Keynote speakers

Kevin Warwick Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and biomedical engineering. He has been awarded higher doctorates (DScs) both by Imperial College and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. He was presented with The Future of Health technology Award from MIT (USA), was made an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg and received The IEE Achievement Medal in 2004. In 2000 Kevin presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, entitled ‘The Rise of The Robots’. His presentations include The 1998 Robert Boyle Memorial Lecture at Oxford University, The 2000 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, The 2001 Higginson Lecture at Durham University, The 2003 Royal Academy of Engineering/Royal Society of Edinburgh Joint lecture in Edinburgh, The 2003 IEEE (UK) Annual Lecture in London, The 2004 Woolmer Lecture at York University, the Robert Hooke Lecture (Westminster) in 2005, the 2005 Einstein Lecture in Potsdam, Germany and the 2006 IMechE Mechatronics Prestige Lecture in London (For further details please visit www.kevinwarwick.com).

Charles R. Winer Charles R. Winer is a Professor of Computer Information Technology at Purdue University, Calumet, USA (Purdue University is one of the top 10 universities in the USA). He has extensive experience in both academia and consultancy. He holds the Certificate in Data Processing (CDP)/Certified Computing Professional (CCP) designations as awarded by the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP). Professor Winer’s academic experience includes both research and teaching positions at the Purdue University. He has presented papers internationally, and has given keynote presentations in national and international conferences and has published significantly within his research area. He has also received outstanding awards recognition. His current interests focus on next generation cutting edge technologies and database integration of multiple agencies to provide aid to the indigent population. (For further details please visit cisit.calumet.purdue.edu/crwiner).

Opher Etzion Opher Etzion is IBM Senior Technical Staff Member, and Lead Architect for event processing technologies in IBM Software Group. Previously he has been a Senior Manager in IBM Research division, managed a department that focused around foundation and applications to complex event processing In parallel he is also an adjunct faculty member at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He has authored or co-authored around 60 papers in refereed journals and conferences, on topics related to: active databases, temporal databases, rule-base systems, complex event processing and autonomic computing, and co-authored the book ‘Temporal Database – Research and Practice’, Springer-Verlag, 1998. Prior to joining IBM in 1997, he has been a faculty member and Founding Head of the Information Systems Engineering department at the Technion, and held professional and managerial positions in industry and in the Israel Air-Force.