Ms. Mary Oakes Smith was the founder and president of the Iraqi Women’s Fellowship Foundation that brought women faculty in the sciences and technology to top U.S. universities for up to one academic year. The fellows returned to their Iraqi universities with cutting edge knowledge in their fields, as well as new teaching and research technologies. The program established cultural exchange and long-term relationships between the fellows’ home and host universities. In 2022, she closed the program, giving the residual in finance to the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), where she is a member of the Board of Trustees. Her final Iraqi fellow completed a successful program at the University of Texas, MD Anderson, and gained a PhD in Iraq at the University of Sulaimani.

Smith has had a 30-year career with the World Bank, specializing in industry, energy, and telecommunications. She was senior manager of two major financial replenishments for the International Development Association, achieving $31 billion in total funding. She was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board for the Fund for International Partnerships, guiding the development of strategic frameworks and funding for children and health, women and population, the environment, and peace and human rights. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the UN Association for the National Capital Area, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. She graduated from Smith College in political science. Several years thereafter, she graduated as a Sloan Fellow from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and served as a member of the Sloan School Board of Governors for several years.

Dr. Madelyn Blair is a business owner, speaker, author, television host, and resilience mentor specializing in resilience at every level. She hosts a television show called Unlocked with Dr. Madelyn Blair. It is dedicated to helping listeners discover the secrets to building resilience into their lives, their organizations, their communities by opening possibilities. She mentors individuals one on one and in group settings to enhance their ability to succeed through developing the characteristics of highly resilient people identified through her research.

She has written several books including her latest book, Unlocked: Discover how to embrace the unexpected (attaining #1 bestseller international), Essays in Two Voices (being used on four continents), and Riding the Current: How  to deal with the daily deluge of data.  She has contributed to many others such as Smarter Innovation and Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over. She writes a blog, entitled Resilient Leadership, for Psychology Today. She is a former faculty member at Columbia University and former Division Chief at the World Bank.

In 1988 she founded Pelerei, a consulting firm which specializes in helping organizations thrive in the midst of disruption. Over the years, she has been privileged to work with wonderful people and organizations, including NASA, the Regional Chamber of Cincinnati, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Walden University, Brookings Institute, Huawei Technologies, AARP, ABERJE of Sao Paulo, European Investment Bank, NIH, IMF, American University, PwC and other international and private organizations.  Her webpage can be viewed at madelynblair.com. Her education began in mathematics and now includes a PhD in sociology with emphasis in organizational psychology.

Dr. Haitham Seada is the lead data scientist on Ford Motor Company’s vehicle routing solution “Symphony”. He is a Computer Science major with a master degree in Bioinformatics and a PhD in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization. After his PhD, Haitham joined Kim Boekelheide’s lab at Brown University as a postdoctoral research associate, where he developed computational pipelines to process and analyze high throughput cell culture imaging data. His current role at Ford involves creating optimization models and algorithms for vehicle routing problems and architecting software wrappers to the developed techniques. His research interests involve vehicle routing, non-linear optimization, computational intelligence, linear modeling and machine learning, as exhibited in his list of publications. For more than 8 years, Haitham used to teach a diverse selection of computer science topics to both undergraduate and graduate students at several private and public sector universities and institutions. He is also the author of several software libraries, both closed and open source, spanning a wide range of technologies.

A.A. Zaidan is Full Profesor in Data Science and Artificial intelligence at SP Jain School of Global Management, Sydney, Australia. His extensive research experiences in multidisciplinary that focuses on intensive data science and analysis, with a focus on two fundamental concepts; (A) multi-attributes decision-making and optimization techniques (B) traditional machine leaning and deep-learning techniques. By relying on this, his research mainly focused on different disciplines of emerging technologies. on this basis, he formulated and developed variety Softwares intelligence based-under Fuzzy Environments; (Fuzzy Decision Making, Fuzzy Systems, and Fuzzy Set Theory) in: (1) Cyber Security, (2) Healthcare Services and Biomedical informatics (3) Image Processing, (4) Computer Networking, (5) Internet of Things, (6) Marine Science, (7) Transportation, (8) Agriculture/Aquaculture, and (9) Linkage between Digitization, Sustainability and Circular Economy domains. He is published more than 270 papers at International Journals and Conferences (85%> in Q1 ISI WOS Top 25% journals in that subjects) including 5-10% of the field. Accumulative citations= 13,566 & H-index=69. Secured 6 Millions and 176k USD from 15 research grants inlink with industries in between (International, internal, or external). Registered 16 Intellectual Property (Patents) for Industrial Research Projects. Won 12 Awards at international competitions in between 2014-2022 including (6 Gold, 5 Silver, and 1 Merit). listed among World’s Top Computer Scientists at 2022 and 2023.

Dr. Ahmed Saeed Mohammed is an assistant professor, director of the Information Systems Division, and a project manager for building and developing information systems – from idea to planning, implementation, management, and operation – at Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College in Qatar. His research area focuses on data mining, databases, computer-aided learning, and allocation problems. Additionally, he has developed many educational applications and received numerous honors and appreciation certificates from different institutions inside and outside the country for his contributions in developing, implementing, and training staff in educational information systems and blended learning.
Dr. Ahmed has extensive experience in teaching system analysis and design, databases, software engineering, computer networks, strategic planning of information systems, software project management, and programming languages of all kinds at the University of Baghdad, Al-Mustansiriyah University, the University of Technology, and Al Rafidain University College.

Dr. Mostafa A. Elhosseini is an esteemed professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Taibah University, situated in Yanbu, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. He is a distinguished alumnus of Mansoura University, Egypt, holding a B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, and both an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computers and Control Systems Engineering from the same institution.

Dr. Elhosseini’s extensive research on artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and metaheuristics is highly acclaimed, with over 70 articles and research papers published in top-tier journals. His primary research interests include AI, machine learning, deep learning, non-invasive computer-assisted diagnosis systems, computer vision, and bio-inspired optimization algorithms.

A Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Dr. Elhosseini’s significant professional experience and accomplishments in the field of engineering and technology are evident. He has served as a guest editor for prestigious journals and on the international program committees for numerous international conferences and journals.

Dr. Elhosseini’s contribution to the field of computer science and engineering is far-reaching, extending beyond academic research. As an accomplished content creator on YouTube and Udemy, he shares his expertise with a broader audience, offering insights into AI, machine learning, deep learning, non-invasive computer-assisted diagnosis systems, computer vision, and bio-inspired optimization algorithms.

Lecturer and academic in the field of strategic management and business intelligence. Founder and CEO of IFAD platform Holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the American University of Cyprus

Faculty member in the Department of Business Administration at the Arab University College of Technology in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Executive Director of the platform for researchers and academics – IFAD. Worked in the application of the international program of the British International Pearson in the Department of Business Administration and Accounting. Participated in the framework of planning and managing educational facilities.

A consultant for the application of ERP systems in the health sector in Jordan for 8 years. researcher and business analyst for quality systems and planning.

Literary critic and academic worked in several Arab universities Head of Department and Dean of the College of Literary and Linguistic Studies, then Dean of Scientific Research and Dean of the College of Arts and Languages Chairman of many development and educational committees and the development of courses and quality a visiting professor at the Islamic University in Madinah, which honored him with a number of shields on various occasions. Member of a number of advisory and editorial boards in a number of scientific journals in several Arab universities

worked as a member of the Judging Committee in the King Faisal International Prize 2001 He was selected as a member of the jury for the Al Owais Award in Dubai several times He was selected as a member of the jury in the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Award He wrote more than forty books, published dozens of approved scientific papers, and prepared many critical readings in various newspapers. a weekly critical column in Al-Yamamah magazine. editing weekly article in Al-Jazeera evening newspaper in the late eighties under the title Evenings.

Ali B. Roomi received the B.Sc. degree in chemistry from Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, Iraq, in 2010 and the M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, Iraq, in 2013 and the Ph.D. degree in clinical chemistry from Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, Iraq, in 2019. His research interest includes
the development of chemistry, clinical chemistry, bone disease, and anti-oxidants. Dean of College of Health and Medical Technology (20/9/2021-2022), Co. Manager of Scientific Research Center (SRC), Al-Ayen University (23/3/2021-2022), Head of Department of Quality Assurance and University Performance in University of Thi-Qar (1/1/2022– preset) and Member of the Ministerial Committee for Strategic Planning in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the Scientific Research Team until 2031, Iraq. The number of papers published in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus amounted to 31 articles. Reviewer in many journals in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus. Editorial board in many journals in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus.