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