Scholarly Integrity Remarks:

1)Authors must be ready in the meeting room at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the session. Presenters must introduce themselves to the session chair(s) and upload their Oral and ePoster presentations to the computer.

2)Authors must be able to present on any day of the conference – the program cannot be tailored around specific requests from individual authors to present on particular days.

3)The international research conference program is designed for original research contributions and presentations in all research fields. Presentations scheduled in the Oral and ePoster sessions are drawn from a selection of the peer reviewed papers from a wide range of scientific and other disciplines of inquiry.

MARCH 27-28, 2023: DIGITAL PROGRAM

DAY 1: VIRTUAL MEETING
The digital presentation session will start at 12 p.m. (midday) on March 27, 2023 London local time. The link to join the virtual conference will be available for registered delegates 10 minutes before the session at https://waset.org/profile/messages.

DAY 2: PERTINENT READING
Digital program consists of an e-book of relevant studies to download for future reading on March 28, 2023.

Digital Program consists of the e-proceedings book which is available online-only and includes the conference communications (proceedings abstracts and papers). Registered participants can access the digitally available conference proceedings ( and certificates ) by visiting their profile pages.

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH

The Significance and Evaluation of the Expression of Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma in Melanocytic Lesions

Wojcik K.E., Orchard G.E., Nasstasia Nardini, Eduardo Calonje
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

COVID-19 Surge Readiness: Use Cases Demonstrating How Hospitals Leveraged Digital Identity Access Management for Infection Control and Pandemic Response

George Gellert
Imprivata, United States

The Robotic Factor in Left Atrial Myxoma

Abraham J. Rizkalla, Tristan D. Yan
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

Robotic Lingulectomy for Primary Lung Cancer: A Video Presentation

Abraham J. Rizkalla, Joanne F. Irons, Christopher Q. Cao
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

Robotic Pulmonary Sleeve Resection, Hand-in-Hand with Endobronchial Debulking

Abraham J. Rizkalla, Tristan D. Yan
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

Advanced Techniques in Robotic Mitral Valve Repair

Abraham J. Rizkalla, Tristan D. Yan
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

p210 BCR-ABL1 CML with CMML Clones: A Rare Presentation

Mona Vijayaran, Gurleen Oberoi, Sanjay Mishra
Sahara Hospital Lucknow, India

Health Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors among Patients with Epilepsy at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Banchlay Addis, Amare Minyihun, Andualem Yalew Aschalew
University of Gondar, Ethiopia

The Frequency of Hypothermia in Preterm Neonate During Transportation

Afsana Bhanwadia
The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Phages Therapy: A Potential Solution to Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Sanjay Shukla, A. Nayak, S. P. Tiwari, A. P. Singh R. K. Sharma, R. V. Singh, K. Jadav
Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, India

A Review and Comparison of the Efficacy of Prophylactic Interventional Radiological Arterial Occlusions in Placenta Accreta Spectrum Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Benyamin Alam, Faizan Nasir, Amir Reza Akbari, Bader Alali, Zeyad Khalil
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom

Cell Death: Ferroptosis- A New Type of Cell Death

Mariam Almasoud
American Creativity Academy, Kuwait

Behind Egypt’s Financial Crisis: Dollarization

Layal Mansour
KILAW – Kuwait International Law School, Kuwait

An Assessment of the Hip Muscular Imbalance for Patients with Rheumatism

Anthony Bawa, Konstantinos Banitsas
Brunel University London, United Kingdom

Transcriptomic Analysis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cafeteria Diet Induced Obese Rats

Mohammad Jamal
Kuwait University, Kuwait

Consumption of Fat Burners Leads to Acute Liver Failure: A Systematic Review protocol

Anjana Aggarwal, Sheilja Walia
Indian Institute of Public Health - Delhi, India

Putteridge Bury Community Garden

Sarah Page, David Hewson, Adrienne Sharples
University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Place of Surgery in the Treatment of Painful Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

Ghoul Rachid Brahim
Hospital Central de l’Armée, Algeria

Drezonotomy in a Senile Patient with Postherpetic Neuropathy

G. Salas, J. Bucett
Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University, Bolivia

Digital Medicine, Personalized Medicine

Ararat Tshzmachyan Eduard Arakelyan
French University of Armenia, Armenia

A Prospectus: Decolonizing Graduate Counselor Education Curriculum by Promoting Experiential Learning to Foster Critical Conscious Counselors

Lindsay M. Syeh
Barry University, United States

Comparison Between Bispectral Index Guided Anesthesia and Standard Anesthesia Care in Middle Age Adult Patients Undergoing Modified Radical Mastectomy

Itee Chowdhury, Shikha Modi
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, India

The Role of Single Preoperative Oral Amisulpride on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy: Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Study

Devendra Gupta, Anubha Gupta, Rudrashish Haldar, Shashi Srivastava, Prabhakar K Mishra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Signals Monitored During Anaesthesia

Launcelot McGrath, Xiaoxiao Liu, Colin Flanagan
University of Limerick, Ireland

A Novel Smoothed Point Mutation in Congenital Tibial Hemimelia: A Case Report

Siyu Pu, Jing Chen, Bo Xiang
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China

A New Classification of Congenital Biliary Dilatation: HUAWI Congenital Biliary Dilatation Classification

Pu Siyu, Jin Shuguang
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China

Predictive Value Modified Sick Neonatal Score (MSNS) On Critically Ill Neonates Outcome Treated in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Oktavian Prasetia Wardana, Martono Tri Utomo, Risa Etika, Kartika Darma Handayani, Dina Angelika, Wurry Ayuningtyas
Airlangga University, Indonesia

Muscle and Cerebral Regional Oxygenation in Preterm Infants with Shock Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Virany Diana, Martono Tri Utomo, Risa Etika
Airlangga University, Indonesia

Development of a One-Window Services Model for Accessing Cancer Immunotherapies

Rizwan Arshad, Alessio Panza, Nimra Inayat, Syeda Mariam Batool Kazmi, Shawana Azmat
Chulalongkorn University, Pakistan

A Critical Look on Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Method Based on Different Mechanisms

R. Sulakshana, R. Lakshmi
Pondicherry Central University, India

Principal Well-Being at Hong Kong: A Quantitative Investigation

Junjun Chen, Yingxiu Li
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Heightening Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitude towards Learning and Metacognitive Learning through Information and Communication Technology: Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Perspective

Abiodun Ezekiel Adesina, Ijeoma Ginikanwa Akubugwo
Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Nigeria

From an Elderly Middle-Aged Man to ‘a Scientist May Be Anyone’: Draw-A-Scientist-Test in Nepalese Context

Pragya Paneru, Prativa Paneru
Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Eliminate the Death Penalty in the United States and World Wide

Jayne Wright, Michael Bargo
Kent Institute, Australia

African Traders Beyond China: Delving Into Their Entrepreneurial Activities Following COVID-19

Phillip Thebe
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Quantifying Firm-Level Environmental Innovation Performance: Determining the Sustainability Value of Patent Portfolios

Maximilian Elsen, Frank Tietze
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Digital Preservation: A Need of Tomorrow

Parveen Kumar
R.K.S.D. College of Education, India

Treating Global Trauma: Pandemic, Wars and Beyond. Somatically Based Psychotherapy Interventions as a “Bottom-Up” Approach to Improving the Effectiveness of PTSD Treatment While Preventing Clinicians’ Burnout

Nina Kaufmans
Regent University, United States

It Was Humor That Kept Us Alive: Humor as a Defense Mechanism in the Holocaust

Chaya Ostrower
Beit Berl College, Israel

Multidimensional Poverty: A Comparative Study for Vulnerability of Women in Lebanon

Elif N. Coban
American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Cone Contrast Test HD for the Assessment of Normal Trichromats and Those with Red-Green Dichromats

Tatsuya Iizuka, Takushi Kawamorita, Tomoya Handa, Hitoshi Ishikawa
Kitasato University, Japan

The Implementation of Anti-Circumvention Legislations in Thai Copyright System

Chuencheewin Yimfuang
Brunel University London, United Kingdom

Rooted Challenges: Palestinian Refugees’ Right to Work in Lebanon

Majd Owda, Raed Abubadawia
An-Najah Nationl University, Palestine

“Divorced Women are Like Second-Hand Clothes” - Hate Language in Media Discourse (Using the Example of Electronic Media Platforms)

Sopio Totibadze
Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Risk Factors in Cryptocurrency Pricing

Tian Lan
Ghent University, Belgium

Convertible Lease, Risky Debt and Financial Structure with Growth Option

Ons Triki, Fathi Abid
University of Sfax, Tunisia

Fondements théoriques du comportement de financement des entreprises : Du paradigme cognitif vers une perspective techno-environnementale de la structure financière des entreprises

KOUMETIO KENFACK Mireille, NDOUME ESSINGONE Hervé, FEUDJO Jules Roger
Université de Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

Role of Business Incubators and Social Capital on Innovation and Growth of Firms: Evidence From Ethiopia

Hailemariam Gebremichael Gebretsadik
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Robust Noisy Speech Identification Using Frame Classifier Derived Features

Punnoose A. K.
Flare Speech Systems, India

The Causes and Recommended Solutions of Burnout in Teaching Careers from the Perspective of University Professors

Narjes Tahmasbi
Zand Institute of Higher Education, Iran

Technology and Digitalization Enhance the Religious Culture

N. Liu, K.Miao
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei

BOMOH CREATED BIO-ELECTRIFIED EFFIGY OUT OF OUR CELLS

SYLVIA SEOW
Rescue Baobei Now, Singapore

Battle on Historical Water: An Analysis Roots of conflict between India and Sri Lanka and Victimization of Arrested Indian Fishermen

Xavier Louis, Madhava Soma Sundaram
Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, India

Solomon Islands Decentralization Efforts

Samson Viulu, Hugo Hebala, Duddley Kopu
Ministry of Rural Development, Solomon Islands

Estimating the Impact on Factor Payments in Thailand Resulting from a Free Trade Agreement with the EU

Hugo Toledo
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Modelling High-Frequency Crude Oil Dynamics Using Affine and Non-Affine Jump-Diffusion Models

Katja Ignatieva, Patrick Wong
University of New South Wales, Australia

Trip Reduction in Turbo Machinery

Pranay Mathur, Carlo Michelassi, Simi Karatha, Gilda Pedoto
University of Rajasthan, India

Exclusive Value Adding by iCenter Analytics on Transient Condition

Zhu Weimin, Allegorico Carmine, Ruggiero Gionata
Baker Hughes, Italy

Immigrant Status and System Justification and Condemnation

Nancy Bartekian, Kaelan Vazquez, Christine Reyna
DePaul University, United States

Comparative Study of Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Against Evolutionary Algorithms for Finding the Optimal Values in a Simulated Environment Space

Akshay Paranjape, Nils Plettenberg, Robert Schmitt
IconPro GmbH, Germany

Investigation of Detectability of Orbital Objects/Debris in Geostationary Earth Orbit by Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Saeed Vahedikamal, Ian Hepburn
UCL (University College London), United Kingdom

Characterization of Ethanol-Air Combustion in a Constant Volume Combustion Bomb Under Cellularity Conditions

M. Reyes, R. Sastre, P. Gabana, F. V. Tinaut
University of Valladolid, Spain

Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites via Atomistic Simulations: Conformational Heterogeneity and the Role of Strain Rate

Hilal Reda, Anthony Chazirakis, Albert J. Power, Vagelis Harmandaris
The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus

Pivoting to Fortify our Digital Self: Revealing the Need for Personal Cyber Insurance

Richard McGregor, Carmen Reaiche, Stephen Boyle
James Cook University, Australia

Web-Based Sports Stadium Information Management System for Online Booking of Football Tickets

Tubuoh Miltine Kum
University of Bamenda, Australia

System Dynamics vs. Object Process Methodology for Strategic Decision Making: COVID-19 as a Case in Point

Keren-Or Grinberg-Rosenbaum, Dov Dori
Technical University of Denmark, Israel

A Current-mode Square-Rooting Circuit with Electronically Tuned Based on Off-the-Shelf IC

Nattapong Thanyaratsakul, Pawich Choykhuntod, Rapeepan Kaewon, Phamorn Silapan
Silpakorn University, Thailand

Fitness Action Recognition Based on MediaPipe

Zixuan Xu, Yichun Lou, Yang Song, Zihuai Lin
The University of Sydney, Australia

Understanding The Behavior of Emus – A Means to Improve Their Management and Welfare

DEEPA G MENON; DARIN BENNETT AND KIMBERLY CHENG
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Adoption of Noise and Vibration Management Tools for Major Infrastructure Projects in Sydney, Australia

Adrian Morris, Rodney Phillips, Mattia Tabacchi
Renzo Tonin & Associates, Australia

Charactrization of Extermophile Bacteria from Maharlo Lake and Application of Them to Remove Arsenic from Waste Water in Bioreactor and for the Removal of Arsenic from High- and Low-Chemical Oxygen Demand Media

Azadeh Zahra Fatemi, Mohammad Tabatabaie, Abdollah Derakhshandeh, Mosoud Noshadi, Mehdi Borgheie
school of medicine veterinary /shiraz university, Iran

Identifying Similarities in Global Structure and Vulnerability Levels for Food Supply Chain Networks

Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio, Cristobal Pais, Marta Gonzalez, Zuo-Jun Max Shen
UC Berkeley, United States

Nanotechnology with Construction as a Building Security

Hanan Fayez Hussein
Cairo University, Egypt

Rubber Crumbs in Alkali Activated Clay Roof Tiles at Low Temperature

Aswin Kumar Krishnan, Yat Choy Wong, Reiza Mukhlis, Zipeng Zhang, Arul Arulrajah
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Analysis of Fire Risk Assessment and Water Mist System Suppression in Heat Transfer Oil Boiler

Chen-Wei Chiu, Chia-Cheng Liu, Chun-Hsun Chen
Taiwan Police College, Taiwan

The Importance of Affinity Groups for Organizations and Employees

Helio Arthur Reis Irigaray, Fabricio Stocker
FGV-EBAPE, Brazil

تطبيق المباديء النبي العربي في التعايش السلمي بين العوب

علي بن محمد إبراهيم
College of Education and Legal at studies Nafada Gombe state,Nigeria, Nigeria

Simulation of the Elastic Mean Free Path of Electron Collisions With Pyrimidine, the Precursor of the Pyrimidine Bases of DNA

Aouina Nabila Yasmina, Zine El Abiddine Chaoui
University of Setif-1, Algeria

Analysis in a Multicomponent Case Study with Raman Spectroscopy and RAMANMETRIXᵀᴹ

Olivia Treuheit, Oleg Ryabchykov, Darina Storozhuk, Joerg Weber, Oliver Valet
Biophotonics Diagnostics GmbH, Germany

Internal Cycles from Hydrometric Data and Variability Detected Through Hydrological Modelling Results, on the Niger River, over 1901-2020

Salif Koné
Ecole National d'Ingenieurs Abderhamane Baba Toure, Mali

Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Steel-Wood Connections of Wooden Structures Under the Effect of a Fire

Ahmed Alagha, Belkacem Lamri, Abdelhak Kada.
Hassiba Benbouali of Chlef, Algeria

Genetic Diversity Analysis of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L. R. Rr.]) Accessions from Northwestern Nigeria

Sa’adu Mafara Abubakar, Muhammad Nuraddeen Danjuma, Adewole Tomiwa Adetunji, Richard Mundembe, Salisu Mohammed, Francis Bayo Lewu, Joseph I. Kiok
Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Nigeria, and Cape Peninsula University of Technology South Africa, Nigeria

Apathetic Place, Hostile Space: A Qualitative Study on the Ability of Immigration Detention in the UK to Promote the Health and Dignity of Detainees

P. Dhesi, R. Burns
London's Global University, United Kingdom

Pedagogical Agency: A Basic Capacity to Carry out a Humanizing and Democratic Pedagog

Priscilla Echeverria
Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Visualization to Aid Assessing of Measures in the Context of Comparison Tasks in Digital Text Analysis

Ch. Schubert, S. Kurowsky, J. Wittig, H. Kahl
University Leipzig, Germany

Stellar Variability Classification Using Combination of Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Data

Ilya Straumit, Andrew Tkachenko, Jeroen Audenaert, Conny Aerts
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

The Effect of Velocity Increment by Blockage Factor on Savonius Hydrokinetic Turbine Performance

Thochi Seb Rengma, Mahendra Kumar Gupta, P. M. V. Subbarao
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Neural Networks Trained to Perform Autonomous Swarm of Drone and Quadruped Robot Wildfire Suppression

André Augusto Ceballos Melo
Hospital São Francisco, Brazil

Material Properties Evolution Affecting Demisability for Space Debris Mitigation

Chetan Mahawar, Sarath Chandran, Sridhar Panigrahi, V. P. Shaji
Indian Space Research Organisation, India

Flow Field Analysis Inside First Stage Rotor (Low-Pressure Compressor) of Low By-Pass Ratio Turbofan Engine With Integrated Aircraft Intake Data

Aizaz Farooq
Air University Islamabad, Pakistan

Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation with Low Volume Fraction of Cuo/H2O Nanofluid in a Two-Dimensional Channel

Mefteh Bouhalleb, Hassen Abbassi
University of Sfax, Tunisia

Accuracy of a 3D-Printed Polymer Model for Producing Casting Mold

Ariangelo Hauer Dias Filho, Gustavo Antoniácomi de Carvalho, Benjamim de Melo Carvalho
State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil

Self-Healing Curator for Polyurethane Formation

Akash Dhas, Shaibal Banerjee
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, India

A Study on the Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of Hybrid Pyrazoline Integrated with Pyrazole and Thiazole Nuclei

Desta Gebretekle Shiferaw, Balakrishna Kalluraya
Mangalore University, India

Thermodynamic Modeling of Methane Injection in Gas-Condensate Reservoir Core: A Case Study

F. S. Alavi, D. Mowla, F. Esmaeilzadeh
Shiraz University, Iran

The Analysis of the Challenge China’s Energy Transition Faces and Proposed Solutions

Yuhang Wang
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

Semi-Empirical Modelling for Dissolution of Calcium from Ironmaking Slag in Ammonium Acetate for CO2 Fixation

Itumeleng Kohitlhetse, Moshe Mello, Hilary Rutto, Kentse Motsetse, Malibongwe Manono
Vaal University of Technology, South Africa

Study of the Hydrochemical Composition of Canal, Collector-Drainage and Ground Waters of Kura-Araz Plain and Modeling by GIS Method

Gurbanova Lamiya
Amelioration Scientific Research Institute, Azerbaijan

Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Bacterioplankton in the Upper Part of Taktakorpu Water Complex

Fidan Z. Aliyeva
Amelioration Scientific-Research Institute, Azerbaijan

Coupling of Reticular and Fuzzy Set Modelling in the Analysis of the Action Chains from Socio-Ecosystem, Case of the Renewable Natural Resources Management in Madagascar

Thierry Ganomanana, Dominique Hervé, Solo Randriamahaleo
University of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Modeling Depth Averaged Velocity and Boundary Shear Stress Distributions

Ebissa Gadissa Kedir, C. S. P. Ojha, K. S. Hari Prasad
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Ethiopia

The Exploitation of the MOSES Project Outcomes on Supply Chain Optimisation

Reza Karimpour
University of Genova, Italy

The Effectiveness of Copegus (Ribavirin) Placed in a Field of Unexplored Properties of Low-Level Laser Radiation in the Treatment of Post-Covid syndrome.

Naylya Djumaeva
Scientific-Research Institute of Virology, Uzbekistan

The Current Application of BIM - An Empirical Study Focusing on the BIM-Maturity Level

Matthias Stange
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

The Impact of Shifting Trading Pattern from Long-Haul to Short-Sea to the Car Carriers’ Freight Revenues

Tianyu Wang, Nikita Karandikar
DNV, Norway

Solar Cell Packed and Insulator Fused Panels for Efficient Cooling in Cubesat and Satellites

Anand K. Vinu, Vaishnav Vimal, Sasi Gopalan
Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

A Study of Dynamics of Condition for Ambient Environment

Olumuyiwa Ademola Alao
Afe Babalola University, Nigeria

An Advanced Bragg Diffraction Imaging Technique to Characterize Defects in GaN

Thu Nhi Tran Thi Caliste, Lutz Kirste, José Baruchel
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France

Chrome Devtool for Testers: An Uphill Battle or Down Ward Slide

Sunita Kanwal, Ravi Chandola
GIET University, India

Automatic Detection of Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics Using Hyperspectral Imaging Methods

Nutcha Taneepanichskul, Helen Hailes, Mark Miodownik
University College London, United Kingdom

The Potential of Extending the Shelf Life of Meat by Encapsulation with Red Clay

Onuoha Ogbonnaya Gideon, Ishaq Hafsah Yusuf
Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Nigeria

The Sustainable Development of Value-Added Products From Agricultural Wastes: An Approach Towards Cyclic Economy

Saswata Goswami
Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali, India

Investigation of the Effects of Amount of Rainfall and Ambient Temperature on Flexible Pavements in the Philippines

Lea Bronuela-Ambrocio, Jamie Alea Ramos, Hilario Sean Palmiano
University of the Philippines, Philippines

Online Church: A Solution to the Difficulty of Building an Offline Church in Cilegon, Indonesia

Musdodi F. J. Manalu
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Theoretical Framework of Behavior Setting, Space, and Time in the Oldest Settlement of the Kaili Ledo Community, Raranggonau, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Irdinal Arief, T. Yoyok Wahyu Subroto, Syam Rachma Marcilia
University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

PROGRAM LAST UPDATED: February, 07 2023 15:55

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

1.GUIDE FOR ORAL AND e-POSTER PRESENTATIONS

We kindly ask ORAL presenters to prepare electronic presentations of 15 minutes (allowing 5 minutes for discussions) and e-POSTER presenters to prepare short electronic presentations of 5 minutes (allowing 5 minutes for discussions) (NO PRINT OUTS). A Linux-based operating system is used for both Oral and e-Poster presentations. All presenters should make a PDF file version of their presentation and upload it to the system.

2. ROLE OF THE SESSION CHAIR

The duties of the Session Chair include the following:

1. Arrive at the conference hall at least 10 minutes before the session begins. Identify the paper presenters and discussant(s) in advance, and introduce yourself. Remind each presenter of the time limits that apply, and describe the method you will use to alert them of time limits during the actual presentation.
2. At the start of the session, introduce yourself to the audience, announce the session/title, and offer a brief overview indicating how the papers are related.
3. Prior to each presentation, introduce the speaker, announce the paper’s title, the name(s) of the author(s), and provide brief comments regarding the affiliation and/or background of each presenter. Identify the individual who will be speaking if it is someone other than the first author.
4. During the presentations enforce time limits strictly so that no author (or audience member) monopolizes someone else’s time. Oral paper presentations each have 20 minutes (15 minutes for full presentation papers, 5 minutes for discussions), and 10 minutes for e-Poster (electronic poster) presentations (5 minutes for poster presentation, 5 minutes for discussions).
5. Once presentations are complete (oral paper presentations and e-Poster presentations), the remaining time can be used for informal discussion between the audience and session participants. It is your job to field questions from the audience.
6. Try to conduct the session as informally as possible (e.g., use first names when addressing participants and members of the audience) to encourage as much audience participation as possible.

3. BEST PAPER AWARDS / BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS

A 'Best Paper Award / Best Presentation Award' will be conferred on the author(s) of an abstract or a full paper presented at the conference. Selection is made based on the best combined marks of the abstract / paper review and presentation quality appraisal conducted by the Session Chair at the conference venue, and assessed by the Program Committee. Award winners will be announced after the conference. The author(s) of a selected paper/presentation will receive a signed and stamped official Best Paper Award / Best Presentation Award e-certificate.