Conference Speakers
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Richa Arora
Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Institution at the University of Stirling.
Presentation Title
Empowering Education: Leadership in the Age of Digital Disruption
Dr. Richa Arora stands as a transformative luminary in the realm of higher education, wielding a rich portfolio of experiences that propel institutions toward innovation, excellence, and global influence. As both the Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Institution at the University of Stirling and SQA-RAK Campus, Dr Arora’s oversight encompasses strategic direction, financial sustainability, and the evolution of the academic landscape.
Dr. Arora’s voyage into transformative leadership surged forth during her tenure as the Group CEO and Director of Regenesys Business School, commencing in 2014. Guided by her visionary prowess, the institution witnessed a remarkable ascent, marked by significant revenue upswings, the digitization of academia, and a pronounced impact on research, all while expanding across the African and Asian continents. A crowning achievement was the orchestration of Digital Regenesys—an Online University—epitomizing the institution’s dedication to providing accessible, top-tier education in the era of digital advancement.
Dr. Arora’s voyage into transformative leadership surged forth during her tenure as the Group CEO and Director of Regenesys Business School, commencing in 2014. Guided by her visionary prowess, the institution witnessed a remarkable ascent, marked by significant revenue upswings, the digitization of academia, and a pronounced impact on research, all while expanding across the African and Asian continents. A crowning achievement was the orchestration of Digital Regenesys—an Online University—epitomizing the institution’s dedication to providing accessible, top-tier education in the era of digital advancement.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mouna Abou Assali
Assistant Professor at Rabdan Academy,
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Presentation Title
Innovate to Educate: The Role of AI in Shaping Future Thinkers
With a distinguished career spanning several tertiary English courses, leadership, and teacher education training programs, Dr. Mouna Abou Assali is a known expert in English language education, teacher training, and educational technology. Her work has been published in esteemed journals, and her influence on education goes beyond conventional classrooms to impact the field of education and advance knowledge.
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Conference Highlighted Speakers
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Prof. Dr. Sc. Svitlana Shekhavtsova
Prof. Dr. Sc. Svitlana Shekhavtsova is a lecturer at the Slavic Languages Department in Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica in Slovakia from 2023 till now. Before she worked in Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University in Ukraine for about 25 years. Her scientific interests include such Pedagogical aspects, as developing students` critical thinking, self-education and cross-cultural competence as a life-long global skill. In 2023, Prof. Shekhavtsova received a grant from the European Union "Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V01-00148." to conduct scientific research and present its results. Published more than 150 scientific publications including 2 monographs.
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Dr. Nisreen (Sireen) Al Aradi
Dr. Nisreen (Sireen) Al Aradi is an experienced academic and educator with nearly 20 years of experience in higher education in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a deep commitment to teaching and learning, with a particular focus on teacher training and the development of various educational streams within higher education. Her research interests revolve around enhancing teaching practices, fostering effective learning environments, and exploring innovative approaches to teacher development. Dr. Al Aradi's expertise and dedication make her a valuable contributor to the field of higher education, continuously striving to improve educational outcomes. Some of her latest research was on motivational factors and academic professional development.
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Noura F. Assaf
Noura F. Assaf is an international assessment senior specialists at the Department of Education and Knowledge in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where she coordinates and manages international assessments and set research-based strategies that enhances the educational outcomes. She holds a Ph.D in Education from the British University in Dubai. She has earned several certifications, and has won the best paper award in ICASE 2023. She has a strong background in all types of assessment and curriculum. She has recently published a part of her study on Rigorous curriculum Design and Project-based learning impact on students' achievement and MAP progress in the Journal of Education and Learning.
Highlighted Speaker
Sanjana Sundararaman
Sanjana Sundararaman is a recent graduate from Heriot Watt University, Dubai. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Statistical Data Science with First Class honors. During her first year, Sanjana also received the Deputy Principal Award. Throughout her academic journey, Sanjana developed a strong foundation in statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling. She is eager to contribute her research in the field of mathematics and data science.
Highlighted Speaker
Oumaima Akdi
Oumaima Akdi is a PhD researcher at the National School of Management in Tangier, Morocco, specializing in the Teaching at the Right Level (TARL) Program and its impact on primary education. As the founder of the Nibras Association, she is dedicated to raising awareness about autism spectrum disorder and supporting neurodiverse individuals. Through her research and advocacy, Oumaima is committed to creating inclusive educational frameworks and promoting understanding of autism in Morocco.
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Iman Elshawaf Abouelela
Dr. Iman Elshawaf Abouelela is a globally-minded education specialist with over 25 years of experience in inclusive education leadership and diversity management. She holds a Doctorate in Education from University College London (UCL) and has led initiatives in international schools to enhance multicultural education. She is a certified IB leader and a member of the Inclusive Education Working Group (INEE-IEWG) and Graduate Women International (GWI).
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Gürkan Temiz
Dr. Gürkan Temiz is currently employed at Istanbul Technical
University, School of Foreign Languages. He holds an M.A. from
Boğaziçi University and a Ph.D. from Middle East Technical University
in ELT. His research interests include Teacher Professional
Development, Pre/In-service Teacher Education, 21st Century Skills,
and English as a Lingua Franca.
Highlighted Speaker
Eszter Melinda Pázmándi
Eszter Melinda Pázmándi is a Conductive Education teacher and Rehabilitationist currently working on her PhD at Semmelweis University Doctoral School. As an assistant lecturer, she is also involved in training future teachers, and her doctoral research is focused on renewing the training of young teachers. She aims to develop more effective, evidence-based education for children with special educational needs.
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Buaddin Hasan
Buaddin Hasan, M.Pd. is a doctoral student at the State University of Surabaya, Indonesia. He serves as a lecturer and the Deputy Head of Academic Affairs at STKIP PGRI Bangkalan. His areas of expertise include Mathematics Education and research on mathematical thinking. He has received a professional lecturer certification award and is a recipient of the ISMEI and SEAMOLEC grants.
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Palupi Sri Wijayanti
Palupi Sri Wijayanti is an Assistant Professor at Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta. Currently, she is pursuing her doctoral studies at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Palupi's research interests are mathematics learning, mathematics learning approaches, didactical design research, and statistics learning. Palupi has published around 69 research papers and four books.
Highlighted Speaker
Alice Nazareth
Alice Nazareth, a certified professional in Psychology, NLP, and Behavior Therapy, is an accomplished educator with 7 years of teaching experience. Holding a Masters Degree in English Language, she teaches AP Psychology and AP English Language at Nibras International School, UAE. A published author of Musings of Imperfections, Alice excels in curriculum innovation and fostering global perspectives in education.
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Dr. Costas Theodoridis
Dr. Costas Theodoridis is the Deputy Head of Department of Marketing, International Business and Tourism at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS). He holds a PhD in Retail Strategy from Manchester Metropolitan University. He publishes research in the areas of retailing, place management and consumer behaviour. He currently researches the prospects of mid-career education leaders in Higher Education.
Highlighted Speaker
Saliha Yagoubi
Saliha Yagoubi Biography Saliha Yagoubi is an experienced Speech, French, and ESL instructor. She holds a Master's Degree in Theory of Translation from la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. She is fluent in English, Arabic, Spanish, and French. Her dedication to teaching and her national and international conference presentations including NISOD, IAFOR Barcelona 2023, and Paris Conference on Education 2024, earned her numerous awards.
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Kawthar Jabir-Kassoum
Kawthar Jabir-Kassoum holds a PhD in Arabic Literature from the University of Haifa in Israel. She is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Arabic Language Department at Sakhnin College. Her research focuses on Modern Arabic Literature, Children's Literature, and Arabic Language Pedagogy. Her books include The Poet in Prose Guise (2024) and Place Formation in the Palestinian Novel (2019), alongside several peer-reviewed articles.
Highlighted Speaker
Rachael Aderoju, M.A
Rachael Aderoju, M.A., is a Ph.D. candidate in Literary Studies at the University of Denver. She serves as a Program Administrator with the Equity in Infrastructure Project and works in administrative capacities with the City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA, focusing on workforce development and equity initiatives. A recipient of the Doctoral Fellowship for Inclusivity Engagement, Rachael is an award-winning scholar specializing in community engagement, program development, and advancing diversity and inclusion strategies.
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Ajantha Niroshani
Ajantha Niroshani, a Doctoral student attached to the School of Education at
Western Sydney University, Australia. She has completed my B.A., M.A. and MPhil from
the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
she has been serving as a Senior Lecturer at a government in Sri Lanka, and my interest
areas are ESL writing, Translanguaging, and Genre studies.
Conference Speakers
Conference Past Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Hélène Leone
Founder and director, Canadian Bilingual School of Paris, Canada.
Presentation Title
Bridging the Gap of Diversity, and Inclusion in the 21st-Century Classroom
Hélène H. Leone earned her PhD in Education from the University of Ottawa, and her MA in the School of Communications at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Leone’s work focuses on global education, school governance, leadership and administration, and professional development, and teacher training in European, and African regions. Dr. Leone has worked as field researcher for the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, the Fédération culturelle-canadienne française, and Heritage Canada. Dr. Leone is a sessional instructor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, lead researcher of the global governance project, Bridging the Gap of Diversity, and Inclusion in the 21st Century Classroom, in village schools in Burkina Faso, and Morocco. Dr. Leone is the founder of the British Columbia Ministry of Education’s k-12 offshore school, the Canadian Bilingual School of Paris.
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Dr. Michael Subbey
Dr. Michael Subbey, an inclusionist, is a Senior lecturer, an editor and Head of the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, where he as well obtained his Ph.D. in Special Education in 2015. His thesis works examined teacher attitudes, knowledge and beliefs about inclusive education.
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Dr. Álvaro Balaguer
Álvaro Balaguer (Ph.D.) is associate professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the University of Navarra. He is member of the Research Group on Education, Citizenship and Character. His research in national and international projects focuses on character education, in the field of positive youth development and education for human flourishing among youth.
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Iman Al-Khalidi
Iman Al-Khalidi is a professor at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Nizwa. She has a seasonal work at the University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the University of Exeter, UK. She holds a diploma in Instructional Design from Seneca College, Canada, and a postgraduate degree in TESL from Humber College, Canada. She has international experience in teaching EFL/ESL/and EAP. She worked in North America, Middle East, and North Africa. Iman’s research interests include course design, materials design, digital pedagogy, and instructional design.
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Rachel Takriti
Dr . Rachel Takriti is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and the Chair of the Curriculum and Instruction Department in the College of Education at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). Dr Rachel has a Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Surrey. Prior to moving to the UAE, she held positions at Birmingham University, Sheffield Hallam University, and Leeds Beckett University. Dr Rachel’s research interests are: science education in early years; starting school experiences and educational transitions; differences in how transitions are experienced by different groups; cross-cultural education in the early years; and the understanding of social groups, prejudice and discrimination in childhood.
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Alicia Greenbank
Senior lecturer and head of the Special Education Department at the Givat Washington Academic College of Education in Israel. Worked for many years as an educational consultant. Main research areas: partnership between parents of students with disabilities and educational teams, inclusion, family of children with disabilities, parental involvement in special education, multi-professional teamwork.
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Galit Agam Ben Artzi
Dean of students at Givat Washington Academic College of Education in Israel. Trains students to teach in special education settings, and a Senior lecturer in the Special Education Department. Main research areas: inclusion, students with disabilities, teachers, pedagogy and leisure of children with disabilities.
Highlighted Speaker
Dr. Hafer Redouane
Hafer Redouane has a Ph.D. in biology and is a doctoral student in didactic engineering and technical sciences. He is a teacher-researcher at the University of Hassan 2 Benmsik, a research member of the LPCM laboratory (Laboratory of physical chemistry of materials), and an associated researcher at the AESVT. He carried out research in educational science and especially the investigative approach.
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Assoc. Prof. Honghong Chen
Honghong Chen, Director of the Computer Experiment Teaching Center and Associate Professor at Xihua University, is a high-level overseas talent in Sichuan Province. Since 2000, she has dedicated herself to the field of software testing, acquiring substantial knowledge and expertise.
Prof. Chen served as a visiting scholar at the NCSA, USA from 2016 to 2017 and is currently in a similar role at UWTSD, UK. She is well-regarded for her significant contributions to the industry, boasting a robust portfolio of publications, patents, and research projects.
In addition to her industry contributions, Prof. Chen instructs students on big data and data analytics, C/C++ program design, and software testing, consistently earning high praise from her students.
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Associate Professor Dr. Mahani Stapa
Associate Professor Dr. Mahani Stapa lectures at the Language Academy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), specializing in Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Teaching English as a Second Language for over 30 years. She is supervising eight PhD and 1 Master's students and has graduated more than 15 PhD and Master's students. She teaches "Language Teaching Principles and Practices" at the post-graduate level. She is also presently attached to the Office of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, as a Corporate Publication Manager, where she is responsible for speech writing/editing/proofreading for the Vice-Chancellor, coordinating the university's official publications, copywriting and prepares and communicates press releases for international news portal.
In 1993, he joined the School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, where he is currently a professor. His research interests include the applications of control theory, repetitive control, mobile education, and assistive robotics.
Dr. She was the recipient of the Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize from IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) in 1999 (jointly with M. Wu and M. Nakano), and is a Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Highlighted Speaker
Ms. He Jiang
He Jiang, a doctoral candidate in Education at the University Of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), currently holds the position of Secretary in the UWTSD Chinese Culture Society. His primary areas of interest include vocational higher education and teaching methodologies. Jiang's dedication to educational research is paving the way for innovative approaches in vocational training and pedagogical practices.
Highlighted Speaker
Mr. Jinhua She
Jinhua She received his B.S. degree from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 1983, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 1990 and 1993, respectively, all in engineering.
In 1993, he joined the School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, where he is currently a professor. His research interests include the applications of control theory, repetitive control, mobile education, and assistive robotics.
Dr. She was the recipient of the Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize from IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) in 1999 (jointly with M. Wu and M. Nakano), and is a Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
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Ms. Shifen Zhong
Shifen Zhong, master's degree, is an associate professor at Xihua University in China. She has been awarded the title of Outstanding Teacher of Xihua University and the Teaching Achievement Award of Xihua University and Sichuan Province. She has participated in multiple projects, published over 20 papers and 10 textbooks. Her main research interests are university education and data application.
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Mr. Xu Wang
Wang Xu, professor and director of the Department of Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering at Chengdu College of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, specialises in robotic engineering. He's a senior international CDIO training tutor at the Singapore Institute of Technology and an expert in vocational education training for the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education.
He has led multiple science and technology projects, receiving commendations and publishing 12 articles. He holds 32 patents. His teaching, which includes intelligent product design and robotic finite element analysis, has been highly regarded, earning him several teaching reform awards.
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Mrs. Shrowg Alhomaidhi
Mrs. Shrowg Alhomaidhi is a lecturer of English at the Department of English at Prince Sattam University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She received her BA in English and Translation from King Saud University in 2010. She was awarded an MA in applied linguistics in 2015 from Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud University. Currently, she is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interest is the pronunciation of EFL phonemes.
Highlighted Speaker
Noura F. Assaf
Noura F. Assaf is an international assessment senior specialists at the Department of Education and Knowledge in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where she coordinates and manages international assessments and set research-based strategies that enhances the educational outcomes. She holds a Ph.D in Education from the British University in Dubai. She has earned several certifications, and has won the best paper award in ICASE 2023. She has a strong background in all types of assessment and curriculum. She has recently published a part of her study on Rigorous curriculum Design and Project-based learning impact on students' achievement and MAP progress in the Journal of Education and Learning.
