Plenary and Invited Speakers
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Dr. Katerina Kabassi
Professor, Member of the Board of Governance of Ionian University, Department of Environment
Dr. Katerina Kabassi is a member of the Board of Governance of Ionian University as well as Professor at the Department of Environment. In 1999 she received her degree in Computer Science from the University of Piraeus, where she received scholarships and awards for best performance. In 2003 she defended her PhD thesis in the same department and received the title with grade ‘Excellent’. Since her appointment in 2006, she has served as Vice Rector of Academic Affairs, International Relations and Extraversion, Department Chair, Director of the Postgraduate Study Program “New Technologies for Environmental Education and Sustainable Development”, Director the Research Institute of Digital Biomedicine, etc. She has authored more than 130 articles in scientific journals, conferences and peer reviewed books. She has been a member of the Scientific Committee in more than 170 international conferences and reviewer in more than 200 international conferences. She is currently a reviewer in 69 international scientific journals and her interests are in Software Engineering of cultural and environmental applications, in the development of personalized software, mobile software technology and multi-criteria decision-making theories.
Dr. Mohd Nazri Bin Ismail
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Defence Technology, National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Mohd Nazri Ismail has been awarded the prestigious “Educator Award 2009 – R&D/Education category” by MARA (Malaysia Agency). Dr. Mohd Nazri Ismail has published more than 100 papers in national and international journals (indexed ISI, SCOPUS, IET) and IEEE conferences.
He has attended many international conferences and has chaired many technical sessions. He has been appointed as Technical Program Committee and organized more than 60 national and international conferences. He has been appointed as Editorial Board member more than 90 international journals and 40 international reviewer panels (journal/proceeding). He has received 28 awards in R&D/Education. Assoc. Dr. Mohd Nazri Ismail is an International Association of Engineers (IAENG), IEEE Cloud Computing Community, Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC), International Association of Engineers and Scientists (IAEST), Universal Association of Computer & Electronics Engineers (UACEE).
Dr. Konstantinos Kaminakis
Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing and Communication, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Kostas Kaminakis holds a Ph.D in Marketing from Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) as well as a degree in Accounting and Finance and a M.Sc in Marketing and Communication from the same institution. He is an Assistant Professor (Department of Marketing and Communication, AUEB) with extensive teaching experience in many Universities such as the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA), the Greek Open University (EAP) and others, in graduate and post-graduate level. He teaches Marketing, mainly Marketing Research, Quantitative Marketing Research, Services Marketing and Digital Marketing. He also has experience as a Scientific Collaborator in University level, Employee Teaching experience, as well as extensive working experience in the Rrivate sector.
His research work has been presented in multiple international Marketing Conferences and has been published in Academic journals such as: Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Business Research, Tourism Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Business Performance Management and others. He has been reviewer in international conferences and journals and is a member of academic associations such as the Greek Marketing Academy, the European Marketing Academy, the American Marketing Association, the Academy of Marketing Science and others.
Fon Hah
Managing Director and CEO, Clinc to Cloud
Dr. Michael Meimaris
Professor Emeritus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Professor Emeritus Michael Meimaris is the founder of the New Technologies Laboratory in Communication, Education and the Mass Media of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies of the University of Athens. He has served as Head of the Faculty as well as Director of the University Research Institute of Applied Communication. He has studied Mathematics in the University of Athens and Statistics and Computer-Based Data Analysis in Paris (Université Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie). His scientific interests involve the application of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, Graphics and Computer Animation, the New Technological Communication Environment and its design, Digital Storytelling, Intergenerational Communication and Learning, Visual Communication, Digital Game-Based Learning, Open and Distance Education, as well as the training of educators in the New Technologies field. He is a member of the International Committee and President of the National Committee of the Möbius Awards, member of the Scientific Board of the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris-Nord, as well as of C.I.T.I. of the University of Lisbon and member of the jury of the French Laboratories of Excellence action of the French National Research Agency (ANR). He served as member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) between 2014 and 2021. He has been awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques of the French Republic.
Dr. Dionysios Karavidas
Assistant Professor, PhD - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK, FHEA
Research Focus
I have an interdisciplinary research portfolio. My research interests include the use of statistical and econometric methods on various topics related to Information Systems, Financial Technology (FinTech), and Business Analytics.
Research Statement
I have published peer-reviewed articles on leading academic journals on the fields of Information Systems and FinTech, related, among else, to Blockchain Technology, FinTech Patents, Cryptocurrencies etc. I also serve as an Associate Editor on the editorial board of Communications of the Association for Information Systems; a core journal of the Association for Information Systems (AIS).
Teaching
I have designed and delivered both undergraduate and postgraduate education modules on marketing analytics (MGT7160), econometrics for business, data and statistics (MGT2009), data analytics for business (ITAO2009), risk analytics and big data. I have been qualified as FHEA – Fellow of Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy).
Dr. Panagiotis N. Koustoumpardis
Αssistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, Greece | Hellenic Mathematical Society - Helias Branch
His main research interests are robotics, intelligent control, biomimetic design of grippers, machine learning, neural networks, intelligent sensor fusion and machine vision for robotics applications, autonomous robotics for mining, and intelligent robotic handling and force control of non-rigid materials as well as human-robot collision, cooperation for handling non-rigid materials, and design-control of mobile and aerial robots.
He has been involved in most of the Robotics Group research projects and he was coordinator of two projects. He is partner (scientifically responsible) of a Horizon Project (2024-2027) concerning autonomous robotic exploration and extraction of deep mineral deposits.
He has authored 54 publications in journals, book chapters, and conferences. He was an Associate Editor and Guest Editor in three international journals and special issues, Editor in one book, and co-chair in one international conference.
He was a basic member of the organizing committee of the 1st and 2nd Hellenic Robotic Conference. He is the founder and scientific director of the educational robotics voluntary action Robots@UP at the University of Patras. He is a judge and coach in educational robotics competitions, founding member (from 2001) of Robotics Club and scientific supervisor (from 2019) of Robotics Club. He is area coordinator of the organizing and scientific committee of the Open Technologies in Education (Open Technologies Alliance), and coordinator of the Open Design/Hardware/WiFi working group. He is a member of Textile ETP Expert Community, of the Greek Society of Mechanical & Electrical Engineers, the Technical Chamber of Greece, and the Ileias Branch of the Hellenic Mathematical Society.
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