Steering Committee

Conference Chair

Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi

Professor, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco | Chair, IEEE Sight

Honorable Chair

Dr. Eesa M. Al Bastaki

President, University of Dubai, UAE

Dr. Eesa M. Al Bastaki

President, University of Dubai, UAE

DR. EESA MOHAMMED BASTAKI, Ph.D. PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI (UAE), is the recipient of the highest award in the UAE, the “Emirates Excellence Award in Sciences, Literature, and Arts”. Dr. Bastaki has extensive experience in education, leadership, technology, and communications. Previously, Dr. Bastaki worked as a professor at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). He also held positions as CEO of the ICT Fund; Director of Education, Training, and Research and Development for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO); and was a member of many academic boards. He is the Honorary Chair of IEEE, Chairman of the Emirates Science Club, Chair of the Emirates Energy Award, and a Board member of the Cultural and Scientific Association, and many more. Dr. Bastaki chaired several technology and research boards, initiated technology incubation concepts, and coined “R&BD terminology”. Dr. Bastaki received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of California, San Diego, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Email:eesa@ud.ac.ae

Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Mustafa El-Nainay

Dean, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Alamein International University, Egypt

Technical Program Chair

Dr. Samy Eltawab

Professor, Department of Computer Science, James Madison University, USA

Steering Committee Member

Dr. Sudeendra Koushik

President-Elect IEEE TEMS | Innovation Director, Volvo Group India & Head of CampX by Volvo Group, India

Dr. Sudeendra Koushik

President-Elect IEEE TEMS | Innovation Director, Volvo Group India & Head of CampX by Volvo Group, India

Sudeendra Koushik 28 years of experience is in Innovation and Technology Management in India, Singapore, and the Netherlands in various roles, including new product and services development, project management, hardware, software and systems, intellectual property, people, and customer management with more than 20 patents in various stages. He has worked at Philips Netherlands, Europe, Philips India, HCL, and TTK. As a part of his consulting firm, PRASU, he has consulted for top companies, many in automotive technology, to help develop a culture of innovation, build innovation skills, and generate business-relevant innovations and intellectual property. He has been very actively engaged in the start-up sphere by mentoring and supporting multiple start-ups, innovation centers, accelerators, and incubators in multiple domains. Koushik has also worked closely with academia and innovation, being a part of academic councils forging stronger industry-academia collaboration. He has developed a unique innovation talent assessment and management method and is a TEDx and an international speaker, speaking regularly at multiple forums, universities, and conferences won several awards and recognitions. Sudeendra is a long-standing volunteer at IEEE, PMI, and Women in Big Data. He is also a cartoonist and actor. Koushik is an engineering graduate with management education and a Ph.D. in innovation. His Ph.D. by research is titled An integrated framework for Innovation talent management, focusing on Innovation & Intrapreneurship, specifically in scaling and managing business-relevant innovation. Sudeendra Koushik is a 2022 Member at Large on the 2022 IEEE Entrepreneurship Steering Committee.

Email:sudeendra.koushik@ieee.org

Steering Committee Member

Dr. Steven Li

VP, Conferences, IEEE TEMS | Associate Professor at Western New England University, USA

Steering Committee Member

Dr. Hussain Al-Ahmad

Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of Dubai

Dr. Hussain Al-Ahmad

Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of Dubai

Prof. Hussain Al-Ahmad is the founding Dean of Engineering and IT at the University of Dubai. He has 33 years of higher education experience working at academic institutions in different countries including University of Portsmouth, UK, Leeds Beckett University, UK, Faculty of Technological Studies, Kuwait, University of Bradford, UK, Etisalat University College, UAE and Khalifa University, UAE. He was the founder and Chair of the Electronic Engineering Departments at both Khalifa University and Etisalat University College. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, signal and image processing, multimedia, remote sensing and propagation. He has supervised successfully 30 PhD and Master students in the UK and UAE. He has delivered short courses and seminars in Europe, Middle East and Korea. He has published over 120 papers in international conferences and journals and has a UK patent. He served as chairman and member of the technical program committees of many international conferences such as IEEE EDUCON 2016, IEEE ICECS 2013, IEEE GCC 2011, IEEE ISSPIT 2009 and IEEE ICPSPC 2007. He is the chairman of the IEEE UAE Education Chapter. He was a vice chairman of the IEEE UAE section and the Middle East Section of BCS. He was a founder member and chairman of the IEEE UAE Computer Chapter and vice chairman of the IEEE UAE Signal Processing and Communication Chapter. He was also a founder member and secretary of the IEEE Kuwait section.

Email:halahmad@ud.ac.ae

Steering Committee Member

Ir. Robert Bierwolf

VP Conferences IEEE TEMS 2015-2020; IEEE BLX Section Chapter Coordinator

Steering Committee Member

Eng. Mohamed Aboud

VP Membership, Marketing, and Communications, IEEE TEMS

Eng. Mohamed Aboud

VP Membership, Marketing, and Communications, IEEE TEMS

Mohamed Aboud is a Managing Director of Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Company which focuses on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Co-Founder & Executive manger of MENA Robotics and Co-Founder & VP for Business Development of Ideaspace which is one of the biggest innovation hubs in MENA region that provide all needed tools, facilities, services and the suitable environment to enable innovation and entrepreneurship. He was the Co- founder and Manager of Start With Google, Bader Program, Mad in the Arab World and many other initiatives that support Innovation and entrepreneurship Eco-System in Egypt and Arab region, also he is a board member of COMESA Innovation Council, he has more than 18 years of experience in innovation and business development, he worked as Business Development Consultant at Science Age for 3 years, and Business Development Manager in the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) for 4 years.

Email:m.a.aboud@ieee.org

Steering Committee Member

Eng. Andy Chen

President Elect, IEEE Systems Council

Steering Committee Member

Dr. Fadel Digham

National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA), Egypt Chair of "Digital Transformation" Study Group, Development Sector, International Telecommunication Union

Dr. Fadel Digham

National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA), Egypt Chair of "Digital Transformation" Study Group, Development Sector, International Telecommunication Union

Dr. Fadel Digham is currently the Sector Head of National Projects (and previously the R&D Director) at the National Telecom Regulator Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Dr. Digham enjoys a diverse experience encompassing policy, industry, and academia perspectives Dr. Digham is currently the Chairman of the “Smart Cities and Society” group under the Development sector at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Prior to this, he was Co-Chairman of the joint group between the ITU Development and Radio sectors on “spectrum management for developing countries”. He also served in the past as a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the IEEE Wireless Communications Engineering Technology (WCET) certificate program representing Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Digham has been participating in the planning and development of the smart cities in Egypt, and the issuance of codes for networks design and implementation and provision of smart services. Dr. Digham is a co-founder of the IoT Egypt forum. He has been developing and teaching a specialized course on “Telecom Policy and Technology Trends” for senior undergraduate students. In the past, Dr. Digham worked for Alcatel Telecom (Egypt branch), Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (USA), and the University of Minnesota (USA). Dr. Digham got his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, and his B.Sc. from Cairo University, Egypt