Committees and Organizers

Technical Program Committee

Teófilo Ramos, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chair of IEEE Life Members Committee, Past President of Board of Directors and Board of Delegates of CACEI (Mexican Accreditation Board of Engineering Programs), Past Chair of IEEE Region 9 Nominations Committee, IEEE Life Fellow, Mexico

Edmundo Tovar, PhD

Associate Professor, Director’s Delegate for Professionalism, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Informáticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2023-2024. IEEE Education Society, Jr. Past President 2024 IEEE Technical Activities Board /PSPB Products and Services Committee, Spain

Viktoria Dalko, PhD

Professor of Finance, Hult International Business School; Instructor of Finance, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University; Founder and President, YXQ Research Institute of Comprehensive Economics; Advisory Board Member, College of Business Administration, Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Advisory Board Member, World Finance Conference; Advisory Board Member, Uniform Adjusted Financial Reporting Standards initiative; Dedicated to advancing financial education and research through global academic and advisory roles.

Manuel Castro, PhD

IEEE Former Division VI Director and IEEE Education Society President Emeritus, Spain, IEEE Fellow, IGIP Nikola Tesla Chain Award, IEEE HKN (Etta Kappa Nu) Professional member, and Honor Ambassador of Madrid Convention Bureau, Professor UNED

​​Martín Llamas Nistal, PhD

Publications Committee Members, Strategic Planning Committee Members, Jr. Past President, IEEE Education Society, Professor of Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers, the University of Vigo, Spain

​​Elio San Cristobal, PhD

Senior Member at IEEE, Professor at Department of Electrical, Electronic, Control, Telematics, and Applied Chemical Engineering at National University of Distance Education, Spain, President-elect at IEEE Education Society, Governing Board, IEEE

INDUSTRY

Dr. Irena Palamani Xhurxhi

Director of People Science, Walmart, USA, Former Scientist, Amazon – led campaign performance measurement and AI solution development in marketing; Applies econometric modeling and AI to workforce insights at Walmart, integrating research with business applications

Diba Kaya

Staff Insights Researcher, JSTOR (ITHAKA) Researcher, strategic advisor, and (cand.) licensed psychotherapist focused on AI, cognition, and knowledge development; Professional experience at Google, Amazon, and JSTOR; Specializes in integrating distributed cognition and consequence awareness into AI strategy; Collaborates with founders and product teams on human-centered AI product development; Ensures AI tools align with human thinking, research practices, and meaning-making; Advisory Board member bringing a systems-level, industry-informed perspective; Committed to advancing AI tools that enhance—rather than bypass—human cognition.

GOVERNMENT

Soribel Feliz

Senior AI Policy and Governance Specialist at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Senior AI and Tech Policy Advisor for Senator Bill Cassidy (AI Rapid Response Fellowship, U.S. Congress), Regulatory Compliance roles at Meta and Microsoft, Former U.S. diplomat with postings in Romania, Brazil, and Washington, DC (U.S. Department of State)

Stephen Burt

Chief Data Officer of Canada and Assistant Deputy Minister, Data and Digital Policy; previously served as: Functional Authority for Data Governance and Analytics Capability, Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence, Senior Advisor on National Security, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Director for Afghanistan, Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Director for Asia, Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Director of Operations, Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Acting Assistant Secretary, Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Assistant Chief of Defence Intelligence, Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, Various Policy, Operational, and Defence Intelligence Roles, Department of National Defence

Editorial Committee

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Ángel Hernando-Gómez , PhD

Editorial Committee, Universidad de Huelva, Spain

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Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez, PhD

Editorial Committee, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco

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Haylen Alejandra Perines Véliz, PhD

Editorial Committee, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

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May Iliana Portuguez Castro, PhD

Editorial Committee Pontificia Católica del Perú, Perú

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José Luis Martin Núñez, PhD

Editorial Committee Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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Patricia Caratozzolo, PhD

Editorial Committee, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Gwanggil Jeon, PhD

Editorial Committee Hanyang University, South Korea

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Julius T. Nganji, PhD

Editorial Committee, University of Toronto, Canada

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Francisco Pérez-Fernández, PhD

Editorial Committee, Universidad CEU Fernando III, Spain

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Yerzhan Kerimbekov, PhD

Editorial Committee, Zhanibekov University, Kazakhstan

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Kingsley Okoye, PhD

Editorial Committee, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Patricia de Casas Moreno, PhD

Editorial Committee, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain

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Asad Abbas, PhD

Editorial Committee, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Claudia Camacho-Zúñiga, PhD

Editorial Committee, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Iván Sánchez-López, PhD

Editorial Committee, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Organizing Committee

Sara Segundo Lázaro

Director of SAMYRAD Conference
Bachelor’s in Education, Master’s in Teaching and Learning in Digital Environments; Former e-learning consultant at the InterAmerican Development Bank, and Edtech Transfer Director at Tecnológico de Monterrey

Francisco Pérez-Fernández, Phd

State University of New York at Stony Brook; Professor of Educational Technology, University CEU Fernando III (Seville, Spain); Editor-in-Chief, EA (Escuela Abierta); Member, Alfamed Network; Research on teachers’ digital competence and teacher education; Coordinator, AI Literacy project on teacher training in media literacy

Rodolfo Zambrano Villarreal

Co-founder of the Horizonne Views
Business administration, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Lighting engineering | General telephone and electronics, Sylvania

Samira Hosseini, PhD

IEEE, Senior Member, Editor-in-Chief of AI Advances in Higher Education, Founder of the Autonomous Academic Accelerator, Visiting Professor at Universidad de Huelva, Co-founder of the Horizonne Views

Amir Hossein Hosseini

Marketing & Communications Leader at Horizonne Views
Bachelor’s in Communication (Broadcasting) UPM
Senior Producer, Branding, and Multimedia Production

Martha Manríquez

Conference Operations & Coordination Manager
Client Success Manager at Horizonne Views
Bachelor’s in International Business, Tecnologico de Monterrey | Research Assistant

Registration for SAMYRAD 2026 will open on July 15, 2026