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Honorary President of Past Conferences
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Dr. William Lesso (1931-2015)
Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Former Associate Dean of the College of Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin, USA
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Professor T. Grandon Gill
University of South Florida, USA College of Business Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration Editor-in-Chief of Informing Science Editor of the Journal of IT Education Founding Editor of Journal of Information Technology Education
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Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto
Kogakuin University, Japan Councilor and Dean Faculty of Engineering Former Associate to the President
Doctor of Engineering and Doctor of Medicine Biomedical Engineering
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Professor Michael Savoie
University of North Texas, USA
Former Dean of the College of Technology and Computing at Utah Valley University, USA
CEO of HyperGrowth Solutions
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Dr. Suzanne Lunsford
Wright State University, USA Professor of Chemistry
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Dr. Lorayne Robertson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Former Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Education Former Director of the Graduate Programs in Education
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Dr. William Muirhead
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada Founding researcher of the EILAB in the UOIT Faculty of Education Former Associate Provost Founding academic administrator of the University
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Dr. Pawel Poszytek
Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Poland General Director
Member of working groups of the European Commission and the Ministry of National Education of Poland
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Bruce Leybourne, MS
Institute for Advance Studies on Climate Change (IASCC), USA Research Director and Principal Investigator Former visiting researcher at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Former Navy tenure at the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, NASA's Stennis Space Center.
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Dr. Risa Blair
Purdue University Global, USA eLearning Instructional Designer Education Management
Instructional Associates Director of HR and Operations
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Professor Hai Wang
Saint Mary's University, Canada Sobey School of Business Finance Info Sys and Mgmt Science
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Professor John Coffey
University of West Florida, USA Computer Science Department
Research Scientist at Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
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Dr. Yaping Gao
Quality Matters, USA, Senior Academic Director, 25 years experience in higher education both in China and in USA as faculty and online education management and administration
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Dr. Luay Wahsheh
Arkansas Tech University, USA Head and Professor of Computer and Information Science
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Professor Donald Ropes
Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Business Research Centre Research line: Learning and Development in Organisations
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Dr. Bobbe Baggio
La Salle University, USA Director, Graduate Program in Instructional Technology Management
American University, USA Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Online Learning
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Dr. Bruce E. Peoples
Innovations LLC, USA Founder and CEO Formerly at Université Paris 8, France Laboratoire Paragraphe Chair Emeritus of an ISO/IEC Standards Committee Generated over 50 Invention Disclosures, 15 Patent Applications and 11 Patent Awards
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Professor Paul Nugent
Western Connecticut State University, USA Ancell School of Business: Management Information Systems
International Association for Computer Information Systems Member of the Editorial Review Board
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Professor Steinar Killi
Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway Center of Design Research Direct Digital Manufacturing
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Professor Christin Lindholm
Lund University, Sweden Faculty of Engineering, LTH Education Program Leader for the Bachelor programmes of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
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Professor Christian Nyberg
Lund University, Sweden Faculty of Engineering, LTH Computer Science and Engineering Network and Security
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Professor Bob Gilmour
Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
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Dr. Marc Dupuis
University of Washington, USA Division of Computing and Software Systems of the School of STEM Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington’s tri-campus Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC)
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Dr. Nicola Fabiano
Studio Legale Fabiano, Italy Founder and CEO
President of the San Marino Data Protection Authority President of the Centre for Informatics and Forensic Innovation (CINFOR)
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Dr. Jim Johnson
The Standish Group, USA Founder and Chairman
40 Years of Experience in the Computer Industry, Mission-Critical Applications and Technology
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Profesora Gabriela Vilanova
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Argentina Directora del Grupo de investigación: Innovación en procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje en ambientes virtuales de aprendizaje
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Profesor Jorge Varas
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Argentina Ergonomía y Psicosociología del Trabajo Co-Director de proyectos de investigación relacionados a Educación en Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje
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Profesora Ariana Acon Matamoros
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Costa Rica Encargada del área de TIC
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Dra. Aurora Trujillo Cotera
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Costa Rica Profesora y Coordinadora del Área de Autoevaluación del Instituto de Gestión de la Calidad Académica
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Dra. Isabel Cristina Rivera Lozada
Universidad del Cauca, Colombia Directora del grupo de investigación GICEA
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Dra. Oriana Rivera Lozada
Universidad Norbert Wiener, Peru Directora de Desarrollo de la Investigación
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Dr. Nagib Callaos
President of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemic, USA Former Dean of Research and Development of the University Simón Bolívar, Venezuela Founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
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Invited Session Organizers
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Bruce Leybourne, MS
Institute for Advance Studies on Climate Change (IASCC), USA Research Director and Principal Investigator Former visiting researcher at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Former Navy tenure at the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, NASA's Stennis Space Center.
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Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto
Kogakuin University, Japan Councilor and Dean Faculty of Engineering Former Associate to the President
Doctor of Engineering and Doctor of Medicine Biomedical Engineering
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Dr. Lorayne Robertson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Former Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Education Former Director of the Graduate Programs in Education
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Dr. William Muirhead
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada Founding researcher of the EILAB in the UOIT Faculty of Education Former Associate Provost Founding academic administrator of the University
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Dr. Pawel Poszytek
Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Poland General Director
Member of working groups of the European Commission and the Ministry of National Education of Poland
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Dr. Risa Blair
Purdue University Global, USA eLearning Instructional Designer Education Management
Instructional Associates Director of HR and Operations
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Professor Natalja Lace
Riga Technical University, Latvia Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management Head of Department of Corporate Finance and Economics
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Professor Elina Gaile-Sarkane
Riga Technical University, Latvia Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management
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Professor Renata Baracho
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Architecture School Design Department
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Dr. Sebastião Helvecio Ramos de Castro
Instituto Rui Barbosa, Brazil Vice-Presidente
Conselheiro do Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Minas Gerais Membro do Comitê Executivo de Saúde do Estado de Minas Gerais
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Professor Valeria Martins
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil Centro de Comunicação e Letras
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Professor Sheila Rodrigues
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil Centro de Comunicação e Letras
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Professor Yolanda Eugenia Llosas Albuerne
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador General Editor of the Journal RIEMAT
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Professor Grether Lucía Real Pérez
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador Coordinator and Group Leader of Research in Productivity, Security, Health and Environment.
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Professor Ariana Acon Matamoros
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Costa Rica Informatics Engineering
Former Cordinator of UNED ´s Research Vice-Presidency
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Professor Aurora Trujillo Cotera
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Costa Rica Academic Analyst
Previously profesror at the LatinAmerican University of Science and Technology
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Professor Elena Fabiola Ruiz Ledesma
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico Superior School of Computing
Member of the Editorial Board of Hispano American Journal of Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics.
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Program Committees Co-Chairs
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Professor Michael Savoie
University of North Texas, USA
Former Dean of the College of Technology and Computing at Utah Valley University, USA
CEO of HyperGrowth Solutions
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Professor T. Grandon Gill
University of South Florida, USA College of Business Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration Editor-in-Chief of Informing Science Editor of the Journal of IT Education Founding Editor of Journal of Information Technology Education
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Dr. Jeremy Horne
President-Emeritus, Southwest Area Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA
CEO - Inventors Assistance League, USA
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Dr. Suzanne Lunsford
Wright State University, USA Professor of Chemistry
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Professor Thierry Lefevre
Director CEERD, ThailandCentre for Energy Environment Resources and Development
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Professor Hsing-Wei Chu
Lamar University, USA Chair of The Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Eng. Sushil Acharya
Robert Morris University, USA School of Engineering, Mathematics and ScienceSoftware Engineering
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Professor Andres Tremante
Florida International University, USA The Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department
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Dr. Esther Zaretsky
The Academic College of Education G.W., Israel Lecturer and Researcher in the Instructional DisciplinesThe Hebrew University, Israel Ph.D. Graduator and Former Faculty Member and Lecturer in the Educational Department, Focusing on Computer Applications
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D. Nagib Callaos
President of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemic, USA Former Dean of Research and Development of the University Simón Bolívar, Venezuela Founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
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