Keynote Speakers

Fady Al Najjar

Assistant Professor in Intelligent Systems, UAE University, Al Ain

Hoda A. Alkhzaimi

Research Assistant Professor and Director of the Center of Cyber Security at NYU Abu Dhabi

Mohammed Alotaibi

Assistant Professor at the faculty of CIT, & Vice Dean for scientific research at Tabuk University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Christoph Bartneck

Associate professor in Human-Computer Interaction and director of postgraduate studies at the University of Canterbury

Jose Berengueres

Director of Media Laboratory and Assistant Professor in Intelligent Systems, UAE University, Al Ain

John-John Cabibihan

Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Qatar University, Doha

Angelo Cangelosi

Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Cognition at University of Plymouth

Max Cappuccio

Director of Cognitive Science Laboratory and Associate Professor in Cognitive Science and Philosophical Psychology, UAE University, Al Ain

Robert Cheek 

Robotics analyst at Hyundai Motor Company – Investment Securities 

Ron Chrisley

Director of Centre for Research in Cognitive Science and Reader in Philosophy at University of Sussex

Michael Decker

Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Professor of Technology Assessment at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Jorge Dias

Professor of Electronic Engineering at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi

Mohamad Eid

Director of Applied Interactive Multimedia Research Lab & Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi

Friederike Eyssel

Professor of Social Psychology, Head of Applied Social Psychology and Gender Research Lab at Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC), Bielefeld University.

Francesco Ferro

CEO, at Pal Robotics, Abu Dhabi & Barcelona

Dan Hutto

Professor of Philosophical Psychology and Cognitive Science at University of Wollongong

Lulu Hamdan 

Marketing and Communications Manager at Amana Heathcare

Lojain Jibawi

CEO, at Votek, Dubai

Amit Kumar Pandey

Chief Scientist in Human Robot Interaction & Socially Intelligent Robots at Softbank Research | Aldebaran, Paris

Ben Robins

Senior Research Fellow in Human-Robot Interaction at University of Hertfordshire

Giulio Sandini

Director of Research and Professor in Bioengineering at Italian Institute of Technology, Genova

Rob Sparrow

Professor of Robot Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at Monash University, Melbourne

Sanad Shaikh 

Marketing and Communications Coordinator at Amana Heathcare

Jun Tani

Director of Cognitive Neuro-Robotics Laboratory & Professor of Electrical Engineering at Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Steve Torrance

Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science at University of Sussex