| Prof. Naomie salimUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, MalaysiaNaomie Salim is a passionate lecturer who not only focuses on teaching but also participates actively in research. She has over 30 years of working experience and has produced various scientific research publications, as well as supervised over 100 undergraduate and postgraduate students. 50 PhD students have graduated under her supervision. Her area of expertise ranges from Information Retrieval, Database Systems, Chemical Informatics, Text Mining to Big Data. She has received various awards and honors throughout her career. She has been awarded the Malaysian Academy of Science Top Research Scientist 2020, the Indexed Journal Publication Award at Citra Karisma, by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for eleven consecutive years (2012-2023). In 2016, Citra Karisma best research in 2012 and 2015. She won Gold Medal for best research group (SCRG) in the school. She was also nominated as one of the top three finalists for SEARCC International Awards in Australia. Her research products has won many invention competition including Gold Medals at Pecipta and i-Inova. Her research and consultantatuinnhas benefited many industries such as MMHE, JCorp, MAMPU and SSM. |
Prof. SIAU, Keng LengSingapore Management University, SingaporeProf. Siau has more than 300 academic publications. His research publications have appeared in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems and others. According to Google Scholar, he has a citation count of more than 21,000. His h-index and i10-index, according to Google Scholar, are 74 and 190, respectively. Professor Siau is consistently ranked as one of the top information systems researchers globally based on his h-index and productivity rate. In 2006, he was ranked as one of the top ten e-commerce researchers globally (Arithmetic Rank of 7, Geometric Rank of 3). In 2006, the citation count for his paper "Building Customer Trust in Mobile Commerce" was ranked in the top 1% in the field, as reported by Essential Science Indicators. He is also on 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Stanford University lists of the top 2% most-cited scientists in the world (he is ranked in the top 1%) and ranked as one of the top computer scientists in the U.S., China, and the world. He is a keynote speaker at a number of CS/IS/IT conferences. He has been involved in projects totaling more than US $6 million, and his research has been funded by NSF, IBM, NSFC, and other business organizations. |  |
 | Prof. Hamed TaherdoostUniversity Canada West, Canada & GUS Institute | Global University Systems, UKProf. Hamed Taherdoost holds PhD of Computer Science and Master of Information Security. He has over 20 years of experience in both industry and academic sectors. He has worked at international companies from Cyprus, the UK, Malta, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada and has been highly involved in development of several projects in different industries including oil and gas, healthcare, transportation, and information technology, holding positions as varied as Project Manager, R&D Manager, Tech Lead, and CTO. He has spent the last nine years helping start-ups to grow by implementing new projects and business lines. |