Industry Day 2013 brochure - Heriot-Watt University

Hosts & Keynote
Prof. Steve Chapman
Principal & Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
After receiving his PhD in 1983, Professor Chapman moved to the Massachusetts Insitute of
Technology on a NATO fellowship. He returned to the UK to lecture at the University of Edinburgh,
before progressing to the positions of Chair of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Head of School for
Chemistry and finally Vice-Principal for Planning, Resources & Research Policy in 2006. He became
Principal & Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in 2009.
He has received widespread recognition for his research, receiving the Interdisciplinary Award of the
Royal Society of Chemistry for ground-breaking work at the interface of Chemistry and Biology. He has
published over 200 scientific papers in prestigious journals and has given numerous Plenary Lectures at
international conferences. In 2005 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr. R.K. Pachauri
Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Director General of TERI
Dr Pachauri assumed his current responsibilities as the Chief Executive of TERI (The Energy and Resources
Institute) in 1982, first as Director and, since April 2001, as Director-General. TERI performs original
research and provides knowledge in the areas of energy, environment, forestry, biotechnology, and the
conservation of natural resources to governments, institutions, and corporate organisations worldwide.
In April 2002, Dr Pachauri was elected the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme in
1988. The IPCC along with former US Vice President Al Gore was awarded the “Nobel Peace Prize” in 2007.
Dr Pachauri is a prominent researcher on environmental subjects, recognised internationally for his
efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the
foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. He is currently serving as the
head of Yale University’s Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).
Dr Pachauri’s wide-ranging expertise has resulted in his membership of various international and national
committees and boards. At the international level, these include his positions as.
• Member, Advisory Board for the Clinton Climate Initiative, USA, January 2010 onwards;
• Member of a High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures, UNESCO, France,
December 2009 onwards;
• Adviser, International Advisory Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan, April 2006 – March 31st, 2009;
• Member, Board of the International Solar Energy Society (1991-97);
• Member, World Resources Institute Council (1992);
• President and Chairman, International Association for Energy Economics, Washington, D C (1988,
1989-90, respectively);
• President, Asian Energy Institute (1992 onwards).
• He was a member of the board of the Global Humanitarian Forum (founded by the former United
Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan) from 2007 to 2010.
He is active in several international forums dealing with the subject of climate change and its policy
dimensions. He has also authored 27 books and several papers and articles.
Prof. Alan Miller
Deputy Principal, Research and Knowledge Transfer
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers, and the Optical Society of America. His research covers nanostructure semiconductors,
ultrashort pulse lasers and optoelectronic devices that bridges between fundamental physics, electrical
engineering, and photonics applications.
He is currently the Research Awards Convener for the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is a member
of the Scottish Funding Council Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee.
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