First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Sep 15, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Jan 28, 2026
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Mijia Yang
North Dakota State University, USA
Title: To be confirmed.
Will update soon.
Prof. Yaghoob Farnam
Guangzhou University, China
Title: AI-enabled Structure Prognostic and Health Management
Dr. Chunsheng Yang is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Director of Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Guangzhou University. He is distinguished Visiting Professor with Fuyao University of Science and Technology. Dr. Yang is an Adjunct Professor with Carleton University (Canada) and East Jiao Tong University(China). He used to be a Principal Scientist with the National Research Council Canada and distinguished professor with Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. He is interested in data science, machine learning, hybrid reasoning, intelligent systems, digital twins and Prognostic and Health Management (PHM). He received an Hons. B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from Harbin Engineering University, China, an M.Sc. in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and a Ph.D. from the National Hiroshima University, Japan. He worked with Fujitsu Inc., Japan, as a Senior Engineer and engaged on the development of intelligent traffic management for ATM backbone telecommunication networks. Yang has been the author for 246 technical papers (book chapters) and reporters published in the referred journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Yang is a Program Co-Chair of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2016) and a Program Co-Chair for the 17th International Conference on Industry and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems in 2004. He is also a guest editor for the International Journal of Applied Intelligence and the Journal of Clustering Computing. He severs scientific advisor for many institutions such as NSERC, Irish Research Council, etc.
Prof. Munir D. Nazzal
University of Cincinnati, USA
Title: Leveraging AI and Sensor Technologies to Build Next-Generation Transportation Infrastructure
Will update soon.
Dr Jay Daniel
University of Derby, UK
Title: Digital Supply Chain and Blockchain Technology: Building Anti-Fragile Supply Chain!
Dr Jay Daniel is an Associate Professor of Digital Supply Chain and Technology Innovation Research Cluster Lead at the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement in Derby Business School at the University of Derby. He was a lecturer in Supply Chain and Information Systems at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. Previously with DB Schenker, Australia, and Alliance International Registrar, Asia Pacific, Jay held positions of Senior Management Consultant, Supply Chain Solution Analyst, Project Manager, Industry Trainer and Lead Auditor. He has published over 60 refereed papers in many prestigious journals and international conferences such as IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Service Research and Innovation, amongst others. His primary areas of research focus are: Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics, Sustainable Supply Chain and Information Technology/Systems, Blockchain and Industry 4.0 (Artificial Intelligent, IoT, ...) and Healthcare Supply Chain Management. Dr Daniel is serving on the editorial board of several top journals such as Australasian Journal of Information Systems (ERA rank A), Quality Management Journal, Operations Management Research, etc. and on several leading scientific/program committees of national/international conferences. His research is funded by government agencies and industry collaborators around the World. Dr Daniel has been invited as a keynote speaker/invited speaker at international industry and academic workshops and conferences around the globe such as Keynote Speaker in Oracle Modern Business Experience Conference (Australia), and Worldclass speaking about sustainable Supply chain at IISRP (US, France, Italy, China, Korea, Russia, Germany, Japan, Austria, etc.) Dr Daniel is honoured to be included in the Top 50 Thought Leaders and Influencers on Supply Chain developed by thinkers 360.
