Dr. William Lesso

Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin
Former Associate Dean of the College of Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin

Professor Louis H. Kauffman

University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Past President of the American Society for Cybernetics

Keynote Address

Reflexivity in Mathematics and Cybernetics

Dr. W. Curtiss Priest

Principal Research Associate Emeritus, MIT Director, Center for Information, Technology & Society (Formerly the Center for Information, Technology & Society at MIT) Cyber-Educator of the Year, Newsweek

Keynote Address

The Science of Knowledge

Dr. Leonid Perlovsky

Harvard University, USA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Visiting Scholar The Air Force Research Laboratory Principal Research Physicist

Keynote Address

Mathematical Equivalence of Evolution and Design

Professor Stuart A. Umpleby

The George Washington University Former President of The American Society of Cybernetics

Keynote Address

Science 2: Is a Broader Conception of Science Still Science?

Dr. Eric B. Dent

University of North Carolina, Pembroke, USA Dean of the School of Business

Keynote Address

System Science Traditions: Differing Philosophical Assumptions

Professor Thomas Marlowe

Seton Hall University, USA Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Program Advisor for Computer Science Dr. in Computer Science and Dr. in Mathematics

Keynote Address

Collaboration and Knowledge Management

Dr. Karl H. Müller

University of Vienna, Austria University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Director of the Wiener Institute for Social Science Documentation (WISDOM)

Keynote Address

From Science I to Science II: Major Changes in the Science Landscapes

Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto

Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan Doctor of Engineering & Doctor of Medicine Department of Biomedical Engineering, Director Medical Engineering Research Center

Keynote Address

Bridge-Curriculum with Rotational Experimental Projects for Multidisciplinary Courses

Professor Ranulph Glanville

President of The American Society for Cybernetics The Royal College of Art, UK; RMIT University, Australia

Keynote Address

Error is not so bad

Dr. Roberta Mugellesi Dow

European Space Agency, Germany European Space Operations Centre

Keynote Address

Capturing Tacit Knowledge for Spacecraft Operations in ESOC (European Space Operations Centre)

Dr. Susu Nousala

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT University, Australia Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory: SIAL

Keynote Address

Emerging “living” Communities – Scalability of Knowledge Transfer in Complex Systems

Dr. Robert Lingard

California State University, USA Computer Science Departament

Keynote Address

Improving the Teaching and of Teamwork Skills in Engineering and Computer Science

Dipl.-Math Norbert Jastroch

MET Communications GmbH, Germany Managing Director

Keynote Address

Knowledge Transfer in Collaborative Knowledge Management: A Semiotic View

Dr. Peter A. Curreri

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA Principal Investigator on a number of NASA research grants, and Co-Principal Investigator on two Shuttle Spacelab flight experiments

Keynote Address

A Heuristic Model of Consciousness with Applications to the Development of Science and Society

Professor Dieter Fensel

University of Innsbruck, Austria Director of the DERI Innsbruck Research Institute Renamed to Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck

Keynote Address

Why Weren’t Ants the First Astronauts?

Dr. Roxanne Byrne

University of Colorado, USA Director, Online Tutoring Program

Keynote Address

eGrader, a software application that automatically scores student essays: with a postscript on ethical complexities

Dr. Ronald C. Thomas, Jr.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Dean, Online Instruction Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Keynote Address

Academic Integrity in the Digital Age

Dr. Christopher Dreisbach

Chair of the Department of Applied Ethics and Humanities for the Division of Public Safety Leadership

Keynote Address

Epistemic Conservatism: A Burkean Defense

Dr. Marta S. White

Georgia State University, USA Director for both the Study Abroad in Transition Economies and for the Business Mediterranean Style:

Keynote Address

Academic globalization: cultureactive to ice- the cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary and cross-epistemological transformation

Dr. Nagib Callaos

Retired Professor of the Simón Bolivar University
Former Dean of Research and Development of the Simón Bolivar University
www.iiis.org/Nagib-Callaos