Proposed Invited Sessions

An invited session consists of a presentation session of six to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference.

Details of proposed invited sessions are shown below.

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Chair:
Prof. Jair Minoro Abe
Graduate Program in Production Engineering, ICET - Paulista University & Institute For Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo
jairabe@uol.com.br

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Chair:
Dr. Kinga Krupcała
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
kinga.krupcala@pbs.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Hironori Takeuchi
Musashi University
h.takeuchi@cc.musashi.ac.jp

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Chair:
Dr. Hadi Saleh
HSE University
hsalekh@hse.ru
Co-Chair
Prof. Sergey Zykov
HSE University, Russia
szykov@hse.ru
Co-Chair
Dr. Sergey Lebedev

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Wieslaw Paja
University of Rzeszow
wpaja@ur.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Assoc. Prof. Krzytof Pancerz
Szymon Szymonowic State Higher Vocational School
kpancerz@ur.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Assoc. Prof. Catalin Stoean
University of Craiova
catalin.stoean@inf.ucv.ro
Co-Chair
Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Wosiak
Lodz University of Technology
agnieszka.wosiak@p.lodz.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Hiroshi Ueda
Hosei University
uep@hosei.ac.jp

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Chair:
Prof. Piotr Nikończuk
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Maritime Technology and Transport
piotr.nikonczuk@zut.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Dr. Roma Strulak-Wójcikiewicz
Maritime University of Szczecin
r.strulak@am.szczecin.pl
Co-Chair
Dr. Norbet Lech
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
norbert.lech@zut.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Dr. Agnieszka Deja
Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland
a.deja@pm.szczenin.pl
Co-Chair
Dr. Roma Strulak-Wójcikiewicz
Maritime University of Szczecin
r.strulak@am.szczecin.pl
Co-Chair
Professor Masakazu Takahashi
University of Yamaguchi
masakazu@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Prof. Norbert Chamier-Gliszczyński
Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
norbert.chamier-gliszczynski@tu.koszalin.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Małgorzata Przybyła-Kasperek
University of Silesia in Katowice
malgorzata.przybyla-kasperek@us.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Dr Rafał Skinderowicz
University of Silesia in Katowice
rafal.skinderowicz@us.edu.pl

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Chair:
Dr. Paweł Weichbroth
Gdansk University of Technology
pawel.weichbroth@pg.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Prof. Michal Czubenko

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Chair:
Prof. Smaranda Belciug
University of Craiova
sbelciug@inf.ucv.ro
Co-Chair
Prof. Lakhmi C. Jain
KES International, UK & University of Piraeus, Greece
Lakhmi.jain@unisa.edu.au

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Chair:
Prof. Kazuhiko Tsuda
The University of Tsukuba,Tokyo
tsuda@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Professor Nobuo Suzuki
Kindai University Faculty of Humanity- Oriented Science and Engineering, Japan
suzuki@fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Professor Masakazu Takahashi
University of Yamaguchi
masakazu@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

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Chair:
Dr. Daniela Gifu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
daniela.gifu73@gmail.com
Co-Chaired by
Youzhu Li
Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
liyz@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Co-Chair
Ahmed Ragab
O6U University, Egypt.
a.refaat@drone-hopper.com

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Chair:
Prof. Nobuyuki Ogawa
National Institute of Technology, Gifu College
ogawa@gifu-nct.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu
Graduate Scool of Engineering, Osaka University
h.kanematsu@mat.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Prof. Kazunori Nishino
Taisei Gakuin University
k-nishino@tgu.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Asst. Prof. Katsuko T. Nakahira
Nagaoka Institute of Technology
katsuko@oberon.nagaokaut.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Prof. Dana Barry
Clarkson University
dmbarry@clarkson.edu
Co-Chair
Prof. Kuniaki Yajima
National Institute of Technology, Sendai College
yajima@sendai-nct.ac.jp

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Arkadiusz Januszewski
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
arkadiusz.januszewski@pbs.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Dr. Justyna Śpiewak
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
justyna.spiewak@pbs.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Dr. Jacek Wachowicz
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
jacek.wachowicz@pbs.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Adam Sulich
Wroclaw University of Economics and Business
adam.sulich@ue.wroc.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Ralf-Christian Harting
University of Aalen, Germany
Ralf.Haerting@hs-aalen.de
Co-Chair
Prof. Ivan Lukovic
University of Belgrade
ivan.lukovic@fon.bg.ac.rs

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Chair:
Prof. Manfred Rössle
University of Aalen, Germany
Manfred.Roessle@hs-aalen.de
Co-Chair
Prof. Ivan Lukovic
University of Belgrade, Serbia
ivan.lukovic@fon.bg.ac.rs
Co-Chair
Prof. Ralf-Christian Harting
University of Aalen, Germany
Ralf.Haerting@hs-aalen.de

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Chair:
Prof. Ryosuke Yamanishi
Kansai University
ryama@kansai-u.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Prof. Mitsunori Matsushita
Kansai University, Japan
mat@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Co-Chair
Assoc. Prof. Satoshi Nakamura
Meiji University, Japan
satoshi@snakamura.org
Co-Chair
Dr. Yoko Nishihara
Ritsumeikan University
nisihara@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp

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Chair:
Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski
Gdynia Maritime University
i.czarnowski@umg.edu.pl
Co-Chair
Mr. Antonio J. Tallon-Ballesteros
University of Seville
atallon@us.es

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Chair:
Dr. Dariusz Dudek
Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
dariusz.dudek@pcz.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Celina Olszak
University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
celina.olszak@ue.katowice.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Jan Kozak
University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
jan.kozak@ue.katowice.pl
Co-Chaired by
Dr Barbara Probierz
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, Poland

Co- Chaired by
Dr Przemysław Juszczuk
University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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Chair:
Prof. Ralf Seepold
HTWG Konstanz, Germany
ralf.seepold@htwg-konstanz.de
Co- Chaired by
Prof. Juan Antonio Ortega
University of Seville, Spain
jortega@us.es
Co- Chaired by
Prof. Natividad Martínez Madrid
University of Reutlingen, Germany
natividad.martinez@reutlingen-university.de
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Aaron Raymond See
National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan
aaronsee@ncut.edu.tw
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Maksym Gaiduk
HTWG Konstanz, Germany
maksym.gaiduk@htwg-konstanz.de
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Julian D. Echeverry-Correa
Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia
jde@utp.edu.co
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Tsung-Lu Michael Lee
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
michaelee@stust.edu.tw

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Chair:
Dr. Mohamed Bennasar
The Open University, UK
Mohamed.Bennasar@Open.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Takumi Kitajima
Mie University, Japan
kitajima.eng@mie-u.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Hiroharu Kawanaka
Mie University, Japan
kawanaka@elec.mie-u.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Yulia Hicks
Cardiff University, UK
hicksya@cf.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Rossi Setchi
Cardiff University, UK
setchi@cf.ac.uk

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Chair:
Dr. Imen Khamassi
University of Tunis, Tunisia
imen.khamassi@isg.rnu.tn

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Chair:
Assoc Prof. Agnieszka Nowak-Brzezińska
University of Silesia, Poland
agnieszka.nowak-brzezinska@us.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Agnieszka Konys
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
akonys@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Dr. Rafał Deja
WSB University, Poland
rdeja@wsb.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Alicja Wolny-Dominiak
University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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Chair:
Dr. Wilhelm Daniel Scherz
HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, and equensWorldline Konstanz (Germany)
Wilhelm-daniel.scherz@worldline.com
Co - Chaired by
Prof Dr. Dennis Grewe,
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Dennis.Grewe@hs-esslingen.de
Co - Chaired by
Dr. Maksym Gaiduk
HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences
maksym.gaiduk@htwg-konstanz.de

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Chair:
Dr Milan Simic
School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
milan.simic@rmit.edu.au

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Chair:
Dr Łukasz Kozar
Department of Labour and Social Policy, Institute of Logistics and Informatics, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
lukasz.kozar@uni.lodz.pl
Co - Chaired by
Dr Aldona Podgórniak-Krzykacz
University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

Co - Chaired by
Dr Justyna Przywojska
University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

Co - Chaired by
Professor Azeta Tartaraj
Aleksandër Moisiu University, Durrës, Albania,

Co - Chaired by
Dr Monika Wodnicka
University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

Co - Chaired by
Mgr Szymon Bolimowski (PhD Student)
University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Pawel Kasprowski
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
pawel.kasprowski@polsl.pl
Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Harezlak
Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Co - Chaired by
Prof. Minoru Nakayama,
Meiji University, Japan

Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Augusto Esteves
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Jacek Matulewski,
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

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Chair:
Marek Zborowski P.H.D
University of Warsaw, Poland
mzborowski@wz.uw.edu.pl

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Chair:
Zahid Khan
Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
zskhan@psu.edu.sa
Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Donghong Cai,
Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
dhcai@jnu.edu.cn
Co - Chaired by
Assist. Prof. Fang Fang
Western University, Canada,
fang.fang@uwo.ca

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Chair:
Prof. Dr. Sergey V. Zykov
HSE University, Russia
szykov@hotmail.com
Co - Chaired by
Dr. Hadi M. Saleh
HSE University, Russia

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Chair:
Prof. Abdellah Chehri
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
chehri@rmc.ca
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Sara Séguin
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, UQAC, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
sara_seguin@uqac.ca
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Chaibi Hasna
Polydisciplinary Faculty Errachidia, Morocco
h.chaibi@umi.ac.ma
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Abdeslam Jakimi
University of Moulay Ismail, Morocco
ajakimi@yahoo.fr

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Chair:
Dr. Le, Huong
New Jersey Institute of Technology
huong.le@njit.edu
Co - Chaired by
Ms. Cindy Qiao
University of Toronto, Canada

Co - Chaired by
Ms. Krishna Sathvika Ganni
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Co - Chaired by
Prof. Chengjun Liu
New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Chair:
Dr eng. Ireneusz Miciuła
University of Szczecin, Poland
ireneusz.miciula@usz.edu.pl

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Chair:
Associate Professor Dr. Yessine Hadj Kacem
University of Sfax, Tunisia-Faculty of Economics and Management
yessine.hadjkacem@enis.tn

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Chair:
Prof. Agnieszka Lazarowska
Gdynia Maritime University
a.lazarowska@wi.umg.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Assist. Prof. Monika Rybczak
Gdynia Maritime University

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Chair:
Prof. Maciej Majewski
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
m.majewski@wi.umg.edu.p
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Maciej Zawodniok
Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
mjzx9c@mst.edu
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
i.czarnowski@umg.edu.pl

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Chair:
Professor Dr. Cesar Sanin
Associate Dean, ICMS
csanin@icms.edu.au
Co - Chaired by
Professor Dr. Edward Szczerbicki
Director Knowledge Engineering Research Team - KERT, The University of Newcastle
Edward.Szczerbicki@newcastle.edu.au
Co - Chaired by
Dr Md Rafiqul Islam
Australian Institute of Higher Education
r.islam@aih.edu.au

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Chair:
Assoc, Prof, Alessia Amelio
University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
alessia.amelio@unich.it
Co - Chaired by
Prof, Radu Tudor Ionescu
University of Bucharest, Romania
raducu.ionescu@gmail.com
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Francesco Carlo Morabito
University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy
morabito@unirc.it
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Domenico Ursino
Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
d.ursino@staff.univpm.it

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Chair:
Prof. Andrzej Banaszek
University of Technology, Szczecin 
andrzej.banaszek@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Wojciech Sałabun
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
w.salabun@il-pib.pl
Co - Chaired by
Andrii Shekhovtsov
National Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw, Poland

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Chair:
Dr. Mihaela Luca,
Institute of Computer Science, Romania ‘
mihaela.luca58@gmail.com
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Yen-Wei Chen,
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
chen@is.ritsumei.ac.jp
Co - Chaired by
Dr. Suneeta Mohanty,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
suneetamohanty@gmail.com
Co - Chaired by
Liviu Andrei Scutelnicu,
Romanian Academy, Iaşi Branch, Iaşi, Romania
andrei.scutelnicu@uaic.ro
Co - Chaired by
Vlad Constatin Crăciun
University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iaşi, Faculty oif Computer Science, Romania
vlad.craciun@info.uaic.ro

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Chair:
Prof. Marcin Fojcik
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
marcin.fojcik@hvl.no
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Jakub Swacha,
University of Szczecin, Poland

Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Piotr Czekalski,
Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Aleksandra Świetlicka,
Poznan University of Technology, Poland

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Chair:
Professor Kayoko Kurita
The University of Tokyo
kurita@he.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Co - Chaired by
Professor Takashi Matsumoto
National Institute of Technology, Anan college,

Co - Chaired by
Professor Goichi Hagiwara
Kyushu Sangyo University

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Chair:
Petra Friedrich
University of Applied Sciences Kempten (Germany)
petra.friedrich@hs-kempten.de
Co - Chaired by
Yeongmi Kim
MCI Internationale Hochschule GmbH Innsbruck (Austria)
yeongmi.kim@mci.edu
Co - Chaired by
Ralf Seepold
HTWG Konstanz (Germany)
ralf.seepold@htwg-konstanz.de
Co - Chaired by
Bernhard Wolf
Technical University Munich, Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Medizinische Elektronik und Lab on Chip-Systeme (Germany)
wolf@tum.de

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Chair:
Dr. Kashif Naseer Qureshi
University of Limerick, Ireland
kashifnaseer.qureshi@ul.ie
Co - Chaired by
Miss Aarka Christal Sujaa Ganesan
University of Limerick, Ireland

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Chair:
Associate Professor Dr. Yessine Hadj Kacem
University of Sfax, Tunisia-Faculty of Economics and Management
yessine.hadjkacem@enis.tn

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Chair:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hajer Nabli
University of Sousse, Tunisia
hajer.nabli@isitc.u-sousse.tn
Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raoudha Ben Djemaa
University of Sousse, Tunisia
raoudha.benjema@isitc.u-sousse.tn

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Chair:
Ph.D. Grzegorz Chmielarz,
Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems
grzegorz.chmielarz@pcz.pl

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Chair:
Dr. Maha Driss,
Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
mdriss@psu.edu.sa
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Wadii Boulila,
Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
wboulila@psu.edu.sa
Co - Chaired by
Dr. Aymen Yahyaoui,
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
aymen.yahyaoui@upm.es
Co - Chaired by
Dr. Mahdi Jemmali,
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
mjemmali@sharjah.ac.ae

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Chair:
Prof. Fiammetta Marulli,
National Research Council of Italy
fiammetta.marulli@unicampania.it
Co - Chaired by
PhD. Gennaro Ragucci

candidate, gragucci@unisa.it
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Clemente Galdi,

clgaldi@unisa.it
Co - Chaired by
Luigi Catuogno,

luigi.catuogno@uniparthenope.it

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Chair:
V. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ayse Glass
HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany
ayse.glass@hcu-hamburg.de

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Chair:
Prof. Paolo Crippa
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
p.crippa@univpm.it
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Giorgio Biagetti
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

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Chair:
Dr. José Miguel Blanco
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
josemiguel.blanco@upm.es
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Dr. Mouzhi Ge
Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany

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Chair:
Dr Aleksandra Radomska-Zalas
Gorzow Technology Center Science and Industry Park, GorzówWielkopolski
a.radomska-zalas@gotechnology.pl
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Andrzej Perec
Faculty of Technology, The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski
aperec@ajp.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Paweł Ziemba
University of Szczecin,
pawel.ziemba@usz.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Jarosław Becke
The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski
jbecker@ajp.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Dr Łukasz Lemieszewski
The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski
llemieszewski@ajp.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Xiangpei Hu
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
drhxp@dlut.edu.cn
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Minfang Huang
North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
huangmf@ncepu.edu.cn
Co - Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Yonggang Li
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
lyg@dlut.edu.cn

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Chair:
Prof. Akinori Abe
Chiba University
ohsawa@sys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Yukio Ohsawa
The University of Tokyo

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Chair:
Prof. Ewa Ratajczak-Ropel
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
e.ratajczak-ropel@wi.umg.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
i.czarnowski@umg.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Piotr Jędrzejowicz
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
p.jedrzejowicz@umg.edu.pl
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Dariusz Barbucha
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
d.barbucha@umg.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi
Shimonoseki City University, Japan
yabuuchi@shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp
Co - Chaired by
Prof. Yukio Kodono
Kindai University, Japan

Co - Chaired by
Prof. Jeng-Shyang Pan
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

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KES-2026

30th Annual
KES Conference

Dublin, Ireland

9-11 September 2026