Conference Speakers

Dr. Miguel Fernández Álvarez

Dr. Miguel Fernández Álvarez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics Applied to Science and Technology at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), where he teaches English for Specific Purposes. His research areas include bilingual education, second language acquisition and language assessment.

Prof. Dr. Juris Porozovs

Juris Porozovs, Dr.biol. Professor and leading researcher of the University of Latvia, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art. Research interests – human cognitive process; use of information and communication technologies in the study process; peculiarities of the lifestyle of students; psychophysiological peculiarities of students with learning disabilities.

Dr. Dalia Fahmy

Dr. Dalia Fahmy is Associate Professor of Political Science at Long Island University and a visiting scholar that the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University. Dr. Fahmy’s book include, “Arab Spring: Modernity, Identity and Change,” “Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy,” and “International Relations.”

Dr. Sandra Figueiredo

Sandra Figueiredo, PhD in Psychology, with a Degree in Languages Teaching and a post-doctoral completed in Education. She is Associate Professor and Assistant Researcher in the field of Psychology on the Department of Psychology at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa Luís de Camões (UAL), Lisbon, Portugal. Her research interests are related to the development of instruments and empirical studies about the school achievement of immigrant young children. Three paper awards and one Grand award in scientific research; approx. 70 papers published and 2 academic international books; supervisor of a multimedia (tailored assisted learning in mobile application) project for immigrants’ education support in Portugal.

Mrs. Hala Al Khalifa

Hala Al Khalifa holds a master’s degree in Education and International Development from the UCL Institute of Education, London UK. She is currently positioned as a lecturer at the Bahrain Teachers College. Her research focuses on inclusive and special education, educational leadership and early childhood education.

MSC. Adriana Torres

Adriana Torres is a Spanish, French, and English Professor in Colombia. She was educated at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hunter College, Universidad Distrital, and Universidad Santo Tomás. Her areas of interest during her Master’s, Ph.D. studies, and professional career have been related to teacher agency, argumentation, interculturality, subjectivities, and bilingualism.

Mr. Ntachobazi Bosco

Ntachobazi Bosco, was graduated with Masters of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy. His Current Position is Admission and Registration Officer, Mount Kenya University Rwanda, and also his areas of Interest are Teaching Materials and Courseware Construction in Rwanda.

His awards are Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy Research Project in Progress, Honors degree of Bachelors of Arts in Social Sciences majoring in Development studies, Advanced Diploma in Guidance and Counseling, Certificate of Merit in HIV/AIDS Counseling, Certificate of completion in building strong churches, Certificate of participation in Ministry in the Church and the Community (MICC) Certificate for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Implementation Training Course, Certificate for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Awareness Training Course.

Mrs. Meenu Mathur

Meenu Mathur Jha is currently working as the Senior Academic Coordinator at Amity International School, Uttar Pradesh, India and has an experience of more than 25 years in the field of education. she strongly believes in her abilities as a teacher but more so, in her students. They are the cornerstone of India and she consider it her duty to make them ready for the future, to imbibe in them an education that is a synthesis of modernity and traditional values. Her achievements are: Recipient of Global Teacher Award by CED Foundation and GTE, Recipient of Shiksha Ratan Award -2020 by CED Foundation Trust, Recipient of InSc National School Teacher Award, Adjudged ‘Most Experienced Coordinator’ by Global School Awards in association with EduNation TV.

Mrs. Amanda Bruscato

Amanda Bruscato is a PhD candidate in Language Sciences at the University of Algarve (Portugal) and a guest researcher in the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen. She has been a language teacher for the past 5 years.

Mr. Christos Kaltsidis

Mr. Christos Kaltsidis is has studied Computer Science and holds a masters’ degree in Adult Education. He is a PhD candidate at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece and his research focuses on adaption of Technology in Education and University Pedagogy. He is currently working in the Laboratory of Teaching and Professional Development of Bioscientists in DUTH

Ms. Manidaki Irene

Ms. Manidaki Irene is an English teacher in a Primary school  in Heraklion, Greece. She motivates young learners to achieve knowledge using new technology and project work. She completed her undergraduate studies at the School of English Language and Literature of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1989). She received her Master of Education in TESOL at the Hellenic Open University, Patra, Greece (2020).”

Mr. Abdullah Esmail

Mr. Abdullah Esmail has Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Marketing Major. Also, he is Student in Master of Business Administration. He is Former factory worker and currently a full-time student who interests in marketing intelligence, Customer service, and statistics related to the business and economic fields.

Ms. Deeksha Gulati

Deeksha Gulati is a lawyer with a LLB and LLM from Pune University with experience in research, advocacy and training on women rights. She brings this acumen to her work in education, where she works as a Programme Leader for curriculum development and trainings. She has developed workbooks for children on Social Emotional and Ethical Learning.

Mrs. Fátima Almeida’s

Fátima Almeida’s Degree is in Portuguese, Latin and Greek. Her Master is in Educational Sciences & She is PhD student in Educational Sciences. She is Specialized teacher in Special Education; specialized teacher in Pedagogical, Supervision and Evaluation of Teachers. She is Member of Dyslexia Center of UCP-Viseu, Scientific Department of DISLEX & also Technical and Scientific Center of APCS.

Mrs. Janar Abuova

Janar Abuova is graduated with MA in Tesol from Webster University. Currently, she works at Yeoju Technical Institute in Tashkent as a senior teacher in the English Department. she is a CELTA and TESOL certified teacher with more than 10 years of teaching experience.

Dr. Maritza Elizabeth

Maritza Elizabeth Arones Mayurí. She has Doctoral degree in Education. Her Current position is President of the Central Commission for Curriculum Reform of the San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica – Perú. Her Areas of interest is Investigate issues related to learning problems in virtual education

Dr. Ulrike Hugl

Ulrike Hugl works as scientist at the University of Innsbruck. Her research mainly focuses on new technologies and eLearning with impact on information security and data protection; furthermore, on occupational/corporate crime and industrial espionage. She is a member of scientific committees of international conferences and reviewer of several journals. Her Research Awards are “Nestlé-Preis for Economics” (best Austrian dissertation Österreichs in economics) “Michael-Lehmann-Award” for extraordinary high-quality and innovative works

Dr. Dybyspayev Bolatzhan

Dybyspayevich is Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences; Honorary Worker of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Teacher-Master; Teacher of Mathematics at Lyceum 28, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

He received the Certificates for participation in international conferences on mathematics and education, also (Russian (Sterlitamak, Togliatti, Ekaterinburg), Belarusian (Mogilev), Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Karaganda, etc.)) Participant of the First Congress of Mathematical Teachers of Kazakhstan (2011)

Mr. Hatim Issoufaly

Hatim Issoufaly has for the past 15 years been passionated about strengthening the capacity of local development actors to achieve impact at large scale. Working with multinational corporations, allowed him to connect large groups of vulnerable smallholder farmers to a secured and profitable market. Structuring resilient supply chains through innovative agronomic models and social structuration, enabled him to increase the net revenue of farmers while improving the quality and traceability of targeted commodities such as vanilla, coconut or rice.”

MSc. Martina Horvat

Martina Horvat is a PhD student in Pedagogy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osijek (Republic of Croatia). She works as an Assistant at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb. Her research interest includes challenges parents and children face using digital media, as well as a teaching methodology.

Mrs. Nur Nadiah

Nur Nadiah received master’s in science (Mathematics) from National University of Malaysia and is currently teaching Mathematics at GENIUS@Pintar National Gifted Centre, National University of Malaysia. She has 10 years’ experience teaching gifted and talented students. Her research interest are in the field of gifted and special education.

MSC. Sofia Ferreira

Sofia Ferreira Cândido has a Masters in Clinical Psychology. Currently she is a PhD-student in Education, at ISPA-Instituto Universitário (Portugal) and research member of Centre for Educational Research (CIE-ISPA). Her current research includes teacher self-efficacy and motivation, inclusive education and the development of fine motor skills in primary education.