Speakers

Keynote Speakers of 2025

Prof. Ozgur B. Akan,
University of Cambridge, UK

IEEE Fellow
Chair in Electronic and Communication Engineering
Head, Internet of Everything (IoE) Group

Speech Title: Internet of Everything (IoE) - From Molecules to the Universe 

Abstract: Universe is vast, connected, and evolving by the laws of physics, which give rise to recurrent patterns, e.g., light, electrons, molecules, organisms, planets, galaxies, that are persistent carriers of information. These laws also serve as protocols of communication between these information carrying entities. Thus, the universe can be regarded as an Interconnected network of Everything we perceive, i.e., Internet of Everything (IoE). This vision of IoE, therefore, is that of connecting our already developed infrastructure to all observable entities in the universe, ranging from molecules and cells within human body to the people and planets. In this talk, the IoE vision will be introduced, the state-of-the-art, research challenges and directions in some of its novel components, e.g., Internet of Bio-Nano Things, Internet of Organoids, Internet of Plants, Internet of Space, will be discussed along with underlying unconventional communication paradigms, e.g., from particle-based to gravitational communications.

Biography: Ozgur B. Akan received PhD from the BWN-Lab, School of ECE, Georgia Tech in 2004. He is the Chair Professor in Electronic and Communication Engineering and Head of the IoE Group at University of Cambridge, UK; and AXA Chair Professor in IoE and Director of Center for neXt-generation Communications (CXC) at Koç University, Türkiye. His research is on nano/quantum/wireless/space communications. He is an IEEE Fellow, Turing Fellow, recipient of the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator and Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants, AXA Chair Professorship, TUBITAK Science Award, IBM Faculty Award, IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Young Researcher Award, elected as IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) and Communications Society (ComSoc) Distinguished Lecturer. He serves as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-scale Communications, Scientific Reports, Nano Communication Networks Journal and served for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Ad Hoc Networks, IET Communications, IEEE Networking Letters, International Journal of Communication Systems, European Transactions on Telecommunications, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Steering Committee Member for IEEE INFOCOM, General Chair for IEEE INFOCOM 2017, ACM MOBICOM 2012 and TPC chair for various conferences.

 

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Invited Speakers of 2025

 

Prof. Paulo Batista,
University of Évora, Portugal

Speech Title: Information communication and management starting in the 1980s
Abstract: Following the Second World War an explosion in the quantity of documentation led to a dramatic change in Archiving, or the profession referred to as records managers/records management and archivists/archives. Starting in the 1980s, however, archivists in Quebec began to make great progress by changing their approach and looking at the entire documentary cycle from current to definitive information. Carol Couture and Jean- Yves Rousseau made a crucial contribution towards the understanding of the Three Age Theory that viewed Archiving as an integrated discipline centered on a structural understanding of archives. In 1994, their work Les Fondements de la Discipline Archivistique, presented a new interpretation of Theodore Schellenberg's Three Age Theory. They called attention to the fact that the three phases of archival documents are not separate but, on the contrary, integrated. They argued that these three stages can even be looked at in a segmented way, provided the union between them is ensured. Their great innovation relative to Schellenberg's work lay, precisely, in critiquing the division and separation between the three ages of archival documents. Couture and Rousseau thereby brought together all the phases of the lifecycle of records, from production to dissemination, in opposition to the sterile distinction advocated by traditional archivists and document managers. In my opinion, however, the best approach to integrating information management is known as records continuum, which place archives in a post-custodial, informational, and scientific paradigm. This Australian concept arose in the 1990s amid the huge explosion of information, communication technologies and new media. This context forced Information Science to redefine its object of study. Records continuum is closely related to the integrated management model of Couture and Rousseau, while it carries their innovation further, perfecting it and replacing it with systemic dynamics and providing continuity between archives. In fact, records continuum means, literally, continuous management. It looks at the whole process from the production of records to their final archiving. Otherwise, we cannot speak of continuous management. That is why, when we speak of rigid archives – current, intermediate, and definitive, this approach is more theoretical than practical. There is, in fact, no separation between these phases, even less so from the point of view of the value of documents. The traditional distinction between information with probative and historical value ceases to exist. The information is simultaneous and is, in fact, the same.

 

Biography: Paulo Batista is PhD Researcher at CIDEHUS.UÉ-Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies of the University of Évora, Portugal, where is the coordinator of the research group 2: Heritage and Literacies. Currently works as a higher technician in the Municipal Archives of Lisbon, and professor at the Iscte-IUL (Master in Architecture and Visual Culture in Lisbon) and Autonomous University of Lisbon, where is coordinator and professor of the Postgraduate in Promotion and Cultural and Educational Dynamization of Archives and Libraries, and the Postgraduate in Architectural Archives.
He has lectured in the MS program in Information Science and Documentation at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and has held senior technician positions at the Portuguese Institute of Cultural Heritage, the Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage, and the Torre do Tombo Archives. He has also worked as researcher at the Center for the Study of History and Ancient Cartography of the Institute of Tropical Scientific Research.
Paulo Batista holds a Ph.D. in Documentation (University of Alcalá, Madrid-UAH), an MS in Information Science and Documentation – Archival Studies (UNL), and an MA in Documentation (UAH). As part of his doctorate, he also received a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Bibliography and Documentation Retrospective in Humanities (UAH), and he also holds a postgraduate degree in Information Society Law (University of Lisbon) and Information and Documentation Science - Librarianship and Archival Studies (UNL), and a specialization in Good Practices in Patrimonial Management (UNL) and Information Science and Documentation - Archival Studies (UNL). He holds an undergraduate degree in History (University of Lisbon).
Paulo Batista is the author of several books and about 90 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He was also keynote speaker and invited speaker at various international conferences (Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, India, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye and South Korea).

 

Asst. Prof. Mitra Madanchian,
University Canada West, Canada

Biography: Dr. Mitra Madanchian serves as the Vice Chair and Assistant Professor at University Canada West. She is also the Director of Quark Minded Technology Inc. and Hamta Business Corporation. Holding a Ph.D. in Business Management from Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia), a Master of Administrative Science in Human Resources from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and both Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Applied Linguistics from University Putra Malaysia, she has a strong academic background. With over a decade of industry experience, including roles in both SMEs and a Big Four firm (KPMG), Mitra has established herself as an expert in Business Management and Research and Development. Her professional career spans various international companies, covering fields such as IT, International Trade, Finance, and Education. In addition to her industrial expertise, Mitra is an accomplished academic researcher, specializing in Business Management, Leadership, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, FinTech, and IT Management. Her work has been published by reputable publishers like Elsevier, IGI Global, and MDPI, comprising over fifty scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals, 9 book chapters in addition to editing/co-editing several books and authored two books. She is a member of CPHR and has served as a session chair and speaker at international conferences, presenting numerous papers. Currently, her research interests focus on the role of AI in HR and Marketing.

 

Keynote Speakers of 2024

 

Prof. Jinwen Ma Peking University, China	Assoc. Prof. Hoshang Kolivand Liverpool John Moores University, UK	Prof. Kwang Sik Chung Korea National Open University, South Korea