CEO Monthly August 2017

20 CEO MONTHLY / AUGUST 2017 South America. He is highly involved in both industrial and pure scientific projects, which comprise of a wide array of fields such as: design, decision- making, control, optimisation, and automation of processes and flowsheets; physical and thermochemical modelling; and physicochemical properties of mattes, metals, gases, and oxysulfides. Through his work with FLOGEN Technologies Inc., Dr. Kongoli has successfully carried out many industrial projects for more than 47 well-known metallurgical and chemical companies, such as Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Mining (Japan), Falconbridge (now Xstrata/Glencore-Canada), Western Mining Corporation (now BHP Billiton-Australia). He has also enjoyed productive collaborations with several well-known higher education establishments from around the world, such as Tohoku University (Japan), Curtin University (Australia), and University of Montreal (Canada). In addition, Dr. Kongoli has published and edited 51 books, and 120 scientific articles in professional peer-reviewed journals during the last five years. These have addressed a wide range of topics, such as process control; optimization and automation; development of novel sustainable technologies; physical modelling of various properties of industrial mattes, metals, and effects of minor components and fluxing strategies. He has delivered approximately 200 plenary, keynote, and invited presentations, as well as articles, technical reports, and research presentations in 20 countries around the globe. The results of his work, and FLOGEN’s control and automation systems, have been used by companies throughout the world. He has taught several continuing education courses, including Sulfide Smelting: Principles, Technologies, and Environmental Considerations held in San Diego, CA, USA in 2003, and Modern Technologies in Non- Ferrous Smelting & Recycling: Efficiency, Control, Energy, and Environmental Issues, held in Cancun, Mexico from November 27th to December 1st 2011. Reflecting upon his career, Dr. Florian Kongoli says: “I have enjoyed serving in many leadership positions, in both national and international organizations. I have found my involvement in various positions - for instance as a chair, vice- chair, or member - of about 20 professional society committees truly rewarding.” Dr. Kongoli’s excellent business management and organization skills have been instrumental in steering his company toward new ground breaking technologies. Furthermore, Dr. Kongoli serves as an editorial and scientific board member of several professional journals, including: • The Metallurgical and Materials Processing E (USA); • The Minerals and Metallurgical Processing Journal (USA); • Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (UK/ Australia); • Erzmetall (Germany); • European Journal of Mineral Processing and Environmental Protection (Turkey/Europe); • Journal of Metallurgy (USA/ Egypt); • Journal of International Environmental Application & Science (Turkey/Europe); • Journal of Mining and Metallurgy (Serbia/Europe) and; • Journal of Industrial Engineering (USA/Egypt); • InTech (Croatia/Europe and Shanghai/China, • International Journal of Engineering Business Management (Croatia/ Europe). Dr. Kongoli has also served as a member of organizing committees and scientific committees, of about 80 professional international conferences, across all continents. Today, he is a member of the Industrial Achievement Award Committee of International Federation of Automatic Control. In addition to his business, Dr. Kongoli is also the founder and chairman of FLOGEN STAR OUTREACH (www.flogen. org), a non-profit international organization dedicated to achieving sustainability through technology, and raising the social profile and importance of scientists, technologists, and engineers and their supporters towards realizing a sustainable future (both subjects to be dealt later in this article). Through this organization, he has successfully coordinated and chaired the FLOGEN flagship annual event: Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS). This event features some of the most well-known personalities in the world of science and technology. Some of the most notable events are detailed below: • Yazawa International Symposium on Metallurgical and Materials Processing: Principles and Technologies (www.flogen. org/YazawaSymposium), held in San Diego, California, USA, in March 2003. This event had 31 sessions and more than 3000 pages of publications from authors from 36 countries around the world - the biggest international symposium at the time in its class. • Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials: Principles, Technologies and Industrial Practice (www.flogen.org/ SohnSymposium), held in San Diego, California, USA, in August 2006. This event set a new record, surpassing the magnitude of the previous symposium with about 500 papers from authors from 80 countries and about 6000 pages of publications. • SIPS 2011: Fray International Symposium on Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment (www.flogen.com/FraySymp osium), held in Cancun, Mexico, in November/December 2011. This was another record breaking symposium in many aspects, with about 500 abstracts from authors from 85 countries around the world, culminating in seven volumes of publications of more than 4000 pages. This event was sponsored by 230 societies and organizations worldwide, including 10 major industrial corporate sponsors, and three government financial sponsorships. • SIPS 2013: American Automatic Control Council/ IFAC International symposium of Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metals held in San Diego, California, USA, in August 2013, (www. flogen. org/MMM2013). • SIPS 2014: Shechtman International Symposium dedicated to Prof. Shechtman, the 2011 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (www.flogen. org/ ShechtmanSymposium), held in Cancun, Mexico, in June/July 2014. About 500 abstracts from authors from 80 countries around the world, were published into 7 volumes of more than 4000 pages. • SIPS 2015: Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit & Exhibition, (http://www.flogen . org/ sips2015/) held in Antalya, Turkey, in October 2015. This event had more than 500 abstracts from authors from 80 countries around the world, published into 11 volumes of more than 5000 pages.