international metallurgical industry. He has won international awards from the Iron and Steel Society (ISS), The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Associations of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST), the American Society of Materials (ASM), Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), and the Canadian Metallurgical Society (Met.Soc). After completing his PhD at the University of Melbourne, he worked at the University of Wollongong in the Department of Materials Engineering before working at McMaster University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He then worked at CSIRO Minerals in Melbourne, heading up a team developing a new route to Magnesium production. Since 2006, he has been a Professor at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, where he has served in several senior roles include being a Pro-Vice Chancellor for three years. He is currently a Professor in Mechanical Engineering.
Paul is Research Manager, Steel Raw Materials at CRU and Country Manager of CRU’s Singapore office.
Dr. Maarten Geerdes (1951) holds a PhD in Chemistry and a Master in Economics. He started working as a technical manager of blast furnace operation in the Hoogovens Steelworks in Ijmuiden, The Netherlands in 1983. He served as a director Ironmaking and technical consultant in many steel plants, for instance in Mexico, USA and Argentina. Since 2002 self-employed consultant for blast furnace operational improvement and special situations like blow-in, blow-down and chill recovery. Recent years among others in China, Brazil, South-Korea, Russia and Ukraine.
Yakov graduated as a Metallurgical Engineer from the Ural State Technical University in Russia, where he also obtained his Ph.D and Doctor of Technical Science Degrees. Professor of Metallurgical Furnaces Department from 1974 to 1995, Consultant at Hatch Iron & Steel business unit from 1996 up to now, where he holds his current position as Technical Director - Ironmaking.
Mike started his career working in blast furnace ironmaking for Inland Steel (now ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor East). There, he spent almost 10 years working in R&D, Operations Technology and blast furnace operations until end of 1997. His work spanned the fields of blast furnace ironmaking from raw materials specifications to stove and PCI performance to tactical blast furnace operations. He joined Air Liquide to develop and implement gas and carbon injection technologies for the electric arc furnace (EAF). 
Dr Liming Lu is currently a Senior Principal Scientist leading CSIRO research and development in iron ore agglomeration and high temperature behaviour of resultant agglomerates during the blast furnace and other alternative ironmaking processes. He obtained his PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, in 2001. After finishing his PhD, Liming took an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research of Canda) to continiue his research at the Unversity of Toronto, Canada. Liming joined CSIRO as a Senior Scientist in March 2005 to lead the CSIRO R and D in iron ore sintering. Before joining CSIRO, Liming had worked as a research academic at the University of Queensland, Australia, for two and half years to develop novel grain refiners for magnesium alloys and eutectic modifiers for aluminiun casting alloys. Liming was the recipient of Josef S Kapitan Award from American Iron and Steel Society in 2003 and the Sawamura Award from the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan in 2018. He is also a Technical Expert of ISO Technical Committee TC102/SC3, which is reviewing and developing international standards for the physical testing of iron ore. Liming has more than 30 years R and D experience in the characterisation, processing and evaluation of iron ores, metallurgical coals and molten alloys. His research interests cover: high temperature processing of minerals and wastes, thermodynamics and kinetics of pyrometallurgical processes, environmental issues in pyrometallurgical processes and alloy solidification.
Dennis Lu was born and raised in China. He received his Bachelor of Science in Ironmaking and Steelmaking at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning, China in 1983 at a time when China started the “open door” policy. He was selected by the Chinese government to study overseas. In 1985, he pursued his graduate studies under the supervision of Dr. Wei-Kao Lu and Dr. Gordon Irons at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Dennis received his Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering at McMaster University in 1992.
Koji Saito, Fellow, Research & Development, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation, holds M.S. and PhD degrees in Physical Chemistry from Nagoya Institute of Technology and Tohoku University, respectively. His career on iron making technology including coal characterization using NMR, coking process research, and blast furnace technology started in Yawata works of Nippon Steel Corporation in 1984. Then, he worked for a national project to develop a new cokes process, called SCOPE21 process in Japan, after he stayed at RWTH-Aachen University in Germany, as a visiting researcher, in order to develop in-situ NMR imaging system in 1997. He mainly clarified the mechanism of rapid heating effects using his original in-situ NMR imaging system in SCOPE21 projects. After this project, he started research management work as general manager of Iron making R&D division and also COURSE 50 projects as sub Project Leader. He was general manager in head of iron making technology division of Nippon Steel Sumitomo metal Corp. He was Project Leader of COURSE 50 until 2015. He has at least 100 papers and 70 patents.
Hong Yong Sohn received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea and his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1970 from the University of California at Berkeley. After working as a Research Engineer at Du Pont’s Engineering Technology Laboratory, he started teaching at the University of Utah in 1974, currently holding the rank of Distinguished Professor. 
Tateo Usui, 73, was graduated from Osaka University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Metallurgy, in March, 1969 and graduated from Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Department of Metallurgy, in March, 1974 and at the same time he got the degree of Doctor of Engineering from Osaka University. He started his career as Assistant Professor from April, 1974, in the same Department, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University. He became full Professor in November, 1995. From 2007 till 2010, he invited “Nippon Steel Collaboration Laboratory on Ironmaking Process.” After his retirement from Osaka University in March, 2010, the title of Emeritus Professor of Osaka University was given to Prof. Usui. He started his second career as full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fukui University of Technology from April, 2010 till March, 2012. From April, 2012 till March, 2017, the title of Guest Professor in Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University was given to Prof. Usui. He started his third career as Visiting Professor, School of Mines, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, from September, 2013 until now.SIPS is the flagship event of FLOGEN STARS OUTREACH, a not-for-profit, non-political and all-inclusive science organization. SIPS as well as FLOGEN STARS OUTREACH takes no sides in political, scientific or technological debates. We equally welcome, without reservations, all spectrum of ideas, theories, technologies and related debates. Statements and opinions expressed are those of individuals and/or groups only and do not necessary reflect the opinions of FLOGEN, its sponsors or supporters.
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