iLRN2025 Conference Committees

Steering Committee

• Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas, USA - Chair of the Steering Committee, iLRN Knowledge Tree [profile]
• Leonel Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal & INESC TEC, Portugal -  iLRN Director of Scientific Quality [profile]
• Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK - iLRN Director of Conferences [profile]
• Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria - iLRN Scientific Advisory Board Chair [profile]
• Anasol Peña-Rios, BT Research Labs, UK - iLRN Director of Publications [profile]
• Andreas Dengel, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany - IEEE Technical Committee on Immersive Learning Environments [profile]
• Jonathon Richter - iLRN President and Chief Executive Officer [profile]
• Michael Hamaoka, OMAX Corporation, USA - iLRN Chief Technical Officer [profile]

Organizing Committee

General Chairs

• Stylianos Mystakidis, Hellenic Open University, Greece [profile]
• Genevieve Smith-Nunes, University of Cambridge, UK [profile]

Program Chairs

Academic Stream Program Chairs

• Jule Krüger, University of Potsdam, Germany [profile] - Lead Program Chair
• Matthew Schmidt, University of Georgia, USA
• Tassos Anastasios Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece [profile]
• George Koutromanos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Education and Design (iLEAD) Stream Program Chairs

• Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK [profile]
• Chryssa Lazou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
• Paula MacDowell, University of Saskatchewan, Canada [profile]

Doctoral Colloquium and Work-in-Progress Program Chairs

• Noah Glaser, University of Missouri, USA [profile]
• Carl Boel, Ghent University, Belgium [profile]

Publications Chairs

• Daniela Pedrosa, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém and CIDTFF – Research Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers, Portugal [profile]
• Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas, USA [profile]

Co-Editors

• Liliana Nuno, Freelancer Instructional Designer, Social Media Management, Producer of digital educational resources, Portugal
• Maria Castelhano, University of Porto, Portugal

Local Chairs

• Ken Bigger, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, USA
• Carly Kocurek, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA [profile]

Special Track Chairs

Special Track 1: Immersive learning across Latin America: state of research, use cases and projects

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

Special Track 2:  Navigating Grand Challenges: Immersive Learning & Global Solutions

• Dr. Chris Dede (Harvard University, US)
• Maya Georgieva (The New School, US)
• Randall Rode (Independent Consultant) 

Special Track 3: Immersive Technologies, XR and AI for Education 

• Helen Crompton (Old Dominion University, US)
• Matt Glowatz (University College Dublin, Ireland)
• Eleni Mangina (University College Dublin, Ireland)
• Avgoustos Tsinakos (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
• Ioannis Kazanidis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
• Stylianos Mystakidis (University of Patras, Greece; iLRN)

Administration & Operations Chairs

• Jonathon Richter, iLRN President and Chief Executive Officer [profile]
• Michael Hamaoka, OMAX Corporation, USA; iLRN Chief Technical Officer [profile]

Awards Chairs

• Carl Boel, Ghent University, Belgium [profile]
  Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK [profile]

Community UX Engagement Chair

• Randall Rode, Education Strategy Consultant, USA [profile]

Evaluation Chair

• Shari Metcalf, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA [profile]

Guided Virtual Adventure Chair

• Amany Alkhayat, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA [profile]

International & Publicity Chairs

• Jorge Bacca-Acosta, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia [profile]
• Ioannis Kazanidis, Democritus University of Thrace

iLRNFuser Game Jam Series Chair

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

Opportunity & Inclusion Chairs

• Sarune Savickaite, University of Glasgow, UK
• Marie-Luce Bourguet, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Registration Chair

• Alec Bodzin, Lehigh University, USA [profile]

Sponsorships and Finance Chairs

• Patrick O'Shea, Appalachian State University, USA [profile]
• Tim Scapin, Appalachian State University, USA [profile]

Vendor Liaison Chair

• Amy Washburn, Appalachian State University, USA

Virtual Campus & Technical Chair

• Michael Hamaoka, OMAX Corporation, USA [profile]

Videos, Posters, & Exhibitions Chair

• Aliane Krassmann, Instituto Federal Farroupilha, Brazil [profile]

Volunteer Coordination Chair

• Charlene Hardin, Freelance UX Designer & Artist, USA [profile]

International Co-Chairs

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

Program Committee (Reviewers)

• Alec Bodzin, Lehigh University, US
• Amelia Ijiri, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
• Amogh Joshi, Purdue University, US
• Amy Kuntz, Penn State, US
• Anant Chowdhary, Delhi Technological University, India
• Anees Ur Rahman, Parsons Corporation, Saudi Arabia
• Anrafel Fernandes Pereira, Universidade de Vassouras, Brazil
• Anthony Scavarelli, Carleton University, Canada
• Arome Ibrahim, Immersive Tech Africa, Nigeria
• Ashwini Mandale, Dr Daulatrao Aher College of Engineering Karad, India
• Athanasios Christopoulos, University of Turku, Finland
• Aymeric Bouchereau, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France
• B Ramkiran, Sastra University, India
• Birte Heinemann, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Carl Boel, Ghent University, Belgium
• Carlos Santos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Chenwi Neba Cyril, Austin Peay State University, US
• Chris Dede, Harvard University, US
• Chrysoula Lazou, International Hellenic University, Greece
• Cinthia Bittencourt Spricigo, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil
• Corinne Brenner, Killer Snails, US
• Daniela Pedrosa, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém & CIDTFF, Portugal
• Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK
• Deepak Marahatta, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• Dr. Apostolos Kostas, University of the Aegean, Greece
• Edicio Faller, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines
• Elizabeth Udeh, University of Kansas, US
• Elvis Zhang, product, US
• Emily Johnson, University of Central Florida, US
• Farzin Matin, UCD, Ireland
• Filipe Fernandes, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil
• Gabriella Rodolico, University of Glasgow-School of Education, UK
• Gary Burnett, Loughborough University, UK
• Genevieve Smith-Nunes, University of Roehampton, UK
• Hamida Khatri, University of Texas at Dallas, US
• Hariharan Ragothaman, athenahealth, Bose Corporation, Northeastern University, US
• Helen Lauder, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Hongyan Geng, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
• Hossain Samar Qorbani, Grant MacEwan University, Canada
• Houda Mouttalib, UH2C - EMSI, Morocco
• Inês Messias, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém - Higher School of Education, Portugal
• Ioannis Vrellis, University of Ioannina, Greece
• Ivan Kaštelan, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
• Jan Waligórski, AGH University of Krakow, EduVRLab, Poland
• Jason Webb, Syracuse University, US
• Jeff Kim, Auburn University, US
• Jewoong Moon, University of Alabama, US
• Joao Luis de Miranda, ESTG/IPP, CERENA/IST, Portugal
• Jule M. Krüger, University of Potsdam, Germany
• Karen Cardoso, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Lajja Mehta, Block Inc, US
• Laura Sheerman, UWE, UK
• Lavinia Hirsu, University of Glasgow, UK
• Lee Mitchell, Boise State University, US
• Leticia Neira Tovar, University Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
• Lidia Yatluk, University of Groningen, Netherlands
• Lorenzo Valente, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Madiha Mirza, University of Minnesota, US
• Malisa Richards, Dominica State College, Dominica
• Manuel Gericota, ISEP, Portugal
• Marie-Luce Bourguet, Immersive Learning research Network, Japan
• Mark Childs, Durham University, UK
• Masturah Sabri, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia
• Matt Glowatz, University College Dublin, Ireland
• Matthias Ehlenz, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Md Amit Hasan, University of Connecticut, US
• Megha Quamara, King's College London, UK
• Meryem Yilmaz Soylu, Georgia Institute of Technology, US
• Michael Holly, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Ming Chen, University of Bristol, UK
• Mohammad Fakhrulnizam Mohammad, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology, Malaysia
• Nikolaos Larios, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education, Greece
• Noah Glaser, University of Missouri, US
• Oluwadamilola Ogundipe, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
• Özlem Soydan Oktay, Anadolu Üniversitesi, Turkey
• Paula MacDowell, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Pedro Cardoso, i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, Portugal
• Pedro Neves Rito, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
• Preetish Kakkar, Adobe, US
• Quincy Wang, Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Ramakrishna Ramadugu, Finastra Corporation, US
• Razeen Hussain, University of Genoa, Italy
• René Peinl, Hochschule Hof, Germany
• Rolf Kruse, FH Erfurt, Germany
• Sabyasachi Mondal, IEEE, US
• Sai Gattupalli, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US
• Sai Shreya Nuguri, University of Missouri Columbia, US
• Saidi Suara, ICOM, Nigeria
• Santhosh Sivasubramani, IIT Hyderabad, India
• Saurav Shrestha, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, US
• Shari Metcalf, Harvard University, US
• Sheshananda Reddy Kandula, Adobe Inc., US
• Stavros Nikou, University of Strathclyde, UK
• Stephen Azeez, Dublin Business School, Ireland
• Stylianos Mystakidis, University of Patras, Greece
• Sumin Hong, Seoul National University, South Korea
• Surya Teja Appini, Meta Platforms Inc., US
• Susanna Nocchi, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
• Tassos Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
• Teresa Crea, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Tobias Loetscher, University of South Australia, Australia
• Tosin Clement, INTERAPT, US
• Tryfon Sivenas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Vaitsa Giannouli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Victory Ikpe, Western Illinois University, US
• Vikki Locke, Loughborough University, UK
• Wenyi Lu, University of Missouri, US
• Wiebke Sophie Ost, University of Kassel, Germany
• Witt Salley, Montgomery County Public Libraries, US
• Xiaomeng Huang, New York University, US
• Yannick Prié, LINA - University of Nantes, France
• Yao Huang, Sam Houston State University, US
• Yasuyuki Yukawa, Kiramex corporation, Japan
• Yogen Vilas Chaudhari, Powerschool Group LLC, US
• Zahra Hosseini, Oklahoma State University, US
• Zhuojing Zhang, BASIS Independent Fremont, US
• Ziyi Wang, Cornell University, US
• Zulhiczar Arie Tinarbuko, Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Indonesia
• Zuraimi Zakaria, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
• Ανθή Καρατράντου, ΠΤΔΕ Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, Greece