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The 17th edition, EDUCON 2026, will be held on 27–30 April 2026 in Cairo, Egypt, rotating among key locations in IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). IEEE EDUCON 2026 special sessions bring together researchers and practitioners around focused, emerging, or cutting-edge themes in engineering education.\u003C/p>",{"id":55,"__component":653,"componentVariation":654,"contactsVariation":655,"styles":16,"header":656,"sessionsGroup":661},"content.sessions","Sessions Sidebar Navigation Contacts Bottom","Card Contact Full",{"id":657,"heading":658,"prose":659,"lead":16,"eyebrow":16,"badge":16,"componentVariation":660,"containerWidth":16,"image":16},47,"EDUCON 2026 Special Sessions","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Below, you will find descriptions of each targeted Special Session, outlining their focus areas and themes. \u003C/p>","Heading Center",[662],{"id":55,"groupTitle":16,"sessions":663},[664,692,712,748,776,801,830,888,942,1006,1050,1167,1187],{"id":28,"session":665},{"id":238,"title":666,"teaser":667,"body":668,"createdAt":669,"updatedAt":670,"publishedAt":671,"url_path_id":672,"contacts":673,"url_path":691},"SS1: Education and Training in Cybersecurity for Professionals","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Cybersecurity is an increasingly interesting area for many engineers of diverse backgrounds. Moreover, many disciplines that are not primarily related to Computer Science and Electrical Engineering are affected by the recent advances in cybersecurity. Traditionally, cybersecurity was related to mathematics for building cryptographic primitives and engineering for building secure systems. This is not the case anymore, since cybersecurity is a much broader and more complicated domain involving many different areas of knowledge from Computer Science to several other sciences (e.g., Law).\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Cybersecurity attacks are increasing over time, and they are expected to further grow in parallel to the emergent deep interconnectivity and technological developments (including and not limited to IoT, Artificial Intelligence, HPC, quantum, metaverse and satellite technologies). The fact that Security and Privacy have become an integral part of society and business functioning in the digital transformation, has resulted in an increasing demand for employees with cybersecurity skills as well as for cybersecurity specialists. Therefore, the diverse field of cybersecurity, which combines knowledge from different areas, as well as the very non-homogeneous nature of the audience, makes educating professionals in cybersecurity matters challenging. Higher Education Institutes must offer a cutting-edge and transformative cybersecurity professional education and training programmes that helps bridging the cybersecurity skills gaps and increases workforce. In this special session, we bring together researchers and practitioners for engaging in activities that will benefit the current state-of-the-art in educating and training professionals for cybersecurity, under the flagship of the Digital Europe Programme and Innovation projects, NERO (https://nerocybersecurity.eu/) and Cybersynchrony (https://cybersynchrony.eu). The special session will also provide a platform for identifying and discussing opportunities for best practices and improvements in cyber-security education. The insights gained from this special session will help to shape the future of cybersecurity professional education and training, ensuring that the workforce is equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to protect organizations from the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_01_web_01_9cf120c4f0.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:08.990Z","2025-10-08T13:06:45.508Z","2025-10-08T13:06:45.501Z","264",[674,683],{"id":675,"name":676,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":677,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":678,"updatedAt":679,"url_path_id":680,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":681,"url_path":682},74,"Theodoros Karvounidis","University of Piraeus, Greece","2025-10-07T20:14:33.606Z","2025-10-08T13:24:47.289Z","181",[],"-130",{"id":644,"name":684,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":685,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":686,"updatedAt":687,"url_path_id":688,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":689,"url_path":690},"Kitty Kioskli","trustilio B.V, The Netherlands","2025-10-07T20:14:32.962Z","2025-10-08T13:25:18.071Z","179",[],"-128","-187",{"id":39,"session":693},{"id":258,"title":694,"teaser":695,"body":696,"createdAt":697,"updatedAt":698,"publishedAt":699,"url_path_id":700,"contacts":701,"url_path":711},"SS2: AI-Enabled Transnational Education (TNE) in Engineering: Fostering Equity, Sustainability, and Ethical Competence","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Transnational Education (TNE) involves academic programmes delivered in partnership between institutions from different countries. While offering students access to global educational opportunities, TNE presents unique challenges, including cultural diversity, curriculum alignment, and equitable access to resources. These challenges are particularly significant in engineering education, where industry standards, technological infrastructure, and pedagogical expectations can differ across contexts.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation, TNE programmes can be empowered to offer human-centred, inclusive, and ethically guided learning experiences. AI offers promising capabilities for personalising education to individual learners' needs, bridging language and cultural gaps and supporting sustainable innovation. It can also facilitate collaboration and communication across boundaries, promoting the development of global competencies and ethical leadership skills among engineering students. This special session will explore both practical and research-based approaches to integrating AI and digital tools into Transnational Education (TNE), with the goal of creating equitable, high-quality, and future-ready engineering education. The significance of this session lies in its timely relevance in addressing current educational challenges. As AI and digital learning become increasingly embedded in engineering education, there is a growing need to ensure that TNE programmes are intentionally designed to promote equity and sustainability. Now is the time to design AI-Enabled Transnational Education (TNE) in Engineering that responds to the evolving needs of students, educators, and industries. This topic closely aligns with current literature on global engineering education and pedagogy, resonating strongly with the conference themes of \"Human-centered Engineering Education: Empowering Sustainable Innovation and Ethical Leadership through AI and Digital Transformation\" The session's impact has the potential to be wide-reaching. For the TNE engineering education community, it provides a valuable opportunity to share best practices and research insights that can enhance TNE curriculum design and personalised learning. 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This paradigm shift presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for engineering education. To equip future engineers as leaders in this evolving landscape, a critical constraint is to move beyond simply teaching technical skills. Instead, we must cultivate a \"human-centered\" approach that integrates technical proficiency with business and ethical leadership skills, sustainable innovation, and adaptability in the face of continuous digital change.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">This special session aims to bridge the gap between traditional engineering curricula and the dynamic demands of the digital age. We seek to explore how engineering education can proactively embrace digital transformation, not merely as a tool, but as a fundamental shift in pedagogical approaches, curriculum design, and learning environments. The focus will be on preparing engineering students to navigate the complexities of transformative technologies, while simultaneously emphasizing their role in fostering sustainable development and demonstrating organizational culture management as well as ethical leadership. In this special session, we invite scholars to rethink Engineering/Science education, explore novel pedagogical frameworks, innovative teaching methodologies, and practical case studies demonstrating the reshape of the engineering curriculum by introducing successful integration of Business/Digital Transformation related topics. 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They enable authentic experimentation with real equipment independent of time and place, overcoming the logistical and financial barriers of traditional laboratories. Research has shown that thoughtfully designed ORLs can yield learning outcomes equivalent to or even surpassing traditional settings (Brinson, 2015; Ma & Nickerson, 2006).\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Beyond flexibility and scalability, ORLs play a crucial role in fostering self-regulated learning, scientific reasoning, and conceptual understanding (Sapriati et al., 2023). Recent studies highlight the particular value of combining real and virtual experiments (Flegr, Kuhn & Scheiter, 2023), structured scaffolding (Tho et al., 2017), and active-learning strategies (van den Beemt et al., 2022) to increase student motivation, autonomy, and engagement. In this way, ORLs do not only provide access to equipment but also contribute to a more inclusive and equitable learning environment by supporting diverse learners with different learning paces, needs, and backgrounds. With the increasing availability of AI-based support systems, the next research frontier lies in combining ORLs with intelligent scaffolding and adaptive feedback mechanisms. These tools can further enhance autonomy, competence, and relatedness - key aspects of Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2009) - and open pathways toward more personalized and human-centered learning environments. Such developments directly resonate with the EDUCON'26 conference theme \"Human-centered Engineering Education: Empowering Sustainable Innovation and Ethical Leadership through AI and Digital Transformation.\" ORLs, when coupled with AI, not only prepare students for digitalized work environments but also encourage ethical reflection on how technology mediates access to education, resources, and innovation. The EDUCON community has a long tradition of research and practice in online and remote laboratories. By explicitly linking technology with educational theory, empirical evaluation, and current societal challenges, this special session aims to deepen the discussion and open new perspectives on sustainable implementation. It will bring together researchers, practitioners, and developers to share evidence-based designs, empirical results, and innovative approaches. 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While initiatives to support women in STEM have gained momentum, barriers such as gender bias, lack of mentorship, lack of societal support, and systemic inequalities persist. Engineering a truly inclusive future requires not only acknowledging these disparities but actively working to dismantle them. This special session aims to explore the current landscape, highlights real-world challenges and successes, and outlines actionable steps for institutions, companies, and individuals to close the gender gap in engineering.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">In this special session, we invite scholars to rethink Engineering education as a complex construct that is influenced by modern workplace demands and reshape the curriculum by introducing gender related courses. Digging the root causes of the gender gap and discuss novel pedagogical approaches, methods, and strategies for change. Full papers and short papers can be submitted to this special session. Full Papers are up to 10 pages (including references) and are expected to be completed studies with defined findings and implications. Short Papers are limited to 5 pages (including references) and should present completed studies with clear findings and implications. While more concise than Full Papers, Short Papers are expected to demonstrate rigor in methodology, analysis, and relevance to the EDUCON community. Submission Guidelines by EDUCON are to be followed. The session aims to attract research papers and case studies on novel methods and applications related to closing the gender gap and empower women in engineering whether for academia or industry. \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Associate Prof. Noha Mostafa (Chair) The British University in Egypt, Egypt noha.mostafa@bue.edu.eg \u003Cbr>Prof. Carina Gonzalez (Co-Chair) University La Laguna, Spain carina211@gmail.com\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_05_web_01_6e4c9f0ab1.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:10.982Z","2025-10-08T13:35:01.634Z","2025-10-08T13:35:01.629Z","268",[786,793],{"id":510,"name":787,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":788,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":789,"updatedAt":789,"url_path_id":790,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":791,"url_path":792},"Associate Prof. Noha Mostafa","The British University in Egypt, Egypt","2025-10-08T13:26:27.513Z","277",[],"-203",{"id":250,"name":794,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":795,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":796,"updatedAt":796,"url_path_id":797,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":798,"url_path":799},"Prof. Carina Gonzalez","University La Laguna, Spain","2025-10-08T13:26:44.219Z","278",[],"-204","-191",{"id":278,"session":802},{"id":264,"title":803,"teaser":804,"body":805,"createdAt":806,"updatedAt":807,"publishedAt":808,"url_path_id":809,"contacts":810,"url_path":829},"SS6: Virtual Exchange and Game-Based Learning in Higher Education: Digital Escape Rooms as Drivers of Intercultural and Professional Competence VE GBL","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Higher education institutions face increasing pressure to prepare students for success in a rapidly evolving global society. For engineering students in particular, achievement requires not only advanced technical expertise but also the development of transversal competencies such as intercultural collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, and digital literacy. Virtual Exchange (VE), which connects learners and educators across borders through structured online collaboration, offers an inclusive and scalable strategy to cultivate these essential skills while simultaneously advancing the internationalization of curricula. Digital Escape Rooms (DERs) are an emerging pedagogical innovation that can significantly enrich Virtual Exchange experiences. By embedding immersive, challenge-based scenarios into digital learning environments, DERs foster engagement, creativity, and teamwork, while reinforcing disciplinary content. Within engineering education, they are particularly valuable for replicating complex, real-world problem-solving contexts. Students must apply technical knowledge while working in intercultural and interdisciplinary teams, thereby integrating professional expertise with global and collaborative skills.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">This special session will investigate the intersection of Virtual Exchange, Digital Escape Rooms, and engineering education. It seeks to highlight their combined potential to transform teaching and learning practices, broaden global collaboration, and strengthen the holistic preparation of students for future careers. The session will:\u003C/p>\u003Cul>\u003Cli style=\"text-align:justify;\">Present case studies of Virtual Exchange practices in engineering education, emphasizing the role of Digital Escape Rooms as catalysts for learning.\u003C/li>\u003Cli style=\"text-align:justify;\">Analyze the ways in which DERs encourage active learning, collaboration, and intercultural awareness in virtual contexts.\u003C/li>\u003Cli style=\"text-align:justify;\">Explore frameworks for the sustainable integration of Virtual Exchange and game-based learning into engineering curricula. \u003C/li>\u003Cli style=\"text-align:justify;\">Examine how VE and DERs bridge disciplinary expertise with transversal competencies essential for global employability. \u003C/li>\u003Cli style=\"text-align:justify;\">Promote dialogue among educators, researchers, and practitioners on future directions for innovative digital pedagogies in higher education. \u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">The session is intended for Engineering educators and curriculum designers; Higher education faculty integrating Virtual Exchange or game-based learning; Researchers in technology-enhanced learning, intercultural competence, and international education; University leaders and policymakers committed to advancing internationalization at home. By participating in the session, attendees will gain evidence-based insights into the impact of Virtual Exchange and Digital Escape Rooms on engineering education; Practical strategies for embedding these approaches into diverse curricula; Models of interdisciplinary and intercultural collaboration applicable across institutions; Opportunities to establish networks and initiate joint projects that advance the use of VE and DERs in higher education; Through the combination of Virtual Exchange and game-based methodologies such as Digital Escape Rooms, this session will demonstrate how innovative pedagogies can prepare engineering students not only as technical experts but also as globally competent professionals.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:11.420Z","2025-10-08T13:13:37.118Z","2025-10-08T13:13:37.110Z","269",[811,820],{"id":812,"name":813,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":814,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":815,"updatedAt":816,"url_path_id":817,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":818,"url_path":819},83,"Carla M.A. Pinto","Polytechnic of Porto","2025-10-07T20:14:37.158Z","2025-10-08T13:27:10.572Z","196",[],"-142",{"id":821,"name":822,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":823,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":824,"updatedAt":825,"url_path_id":826,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":827,"url_path":828},84,"Konstantinos Petridis","Hellenic Mediterranean University","2025-10-07T20:14:37.592Z","2025-10-08T13:27:21.665Z","198",[],"-144","-192",{"id":66,"session":831},{"id":219,"title":832,"teaser":833,"body":834,"createdAt":835,"updatedAt":836,"publishedAt":837,"url_path_id":838,"contacts":839,"url_path":887},"SS7: Learning Sciences Meet Artificial Intelligence","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Learning Sciences constitute a rich body of research on how people learn. Over decades, scholars have proposed theories, such as instructivism, cognitivism, constructivism, social constructivism, connectivism, discovery learning, situated and experiential learning, and many others. Also, a toolbox of methods and techniques have been proposed over the years. To mention a few, let's list for example, retrieval practice with flashcards o quizzes, spaced repetition, peer instruction, problem-based learning, project-based learning, one-minute papers, and the list continues. These methods and techniques have been used during many years; however, technology continually reshapes what is possible and how effective these methods can be. With the advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence, these techniques can be reimagined.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Consider for example flashcards. On paper, a learner cycles through cards with a question on one side and an answer on the other. One can use a simple circular strategy or a more refined one, such as the Leitner system, where difficult items are encountered more frequently. With the advent of digital technologies even more proficient strategies can be envisaged, such as spaced repetition, which is implemented within the Duolingo platform. AI now promises another step change: personalized scheduling based on rich learner data, automatic rephrasing to fit context and proficiency, and on-the-fly generation of new cards from syllabi or readings. These advances show how AI can reinvent a classic technique. The same lens applies across many techniques studied in the Learning Sciences. Engineering education can be completely rethought with the grand advances of Generative AI, but they should be based on the findings of the research literature of the Learning Sciences. This Special Session invites work that reimagines established methods and techniques in the age of AI and explores novel approaches made possible only now with a special focus on engineering education. We welcome conceptual explorations, state of the art reports, design proposals, early prototypes, and reports of effective practice.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_07_web_01_1f9344d6ba.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:11.905Z","2025-10-08T13:14:23.703Z","2025-10-08T13:14:23.697Z","270",[840],{"id":841,"name":842,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":843,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":844,"updatedAt":845,"url_path_id":846,"contactPhoto":847,"socialLinks":885,"url_path":886},85,"Carlos Delgado Kloos","Universidad Carlos III de Madrid","2025-10-07T20:14:37.934Z","2025-12-15T23:25:57.516Z","200",{"id":848,"name":849,"alternativeText":16,"caption":16,"width":850,"height":851,"formats":852,"hash":881,"ext":854,"mime":857,"size":882,"url":883,"previewUrl":16,"provider":23,"provider_metadata":16,"createdAt":884,"updatedAt":884},148,"Carlos Delgado Kloos.jpg",945,1252,{"large":853,"small":862,"medium":867,"thumbnail":874},{"ext":854,"url":855,"hash":856,"mime":857,"name":858,"path":16,"size":859,"width":860,"height":861},".jpg","https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/large_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7.jpg","large_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7","image/jpeg","large_Carlos Delgado Kloos.jpg",82.85,755,1000,{"ext":854,"url":863,"hash":864,"mime":857,"name":865,"path":16,"size":238,"width":412,"height":866},"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/small_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7.jpg","small_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7","small_Carlos Delgado Kloos.jpg",500,{"ext":854,"url":868,"hash":869,"mime":857,"name":870,"path":16,"size":871,"width":872,"height":873},"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/medium_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7.jpg","medium_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7","medium_Carlos Delgado Kloos.jpg",46.75,566,750,{"ext":854,"url":875,"hash":876,"mime":857,"name":877,"path":16,"size":878,"width":879,"height":880},"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/thumbnail_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7.jpg","thumbnail_Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7","thumbnail_Carlos Delgado Kloos.jpg",3.61,118,156,"Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7",130.92,"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/Carlos_Delgado_Kloos_2949e0a2b7.jpg","2025-12-15T23:25:55.477Z",[],"-146","-193",{"id":92,"session":889},{"id":200,"title":890,"teaser":891,"body":892,"createdAt":893,"updatedAt":894,"publishedAt":895,"url_path_id":896,"contacts":897,"url_path":941},"SS8: AI-Enhanced Educational Platforms for Future-Ready Engineers: Towards Human-AI Collaboration in Learning Environments","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">This Special Session focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of AI-enhanced educational platforms that prepare students for the future of engineering practice by fostering human-AI collaboration skills. Educational platforms-ranging from programming environments and simulation tools to virtual laboratories and project-based learning systems-play a central role in engineering education across disciplines such as computer, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering. With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, these platforms are being transformed to include new functionalities such as auto-programming, AI-assisted problem decomposition, multi-agent collaboration, personalized feedback, and learning analytics. This session aims to bring together educators, researchers, and practitioners to explore how these innovations reshape engineering education and prepare students for emerging professional challenges.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">The significance of this topic lies in the fact that future engineers must not only master technical knowledge, but also learn how to collaborate effectively with AI systems. As generative AI and intelligent agents become more integrated into engineering workflows, the educational community faces pressing questions about how to integrate such tools into curricula, how to cultivate critical evaluation and responsible use of AI, and how to balance efficiency with academic integrity. This makes the proposed session both timely and crucial for the ongoing transformation of engineering education. The session is directly relevant to existing literature in engineering education, AI in education, and human-computer interaction, while strongly resonating with the EDUCON 2026 conference theme of \"Human-centered Engineering Education: Empowering Sustainable Innovation and Ethical Leadership through AI and Digital Transformation.\" By emphasizing human-AI collaboration, the session highlights not only technological possibilities but also the ethical, pedagogical, and social dimensions of integrating AI into learning environments. The anticipated impact of this session is twofold. Within the engineering education community, it will provide a platform for sharing best practices, case studies, and empirical research on AI-enhanced platforms, stimulating new collaborations and directions for curriculum innovation. More broadly, the session will contribute to the global discussion on how to prepare a workforce capable of responsible and future-ready innovation in a world where AI is an essential collaborator.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_08_web_01_ad701db55b.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:12.353Z","2025-10-08T13:35:41.423Z","2025-10-08T13:35:41.418Z","271",[898,907,915,923,932],{"id":899,"name":900,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":901,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":902,"updatedAt":903,"url_path_id":904,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":905,"url_path":906},86,"Dr. Pengfei Fan","Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom","2025-10-07T20:14:38.397Z","2025-10-08T13:27:57.759Z","202",[],"-205",{"id":908,"name":909,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":901,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":910,"updatedAt":911,"url_path_id":912,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":913,"url_path":914},87,"Prof. Jesus Requena Carrion","2025-10-07T20:14:38.854Z","2025-10-13T13:26:46.486Z","205",[],"-72",{"id":916,"name":917,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":918,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":919,"updatedAt":919,"url_path_id":920,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":921,"url_path":922},113,"Professor Youmin Xi","Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China","2025-10-08T13:28:49.259Z","279",[],"-207",{"id":924,"name":925,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":926,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":927,"updatedAt":928,"url_path_id":929,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":930,"url_path":931},89,"Professor Matthew Yee-King","Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom","2025-10-07T20:14:39.658Z","2025-10-08T13:29:07.498Z","208",[],"-152",{"id":933,"name":934,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":935,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":936,"updatedAt":937,"url_path_id":938,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":939,"url_path":940},90,"Professor Hongying Meng","Brunel University of London, United Kingdom","2025-10-07T20:14:40.109Z","2025-10-08T13:29:17.721Z","209",[],"-208","-194",{"id":108,"session":943},{"id":347,"title":944,"teaser":945,"body":946,"createdAt":947,"updatedAt":948,"publishedAt":949,"url_path_id":950,"contacts":951,"url_path":1005},"SS9: PhDEE: Promoting Human-Centered Approaches in Doctoral Engineering Education for Diverse Profiles in the Age of AI and Digital Transformation","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">This special session delves into the rapidly evolving landscape of engineering PhD programmes, with a particular focus on curriculum design, personalised learning paths, and the integration of formal and immersive educational formats. As the profile of PhD candidates diversifies, encompassing academic researchers, industry & business professionals, and future-oriented educators, engineering education must evolve to remain relevant, ethical, and human-centred in an increasingly digital and complex world.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">The session will explore how structured and flexible elements of doctoral curricula (including formal coursework, immersive weeks, and interdisciplinary seminars, among others) can be strategically aligned with the distinct needs and aspirations of engineering doctoral candidates and profiles. Additional attention will be given to distinct practices, international collaboration opportunities, and transferable skills development, which together contribute to shaping doctoral experiences that are rigorous, relevant, and globally competitive. A particular emphasis will be placed on how these programmes foster sustainable innovation and ethical leadership, especially through the responsible use of AI, digital tools, and collaborative research practices. This topic is both critical and timely. As engineering education faces the challenges and opportunities posed by automation, globalisation, and rapid technological advancement, doctoral programmes stand at the forefront of shaping future leaders, not only in academia, but across industry and society. The imperative to align engineering doctoral training with human-centred values and digital fluency is relevant for fostering innovation that is not only impactful, but also ethically grounded and socially responsive. By integrating technical expertise with social awareness and ethical responsibility, doctoral programmes can prepare graduates to navigate complexity and drive transformative change in an interconnected world. The special session resonates strongly with the EDUCON 2026 theme - it addresses how doctoral programmes can be intentionally designed to transcend technical expertise, embedding ethical reasoning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and digital proficiency into the core of the educational PhD experience. The discussion will also draw on existing literature on doctoral supervision, curriculum innovation, and professional identity formation in STEM disciplines, offering a scholarly foundational for practical insights.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_09_web_01_b50f4c5970.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:12.803Z","2025-10-08T13:35:58.956Z","2025-10-08T13:35:58.952Z","272",[952,960,997],{"id":596,"name":953,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":954,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":955,"updatedAt":956,"url_path_id":957,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":958,"url_path":959},"Barbara Gabriel","University of Aveiro","2025-10-07T20:14:40.509Z","2025-10-08T13:29:54.275Z","212",[],"-155",{"id":961,"name":962,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":954,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":963,"updatedAt":964,"url_path_id":965,"contactPhoto":966,"socialLinks":995,"url_path":996},92,"Ines Direito","2025-10-07T20:14:40.902Z","2026-01-06T16:29:57.341Z","213",{"id":967,"name":968,"alternativeText":16,"caption":16,"width":969,"height":969,"formats":970,"hash":991,"ext":972,"mime":857,"size":992,"url":993,"previewUrl":16,"provider":23,"provider_metadata":16,"createdAt":994,"updatedAt":994},177,"dreamstime_l_70813400.jpeg",2236,{"large":971,"small":977,"medium":982,"thumbnail":987},{"ext":972,"url":973,"hash":974,"mime":857,"name":975,"path":16,"size":976,"width":861,"height":861},".jpeg","https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/large_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d.jpeg","large_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d","large_dreamstime_l_70813400.jpeg",19.61,{"ext":972,"url":978,"hash":979,"mime":857,"name":980,"path":16,"size":981,"width":866,"height":866},"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/small_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d.jpeg","small_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d","small_dreamstime_l_70813400.jpeg",7.56,{"ext":972,"url":983,"hash":984,"mime":857,"name":985,"path":16,"size":986,"width":873,"height":873},"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/medium_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d.jpeg","medium_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d","medium_dreamstime_l_70813400.jpeg",12.97,{"ext":972,"url":988,"hash":989,"mime":857,"name":990,"path":16,"size":55,"width":880,"height":880},"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/thumbnail_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d.jpeg","thumbnail_dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d","thumbnail_dreamstime_l_70813400.jpeg","dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d",63.24,"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/dreamstime_l_70813400_775ce3253d.jpeg","2026-01-06T16:29:53.639Z",[],"-156",{"id":998,"name":999,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":954,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":1000,"updatedAt":1001,"url_path_id":1002,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":1003,"url_path":1004},93,"Robertt Valente","2025-10-07T20:14:41.376Z","2025-10-08T13:29:31.305Z","215",[],"-158","-195",{"id":14,"session":1007},{"id":225,"title":1008,"teaser":1009,"body":1010,"createdAt":1011,"updatedAt":1012,"publishedAt":1013,"url_path_id":1014,"contacts":1015,"url_path":1049},"SS10: Shaping Tomorrow's Innovators: Pre-University STEM Outreach - Engagement and Education","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">This Special Session aims to explore how international collaboration, research-based approaches, and innovative teaching methods can significantly strengthen pre-university STEM outreach programs worldwide. By uniting passionate educators, dedicated researchers, skilled engineers, and forward-thinking policy-makers, it aims to foster meaningful global dialogue and build sustainable partnerships that expand and amplify the positive impact of STEM initiatives across diverse cultural, social, and educational contexts.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">STEM education for school-aged children is vital to our world economy. We must have a strong global STEM pipeline to meet the growing need for a high-skilled workforce. - Due to technology-driven growth and the necessity to replace the senior STEM workforce as they return, the STEM labor market is projected to expand by 12.1% by 2025 in Europe. \u003Cbr>SOURCE: https://www.teknologisk.dk/_/media/64894_Does%20the%20EU%20need%20more%20STEM%20graduates.pdf \u003C/p>\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">In the United States, employment in STEM occupations has grown 79%-increasing from 9.7 million to 17.3 million since 1990. SOURCE: Via a 2018 article from Pew Research Center The world needs diverse viewpoints and experiences to design solutions that meet each community's unique needs. These solutions come when all students from all backgrounds are encouraged in STEM education and careers. Beginning STEM education at an early age (pre-university) is critical to growing a strong and diverse pipeline. There is a growing interest from engineers, volunteers, teachers, professional associations, and organizations to invest in pre-university STEM education. One way of doing this is by providing students exposure to high-quality STEM activities and professionals, in and outside the classroom, so we can grow their technological literacy and they can ultimately see themselves as someone who can improve the world through a STEM career. In this special session, proposed by IEEE Educational Activities Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee (PECC), we invite you to share your experiences in pre-University STEM outreach and discuss the best ways to ignite interest in STEM in young students.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_10_web_01_4714c2ea4d.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:13.278Z","2025-10-08T13:18:20.198Z","2025-10-08T13:18:20.193Z","273",[1016,1024,1033,1041],{"id":213,"name":1017,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":1018,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":1019,"updatedAt":1020,"url_path_id":1021,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":1022,"url_path":1023},"Stamatis Dragoumanos","Computer Technology Institute and Press \"Diophantus\", Greece","2025-10-07T20:14:41.818Z","2025-10-08T13:30:30.661Z","218",[],"-161",{"id":1025,"name":1026,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":1027,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":1028,"updatedAt":1029,"url_path_id":1030,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":1031,"url_path":1032},95,"Tomislav Jagust","University of Zagreb","2025-10-07T20:14:42.206Z","2025-10-08T13:30:39.188Z","220",[],"-209",{"id":31,"name":1034,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":1035,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":1036,"updatedAt":1037,"url_path_id":1038,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":1039,"url_path":1040},"Debra Gulick","IEEE, USA","2025-10-07T20:14:42.580Z","2025-10-08T13:30:46.431Z","222",[],"-164",{"id":1042,"name":1043,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":1035,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":1044,"updatedAt":1045,"url_path_id":1046,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":1047,"url_path":1048},97,"Dawna Schultz","2025-10-07T20:14:43.023Z","2025-10-08T13:30:53.502Z","224",[],"-166","-196",{"id":114,"session":1051},{"id":120,"title":1052,"teaser":1053,"body":1054,"createdAt":1055,"updatedAt":1056,"publishedAt":1057,"url_path_id":1058,"contacts":1059,"url_path":1166},"SS11: Engineering Education in the Global South - Contexts, Challenges, and Future Directions","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">The special session \"Engineering Education in the Global South: Contexts, Challenges, and Future Directions\" at EDUCON 2026 is designed to shed light on how engineering education develops and adapts in environments that are often characterized by resource limitations, rapid demographic change, and urgent societal needs. Institutions in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and large parts of Asia are reimagining education not only as a pathway to technological advancement but also as a driver of social inclusion and sustainable growth. This session positions the Global South as a vital contributor to global conversations on education engineering, highlighting original approaches that respond directly to local realities while offering valuable insights for the international community.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">Our session will explore how educators, researchers, and institutions are addressing structural and cultural challenges while building innovative teaching and learning models. Topics include the integration of digital technologies in contexts where connectivity is uneven, curriculum reforms that reflect both global standards and local priorities, and the cultivation of skills aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. We are particularly interested in practices such as experiential learning, design for social impact, and community-centered projects, which empower students to connect engineering knowledge with the pressing needs of their societies. By examining these experiences, we aim to generate constructive discussions about resilience, adaptability, and creativity in engineering education. Another key aspect of the session is fostering exchange between different regions of the Global South as well as between the South and North. We envision the session as a collaborative space where participants can reflect on shared challenges-such as limited funding, brain drain, or outdated infrastructure-while also recognizing the ingenuity and resourcefulness that these constraints often inspire. Through case studies, interactive panels, and examples of ongoing collaborations, the session will illustrate how international partnerships, open-access platforms, and distributed learning networks can support the development of stronger engineering education ecosystems. Rather than framing the Global South solely in terms of gaps or deficiencies, this session seeks to highlight its role as an incubator of new educational paradigms. The initiatives presented will demonstrate how context-sensitive models of teaching and institutional development can enrich global debates on the future of engineering education. By convening this special session at EDUCON 2026, we aspire to create a dialogue that is both inclusive and forward-looking, where the diverse realities of the Global South contribute to shaping a more equitable and globally relevant educational landscape.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_11_web_01_9bd1045cad.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    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Together, these technologies are reshaping teaching, learning, and institutional operations-from virtual laboratories hosted on scalable cloud infrastructure to AI-enabled adaptive learning systems and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms that support data-driven decision-making. The session will showcase research, case studies, and practical experiences that illustrate how AI and cloud can make engineering education more flexible, accessible, and responsive.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">AI and cloud are not just tools-they are becoming core infrastructure for higher education worldwide. Their combined influence is timely and essential, as institutions face pressure to deliver high-quality education at scale, reduce costs, and address sustainability. At the same time, the ethical, security, and privacy challenges of these technologies demand careful examination. Without this, risks of bias, exclusion, and inequity may overshadow potential benefits. The EDUCON 2026 theme-\"Human-centered Engineering Education: Empowering Sustainable Innovation and Ethical Leadership through AI and Digital Transformation\"-resonates directly with this session. AI + cloud systems embody digital transformation, and when implemented responsibly, they can empower sustainable innovation and foster ethical leadership in engineering practice and education alike. This session will address both the opportunities and responsibilities inherent in adopting these technologies. This session will bring together a diverse set of voices: researchers exploring novel AI and cloud applications; educators implementing digital-first curricula; administrators integrating enterprise systems; and industry practitioners building scalable, ethical solutions. The global engineering education community will benefit from shared best practices, frameworks, and lessons learned, especially those relevant to the Global South where constraints often spark creative approaches. Beyond academia, the outcomes will inform industry-academic collaboration, workforce development, and equitable technology adoption in society, helping shape a new generation of engineers prepared to lead responsibly in an era of constant digital transformation.\u003C/p>\u003Cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"not-prose pt-6 flex justify-center\">\n    \u003Ca href=\"https://confcats-siteplex.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/educon26/educon26_cfss_12_web_02_b76ff1e77e.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary text-white btn-sm btn last:!mr-0 gap-3\">\n        \u003Cspan>Download Call for Papers\u003C/span>\n        \u003Csvg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-5 w-5\">\n            \u003Cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M16.28 11.47a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.5 7.5a.75.75 0 01-1.06-1.06L14.69 12 7.72 5.03a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06l7.5 7.5z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\">\u003C/path>\n        \u003C/svg>\n    \u003C/a>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/div>","2025-10-08T12:41:14.220Z","2026-01-16T15:20:04.811Z","2025-10-08T13:20:35.763Z","275",[1177],{"id":1178,"name":1179,"committee":16,"position":16,"affiliation":1180,"email":16,"biography":63,"createdAt":1181,"updatedAt":1182,"url_path_id":1183,"contactPhoto":16,"socialLinks":1184,"url_path":1185},105,"Tirumala Rao Chimpiri","Stony Brook University, USA","2025-10-07T20:14:46.608Z","2025-10-08T13:32:58.104Z","239",[],"-179","-198",{"id":1188,"session":1189},16,{"id":341,"title":1190,"teaser":1191,"body":1192,"createdAt":1193,"updatedAt":1194,"publishedAt":1195,"url_path_id":1196,"contacts":1197,"url_path":1241},"SS13: Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Opportunities and Challenges Across the Examination Cycle","\u003Cp style=\"text-align:justify;\">This Special Session focuses on advancing assessment in education by leveraging innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), learning analytics, and novel computational models. 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