Conference Speakers

Past Speakers

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Prof. Ephraim David

Prof. Ephraim David is a professor emeritus of History and Classical Studies at the University of Haifa, where he served as Chair of the History Department, Dean of Student Affairs, and Dean of Humanities. He also served as President of the Israel Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies. His publications include five books and about fifty articles – in first-rank refereed journals and other prestigious academic platforms – on ancient Greek history (with a special emphasis on Sparta and on Athenian democracy) as well as other subjects, including theatre and opera.

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Prof. Abderrezak Iddir

Prof. Abderrezak Iddir, a Professor of psychology specializing in work and organizational psychology at Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, researches occupational psychopathology and professional well-being. He collaborates with undergraduate and postgraduate students on various related topics.

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Dr. Daniel Lee

Dr. Daniel Lee's research focuses on the intersection of contemporary education, technology, the arts, and cultural studies. His research covers multiple fields with two major areas being guitar pedagogy and digital technologies in Education. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Adelaide's Unit of Digital Learning and Society. His research has explored the cultural implications of pedagogical approaches in Australian higher education. Dr Lee has also developed an electric guitar meta-canon and examined the influence of jazz pedagogies on popular music education. His research publications cover a wide range of topics, including the integration of information technology in music teaching, the pedagogical value of Australian contemporary popular music, and the impact of COVID-19 on virtual guitar communities. Dr Lee's work on the cultural melting pot of Australian contemporary popular music education, and his studies on gender issues within guitar communities, further highlight his commitment to cultural and social dimensions of music education. During his post-doctoral research Dr Lee has developed the concept of Epistemic Indulgence and researched its connections to other important pedagogical concepts including intrinsic motivation. His recent research explores the role of Artificial Intelligence in higher education and its implications for learning and teaching. Through his interdisciplinary approach, Dr Lee continues to influence the field of education by addressing contemporary challenges and promoting innovative teaching methodologies across a broad range of disciplines.

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Mrs. Anjali Sakleshpur

Mrs. Anjali Sakleshpur holds an MFA in Art History and Visual Studies from SN School of Fine Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad (UoH) and a BFA in Printmaking from Chamarajendra Government College of Fine Arts (CAVA), Mysore. Currently, she is a Faculty member at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology since 2021 teaching Print Production, Body and Context at large. Her research interests lie in understanding culture through material artifacts. Specifically, she explores the deep-rooted connections between attire and ritualistic practices. She received the Ravi Cavale Grant in 2017 and displayed her artwork in Mysore, Bangalore, and Mumbai in 2017 – 2018.

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Mr. Feng Haidong

Mr. Feng Haidong has obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics (China) and a master's degree in business administration from Lanzhou University (China). He is currently a doctoral student at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Latvia. He has got the Latvian National Scholarship and the Latvian Government Scholarship. During his doctoral studies, he got the Erasmus+ Scholarship and went to the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen (Germany) as an exchange student. His research fields are marketing and international economics.

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Dr. Elvan Kiremitçi-Canıöz

Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Balıkesir University, Turkey.

Speech Title: Well-Being and Prosocial Behavior

Dr. Elvan Kiremitçi-Canıöz studied in the Department of Psychology, Ankara University. Elvan currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Balıkesir University. She does research in Social Psychology. Her research interests are well-being, mindfulness, helping behaviour, and seasonality.

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Dr. Md Abul Hasan

Dr. Md Abul Hasan has a PhD researcher at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in International Relations and Regional Studies at HSE and associated with several research institutions both in his home country, Bangladesh and abroad. His area of research includes Foreign policy, Foreign Policy of Bangladesh, Geopolitics, and International Politics in South Asia. He has participated in a number of national and international training programs, seminars, and conferences and have received several awards, certificates, and scholarships, including the Russian government scholarship. Additionally,he has published several articles in both nationally and internationally reputed journals

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Mr. Konstantinos Boumpourekas

Mr. Konstantinos Boumpourekas is a PhD candidate in the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education of the University of Western Macedonia and holds a Master's degree in Educational Sciences, specializing in Creative Writing and a Degree in Philology, specializing in Medieval and Modern Greek Philology. He has gained a full scholarship from ELKE of his department and his articles have been published at international conferences proceedings. His research interests include Modern Greek, American and English literature, literary genres theories, literary hybridism, creative writing and screenplay writing.

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Mr. Alp Bugra Oder

Mr. Alp Bugra Oder is a senior BA student in English Language Teaching Department at Bursa Uludag University. Since he is pursuing an academic career, he writes academic papers on different scientific disciplines. His research interests are TESOL, sociolinguistics, first and second language acquisition and speech acts.

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Prof. Thalma Lobel

Professor at the school of psychological sciences , Tel Aviv University

Speech Title: Whatever Works: The Small things that enhance our performance and reduce stress at work

Prof. Thalma Lobel received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Tel Aviv University and her post doctoraltraining from Harvard University. Prof. Lobel has served as Head of the Psychology Department and as the Dean of Students of Tel Aviv University. As Dean of students prof. Lobel was in charge of many social involvement programs of Tel Aviv University aimed to decrease the gaps in the Israeli society. Her area of interests are social development, gender differences and gender related inferences and judgments,cross cultural issies in gender role development

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Associate Professor Brian Lee

Associate Professor at Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore.

Speech Title: Impact of ChatGPT on Social Science Education

Associate Professor Brian Lee is the Head of Communication Programme at Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore. He teaches and conducts applied research in social media and strategic communication. One of his research papers, “the Internet Commerce Models in Asia,” was awarded the top paper at the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s Essay Prize (USA) in 2001. Brian has also served as an adjunct faculty at Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University previously. Prof Lee holds a doctoral degree in Communication and Information from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Master’s degree in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

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Prof. Irakli Manvelidze

Prof. Irakli Manvelidze is a professor at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, a candidate in historical sciences, a doctor of public administration, master of law. He heads the program director of public administration at the university. He is the author of 150 scientific works. His research area is public administration and public policy.

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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. Elvan Kiremitçi-Canıöz

Dr. Elvan Kiremitçi-Canıöz studied in the Department of Psychology, Ankara University. Elvan currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Balıkesir University. She does research in Social Psychology. Her research interests are well-being, mindfulness, helping behaviour, and seasonality.

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Ass. Prof. Brighty Robert

Assistant Professor Brighty Robert is currently working at an in History, Carmel College Mala, and Kerala, India. She has 4 years’ experience in college. she completed her post-graduation in Central University of Hyderabad and M.phil in SSUS, Kalady. She specialised in Modern History especially Indian History. She presented various papers in international conference and journals.

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Dr. Ruby Toh

Dr. Ruby Toh is Principal Researcher, Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences. Her research interests are in career, employment, employability, employment facilitation, labour mobility, adult learning, and wellbeing. She has a Ph.D. in Economics from National University of Singapore.

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Prof. Lorenzo Cherubini

Professor Lorenzo Cherubini’s research is concentrated in teacher development, policy analysis (Indigenous education), and English Education and is funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (awarded more than $345,000 in funding). He has published over 120 articles/proceedings and presented more than 100 papers across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

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Prof. SURAUD Marie-Gabrielle

Prof. SURAUD Marie-Gabrielle is the Professeure of Sciences de la Communication, Laboratoire CERTOP, Université de Toulouse, in FRANCE Her Research themes are Technological risks, Public space, Civic contestation, Ecological transition Also she is Teaching Public consultation, Research transition, Environmental public policy, Public policy of academic research

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Ms. Ivana Čavar

Ms. Ivana Čavar received her master’s degree in sociology in 2015 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb and is currently a PhD candidate at the same faculty. Since 2018, she is a teaching assistant at the Chair of Sociology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. Her areas of Interest are industrial sociology, sociology of work, education, political sociology.

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Ms. Julia de Freitas Sampaio

Ms. Julia de Freitas Sampaio is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She funded by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. She is also interested in migration, identity, gender, and ethnic studies.

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Ms. Saniya.S. Paddalwar

Ms. Saniya.S. Paddalwar is a third year B. Com student at IFIM University and simultaneously pursuing CPA. She is presently an International Taxation intern at Sharma Marcus & Associates LLC. She aims to earn a Master's degree in Accounting, followed by a doctorate in Wealth Management. Her fields of interest are M&A, Financial Management and Financial Markets.

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Mr. Emmanuel Ayobami Oluwabunmi

Mr. Emmanuel Ayobami Oluwabunmi is graduated from the Political Science & International Relations at Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria as a Master of Science (M.Sc), He is also Bachelor of Science, Political Science at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. His Current Position is a Doctoral Candidate/Research Assistant in the Department of Political Science, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria. His areas of Interests Are Research Methods, Peace and Conflict, Security and Strategic Studies. His award is Scholarship award for PhD program 2020.

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Mr. Toshinari Baba

Mr. Toshinari Baba is a G12 student in New International School of Japan. His paper, “A Simulation of COVID-19 Transmission until the Steady State Using Graph Algorithm” will be published in Journal of Software in May 2022. Simulation, psychology, and game theory are his interests. His hobby is writing a novel.