Session 1A - Combustion optimisation: enhancing combustion performance on forward moving reciprocating grates.

Damir Zibrat is Business Development Manager of Austrian company TECHNIKGRUPPE , and has more than 25 years’ experience in international strategic selling and marketing. Damir joined TECHNIKGRUPPE in 2016 and has spoken frequently about combustion optimization in waste to energy and biomass plants. After completing his university education in electro-engineering he was engaged for more than 5 years in electronic development and applications of industrial measurement systems.

Matthias Lukic is founder, CEO, technical expert and 100% owner of Austria based Technikgruppe. He has over 25 years of experience in combustion optimization on forward moving grates in waste to energy and biomass to energy plants. After finishing his education at Technical University in Graz – Austria, Matthias has worked on automations of complex production systems in the power industry, oil & gas and the chemical & petrochemical industries. Matthias speaks English, German, Croatian and Italian. Over the last few years he has presented at many waste to energy events.

Stephen is a chartered chemical engineer who has been working in the waste and renewable power industries for Fichtner for 24 years. He is responsible for Fichtner’s lender and investor advisory services and has acted on behalf of Lenders for biomass, waste and renewable energy projects, including many of the most recent energy-from waste plants. He is also responsible for Fichtner’s environmental services and has acted as expert witness in a number of public inquiries for energy-from-waste and biomass plants on technical issues, air quality and climate change.