Technical Program Committee - ICEDEG 2026

The scientific program committee comprises professors from universities and research labs worldwide, as well as professionals involved in the development of eDemocracy and eGovernment. 

Members:

• Acosta-Vargas, Patricia, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
• Aguilar, Jose, IMDEA Networks Institute, Venezuela
• Aguilar Echeverría, Marisol, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas, Ecuador
• Ahmadi Zeleti, Fatemeh, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland
• Alampay, Erwin, University of the Philippines, Philippines
• Aleksei, Martynov, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN), Russia
• Almansoori, Prof. Hashem, UAEGov / AbuDhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Aranyossy, Marta, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
• Avila, Diego, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Ecuador
• Ayala, Carlos, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Ayebare, Josephine, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
• Ayoub, Omran, Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
• Balakrishna, Sundar, Government of Andhra Pradesh, IT Department, India
• Bannister, Frank, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Barbosa, Luís Soares, University of Minho, Portugal
• Barreto, Luís, ESCE-IPVC, Portugal
• Belachew, Mesfin, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Ethiopia
• Bertot, John Carlo, University of Maryland, United States
• Bruzza, Mariuxi, Universidad Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Ecuador
• Burov, Vasiliy, Independent researcher, Armenia
• Butt, Sidra Azmat, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Calle-Jimenez, Tania, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Camarinha-Matos, Luis M., NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
• Cano, Jesus, UNED, Spain
• Cardenas, Paul, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Carvalho, Joana, United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven
• Electronic Government (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
• Carvalho, João Álvaro, University of Minho, Portugal
• Cechich, Alejandra, Universidad del Comahue, Argentina
• Cedillo, Priscila, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Choenni, Sunil, "Research and Documentation Centre (WODC), Ministry of Justice", Netherlands
• Chua, Hui Na, Sunway University, Malaysia
• Cobo Martin, Manuel Jesus, "Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
• University of Granada, Spain", Spain
• Collaguazo, Adriana, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador
• Criado, J. Ignacio, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
• Cruz, Elena, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Córdova, Patricio, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
• Dandoy, Régis, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
• Das, Rama Krushna, National Informatics Centre, India
• Davies, Jim, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Diallo, Gayo, University of Bordeaux, France
• Diallo, Nour, University of Houston, United States
• Doctor, Gayatri, Faculty of Management, CEPT University, India
• Dr. Kaiser, Tamás, University of Public Service, Hungary
• Draheim, Dirk, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria
• Dreyling, Richard, TalTech University, Estonia
• Díaz Novelo, Carmen Humberta De Jesús, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico
• Eixelsberger, Wolfgang, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
• Estay-Niculcar, Christian, Estayconsulting, Ecuador
• Falcone, Francisco, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
• Felix, Liliana, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
• Fiallos, Angel, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Ecuador
• Flores, Denys A., Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Fong, Kenny, none, Macao
• Fonseca C., Efraín R., Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
• Franco, Antonio, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Galarza, Marco, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
• Garcia Plua, Juan Carlos, ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL, Ecuador
• García, Jaime, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
• Gasco-Hernandez, Mila, "Center for Technology in Government and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY", United States
• González Jaramillo, Víctor Hugo, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
• Gordon, Carlos, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
• Guenduez, Ali Asker, UNISG, Switzerland
• Guillamón, María-Dolores, University of Murcia, Spain
• Gygli, Marcel, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Hadji Misheva, Branka, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Hudec, Miroslav, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Höhn, Sebastian, Berne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• I, Mue, Shizuoka University, Japan
• Jadan, Janio, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ecuador
• Janowski, Tomasz, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
• Janssen, Marijn, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Jiménez-Pacheco, Pedro, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Karamagioli, Evika, Uni Paris 8, Greece
• Karanjai, Rabimba, University Of Houston, United States
• Kaufmann, Michael Alexander, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
• Koch, Rika, BFH, Switzerland
• Kovacs, Mate, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Kwuida, Léonard, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Larsson, Hannu, Örebro University, Sweden
• Lauk, Mihkel, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
• Lee, Jooho, University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States
• Lemma, Lessa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
• Lev-On, Azi, Ariel University, Israel
• Lin, Wen-Tung, "Doctoral Program in Political Economy, Graduate Institute of Political Economy of National Cheng Kung University", Taiwan
• Lofgren, Karl, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Lu, Yang, University of Houston, United States
• Luján-Mora, Sergio, University of Alicante, Spain
• Luna-Reyes, Luis F., University at Albany, SUNY, United States
• López Zurita, Héctor Santiago, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
• Machado, Jorge, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Madeira, Alexandre, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Madrid, Lorenzo, lmtwo, United States
• Mafla, Enrique, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Maia Ribeiro, Manuella, Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), Brazil
• Mamakou, Xenia, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
• Mancera Andrade, Jose Alberto, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Luzern, Switzerland
• Mancera Andrade, José Alberto, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Martinez Mosquera, Diana, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Matheus, Ricardo, Delft University of Technology, Brazil
• Mazzola, Luca, "HSLU - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences; School of Information Technology", Switzerland
• Medina, Sebastian, UDA, Ecuador
• Meza, Jaime, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
• Mikhail, Bundin, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Russia
• Millar, Gordon, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland
• Mishra, Harekrishna, Institute of Rural Management Anand, India
• Misnikov, Yuri, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, Belarus
• Moe, Carl Erik, none, Norway
• Morales Arévalo, Verónica, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Moreira, Joffre, Personal, Ecuador
• Morocho, Villie, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Muñoz, Emanuel, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador
• Navarrete, Rosa, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Navarro Cejas, Mercedes, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador
• Neves, Renato, HasLab - INESC TEC, Minho University, Portugal
• Ochoa, Leonardo, Universidad Central de Colombia, Colombia
• Ochoa Urrego, Rafael Leonardo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
• Ofosu-Adarkwa, Kwaku, Ministry of Communications, Ghana
• Oliveira Martins, João Luís, United Nations University, Portugal
• Orellana, Carlos, ESPOL, Ecuador
• Orellana, Marcos, Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador
• Paciello, Julio, FPUNA, Paraguay
• Pacurucu, Natalia, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Padilla, Rodrigo, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Palmirani, Monica, CIRSFID, ALMA-AI, Italy
• Park, Han Woo, YeungNam University, South Korea
• Parraga-Alava, Jorge, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Chile
• Patarakin, Evgeny, HSE University, Russia
• Patra, Manas Ranjan, Berhampur University, India
• Picazo-Vela, Sergio, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico
• Pilamunga Poveda, Marcelo, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
• Pincay, Jhonny, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
• Portmann, Edy, "University of  Fribourg, Switzerland
• Priyadarshy, Satyam, RKR Group, Inc, United States
• Rana, Nripendra P., Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
• Ranerup, Agneta, Gothenburg University, Sweden
• Reyes-Segovia, Mercedes Elizabeth, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
• Riofrio, Daniel, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
• Robalino López, Andrés, EPN, Ecuador
• Rodríguez, Andrea, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Ecuador
• Rondina, Marco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• S. Bargh, Mortaza, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
• S. Mamede, Henrique, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
• Sam, Steven, Brunel University, United Kingdom
• Sanchez, Alejandro, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
• Sanchez-Gordon, Sandra, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Sarantis, Demetrios, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• Sasvari, Peter, National University of Public Service, Hungary
• Schwarz, Daniel, Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland
• Serdült, Uwe, "College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University", Japan
• Shi, Weidong, University of Houston, United States
• Soares, Delfina, University of Minho, Portugal
• Solar, Mauricio, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
• Sorrentino, Maddalena, University of Milan, Italy
• Suntaxi Ona, Gabriela Lorena, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
• Sánchez-Gordón, Mary, Østfold University College, Norway
• Tai, Kuang-Ting, Nova Southeastern University, United States
• Tao, Jill, Incheon National University, South Korea
• Tedesco, John, Virginia Tech, United States
• Terán, Luis, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
• Tobar-Herrera, Daniel Gustavo, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
• Trishaa, S, Student, BSC(Computer science), BITS Pilani, India
• Vaca, Carmen, ESPOL, Ecuador
• Vaca-Cardenas, Leticia, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador
• Valdez, Wilson, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
• Vasco, Jorge, ESPOCH, Ecuador
• Velasco-Guerra, Estefanía, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
• Vepsäläinen, Tapio, University of Turku, Finland
• Vidiasova, Lyudmila, ITMO University, Russia
• Vintar, Mirko, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Walters, David, University of Sydney Business School, Australia
• Wang, Chian-Wen, Tamkang University, Taiwan
• Wang, Yi-Fan, University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States
• Weingärtner, Tim, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland
• Xu, Lei, Kent State University, United States
• Zambrano, Jose, CARDIOVITAL CARDIOLOGICAL CENTER, Ecuador
• Zambrano-Montenegro, David, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador
• Zhu, Xiaohua, University of Tennessee, United States
• Zoughbi, Saleem, International Adviser, Palestine