Honorary Chair
Yehia Bahei El-DinThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Organizing Committee
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General Co-Chairs
Andreas PesterThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Samir El-SeoudThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Omar KaramThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Steering Committee ChairEdmundo TovarUPM
Treasurer
Charalampos ChristouUNIC, Cyprus
Technical Program Committee
Despo KtoridouUniversity of Nicosia, Cyprus
Thrasyvolous TsiatsosUniversity of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ahmed HassanIT University
Heba ShabanArab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt
Veronika ThurnerHochschule München
Fatima-Zahra Abou Eddahab-BurkeTU Delft, Netherlands
Thomas KlingerCUAS
Theodoros KarvounidisUniversity of Piraeus
Christos DoulgerisUniversity of Piraeus
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Professor, Director of Engineering Management Programs
Samir AkhroufUniversity of Msila, Algeria
Lisa BosmanPurdue University, USA
- Charalampos Christou
UNIC, Cyprus
Special Session Committee
Usman NaeemQueen Mary University of London, UK
Habiba AkterQueen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Ingrid KrumphalsCarinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Krishna ChaitanyaAmherst, US
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Professor, Director of Engineering Management Programs
Alexander SteinmaurerIT:U Austria
Epaminondas EpaminondaUNIC Cyprus, Cyprus
Patricia Marybelle DaviesPrince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Workshop/Tutorials
NII Tokyo, Japan
Associate Professor
Paloma DiazUniversity Carlos III, Spain
Ling MaQueen Mary Univerity, UK
Local Organizing Committee
Hesham AudaThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Ahmed FahmiThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Ahmed AbdelraoufThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Women in Engineering
Noha MostafaThe British University in Egypt, Egypt
Carina GonzalezUniversity La Laguna, Spain
Salma Al ArefiUniversity of Leeds, United Kingdom
Marwa Ben AliFree University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Sorina MoicaUMFST, Romania
Maha MuttardiAUC, Egypt
Behnaz SohaniLoughborough University, United Kingdom
Zoubida ChorfiEcole Mohammadia d’ingénieurs, Morocco
Saltanat AkhmadiNazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Engineering Education in the Global South
Hector Amado-SalvatierraGalileo University
Hamadou Saliah-HassaneUniversité TELUQ
Federico LerroUniversidad Rosario
IEEE Region 8
Sukaina Al-NasrawiThe United Nations, Lebanon.
Aruquia PeixotoCEFET/RJ, Brazil
Keynote committee
NII Tokyo, Japan
Associate Professor
Kinga PetrovaiThe Art & Science of Learning Inc., Canada
- Omar Karam
The British University in Egypt, Egypt
Teresa Restivoa3es, Portugal
Ahmed MadianNile University, IEEE Egypt Section
Awards Committee
ChairNazarbayev University
Professor, Director of Engineering Management Programs
Michael AuerCTI
- Ling Ma
Queen Mary Univerity, UK
- Usman Naeem
Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Carina Gonzalez
University La Laguna, Spain
Sponsorship & Exhibition
Gustavo AlvesISEP Porto
Lowri JonesQueen Mary
- Samir El-Seoud
The British University in Egypt, Egypt
Publication Chair
Alberto CardosoUniversity of Coimbra, Portugal
Katarina ZakovaSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Publicity & Social Media Committee
Christian MadritschCUAS Austria
- Aruquia Peixoto
CEFET/RJ, Brazil
- Kinga Petrovai
The Art & Science of Learning Inc., Canada
C. AnantaramRetired, India
Academia-Industry Relations
Doru UrsutiuUniversity of Brasov, Romania
Monica CiolacuAPTE, Germany
Steering Committee
- Steering Committee ChairEdmundo Tovar
UPM
- Usman Naeem
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Diana AndonePolytechnical University Timosoara
Alaa AshmawyAmerican University in Dubai, UAE
- Michael Auer
CTI
UNED
- Patricia Marybelle Davies
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Habib KammounUniversity of Sfax, Tunisia
- Andreas Pester
The British University in Egypt, Egypt
IEEE Region 8
