Organization

Host

The Millennium Institute on Green Ammonia as an Energy Vector (MIGA) was established in 2022 under the Millennium Science Initiative of the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), within the Chilean Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation. In 2023, MIGA became a non-profit foundation under private law, consolidating its role as a national platform for interdisciplinary research and international collaboration. MIGA’s mission is to promote scientific excellence, train advanced human capital, and develop knowledge and technologies related to the sustainable production and use of green ammonia as an energy vector. The Institute is composed of researchers from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad Austral de Chile, and Universidad de Talca.

About SoAE

Building on the success of previous editions held in Cardiff, Orléans, Shanghai, and Minnesota, SoAE2026 – Santiago, Chile is expected to bring together more than 300 participants from academia, industry, and government—including leading global research institutions, project developers, technology providers, and organizations across the ammonia energy value chain.
This event offers an exceptional platform for industrial partners to showcase
innovation, align with global advancements in frontier energy technologies, and
connect with key stakeholders driving the ammonia energy economy.
We invite companies and institutions to support this international symposium through a range of flexible sponsorship packages or by directly funding specific named activities, maximizing both visibility and engagement.

Scientific Committee

MATERIALS IMPACTS / PRODUCTION

MAURICIO ISAACS

Theme Leader

Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile

DOUGLAS MACFARLANE

Deputy Leader

Monash University, Australia

YUJI SUZUKI
Committee Member

The University of Tokyo, Japan

KEVIN ROUWENHORST
Committee Member

Ammonia Energy Association, Netherlands

JOSH MAKEPEACE
Committee Member

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

HYUNG CHUL YOON
Committee Member

Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea

LAURA TORRENTE
Committee Member

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

MATTHEW PALYS
Committee Member

University of Minnesota, USA

ABDESSAMAD FAIK
Committee Member

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco

FAUSTO GALLUCCI
Committee Member

Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

ALI JALILI
Committee Member

University of New South Wales, Australia


DMITRI BESSARABOV
Committee Member

North-West University, South Africa


KATSUTOSHI NAGAOKA
Committee Member

Nagoya University, Japan


SANG JUN YOON 
Committee Member

Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea


XIJUN LIU
Committee Member

Tsinghua University, China


YUSUF LANRE
Committee Member

University of Ilorin, Nigeria

FUNDAMENTALS

GAETANO MAGNOTTI

Theme Leader

CORIA Laboratory / INSA Rouen Normandie, France

EKENE C. OKAFOR

Deputy Leader

Kyushu University, Japan

AKIHIRO HAYAKAWA 
Committee Member

Tohoku University, Japan

ALESSANDRO STAGNI
Committee Member

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

NATHALIE LAMOUREUX
Committee Member

University of Lille, France

CLINTON BEDICK
Committee Member

National Energy Technology Laboratory, United States

FABIEN HALTER
Committee Member

University of Orléans, France

WENTING SUN
Committee Member

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

WEI LI
Committee Member

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

MOHY MANSOUR
Committee Member

Cairo University, Egypt

SYED MASHRUK
Committee Member

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

ERIC CHENG
Committee Member

University of California Merced, United States

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

FABIAN MAUSS

Theme Leader

Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany

OLIVIER MATHIEU

Deputy Leader

Texas A&M University, United States

RAVI FERNANDES
Committee Member

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany

ALEXANDER KONNOV 
Committee Member

Lund University, Sweden

PETER GLARBORG
Committee Member

Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

HISASHI NAKAMURA 
Committee Member

Tohoku University, Japan

DAVID SLATER
Committee Member

Cambresis, United Kingdom

MARIA UXUE ALZUETA
Committee Member

University of Zaragoza, Spain

TIBOR NAGY
Committee Member

Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary

NING YAN
Committee Member

National University of Singapore, Singapore

PINO SABIA
Committee Member

National Research Council, Italy

ENVIRONMENT/LCA/TECHNO-ECONOMICS/PERSPECTIVES

SEBASTIAN EASTHAM

Theme Leader

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

JOHN ZHOU

Deputy Leader

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

MARCO JANO-ITO 
Committee Member

IDEAS Think Tank, Mexico

RICHARD NAYAK-LUKE
Committee Member

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom

IRENE DEDOUSSI
Committee Member

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

YUSUF BICER
Committee Member

Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

ANDREA GUATI ROJO
Committee Member

Ammonia Energy Association, United States

ANGEL RAMIREZ MOSQUERA
Committee Member

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador

ZHENG LI
Committee Member


Tsinghua University, China

CHEMICAL CONVERSION / CRACKING

GIOVANNI CINTI

Theme Leader

University of Perugia, Italy

ALBERTO ROLDAN

Deputy Leader

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

BILL DAVID
Committee Member

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

YIXIANG SHI 
Committee Member

Tsinghua University, China

SHANWEN TAO 
Committee Member

University of Warwick, United Kingdom

GERRY AGNEW
Committee Member

University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

CHRISTIAN LAYCOCK
Committee Member

University of South Wales, United Kingdom

ERIC CHENG
Committee Member

University of California Merced, United States

VINCENZO LISO
Committee Member

Aalborg University, Denmark

LIANG AN
Committee Member

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

BORA DEBAJEET
Committee Member

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco


SARB GIDDEY
Committee Member

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

MODELING

HUANGWEI ZHANG

Theme Leader

National University of Singapore, Singapore

ROB BASTIAANS

Deputy Leader

Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

RYOCHI KUROSE
Committee Member

Kyoto University, Japan

ANDREAS GRUBER
Committee Member

SINTEF Energy Research, Norway

KUNKUMA SOMARATHNE
Committee Member

Tohoku University, Japan

JACKIE CHEN
Committee Member

Sandia National Laboratories, United States

NOAH VAN DAM
Committee Member

University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States

DOMENICO BORELLO
Committee Member

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

MOHAMED YEHIA
Committee Member

Cairo University, Egypt

ATMOSPHERIC THERMAL APPLICATIONS

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YUYANG LI

Theme Leader

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

CHIONG MENG CHOUNG

Deputy Leader

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

YI-BING CHENG
Committee Member

Foshan Xianhu Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

DANIEL PUGH
Committee Member

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

RAFAL SLEFARSKI
Committee Member

Poznań University of Technology, Poland

INES AZEVEDO
Committee Member

Stanford University, United States

MIN JUNG LEE
Committee Member

Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea

MARA DE JOANNON
Committee Member

Institute for Research on Combustion, National Research Council, Italy

AGUSTIN VALERA-MEDINA
Committee Member

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

AARON MARSHALL
Committee Member

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

SVEN ECKART
Committee Member

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

CLAUDIA WEIDENTHALER
Committee Member

Max Planck Institute, Germany

MATT DUNN 
Committee Member

University of Sydney, Australia

PANOS STRAVAKAKIS
Committee Member

Health and Safety Executive, United Kingdom

IBRAHIM DINCER
Committee Member

University of Ontario, Canada

GAS TURBINES

CHENG TUNG CHONG

Theme Leader

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

THIBAULT GUIBERTI

Deputy Leader

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

HUA XIAO
Committee Member

Guangzhou Maritime University, China

MARIO DITARANTO
Committee Member

SINTEF Energy Research, Norway

YONG FAN
Committee Member

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
and Technology, Japan

DANIEL PUGH
Committee Member

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

DAVID WU
Committee Member

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

BOBBY NOBLE
Committee Member

Electric Power Research Institute, United States

CRISTIAN ÁVILA
Committee Member

University of Antioquia, Colombia

SUDARSHAN KUMAR
Committee Member

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

WILLIAM NORTHROP

Theme Leader

University of Minnesota,
United States

LONG LIU

Deputy Leader

Harbin Engineering University, China

CHRISTINE MOUNAIM-ROUSSELLE
Committee Member

University of Orléans, France

DAVID EMBERSON
Committee Member

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

ATHANASIOS TSOLAKIS
Committee Member

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

ALASDAIR CAIRNS
Committee Member

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

XINGCAI LU
Committee Member

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

BRIAN KAUL
Committee Member

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States

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