Honorary Chair
Antonio Luque, IEEE R8 Director
General Chairs
Guido Ala, University of Palermo
Sergio Rapuano, IEEE Italy Section Chair
Tiziana Tambosso, IEEE R8 CoCSC Representative
Steering Committee Chairs
Bernardo Tellini, IEEE Italy Section Past-Chair
Ermanno Cardelli, IEEE Italy Section National Association Liaison Committee Coordinator
National Research Associations
Riccardo Leonardi, Research Association GTTI
Ermanno Cardelli, Research Association ET
Paolo Carbone, Research Association GMEE
Alfonso Damiano, Research Association CMAEL
Emilio Ferrari, Research Association AIDI
Nicola Paone, Research Association GMMT
Giuseppe Mazzarella, Research Association SIEM
Dario Zaninelli, Research Association GUSEE
Paolo Atzeni , Research Association GII
Giovanni Ghione, Research Association SIE
Sauro Longhi, Research Association SIDRA
International Steering Committee
Maddalena Salazar Palma, Past-Director Region 8
Vincenzo Piuri, Director-Elect Region 8
Habib Kammoun, R8 CoCSC Chair
Mona Gassemian, UK&Ireland Session Chair
Shmuel Auster, Israel Section Chair
Chiara Boccaletti, IAS Meeting Department Chair
EMBS Representative
Mohammed El Mohajir, MELECON 2018 General Chair
Technical Program Committee Chair
Gianfranco Chicco, IEEE Italy Section Vice-Chair
Technical Program Committee co-Chair
Daniela Proto, IEEE Italy Section Conference Committee Coordinator
Track Chairs
TRACK 1 – Smart Energy
Carlo Cecati, University of Aquila, Italy
Hadi Kanaan, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut , Lebanon
Fabio Viola, University of Palermo, Italy
TRACK 2 – Smart Industry
Giambattista Gruosso, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Federico Baronti, University of Pisa, Italy
Juan José Rodríguez-Andina, University of Vigo, Spain
TRACK 3 – Smart Healthcare
Sergio Cerutti, Politecnico di Milano, EMB Italy Chapter Chair
Thomas Penzel, Charité University Hospital, Germany
TRACK 4 – Smart Digital Communities
Barbara Masini, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
Francesco Masulli, University of Genoa, CI Italy Chapter Chair
Alexey Vinel, Halmstad University, Sweden
Publication Chairs
Pietro Romano, University of Palermo
Gaetano Zizzo, University of Palermo
Professional Activities
Stefano Massucco, IEEE Italy Section Professional Activity Committee Coordinator
Federica Battisti, IEEE Italy Section YP-AG Chair
Publicity Chairs
Stefano Ferrari, Italy Section Membership Development Committee Coordinator
Salvatore Favuzza, Elisa Francomano, Vincenzo Di Dio, University of
Palermo
Special Meeting and Exhibition for “Innovative Start up and Entrepreneurship”
Tiziana Tambosso,IEEE Italy Section Entrepreneurship Committee Coordinator
Vincenzo Piuri, IEEE R8 Director-Elect
Mohamed El Dallal, IEEE Entrepreneurship Committee
Monica Guizzardi, ARCA
Women In Engineering Event
Dajana Cassioli, IEEE Italy Section WIE-AG Chair
Patrizia Lamberti, IEEE Italy Section WIE-AG Vice-Chair
Maria-Alexandra Paun, R8 WIE SC Representative
Student and Young Professional Events
Paolo Maresca, IEEE Italy Section SAC Coordinator
Federica Battisti, IEEE Italy Section YP-AG Chair
Gaetano Zizzo, University of Palermo
Special Meeting with Industry
Dario Petri, Italy Section Industry Relation Committee Coordinator
John Matogo, R8 Action for Industry Chair
Tutorial Chair
Rossano Musca, University of Palermo
Treasurer
Pisana Placidi, IEEE Italy Section Treasurer, University of Perugia
Local Organizing Committee
Guido Ala, Gaetano Zizzo, Salvatore Favuzza, Fabio Viola, Giuseppe Rizzo, Pietro Romano, Antonino Imburgia, Giuseppe Schettino
Secretariat
Fabio Viola, University of Palermo
Webmaster
Gianluca Mazzilli, Athena srl