Organizing and Scientific Committees

Scientific Committee

• Jurg KellerThe University of Queensland (Australia)
• Damian BatstoneThe University of Queensland (Australia)
• Ghent UniversityBelgium
• Université de MonsBelgium
• Brazilian universitiesBrazil
• Chilean universitiesChile

Institutional links on this page point to Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (UCV), Universidad de la Frontera (UFRO), Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI).

Organizing and Program Committees

The organizing committee handled the local arrangements in Viña del Mar, while the program committee reviewed submitted abstracts and shaped the scientific sessions, plenaries, keynotes and workshops of the congress programme.

For questions about papers and the scientific content, write to scientific@ad14chile.com.

Every AD14 World Congress edition is shaped by a structured committee system that separates scientific judgment from organizational logistics. An organizing body handles the practical architecture of the meeting, while a program committee curates the sequence of sessions, plenaries and workshops. This division keeps the scholarly backbone of the congress independent from the administrative machinery, a distinction that participants at an international meeting in Viña del Mar can feel in the smooth flow of the programme.

The scientific committee gathers specialists drawn from universities, research institutes and applied laboratories across several continents, with representation acknowledged from Australia, Belgium, Brazil and Chile among other nations. Members are listed with their institutional affiliations, giving presenters and delegates a transparent view of the expertise evaluating submitted work. The breadth of these backgrounds reflects the interdisciplinary character of anaerobic digestion research, from microbial ecology and process kinetics to instrumentation and control.

Paper submission and peer review for the congress follow clearly published guidelines and deadlines, with abstracts and full manuscripts assessed by committee members before the final scientific programme is assembled. Oral presentations, posters and pre-conference workshops are selected from the reviewed contributions, and scientific advances in treatment operation, modelling and automation are typically surfaced through plenaries and keynotes designed to frame the state of the field for the wider audience.

The organizing and scientific committees are also complemented by institutional links to Chilean and international universities, including institutions in Valparaíso and the southern regions where much of the country's food and bioenergy research is carried out. These academic connections support student participation, accompanying persons and optional social events, and they help explain why the congress places such emphasis on technical visits, including excursions to operating facilities and venues connected with agricultural and food-science activity.

Beyond the scientific core, the congress runs as a multi-day gathering with scheduled sessions, keynote lectures, workshops and social moments, alongside practical matters such as registration, travel and accommodation guidance published for attendees. The programme is designed so that delegates can move between technical sessions, poster discussions and site visits without friction, while dedicated time for meetings and informal exchanges reflects a community that values both rigor and the relationships built around shared research in anaerobic digestion and its many applications.