Dr. Neven Duić is currently Vice President of the Croatian Academy of Engineering and a member of the presidency in the Adria Section of the Combustion Institute (ASCI). He is also a full professor at the Department of Energy, Power Engineering, and Environment, FSB, University of Zagreb, and President of the Management Board of The Center for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water, and Environment Systems (SDEWES Center). He completed his undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral studies at the University of Zagreb during 1984 to 1998. He has participated in many conferences as a member of a conference scientific committee. He was awarded the Croatian National Science Award in 2017, the Medal Atanasije Stojković, Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia, and the Great Medal from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture for outstanding contribution to improving the work, development, and promotion of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, in 2021 and 2018, respectively.