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Plenary Speakers<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
\n

Plenary – I<\/strong>
\nMonday, February 12, 2024, 8:00 – 9:40 am (Onsite) – Ballroom
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

8:00 – 8:20 am<\/p>\n

Prof. John Kiong Chai<\/strong><\/span>
\nProfessor and Dept. Chair<\/strong><\/span>
\nMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department<\/strong><\/span>
\nUnited Arab Emirates University<\/strong><\/span>
\nAl Ain, Abu Dhabi<\/strong><\/span>
\nUnited Arab Emirates<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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\n

8:20 – 8:40 am<\/p>\n

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Dr Sayyad Zahid<\/u> Qamar<\/strong><\/span>
\nProfessor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
\n<\/span>Room 2052, Box 33, College of Engineering
\n<\/span>Sultan Qaboos University
\n<\/span>Al-Khodh 123, Muscat, OMAN<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr Sayyad Zahid Qamar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman. He has over 30 years of academic and research experience in different international universities. He has also worked as a professional mechanical engineer in the field for over 6 years in the heavy engineering and fabrication industry (Manager Research and Development; Deputy Manager Design; Production Engineer; Quality Control Engineer). On top of his experience as a researcher\/academician, he has been actively involved in research and accreditation work related to engineering education. His research areas are Applied materials and manufacturing; Applied mechanics and design; Reliability engineering; and Engineering education. As part of the Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Research group (AM2R) at SQU, he has been involved in different applied research funded projects in excess of 4 million dollars. He has over 225 research\/technical publications to his credit (research monographs\/books, edited book volumes, book chapters, publications in refereed international journals and conferences, and technical reports). He has recently authored a book titled Swelling Elastomers in Petroleum Drilling and Development \u2014 Applications, Performance Analysis, and Material Modeling; edited one volume (Renewability of Synthetic Materials) for the Elsevier Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials; and is currently editing one volume (Thermal Engineering of Steel Alloy Systems) in the 13-volume series Comprehensive Materials Processing, 2nd edition by Elsevier; and is editing a book on Quality Assurance and Quality Control by Intech International. He has served as Associate editor, Guest editor, and Member editorial board for different research journals (including Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, the Journal of Engineering Research, American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, etc.)<\/p>\n

\n

8:40 – 9:00 am<\/p>\n

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Dr. Tryfon Theodorou<\/strong><\/span>
\nVice Dean at the Inspection Technology and Quality Assurance National Institute (ITQAN)<\/strong><\/span>
\nKingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Applications of Intelligent Software Defined Network protocols in IIoT wireless communications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Tryfon Theodorou holds a Ph.D. degree in the area of Intelligent Software-Defined Networks over
\nIoT devices. He holds two MSc degrees: in Artificial Intelligence – Knowledge-Based Systems from the
\nUniversity of Edinburgh, Scotland, and in Applied Informatics from the University of Macedonia,
\nThessaloniki, Greece. He is a senior software engineer and machine learning expert, currently lecturing
\nand managing Colleges in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As a software engineer, he developed and administered
\na number of IT solutions for the medical and banking sector. Moreover, he is an active researcher and
\nconsultant currently working in the area of Intelligent Edge Computing for the Internet of Things, used in
\nIndustrial environments and Smart Cities. He is currently appointed to the post of the Vice Dean of the
\nInspection Technology & Quality Assurance National Institute (ITQAN). He contributed to several
\nscientific publications and he serves as a reviewer in competitive research venues. His interests are
\nprimarily focused in the areas of Machine learning, Internet of Things, Computer Vision, Acritical
\nIntelligence, Wireless Sensor Networks, Fog Computing, and Software-Defined Networks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

9:00 – 9:20 am<\/p>\n

Dr Kaouther Ghacham
\n<\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor<\/span>
\nDepartment of Industrial Engineering, and Systems<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege of Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University<\/strong><\/span>
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Director of the student chapter PNU-CEN, Riyadh, KSA<\/h3>\n

Kaouther Ghacham is an Associate Professor within the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, participates as a Committee Member for the Industrial Engineering and Systems Programs, Head of the accreditation committee, Internal reviewer of the industrial and systems program and holds the position of Director for the Measurement and Evaluation Administration at the College of Engineering at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, also engaged in active research, focusing on optimizing energy systems.<\/p>\n

\n

9:20 – 9:40 am<\/p>\n

\"\"Ant\u00f3nio Jo\u00e3o Pina da Costa Feliciano Abreu, PhD<\/strong><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor with Habilitation<\/strong><\/span>
\nPolytechnic University of Lisbon<\/strong><\/span>
\nCoordinator of the MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management<\/strong><\/span>
\nDepartment of Mechanical Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nLisboa, Portugal<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Before joining the academic world in 1998, he had an industrial career since 1992 in manufacturing industries with management positions. He concluded his PhD in 2007, and the Habilitation title in 2020, in Industrial Engineering.<\/p>\n

He is member of several international associations e.g. IFAC at TC5.3 Enterprise Integration & Networking, ISO\/TC 258, and INSTICC \u2013 Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. He is co-founder of SOCOLNET – Society of Collaborative Networks.<\/p>\n

As researcher, he has been involved in several National and European research projects. He has been involved in the organization and member of the program committees of several national and international conferences. He is member of review board and editorial board of several international journals.<\/p>\n

He has more than 130 publications in books, journals, and conferences proceedings in the area of logistics, project management, quality management, open-Innovation, risk management and lean management.<\/p>\n

9:40 – 10:00 am<\/p>\n

Prof. Juan Carlos Quiroz<\/strong><\/span>
\nResearch Professor of Industrial Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nFaculty of Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nUniversity of Lima<\/strong><\/span>
\nLima, Peru<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

Plenary II<\/strong>
\nTuesday, February 13, 2024, 8:00 – 9:40 am (Onsite) – Ballroom
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

8:00 – 8:20 am<\/p>\n

\"\"Sajid Anwar, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong>
\nProfessor of Computer Science<\/strong><\/span>
\nInstitute of Management Sciences <\/strong><\/span>
\nPeshawar, Pakistan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Member Board Committee, Institute of Creative Advanced Technologies, Science, and Engineering, South Korea
\nAssociate Editor: Computers and Electrical Engineering, Elsevier
\nAssociate Editor: Expert Systems Journal, Wiley
\nAcademic Editor: PLOSE ONE
\nAssociate Editor:\u00a0Network: Computation in Neural Systems
\nInternational Chair\/General Co-Chair: International Conference on Information Technology and Applications<\/h3>\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Sajid Anwar is Professor at the Centre of Excellence in Information Technology Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar, Pakistan. He received his MS (Computer Science, 2007) and Ph.D degrees (Computer Science, 2011) from NUCES-FAST, Islamabad. Previously, he was head of Undergraduate Program in Software Engineering at IMSciences.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sajid Anwar is leading expert in Mining Software Repositories. His research interests are cross-disciplinary & industry focused and includes: Search based Software Engineering; Prudent based Expert Systems; Customer Analytics, Active Learning and applying Data Mining and Machine Learning techniques to solve real world problems. Dr. Sajid Anwar is Associate Editor of Computers & Electrical Engineering Elsevier, PLOS ONE, Expert Systems Journal Wiley, and Network: Computation in Neural Systems Taylor & Francis. He has been a Guest Editor of numerous journals, such as Neural Computing and Applications, Cluster Computing Journal Springer, Grid Computing Journal Springer, Expert Systems Journal Wiley, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Wiley, and Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory Journal Springer. He is also Member Board Committee Institute of Creative Advanced Technologies, Science and Engineering, Korea (iCatse.org) http:\/\/icatse.org\/<\/a>. He has conducted and led collaborative research with Govt. organizations and academia and has published over 60 research articles in prestigious journals and conferences. He had\/has supervised\/co-supervising several Ph.D. and Master Students. He served as the International Chair\/ General Co-Chair of the ICITA (15th<\/sup>, 16th<\/sup>, 17th<\/sup> International Conference on Information Technology and Applications). He served as the workshop chair of the ISEA (1st<\/sup> , 2nd<\/sup> , 3rd, 4th <\/sup>International Workshop on Intelligent Software Engineering Automation) associated with APSEC (28th<\/sup> , 29th<\/sup> ,30th<\/sup> Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference) and NLP-SEA (1st<\/sup>, 2nd<\/sup> International Workshop on Software Engineering Automation: A Natural language Perspective) associate with ASE (35th<\/sup> , 36th<\/sup> IEEE\/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering).<\/p>\n

\n

8:20 – 8:40 am<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Elie Menassa<\/strong><\/span>
\nDean<\/strong><\/span>
\nAmity Business School Dubai<\/strong><\/span>
\nDubai, United Arab Emirates<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Social Responsibility in Operations and Supply Chain<\/p>\n

Professor Elie Menassa is a Lebanese-Australian national currently based in Dubai. He has extensive teaching experience and serves now as full professor of Accounting and Dean of Amity Business School Dubai. Previously, he was the Dean at Notre Dame University Lebanon and has held various academic, administrative, and visiting positions at other universities in the USA, UK, Germany, Cyprus, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

A board member and former President and Vice President of several non-profit and public institutions, Professor Elie has also held senior managerial positions at reputable organisations like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Eternit SAL, Libano-Suisse SAL, and Somerfield LTD (UK). In addition to three active professional licenses (CFE, CRMA, and FAIA Acad.), Professor Elie’s academic qualifications include a Doctorate in Accounting and Finance from Leicester Business School, UK, and a Postdoctoral position at Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, USA.<\/p>\n

Professor Elie is also an active researcher with publications in top refereed academic journals and professional outlets and a reviewer for many authoritative journals and conference proceedings.<\/p>\n

\n

8:40 – 9:00 am<\/p>\n

\"\"K.M. Sharath Kumar, Ph.D.
\nProfessor & Head – Management and Commerce<\/strong><\/span>
\n(Supply Chain Management and DEA)<\/strong><\/span>
\nRamaiah University of Applied Sciences<\/strong><\/span>
\nBangalore – 560 054, India<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr K M Sharath Kumar is the Director of Research and an Associate Professor at the Department of Management Studies under the Faculty of Management and Commerce, RUAS. He has served in the capacity of Deputy Director \u2013 Sponsored Research and previously was a full-time Faculty and Coordinator\u2009\u2014\u2009Sponsored Research in the Department of Management Studies. He is a life member of the Indian Society of Technical Education.<\/p>\n

He has served as a PhD Examiner and has supervised the doctoral thesis of students. As a member of the Research and Innovation Council \u2013 RUAS, he is responsible for managing International Partnerships. He is also in-charge of managing Patents and Patent Commercialisation process for the Research and Exchange (both Faculty and Student) initiative at the university. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience.<\/p>\n

He brings with him extensive knowledge of coordinating funded research activities with various organisations in the government, public and private sectors. He leverages his considerable skills as a leader in assembling high-performance teams, setting goals and successfully achieving them.<\/p>\n

Dr Sharath Kumar graduated in Mechanical Engineering and also completed his Master\u2019s degree in Business Administration with a specialisation in Marketing. In addition, he has a PhD degree offered by Coventry University, UK. His research is primarily focused on Management Science, Operations Management, Mathematical Modelling, Logistics and Supply Chain Management.<\/p>\n

\n

9:00 – 9:20 am<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Umar Asghar<\/strong><\/span>
\nDiscipline Leader (Civil and Mechanical Engineering)<\/strong><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor<\/strong><\/span>
\nSchool of Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/a>University of Wollongong Dubai (UOWD)<\/strong><\/span>
\nUAE<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/h3>\n

Topic: Additive Manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Dr Umar Asghar is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD).Prior to joining UOWD Dr Asghar was working as lead engineer in the design and development of port access systems for minimally invasive surgery at Surgical Innovations Ltd in UK.<\/p>\n

Dr Asghar has several years\u2019 experience in the industry across Nuclear, Defence, Medical Engineering and Manufacturing. He worked as a design engineer on material handling machines for the nuclear industry and has extensive experience in managing and delivering projects from design engineering, project management, project controls, quality assurance and stakeholder management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

9:20 – 9:40 pm<\/p>\n

\"\"Professor Sulaiman Al-Zuhair<\/strong><\/span>
\nProfessor of Chemical Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nAssistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege of Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nUnited Arab Emirates University, UAE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Talk Title: Utilization of enzymes for enhanced CO2 removal and conversion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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