Proposed Invited Sessions

An invited session consists of a presentation session of six to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference.

Details of proposed invited sessions are shown below.

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Chair:
Prof. Hironori Takeuchi
Musashi University, Japan
h.takeuchi at cc.musashi.ac.jp

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Chair:
Dr. Francesco Mercaldo
Institute for Informatics and Telematics, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pisa, Italy
francesco.mercaldo@iit.cnr.it

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Chair:
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Ueda
Hosei University, Japan
uep@hosei.ac.jp
Co- Chaired by
Associate Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nehal Hasnine
Hosei University, Japan

Co-Chaired by
Associate Prof. Dr. Hiroya Suno
Hosei University, Japan

Co-Chaired by
Associate Prof. Mr. Hisashi Hatakeyama
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
hatak@citl.titech.ac.jp

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Chair:
Prof. Ryosuke Yamanishi
Kansai University, Japan
ryama@kansai-u.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Mitsunori Matsushita
Kansai University, Japan

Co-Chaired by
Prof. Satoshi Nakamura
Meiji University, Japan

Co-Chaired by
Prof. Yoko Nishihara
Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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Chair:
Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
i.czarnowski@umg.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros
University of Huelva, Spain
antonio.tallon.diesia@zimbra.uhu.es

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Chair:
Prof. Piotr Nikończuz
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin,
piotr.nikonczuk@zut.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Norbert Chamier-Gliszczyński
Koszalin University of Technolog
norbert.chamier-gliszczynski@tu.koszalin.pl
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Roma Strulak-Wójcikiewicz
Maritime University of Szczecin,
r.strulak@pm.szczecin.pl
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Agnieszka Deja,
Maritime University of Szczecin,
a.deja@pm.szczenin.pl
Co-Chaired by
PhD Cand. Norbert Lech
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin,
norbert.lech@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Abdellah Chehri
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
chehri@rmc.ca
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Sara Séguin
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, UQAC, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada.
sara_seguin@uqac.ca
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Imran Ahmed
Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, East Road, Cambridge, UK.
imran.ahmed@aru.ac.uk

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Chair:
Dr Aleksandra Radomska-Zalas
Gorzów Technology Center Science and Industry Park, Gorzów Wielkopolski
aradomska-zalas@ajp.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Andrzej Perec
Faculty of Technology, The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski
aperec@ajp.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Paweł Ziemba
Institute of Management, University of Szczecin, Poland
pawel.ziemba@usz.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Jarosław Becker
Faculty of Technology, The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski

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Chair:
Prof. Pawel Kasprowski
Silesian Univesity of Technology, Poland
pawel.kasprowski@polsl.pl
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Katarzyna Harezlak
Silesian Univesity of Technology, Poland

Co-Chaired by
Prof. Jacek Matulewski
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

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Chair:
Professor Kazuhiko Tsuda
Graduate School of Business Sciences, The University of TSUKUBA, Tokyo
tsuda.kazuhiko.gn@u.tsukuba.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Professor Masakazu Takahashi
University of Yamaguchi, Japan
masakazu@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Professor Nobuo Suzuki
Kindai University Faculty of Humanity- Oriented Science and Engineering, Japan
suzuki@fuk.kindai.ac.jp

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Chair:
Prof. Nobuyuki Ogawa
National Institute of Technology, Gifu College
ogawa@gifu-nct.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu
National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College
kanemats@suzuka.kosen-ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Kuniaki Yajima
National Institute of Technology, Sendai College

Co-Chaired by
Pof. Dana Barry,
Clarkson University

Co-Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Katsuko T. Nakahira
Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Co-Chaired by
Prof. Kazunori Nishino
Taisei Gakuin University, Japan

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Chair:
Assoc Prof. Mariusz Doszyn
University of Szczecin, Institute of Economics and Finance, Department of Econometrics and Statistics
mariusz.doszyn@usz.edu.pl

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Paweł Weichbroth
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
pawel.weichbroth@pg.edu.pl

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Chair:
Daniela Gifu
Romanian Academy – Iasi Branch
daniela.gifu@iit.academiaromana-is.ro
Co-Chaired by
Richard DUFOUR
Nantes University, France
richard.dufour@univ-nantes.fr
Co-Chaired by
Ferucio-Laurențiu Țiplea
Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania
fltiplea@gmail.com

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Chair:
Prof. Jaroslaw Korpysa
University of Szczecin, Poland
Jaroslaw.korpysa@usz.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
PhD Agnieszka Lopatka
University of Szczecin, Poland

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Arkadiusz Januszewski
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
arkadiusz.januszewski@pbs.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
PhD Dariusz Żółtowsk
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
dariusz.zoltowski@pbs.edu.pl

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dzati Athiar Ramli
School Of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (SEEE), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
dzati@usm.my
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Abdellah Chehri
Royal Military College of Canada
chehri@rmc.ca

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Chair:
Prof. Akinori Abe
Chiba University
ave@chiba-u.jp
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Yukio Ohsawa
the Univesity of Tokyo

Co-Chaired by
Prof. Jun Nakamura
Chuo University

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Chair:
Prof. Ivan Lukovic
University of Belgrade, Serbia
ivan.lukovic@fon.bg.ac.rs
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Ralf-Christian Härting
University of Aalen, Germany
Ralf.Haerting@hs-aalen.de

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Chair:
Prof. Ralf-Christian Härting,
University of Aalen, Germany,
Ralf.Haerting@hs-aalen.de
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Ivan Luković
University of Belgrade, Serbia
ivan.lukovic@fon.bg.ac.rs

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Chair:
Associate Prof Smaranda Belciug
University of Craiova, România
sbelciug@inf.ucv.ro
Co-Chaired by
Prof Lakhmi Jain
KES International

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Chair:
Ralf Seepold
HTWG Konstanz (Germany)
ralf.seepold@htwg-konstanz.de
Co-Chaired by
Juan Antonio Ortega
University of Seville (Spain)
jortega@us.es
Co-Chaired by
Natividad Martínez Madrid
University of Reutlingen (Germany)
natividad.martinez@reutlingen-university.de
Co-Chaired by
Aaron Raymond See
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan)
aaronsee@stust.edu.tw

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Chair:
Prof. Rafal Deja
Department of Computer Science, WSB University, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland
rdeja@wsb.edu.pl

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Chair:
Dr. Wojciech Sałabun
Department of Artificial Intelligence and Applied Mathematics in the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Żołnierska 49, 71-210, Poland
wojciech.salabun@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof., dr hab. Małgorzata Przybyła-Kasperek
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
malgorzata.przybyla-kasperek@us.edu.pl
C0-Chaired by
Ph.D., dr Rafał Skinderowicz
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
rafal.skinderowicz@us.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Assoc. Prof., dr hab. inż. Piotr Sulikowski
West Pomeranian University of Technology
piotr.sulikowski@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Mika Sato-Ilic
Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan
mika@risk.tsukuba.ac.jp

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Chair:
Prof. dr inż. Adam Sulich
Wroclaw Faculty of Business and Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Wroclaw, Poland
Adam.Sulich@ue.wroc.pl
Co-Chaired by
dr Lukasz Jarosław Kozar
University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Labour and Social Policy, Lodz, Poland
Lukasz.Kozar@uni.lodz.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar
Full professor, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Leader of Automated Systems & Soft Computing Lab (ASSCL), Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
ahmad_t_azar@ieee.org

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Chair:
Prof. Pierre Parrend
EPITA/University of Strasbourg
pierre.parrend@epita.fr

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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daocheng Hong
East China Normal University, China
hongdc@dase.ecnu.edu.cn
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Dr. Jun Steed Huang
Carleton University, Canada
jun.huang@carleton.ca

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Chair:
Assist. Prof. Paja Wieslaw
University of Rzeszow, Poland
wpaja@ur.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Pancerz Krzysztof
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
krzysztof.pancerz@upz.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Stoean Catalin
University of Craiova, Romania

Co-chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Wosiak Agnieszka
Lodz University of Technology, Poland

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Chair:
Assist. Prof. Fiammetta MARULLI
Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
fiammetta.marulli@unicampania.it
Co-Chaired by
Assist. Prof. Francesco MERCALDO
Università del Molise, Italy
francesco.mercaldo@unimol.it

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Chair:
Dr Mohamed Bennasar
The Open University, UK
mohamed.bennasar@open.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr Yulia Hicks
Cardiff University, UK
hicksya@cf.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Professor Hiroharu Kawanaka
Mie University, Japan
kawanaka@elec.mie-u.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Professor Blaine Price
The Open University, UK

Co-Chaired by
Professor Rossi Setchi
Cardiff University, UK

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Chair:
Prof. Fu-Ching Tsai
Central Police University, Taiwan
fctsai@mail.cpu.edu.tw
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Chih-Hung shih
Central Police University, Taiwan

Co-Chaired by
Prof. Da-Yu Kao
Information Security Division, SinoPac Holdings, Taiwan

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Chair:
Dr. Roberto Garay-Martinez
Principal Investigator Deusto Sustainable Research Group Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering University of Deusto
roberto.garay@deusto.es

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Chair:
Prof. dr inż. Adam Sulich
Wroclaw University of Business and Economics)
adam.sulich@ue.wroc.pl
Co-Chaired by
mgr inż. Tomasz Zema
Wroclaw University of Business and Economics

Co-chaired by
dr inż. Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc
Wroclaw University of Business and Economics

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Chair:
Prof. Andrzej Banaszek
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
andrzej.banaszek@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Dr. Maksym Gaiduk
HTWG Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
maksym.gaiduk@htwg-konstanz.de
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Simone Orcioni
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Co-Chaired by
Dr. Massimo Conti
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Co-Chaired by
Daniel Scherz
HTWG Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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Chair:
Dr. Maha Driss
Robotics & Internet-of-Things Lab, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
mdriss@psu.edu.sa
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Wadii Boulila
Robotics & Internet-of-Things Lab, College of Computer and Information Sciences Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
wboulila@psu.edu.sa
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Anis Koubaa,
Robotics & Internet-of-Things Lab, College of Computer and Information Sciences Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
akoubaa@psu.edu.sa

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Chair:
Aya Saad
Research Scientist, SINTEF Ocean AS
aya.saad@sintef.no
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Anne Håkansson
UiT Norges arktiske universitet Postboks 6050 Langnes 9037 Tromsø
anne.hakansson@uit.no

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Chair:
Prof. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczynska
University of Szczecin, Poland
katarzyna.szopik-depczynska@usz.edu.pl
Co- Chaired by
Prof. Katarzyna Cheba
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
Katarzyna.cheba@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Yuji Iwahori
Chubu University, Japan
iwahori@isc.chubu.ac.jp
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Nobuhiro Inuzuka
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

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Chair:
Assoc Prof. Agnieszka Nowak-Brzezińska
University of Silesia, land
Agnieszka.nowak-brzezinska@u.edu.pl
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Agnieszka Konys
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
akonys@zut.edu.pl

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Chair:
Prof. Monica Bianchini
University of Siena, Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
monica.bianchini@unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Pietro Bongini
PostDoc Researcher - University of Siena, Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
pietro.bongini@unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Niccolò Pancino
PostDoc Researcher - University of Siena, Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
niccolo.pancino@unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Caterina Graziani
University of Siena, Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
caterina.graziani@student.unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Veronica Lachi
University of Siena, Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
veronica.lachi@student.unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Elia G. Ceroni
University of Siena, Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics
elia.ceroni@student.unisi.it

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Chair:
Christine Lahoud,
(Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard - UTBM
christine.lahoud@utbm.fr
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Hajer Baazaoui
CY Paris Cergy University
hajer.baazaoui@ensea.fr
Co-Chaired by
Jérôme Dantan
Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle
jerome.dantan@unilasalle.fr
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Faten Chaieb Chakchouk
Efrei Paris Panthéon-Assas University
faten.chakchouk@efrei.fr

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Chair:
Prof. Monica Bianchini
Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
monica.bianchini@unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Andreini Paolo
Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
paolo.andreini@unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
PhD. Bonechi Simone
Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy and Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
simone.bonechi@unisi.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Corradini Barbara Toniella
Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy and Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
barbaratoniella.corradini@unifi.it

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Chair:
Professor Dr. Cesar Sanin
Associate Dean (Research) Australian Institute of Higher Education Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. The University of Newcastle, Australia
c.sanin@aih.edu.au, Cesar.Sanin@newcastle.edu.au
Co-Chaired by
Professor Dr. Edward Szczerbicki
College of Engineering, Science and Environment The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Edward.Szczerbicki@newcastle.edu.au
Co-Chaired by
Dr Rafiqul Islam
Member Knowledge Engineering Research Team - KERT Senior Lecturer Australian Institute of Higher Education, Australia
r.islam@aih.edu.au

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Chair:
Dr Milan Simic
School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
milan.simic@rmit.edu.au
Co-Chaired by
Dr David Rodriguez-Sanchez
School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
david.rodriguez-sanchez@rmit.edu.au

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Chair:
Dr. Laura Verde
Department of Mathematics and Physics, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy
laura.verde@unicampania.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Jan Vrba
Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Cybernetics, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
jan.vrba@vscht.cz
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Roberta De Fazio
Department of Mathematics and Physics, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy
roberta.defazio@unicampania.it

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Chair:
Prof. Paolo Crippa
Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
p.crippa@univpm.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Laura Falaschetti
Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
l.falaschetti@univpm.it

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Chair:
Associate Professor Eng. Ph.D. Robert Kucęba,
Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems
robert.kuceba@pcz.pl
Co-Chaired by
Ph.D. Dariusz Dudek
Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems
dariusz.dudek@pcz.pl
Co-Chaired by
Ph.D. Grzegorz Chmielarz
Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems
grzegorz.chmielarz@pcz.pl

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Chair:
Lenuța Alboaie
University of Iasi, Romania
lalboaie@gmail.com
Co-Chaired by
Adrian Iftene
University of Iasi, Romania
adiftene@gmail.com

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Chair:
Professor Kayoko Kurita
Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo
kurita@he.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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KES-2024

28th Annual
KES Conference
Seville, Spain
11-13 September 2024