Plenary Speakers
Plenary – I
Monday, February 12, 2024, 8:00 – 9:40 am
8:00 – 8:25 am
Prof. John Kiong Chai
Professor and Dept. Chair
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
United Arab Emirates University
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
8:00 – 8:50 am
Prof. Juan Carlos Quiroz
Research Professor of Industrial Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Lima
Lima, Peru
8:50 – 9:15 am
Dr. Tryfon Theodorou
Vice Dean at the Inspection Technology and Quality Assurance National Institute (ITQAN)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Applications of Intelligent Software Defined Network protocols in IIoT wireless communications
9:15 – 8:40 am
Plenary II
Monday, February 12, 2024, 2:00 – 3:40 pm
2:00 – 2:25 pm
Dr. Kaouther Mohamed Ghasham
Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Department
College of Engineering
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2:00 – 2:50 pm
K.M. Sharath Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor & Head – Management and Commerce
(Supply Chain Management and DEA)
Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Bangalore – 560 054, India
2:50 – 3:15 pm
3:15 – 3:40 pm
Plenary III
Monday, February 12, 2024, 4:00 – 5:40 pm
4:00 – 4:25 pm
4:00 – 4:50 pm
4:50 – 5:15 pm
5:15 – 5:40 pm
Plenary IV
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 8:00 – 9:40 am
8:00 – 8:25 am
8:00 – 8:50 am
8:50 – 9:15 am
9:15 – 8:40 am
Plenary V
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 2:00 – 3:40 pm
2:00 – 2:25 pm
Professor Sulaiman Al-Zuhair
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Engineering
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Talk Title: Utilization of enzymes for enhanced CO2 removal and conversion
Sulaiman Al-Zuhair is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at UAE University and currently holds the position of Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Before that, he held the positions of Head of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Director of Project Management Unit and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program. Prof. Al-Zuhair’s research resulted in publication of over 100 papers in Scopus and his current Scopus h-index is 34. He also has five patents under his name and published an authored book and three book chapters. As a Principal Investigator, Prof. Al-Zuhair was able to secure research funds of over AED 3 million dirhams, and over AED 20 million as a Co-Investigator. He is the recipient of the Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (Best Academic Research) and the UAEU Research Excellence Award in 2019, and College of Engineering Excellence Research Award in 2016 and 2020. Prof. Al-Zuhair is on the Editorial Boards in a number of journals, and had held positions in the scientific and organizing committees of several international conferences.
2:00 – 2:50 pm
2:50 – 3:15 pm
3:15 – 3:40 pm
Plenary VI
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 4:00 – 5:40 pm
4:00 – 4:25 pm
4:00 – 4:50 pm
4:50 – 5:15 pm
5:15 – 5:40 pm