Committees

Conference Chairs

• Mohammed Al-Mualla, Khalifa University (KU), UAE
• Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria

Conference Vice Chair

• Samer Al-Samahi, Etisalat BT Innovation Center (EBTIC), UAE

Program Committee Chairs

• Information Contact: Hamad Al Marzouqi, UAE
• Technical Program: Hussain Al-Ahmad, KU, UAE; Hassan Barada, KU, UAE, Danilo Garbi Zutin, CTI, Austria
• Local Arrangements: Areej Al Haddad, KU, UAE; Nawaf AlMoosa, KU, UAE
• Treasurer: Hesham Salem, KU, UAE
• Special Sessions and Panels: George Wesley Hitt, KU, UAE, Benjamin Hirsch, EBTIC, UAE, Teresa Restivo, University of Porto, Portugal
• Workshops and Exhibition: Dymitr Ruta, EBTIC, UAE; Jamal Zemerly, KU, UAE, Doru Ursutiu, University of Brasov, Romania
• Awards: Russ Meier, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA; Mahmoud Al-Qutayri, KU, UAE
• Publication, Web and eMedia: Sebastian Schreiter, IAOE, FRANCE; Leigh Powell, KU, UAE
• Patronage and Publicity: Sayed al Hashmi, KU, UAE; Rasool Asal, EBTIC, UAE
• Region 8 - Europe Chair: Arnold Pears, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Region 8 - Middle East Chair: Jason Ng, Etisalat BT Innovation Center, UAE
• Region 8 – Africa Chair: Adel Alimni, Tunis, Tunisia
• International - North America Chair: Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University, USA
• International - South America Chair: Golberi de Salvador Ferreira, IFSC, Brazil
• International - Asia Chair: Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, China
• International - Australia Chair: Alexander Kist, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

International Advisory Board

• Rob Reilly, Chair, President IEEE Education Society, MIT CECI, USA
• Nicolas Beute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
• Rafael Calvo, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Trond Clausen, IEEE EdSoc, Norway
• Paloma Diaz, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
• Charles B. Fleddermann, Editor-in-Chief , IEEE Transactions on Education, University of New Mexico, USA,
• Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky, USA
• Sabina Jeschke, ZLW/IMA der RWTH Aachen, Germany
• Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada
• Susan Lord, University of San Diego, USA
• Akinori Nishihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Cornel Samoila, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
• Howie Southworth, The George Washington University, USA
• Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, University of Quebec, CA

Program Committee

• Abdel Isakovic, Khalifa University, UAE
• Adbulhadi Shoufan, Khalifa University, UAE
• Akinori Nishihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford, USA
• Anette Kolmos, University of Aalborg, Denmark
• Artur Edwards, University of Colima, Mexico
• Baltasar Fernandez-Manjon, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
• Bouthaina Talili, Rochester Institute of Technology, UAE
• Bruce Walker Ferguson, Masdar Institute of Technology, UAE
• Carlos Delgado, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
• Carmen Celina Torres Arcadia, ITESM, Campus Monterrey, Mexico
• Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• Danilo Garbi Zutin, CUAS, FH Kärnten, Villach, Austria
• Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Doru Ursutiu, University Transylvania of Brasov, Romania
• Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan, USA
• Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Ernesto Damiani, Etisalat BT Innovation Center, UAE
• Fahir Hayati, Ajman University, UAE
• Hatem Hamad, the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
• Heinz Dreher, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
• Henda Chorfi, Laborotory UTIC, University of Tunis, Tunisia
• Hind Zantout, Herriot Watt University, UAE
• Ian Grout, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Ibrahim Elfadel, MASDAR Institute, UAE
• Javier Garcia-Zubia, Universidad de Deusto, Spain
• Jennifer DeBoer, Purdue University, USA
• José Palazzo M. De Oliveira, UFGRS, Brazil
• Jose Quadrado, ISEP, Portugal
• Juan Manuel Santos, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
• Jürgen Mottok, University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Germany
• Karsten Henke, TU Ilmenau, Germany
• Khalid Qaraqe, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar
• Khalifa Al-Hosani, Petroleum Institute, UAE
• Kinda Khalaf, Khalifa University, UAE
• Lalita Rajasingham, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Luca Botturi, Universidad de Lugano, Switzerland
• Lutfi Al-Basha, American University of Sharjah, UAE
• Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain
• Marko Delimar, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Martin Llamas, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
• Masashi Oochi, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
• Matthew Ohland, Purdue University, USA
• Michael Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria
• Nabil Albastaki, UAE University, UAE
• Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University, USA
• Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
• Nasser Nassiri, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
• Nidhal Abdulaziz, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
• Nouhad Rizk, University of Houston, USA
• Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Turkey
• Peter Reimann, University of Sydney, Australia
• Qassim Nasir, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Qurban A Memon, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
• Rachad Zaki, Khalifa University, UAE
• Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Reinhard Langmann, University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf, Germany
• Slavi Stoyanov, Open Universiteit Nederland, Netherlands
• Suleyman Uludag, University of Michigan, USA
• Susan Patrick, North American Council for Online Learning, USA
• Tarek Sobh, Bridgeport University, USA
• Teresa Restivo, University of Porto, Portugal
• Thoppil George Thomas, BITS - Dubai, UAE
• Tom Eppes, Hartford University, USA
• Vanessa Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
• Vassil Alexandrov, University of Reading, UK
• Wathiq Mansoor, American University in Dubai, UAE
• Yacine Atif, UAE University, UAE