iLRN2023 Conference Committees

Steering Committee

• Leonel Morgado, iLRN Vice President for Scientific Quality
• Daphne Economou, iLRN Director of Conferences
• Christian Gütl, iLRN Scientific Advisory Board Chair
• Dennis Beck, iLRN Knowledge Tree
• Anasol Peña-Rios, iLRN Director of Publications
• Andreas Dengel, IEEE Technical Committee on Immersive Learning Environments
• Jonathon Richter, iLRN President and Chief Executive Officer

Organizing Committee

General Chairs

• Anasol Peña-Rios, BT Research Labs, UK - iLRN (Board member)
• Andreas Dengel, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Program Chairs

Academic Stream

• Marie-Luce Bourguet, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Jule M. Krüger, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Practitioner Stream

• Paula MacDowell, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Jewoong Moon, University of Alabama, USA
• Douglas Wilson, George Mason University, USA

Publications Chairs

• Daniela Pedrosa, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Co-Editors

• Maria Castelhano, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Carolin Zierer, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Cheyenne Burns, Lindenwood University, USA
• Diana Almeida, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Doctoral Colloquium Chairs

• Noah Glaser, University of Missouri, USA
• Bing Liu, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Local Chairs

• Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University, USA
• April Grow, California Polytechnic State University, USA
• Rodrigo Canaan, California Polytechnic State University, USA

Administration & Operations Chair

• Jonathon Richter, iLRN President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Montana, USA

Virtual Campus & Technical Chairs

• Michael Hamaoka, OMAX Corporation, USA
• Genevieve Smith-Nunes, University of Cambridge, UK

Videos, Posters, & Exhibitions Chair

• Aliane Krassmann, Instituto Federal Farroupilha, Brazil
• Pamela Rabin, San Diego State University, USA

Registration Chairs

• Alec Bodzin, Lehigh University, USA
• Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Teesside University, UK

Finance Chair

• Patrick O'Shea, Appalachian State University, USA

Session Chair Director

• Laurissa Tokarchuk, Queen Mary University of London, UK

iLRNFuser Game Jam Series Chair

• Markos Mentzelopoulos, University of Westminster, UK - iLRN (Board member)

Awards Chairs

• Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK
• Filippo Gabriele Prattico, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Paula MacDowell, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Evaluation Chairs

• Sarah Ramaiah, University of Alabama, USA

Opportunity & Inclusion Chair

• Sarune Savickaite, University of Glasgow, UK

Special Track LATAM Chairs 

• Jorge Bacca-Acosta, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia
• Cecilia Avila-Garzon, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia
• Jennifer Samaniego, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Volunteers

Coordinators

• Chioma Udeozor, Newcastle University, UK
• Charlene Hardin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA

Online Conference Information Desk

• Anisa Bora, Barnard College, USA
• Farah Akbar, Columbia University, USA

International & Publicity Chairs

• Stylianos Mystakidis, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• Mengjie Huang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
• Jorge Bacca-Acosta, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia

International Co-Chairs (The Americas)

• Minjuan Wang, San Diego State University, Editor of IEEE-TLT Journal, USA
• Romero Tori, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Eliane Schlemmer, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, Brazil
• Jorge Bacca-Acosta, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia

International Co-Chairs (Europe)

• Mikhail Fominykh, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
• Sébastien George, Le Mans University - LIUM Lab, France
• Andri Ioannou, Cyprus University of Technology and CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
• Ioannis Kazanidis, International Hellenic University, Kavala, Greece
• Michael D. Kickmeier-Rust,  St.Gallen University of Teacher Education, Switzerland
• Fabrizio Lamberti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Fotis Liarokapis, CYENS CoE & Cyprus University of Technology, Nicosia / Cyprus
• Daniel Livingstone, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
• Eleni Mangina, University College Dublin, Ireland
• Tassos Anastasios Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
• Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
• Mohamed Yassine Zarouk, University of Potsdam, Germany
• Krzysztof Walczak, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland
• Ioana-Andreea Stefan, Advanced Technology Systems, Romania

International Co-Chairs (Middle East)

• Malek Alrashidi, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
• Mohammad AL-Smadi, Qatar University, Qatar
• Elhanan Gazit,  Ono Academic College, & Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

International Co-Chairs (Africa)

• Koos de Beer, University of Pretoria, South Africa

International Co-Chairs (Asia)

• Noor Dayana Abd Halim, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
• Su Cai, Beijing Normal University, China
• Yiyu Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Morris Siu-Yung Jong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Fengfeng Ke, Florida State University, USA
• Kenneth Y T Lim, National Institute of Education, Singapore
• Jeeheon Ryu, Center for Immersive Learning Technology at Chonnam National University, South Korea
• Jolanda G. Tromp, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam
• Ramesh C Sharma, Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi, New Delhi, India

International Co-Chairs (Oceania)

• Erica Southgate, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Scientific Committee

• Ahmed Alnagrat, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
• Alec Bodzin, Lehigh University
• Alessandro Visconti, Politecnico di Torino
• Alex Barrett, Florida State University
• Alexander Mikroyannidis, The Open University
• Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu
• Andrés Sebastián Quevedo, Universidad Católica de Cuenca
• Andres Quevedo, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral
• Andres Leon Geyer, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Alonso Eduardo Veloz Arce, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
• Andy Dengel, Goethe University Frankfurt
• Angela Fessl, Know-Center, Graz
• Antonio Araujo, Universidade Aberta
• Aymeric Bouchereau, Université Paris-Est Créteil
• Benedikt Hensen, RWTH Aachen University
• Birte Heinemann, RWTH Aachen University
• Brent Olson, University of Saskatchewan
• Carl Boel, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences + Ghent University
• Cecilia Avila, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz
• Charles Macquarrie, CSU, Bakersfield
• Chioma Udeozor, Newcastle University
• Craig Frehlich, Independent consultant
• Daniela Pedrosa, University of Aveiro
• David Plecher, Technical University of Munich
• Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech
• Dorothy Ogdon, University of Alabama at Birminghamn Libraries
• Drew Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University
• Early Sol Gadong, University of the Philippines Visayas
• Edicio Faller, Ateneo de Davao University
• Eileen McGivney, Harvard University
• Fabrizio Lamberti, Politecnico di Torino
• Fahima Djelil, IMT Atlantique
• Federico De Lorenzis, Politecnico di Torino
• Filipe Fernandes, COPPE/UFRJ
• Francesco Strada, Politecnico di Torino
• Gege Li, Central China Normal University
• Genevieve Smith-Nunes, Cambridge University
• George Koutromanos, Department of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Gigi Johnson, Maremel Institute
• Hua Chai, University of New South Wales
• Hubert Cecotti, Fresno State
• Hugo Leon Garza, British Telecom
• Huseyin Hakan Cetinkaya, Başkent University
• Hendrys Tobar-Muñoz, CreaTIC
• Inés Catalina Villamagua Jiménez, Universidad Nacional de Loja
• Irwin Devries, Thompson Rivers University - School of Education
• Ivan Kastelan, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences
• Jeff Kim, Auburn University
• Jennifer Samaniego, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
• Jesus Alberto Flores-Cruz, none
• Jiaxu Liu, Central China Normal University
• Joao Luis de Miranda, ESTG/IPP, CERENA/IST
• Jorge Bacca-Acosta, University of Girona
• Jose Cravino, UTAD
• Jose Joaquim de Moura Ramos, Universidade da Coruña
• Joseph Grannum, University of Tartu, Estonia
• John Luis Estrada Guayta, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
• Jorge Edwin Delgado Altamirano, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo
• Juan Carlos Maldonado Vivanco, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
• Juan Manuel Escobar, Aroa Studio – Universidad El Bosque
• Jule Krueger, University of Duisburg-Essen
• Jun Shen, University of Wollongong
• Junjie Gavin Wu, City University of Hong Kong
• Jyoti Arora, Independent
• Kambiz Hamadani, California State University San Marcos
• Kayoko Nakamura, Keio University
• Kwangtaek Kim, Kent State University
• Lance Peng, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
• Lauren Herckis, Carnegie Mellon University
• Lee Mitchell, Florida State University
• Leticia Neira, University Autónoma de Nuevo Leon
• Lili Yan, Utah State University
• Ludovic Hamon, Univérsité du Maine
• Luis Eduardo Ríos Castillo, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
• Lisbeth Deyanira Pérez Martínez, Universidad Espíritu Santo
• Marco Gilardi, University of the West of Scotland
• Matt Glowatz, University College Dublin
• May Kristine Jonson Carlon, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Meena Jha, CQU
• Michele Dickey, Miami University
• Mohammad F. Obeid, Shenandoah University
• Mojgan Jadidi, York University
• Nestor Dario Duque-Mendes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Nikolaos Pellas, University of Western Macedonia
• Nitesh Bhatia, Imperial College London
• Panagiotis Antoniou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Pamela Alexandra Buñay Guisñan, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo
• Parisa Meisami, USG
• Pedro Cardoso, University of Aveiro / DigiMedia
• Prathamesh Churi, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
• Quincy Wang, Simon Fraser University
• Rachel Tatro-Duarte, California State University of Bakersfield
• Radu Comes, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
• Robin Schramm, Mercedes-Benz Tech Motion GmbH
• Saba Saneinia, university of Science and Technology of China
• Salah Ahmed, Shaanxi normal university
• Samira Keivanpour, Polytechnique Montreal
• Sarah Ramaiah, University of Alabama
• Sayuri Tanabashi, The University of Tokyo
• Sergio Gomez Ardila, Universidad de la Salle
• Sandra Roa Martinez, Universidad del Cauca
• Samuel Acosta Ortiz, Universidad EAFIT
• Sharon Pisani, University of St Andrews
• Sonia Sahli, ISET KAIROUAN
• Stacy Doore, Colby College
• Stylianos Mystakidis, University of Patras
• Sung Shim, Seton Hall University
• Thayna Bertholini, iLRN 2023
• Thomas Moser, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
• Thommy Eriksson, Chalmers University of Technology
• Tobias Loetscher, University of South Australia
• Wenting Weng, Johns Hopkins University
• Xiaoyan Chu, Zhejiang University
• Yan-Ming Chiou, University of Delaware
• Yannick Prie, Nantes University
• Yi-Chou Tsai, Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management