About
Conference Themes
In-Flight Icing: Risks and Solutions
Resilient Materials for Northern Infrastructure
Airports in Winter Mode: Operational and Organizational Challenges
Modeling & AI: “Simulate, Predict, Prevent”
Drones & Advanced Air Mobility
Resilience of Northern Infrastructure
Winter Certification & Innovation
Gelareh Momen
Co-chair
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering – ÉTS
Professor Dr. Gelareh Momen, Eng., is a full-time professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering
at ÉTS and holds the Institutional Chair in Innovative Anti-Icing Materials (CIMAGI)
at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada.
She founded the LaRGIS laboratory, specializing in the development of ice-phobic coatings
and surface engineering, and was also the scientific director of the International Laboratory for Anti-Icing Materials (LIMA). She has been among the top 2% of the most
cited scientists in the world in her field, according to the annual update of Stanford University’s Bibliometric Database.
Her research focuses on the development of innovative anti-icing materials designed to
optimize winter operations at airports and reduce the risk of ice accumulation on various infrastructures, including aircraft, helicopters, drones, wind turbines,
electricity transmission networks, and other structures exposed to northern environments. Her
contributions help improve the resilience of critical infrastructure subjected to
harsh climatic conditions.
Mehran Ebrahimi
Co-chair
Professor, Department of Management – ESG UQAM / Vice-Dean of Research
Mehran Ebrahimi, Ph.D., is a full professor in the Department of Management at the School of
Management Sciences (ESG UQAM) of the University of Quebec at Montreal. He is the director of the
International Observatory of Aeronautics and Civil Aviation. He also directs the LIA, the Aerospace
Innovation Living Lab at the Montreal Metropolitan Airport. He is currently Vice-Dean of Research at
ESG-UQAM. He is also the international vice-president of the learned association AGECSO (Association
for Knowledge Management in Society and Organizations). He is a member of the international network
for innovation and foresight (r2ip).
His research interests focus on knowledge management, digital transformation
and artificial intelligence in high-tech sectors, particularly aeronautics
and aviation.
His perspective on management is deeply rooted in the daily realities of organizations. It is part
of a human and critical vision of management, and he co-authored with Anne-Laure Saives the
book "Rehumanized Management" (Chenelière), which won the prize for best book in higher education
management in France in 2018.
