Keynote Speaker
Dr. Shalaka Shah
Assistant Professor of Psychology at FLAME University Pune.
Topic: Socio-emotional learning and developing 21st century competencies for learners.
Dr. Shalaka Shah is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at FLAME University Pune. She is associated with Steinbeis School of International Business & Entrepreneurship (SIBE), Germany for Competence Development and Business Excellence Research. Dr. Shah has an experience of psychological testing and counseling for over a decade. Work-life management has been her key area or work and she delivers lectures, conducts workshops on the same along with self-enhancement through competence development. Some of her renowned beneficiaries include SIBE Germany, Central Bank of India, Insurance Institute of India, SGS India Pvt. Ltd., Samvit School of Infrastructure and Business, Pune.
Dr. Shah has earned a doctorate in Pedagogy & Psychology for the topic of work-life balance and career success and has a double master’s degree in psychology of Excellence from Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich Germany and in Counseling Psychology from SNDT University Pune. She is a licensed KODE® & SCA® competence trainer approved by Steinbeis University, Berlin. The competence license is accepted internationally. Dr. Shah’s primary research interests lie in work-life interface, competence development in organizations, leadership, whereas migration studies and pedagogical methods are her secondary research interests.
Highlighted Speakers
Dr. Soumya Jose
Dr. Soumya Jose is an assistant Professor of English and Head of the School of Humanities and Management, National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh,India. Dr. Jose joined NIT Andhra Pradesh in July 2018, and prior to that she had a stint at VIT University Vellore for five years. During her tenure at VIT, Dr.Jose has won research awards for four consecutive years at VIT University. Dr.Jose’s areas of interest include African-American Theatre, First Nations Theatre, Diaspora Studies, and English Language Teaching.
Dr. Emeka Amalu
Dr Emeka Amalu is a Chartered Engineer, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Teesside University, United Kingdom. Dr Amalu holds a BEng, MEng and PhD Degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and a PGC in Higher Education. He is a member of IMechE, IET and FHEA, UK with over 15-years of teaching experience in the Higher Education. His key research areas are electronics packaging, sustainable energy technologies, and system’s modelling.
Dr. Muhammad Shafi
Dr. Muhammad Shafi is presently Assoc. professor and HoD @ NIT Calicut in School of Management Studies, He has completed his Doctoral Studies (Ph.D.) in Management from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh in 2008. He has started his career as Lecturer in NIT in 2009 and having 12 years of experience in academia, administration and research. He has many papers in his credit, guided three Ph.D and many projects and two doctoral students pursuing Ph.D. under him. He has also conducted more than a dozen workshops for academicians and administrative personals during his 15 years of service in NITC. His works are majorly published in the following journals: PLOS-ONE, International Journal of Data Mining, Cogeant Management Journal, Intentional Journal of Modeling and Management (IJDMMM), Network Science Journal, Cambridge University Press, Quality Management Journal, Journal of King Saud University- Computer and Information Sciences and Data (MDPI). He has presented papers in various indexed international conferences during his one and a half decade of experience in academia.
Past Speakers
Dr. Ayman Massouti
Assistant Professor of Education Studies at the department of Education, College of Arts & Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
Topic: Inclusive Leadership in Schools.
Dr. Ayman Massouti is an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at the department of Education and the Program Coordinator for the Master of Education in Educational Leadership program. He teaches courses in both the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and the Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching program. He possesses skills in qualitative research administration and management, public speaking, student engagement, and inclusive teaching.
Dr. Ayman research interests include teacher education, inclusive education policy, and leadership practices. He is a friendly individual who possesses capacity to inspire and engage people in his social circles such as educational settings and beyond. He practices an inclusive mindset and seeks to create with his learners and the people he works with an environment where all people feel valued, welcomed, and supported. Dr. Ayman believes that inclusive educators must be aware of their crucial agency in bringing about change in the life of all learners and as such, educators need to present the highest level of ethical and professional standards åin teaching and learning. Dr. Ayman’s top accomplishments to date include working on research projects with renowned scholars in the field of curriculum studies and policy makers in Canada. He is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy in the UK.
Before joining ADU, Dr. Ayman taught in the teacher education program at Western University in Canada and served as a Research Assistant for various education research projects conducted by Western University and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association that pertain to leadership in schools, learning online during COVID-19, language assessment practices in hiring practices, and educational program development and evaluation in K-12 settings.
Dr. Jan Green
Associate Researcher, School of Business, University of Gibraltar
Topic: Enhancing the trajectory of student dissertations: a single case design
Dr Jan Green is currently an Associate Researcher within the School of Business at the University of Gibraltar. Her main role for the University is research supervision for post-graduate MBA and MA Leadership students when undertaking capstone projects. Additionally, she was module leader for Strategic Decision Making, Leadership & Change Management and International Business. In previous roles she has won Lecturer of the Year awards linked to her teaching and supervisory practice expertise which is endorsed by students and their subsequent success. She is passionate about executive education.
In addition, Dr Green is a freelance member of the doctoral supervision team at the University of Central Lancashire and teaches aspects of research methods to international cohorts of students.
She has successfully completed Knowledge Transfer Partnerships to implement strategic change and has delivered her research findings at a number of academic conferences including the British Academy of Management. Retaining practitioner interests, she has also been invited to speak at the Chartered Management Institute, International Women’s Day and the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Dr Green’s research interests are based on the concept of success, identifying and proposing solutions to problems in both the business and higher education arenas. She is a director of a successful renewable energy organization.
When teaching, her work is both energetic, interactive and professional which is based on theory into practice techniques and effectively encourages individual students to gain individual insights into the relevance and value of academic models. She utilises instructional conversations during supervision sessions prior to ensuring students identify personal tasks and goals that should be undertaken in order to maintain sufficient progress prior to a timely completion and submission, which complies with the module specification and demonstrates her ability to effectively utilise applied research.
Dr. Shalaka Sharad Shah
Dr. Shalaka Sharad Shah, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, is a Master of Counselling Psychology and Psychology of Excellence in Business & Education. She is a licensed KODE® & SCA® competence trainer approved by Steinbeis University, Berlin. Her primary research interests lie in work-life interface, competence development in organizations, leadership, whereas socio-emotional learning, migration studies and pedagogical methods are her secondary research interests.
Dr. Shivakumar Jolad
Dr. Shivakumar Jolad works as Associate Professor of Public Policy at FLAME University, Pune, India. His primary interest are in social policies focused on Education, Health, and Human Development. His recent work includes assessing the impact of COVID-19 on unorganized sector workers, food security and psychological distress of migrant workers, and tracing the migration and urbanization history of metropolitan cities in India. Jolad has a Ph.D. in Physics and a doctoral minor in Demography from Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA. Prior to joining FLAME, he taught at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, India.
Dr. JoAnna Roberto
Dr. JoAnna Roberto, director of education, Grand Erie District School Board. She has a B.A., an M.S.Ed. and Ph.D. Leadership and Policy. She worked for the Ministry of Education, District School Board Niagara as a teacher; vice-principal; principal; and superintendent. JoAnna is responsible for strategic direction, board improvement and governance.
Ms. Carmen Lau
Ms. Carmen Lau has a Master’s Degree in Translation. She is a researcher at The Chinese University of Hong Kong with research interests in teaching innovations, blended learning, artificial intelligence, and school leadership. She has been actively engaged in designing and implementing innovative pedagogy and technology in various educational settings.
Assoc. Prof. Gina Aurora Necula
Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romani
Keynote Speaker
Topic: Remote and Online Skills Readjusted to the Onsite Teaching and Learning Activity – Changing Perspectives of Students and Teachers
Professor Zeynep Kızıltepe (PhD)
We can Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Education. Department of Educational Sciences.
Keynote Speaker
Topic: Understanding student motivation in face-to-face and online learning environments.
Dr. Melissa Comer
Tennessee Technological University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Keynote Speaker
Topic: Teaching, Learning, & Education: Lessons Learned-Some the Hard Way.
Dr. Ayman Massouti
Dr. Ayman Massouti is an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at Abu Dhabi University. He holds a PhD in Critical Policy, Equity, and Leadership Studies from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His research interests include teacher education for inclusion, education policy analysis, and inclusive leadership in schools and higher education.
Dr. Slaviša Radović
Dr. Slaviša Radović is an educational researcher in Adaptive Personalized Learning Environments (APLE II) project within D²L² research cluster at Fern University in Hagen, Germany. His interest encompasses different aspects of newly emerging technologies used in education, and the role of instructional design in supporting students reflection and self regulation during learning.
Prof. Elizabeth Mavhunga
Prof. Elizabeth Mavhunga is a rated researcher in science education at Wits University, South Africa. Her research explores teacher professional knowledge for teaching science using Digital Topic Specific Pedagogical Content knowledge (d-TSPCK). She is well published. For her research, she has been awarded two prestigious regional and national research awards.
Dr Hilda Freimuth
Dr Hilda Freimuth is an Assistant Teaching Professor on tenure-track in the English Language Learning and Teaching Department at Thompson Rivers University. She holds a B.A. in German, B.Ed., TESL Certificate, M.A. (TESOL), M.Ed. (TESL), and a Ph.D. in Education. She has taught English in many parts of the world.
Prof. Dr. Pedro Teixeira Pereira
Prof. Dr. Pedro Teixeira Pereira is an invited assistant Professor at the University of Porto. Experienced in teacher training at higher education level, tutoring young teachers through their pedagogical practice and masters’ dissertations. He was awarded a doctorate in Comparative History, Political and Social (A. U. Barcelona) and teaches Middle/Secondary History.
Ms. May Willyana
Ms. May Willyana is a master’s student at King’s College London, majoring in Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages. She is interested in English Language Teaching methodology,
especially blended learning. Recently, she was awarded a scholarship from the Indonesia
Endowment Fund for Education for her study at King’s.
Dr. Melissa Comer
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Dr. Alexandra Juster
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Dr. Viorelia Lungu
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Dr.Georgiana Ciobotaru
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Assoc. Prof. Gina Aurora Necula
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Dr. Andrei NASTAS
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Prof. Dr. Jana Luprichová
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Dr. Ľudmila Hurajová
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Prof.Dr Mirjana Lenček
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Dr. Zeynep Kiziltepe
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Mr. Ralph Bruzzese
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Mrs. Emiliana Pereira
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Mr. Pedro Miguel de Freitas Azevedo
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Ms. Cretu Liliana
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Also, she is a Ph.D. student at Tiraspol State University.
Mr. Sultan Samah A Alenezi
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Mrs. Lamya Alfadhel
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Ms. Gabriela Chmelíková
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Mr. Orges Cico