IMCL2025

Committees

Steering Committee Chair

Michael E. Auer, CTI, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

General Conference Chair

Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

IMCL2025 Chair

Kalyan Ram B, Indxo AI, Bangalore, India

International Chairs

Alaa Ashmawy, American University Dubai (Middle East)
Uriel Cukierman, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (South America)
Samir A. El-Seoud, The British University in Egypt (Africa)
David Guralnick, Kaleidoscope Learning New York, USA (North America)
Alexander Kist, University of Southern Queensland, Australia (Astralia/Oceania)
Tiia Rüütmann, Technical University Tallinn (Europe)

Technical Program Chairs

Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Sebastian Schreiter, IAOE, France

Workshop, Tutorial, and Special Session Chairs

Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Publication Chair and Web Master

Sebastian Schreiter, IAOE, France

Local Organization Chair

TBD

Program Committee Members

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University, USA
Abdallah Al-Zoubi, PSUT Amman, Jordan
Agisilaos Konidaris, Ionian University, Greece
Anastasios Economides, University of Macedonia, Greece
Apostolos Gkamas, University Ecclesiastical Academy of Vella of Ioannina, Greece
Christos Katsanos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK
David Jennings, University College, Ireland
Demetrios Sampson, University of Pireaus, Greece
Despo Ktoridou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Dieter Wuttke, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
Dominik May, University of Wuppertal, Germany

Doru Ursutiu, University Transylvania Brasov, Romania
George Magoulas, Birkbeck College, UK
George Palaigeorgiou, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Giasemi Vavoula, University of Leicester, UK
Gustavo Alves, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Juergen Koeberlein-Kerler, Wuerzburg, Germany
Kostas Apostolou, McMaster University, Canada
Krishna Vedula, IUCEE Hyderabad, India
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
María Isabel Pozzo, National Technological University, Argentina
Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Margareth Gfrerer, University Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Michail Giannakos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Monica Divitini, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Nektarios Moumoutzis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Panarit Sethakul, KMUTNB, Thailand
Petros Lameras, The Serious Games Institute, UK
Rajeev Chatterjee, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research, Kolkata, India
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Sarmad Ahmed Shaikh, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan
Stelios Xinogalos, University of Macedonia, Greece
Stavros Nikou, University of Strathclyde, UK
Stamatios Papadakis, The University of Crete, Greece
Tharenos Bratitsis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Ting-Ting Wu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Valery Varney, TH Cologne, Germany

Keynotes

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Krishna Vedula

Founder & Executive Director, IUCEE and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

Strengthening Learner-Centric Pedagogy using Technological Tools

Learner-centric pedagogy is the key to improving the quality of teaching and learning processes. Technological tools, enhanced by Artificial Intelligence, make it possible for us to be more effective in designing curricula, creating dynamic classroom environments and improving formative assessment strategies. Our improved understanding of brain science is guiding us in the strategic use of these technological tools.

Faculty at several higher education institutions in India, under the Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), have started exploring these approaches, in their efforts to produce better quality graduates who can contribute to industry and society. In this talk, some initial results from their work will be presented.

The speaker

Dr. Krishna Vedula is Founder & Executive Director, Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.

Dr. Vedula has B.Tech (IIT Bombay, 1967), M.S. (Drexel University, 1969) and Ph.D. (Michigan Tech University, 1980) degrees in Materials Engineering. He has 40 years academic teaching and research experience in materials science and engineering as well as in engineering administration, at Case Western Reserve University, Iowa State University and University of Massachusetts Lowell in the US. He has received numerous awards in recognition of his global leadership in engineering education including ASEE Fellow (2011), ASM Fellow (1995) and was President, International Federation for Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), 2010-12. Dr. Vedula is Chief Editor, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations and has been Co-Chair of eight International Conferences on Transformations in Engineering Education.

Dr. Vedula is now based in Hyderabad, India, working with IUCEE to improve quality and global relevance of engineering education in India. During the past 17 years, IUCEE has catalyzed significant transformations in engineering education in more than 100 institutions all over India.

Reinhard Langmann

Chairman of EduNet World Association, Germany

Global Learning Networks and Smart Engineering Education: Empowering the Future through Remote Labs, AI and Collaboration

Technical education is facing profound change: While digitalization is advancing rapidly, access to high-quality, practice-oriented training remains limited in many regions. The Edunet World Association (EWA) aims to create new opportunities for high-quality, practice-oriented technical training for all learners worldwide through open and networked learning infrastructures.

Launched in 2024, the Global Remote Lab Initiative – a collaboration with IAOE and LACCEI – aims to create a sustainable infrastructure for digital learning labs in engineering education based on modern cloud and IoT technology that is open, scalable, and globally available.

Artificial intelligence is also playing an increasingly important role in this: It can personalize learning processes, support learners with intelligent assistance systems, and contribute to process optimization in digital teaching and learning factories such as the All Electric Society (AES) Campus in Zhengzhou, China. The AES Campus is an international flagship project for cloud-based, energy-autonomous, and AI-supported manufacturing for the smart and green manufacturing of the future based on the principles of the All Electric Society – developed with state-of-the-art automation technology and supported by EWA. The AES Campus is intended to demonstrate how Industry 4.0, sustainability, and education can be interconnected.

To ensure the quality of these new global learning formats and make them internationally comparable, EWA is currently developing a comprehensive Certification System for courses, trainers, and institutions. This system not only enables the recognition of continuing education achievements across national borders but also supports the strategic integration of partners from industry and business.

The keynote address will demonstrate concrete ways in which education, technology, and international partnerships can contribute to implementing the goal of SDG 4 – quality education for all – in practice.

EWA invites education stakeholders, companies, and policymakers worldwide to help shape a global, smart education ecosystem – with a special focus on sustainable partnerships and pilot projects in India.

The speaker

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Langmann is a co-founder and the Chairman of the EduNet World Association e.V. and a board member of the German association New Automation e.V.

He was a full professor for Process Infomatics at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf from 1993 to 2022. He has been working in the field of automation and real-time systems since 1983, with a special focus on Internet technologies in industrial automation since 1996.

Dr. Langmann has participated in national and international research projects as coordinator and co-coordinator on the topic of Industry 4.0 & Future Engineering Education and has authored 9 textbooks and more than 50 papers in professional journals, as well as about 75 presentations at national and international conferences. He is a member of several scientific programme committees and editorial boards of scientific journals.

Program

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Workshops

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Registration & Fees

Registration

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Bank charges

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Terms and Conditions

Registrations without full payment or the necessary proofs (i.e., membership, student card, etc.) are not valid.

All cancellations or changes must be sent in writing to the e-mail address: info@imcl-conference.org .

The registration of participation is binding.
If you have to cancel the registration, you get 80% back until 30 days before the start of the event. In all other cases, the financial responsibilities of the participants remain fully effective.
The participation fees are owed upon registration and are payable within 7 days following submission of the registration (but not later than 7 days before the starting day of the event).
Participation is not guaranteed until full payment of the registration fee is received.
The conference program may be subject to changes.
Payments will be refunded if the conference will be canceled by the organizer. In that case, the organizer will have no further liability to the client. Registrations remain valid if the conference has to be postponed.

IMCL2025 – Author and Participant Registration	Early Bird Fee until 20 Sep 2025	Standard Fee after 20 September 2025
Author – Regular^1,6	420 EUR	N/A
Author – Members of IAOE, IELA, IGIP^1,4,6	390 EUR	N/A
Author – from India^1,6	19,250 INR	N/A
Author – Student^1,2,3,6	215 EUR	N/A
Author – Low-income Countries^1,6,7	215 EUR	N/A
Participant (no paper) – Regular⁵	390 EUR	410 EUR
Participant (no paper) – Low-income Countries^2,5	195 EUR	215 EUR
Participant (no paper) – Student³	195 EUR	215 EUR
Participant (no paper) – Members of IAOE, IELA, IGIP⁴	340 EUR	370 EUR
Options
Additional Paper (max 2)¹	150 EUR	N/A
Conference Dinner	60 EUR
Accompanying Person⁵	120 EUR
Social Program	TBD

1 At least one author MUST register paying authors’ registration fee until 22 September 2025 in order for their paper to be considered for presentation and included in the conference proceedings. Author registration includes the presentation of one paper. Additional (up to 2) presentation by the same author imply an extra cost of 150 EUR per paper/presentation. The special reduced fee for authors is applicable only once per accepted submission.
2 Student fee for an author is applicable, if the paper was solely written by students not older than 30 years. A confirmation about the student status and the age of all authors from the university is necessary.
3 A student ID card is necessary. Please upload a scanned copy of your student ID card in pdf format on the the ConfTool® Submission Server during your registration.
4 A membership proof is necessary. Please upload a scanned copy of your member ID card in pdf format on the the ConfTool® Submission Server during your registration.
5 Includes coffee breaks and lunch during conference program on 19–21 November 2025.
6 For onsite and remote/online presentations.
7 Please advise the list of low-income countries: http://data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-income.

Social Program and Conference Dinner

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