Committees

The committees consist of employees from the various organizing and supporting institutions for these series of International Conferences. Interested organizations can be included as committee members. If you would like to join the organizing committee, please use our contact form. 

General Chair

• Álvaro Nóbrega, University of Lisbon, Portugal. 

International Steering Committee

• Giulia Ajmone Marsan, Director, Strategy and partnership, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and east Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Harikrishna Misra, Distinguished Professor at the School of Management, BML Munjal University, Haryana, India.
• Hatem Ben Sta, Professor, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
• Jamshid Inoyatkhodjaev, Vice-rector for academic affairs, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Jean-Pierre Auffret, Professor, George Mason University, USA Fairfax, Virginia, USA
• Mete Yildiz, Professor of Public Administration and Policy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
• Nevine Makram Labib, Professor, Sadat Academy, Cairo, Egypt
• Nibal Idlebi, Senior Advisor in Digital Transformation and Innovation Policies, Beirut, Lebanon
• Sholpan Yessimova, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development and Internationalisation, Dulaty University, Taraz, Kazakhstan
• Soumaya Ben Dhaou, Research Specialist, UNU EGOV, Guimaraes, Portugal 
• YoungSik Kim, Senior Associate Expert, Seoul, Korea
• Saleem Zoughbi (Chair), UN expert and adviser for UNESCWA and UNESCAP. 

Program and Track Chairs

• Carmen Vaca, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador.
• Daniel Riofrio, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador.
• Harekrishna Mishra, BML Munjal University, Haryana, India
• Jhonny Pincay, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.
• Luis Terán, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.
• Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany.
• Saleem Zoughbi is a UN expert and adviser for UNESCWA and UNESCAP.
• Steven Sam, Brunel University of London, UK.
• Vera Spitzer, University of Koblenz, Germany.

Local Chairs

• Iris de Brito, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Communications Chair 

• Saleem Zoughbi is a UN expert and adviser for UNESCWA and UNESCAP.

Doctoral Symposium Co-chairs

• Jaime Meza, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador
• Leticia Vaca, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador

Finance/Registration Chair 

• TBA