MEET THE EDITORS PANEL

The conference will host a panel for attendees to meet and discuss with editors of top IS journals. The interactive panel will help potential authors understand how to publish in these journals. The editors participating in the panel include:

• Prof. Rainer Alt, Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Markets – The International Journal of Networked Business.
• Prof. Michael Barrett, Editor-in-Chief of Information & Organization Journal.
• Prof. Suprateek Sarker, Editor-in-Chief of Information Systems Research (INFORMS).
• Prof. Edgar Whitley, Co-Editor of Information Technology and People, Senior Editor for the Journal of Information Technology and the AIS Transactions of Replication Research.

The panel will be moderated by Prof. Sana Skandrani and Prof. Alvaro Arenas.

INDUSTRY FORUM

This inspiring session brings together top-level management from BCG, Celonis, Google and UNESCO to discuss about technology opportunities and challenges in the Mediterranean and MENA regions.

• Maria Alvarez Caro, Google Spain, Head of Government Relations Google Cloud – EMEA.
• Akram Awad, BCG Partner Saudi Arabia, Global Lead for Smart Cities.
• Prof. Tawfik Jelassi, UNESCO, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information.
• Barbara Llanos Jimenez, Celonis Spain, Sales Director Iberia & Latam.

The panel will be moderated by Prof. Kiron Ravindran.