GALA 2021 Committees

Organising Commitee

General Chair

  • Francesca de Rosa – Scientist, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Program Chairs

  • Iza Marfisi-Schottman – Associate Professor, Le Mans University, France
  • Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge – Associate Professor, BIBA Germany and KTH Sweden
  • Margarida Romero – Professor, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
  • Pierpaolo Dondio, Lecturer, Technological University Dublin, Ireland

Tutorials  & Keynotes Chair

  • Manuel Gentile – Researcher, National Research Council, Italy

Competition Chair

  • Sandro Carniel – Research Department Head, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Publication Chair

  • Riccardo Berta – Associate Professor, University of Genoa, Italy

Administrative & Financial Chair

  • Francesco Bellotti – Associate Professor, University of Genoa, Italy

Communication Chair

  • Elena Camossi – Research Assistant, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Local Arrangements Chair and support

  • Elena Camossi – Research Assistant, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Program Committee

  • Mario Allegra, Italian National Research Council ITD, Italy
  • Julian Alvarez, University of Lille, France
  • Angeliki Antoniou, University of Peloponnese, Greece
  • Aida Azadegan, The Open University, UK
  • Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, University of Bremen, Germany
  • Per Backlund, University of Skövde, Sweden
  • Francesco Bellotti, University of Genova, Italy
  • Riccardo Berta, University of Genvoa, Italy
  • Rafael Bidarra, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Lucas Blair, Little Bird Games, USA
  • Luca Botturi, Universotà della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
  • Tharrenos Bratitsis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
  • Wayne Buck, NATO Allied Command Transformation, USA
  • Elena Camossi, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Belgium
  • Sandro Carniel, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Belgium
  • Maira B. Carvalho, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
  • Chiara Catalano, Italian National Research Council IMATI, Italy
  • Giuseppe Città, Italian National Research Council ITD, Italy
  • Valentina Dal Grande, Italian National Research Council, Italy
  • Alessandro De Gloria, University of Genova, Italy
  • Murray Dixon, Defence Research and Development Canada, Canada
  • Teresa de La Hera Conde-Pumpido, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Francesca de Rosa, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Belgium
  • Pierpaolo Dondio, Technological University Dublin, UK
  • Nour El Mawas, University of Lille, France
  • Luis Miguel Encarnacao, Innovation by Design Intl. Consulting, USA
  • Georgios Fesakis, University of Aegean, Greece
  • Jan Dirk Fijnheer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Laura Freina, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
  • Samir Garbaya, ENSAM Art et Metiers ParisTech, France
  • Manuel Gentile, Italian National Research Council, Italy
  • Dimitris Grammenos, FORTH-ICS, Greece
  • Ludovic Hamon, LUNAM Université, Université du Maine, France
  • Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Mannheim, Germany
  • Carolina A. Islas Sedano, University of Canterbury, UK
  • Anne-Laure Jousselme, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Belgium
  • Kostas Karpouzis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Vlasios Kasapakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Michael Kickmeier-Rust, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • Georgios Kritikos, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Jean-Marc Labat, Sorbonne University, France
  • Pierre Laforcade, LUNAM Université, Université du Maine, France
  • George Lepouras, University of Peloponnese, Greece
  • Sandy Louchart, Glasgow School of Art, UK
  • Heide Lukosch, University of Canterbury, UK
  • Katerina Mania, Technical University of Crete, Greece
  • Iza Marfisi-Schottman, LUNAM Université, Université du Maine, France
  • Ivan Martinez-Ortiz, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  • Adam Mayes, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Michela Mortara, Italian National Research Council IMATI, Italy
  • Mathieu Muratet, Sorbonne University, France
  • Thierry Nabeth, P-Val Conseil, France
  • Rob Nadolski, Open University of The Netherlands-Welten Institute, The Netherlands
  • Manuel Ninaus, Leibniz-Institut fuer Wissensmedien, Germany
  • Lahcen Oubahssi, LUNAM Université, Université du Maine, France
  • Lucia Pannese, Imaginary, Italy
  • Sobah Abbas Petersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Petros Petridis, Univeristy of Thessaly, Greece
  • Yurgos Politis, Technological University Dublin, UK
  • Cathy Pons Lelardeux, Champollion National University Institute, France
  • Maria Popescu, Carol I National Defence University, Romania
  • Marius Preda, Institut TELECOM, France
  • Ion Roceanu, National Defence University, Romania
  • Margarida Romero, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
  • Pedro A. Santos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Bettina Schneider, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland
  • Avo Schönbohm, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
  • Heinrich Söbke, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
  • Ioana Andreea Stefan, Advanced Technology Systems, Romania
  • Matthias Teine, University Paderborn, Germany
  • Alessandra Tesei, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Belgium
  • Maria Tsourma, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas ITI, Greece
  • Erik van Der Spek, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Herre van Oostendorp, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Remco Veltkamp, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Mathie Vermeulen, IMT Lille Douai, France
  • Stelios Xinogalos, University of Macedonia, Greece
  • Amel Yessad, Sorbonne University, France
  • Zerrin Yumak, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Francesco Zanichelli, University of Parma, Italy

COMPETITION JURY

President

Anja van Hulstd, Senior Scientist , TNO – The Netherlands

Members

  • Lionel Alvarez, Research director, HEP Fribourg – Switzerland
  • Chiara Eva Catalano, Research Fellow, IMATI Institute CNR – Italy
  • Mattia Fortunati, CTER CNR – Italy
  • Thierry Geoffre, Research director, HEP Fribourg – Switzerland
  • Anne-Laure Jousselme, Senior Scientist, NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
  • Pierre Laforcade, Associate professor, Le Mans Université – France
  • Bertrand Laforge, Professor, Sorbonne University – France
  • Cathy Pons Lelardeux, Research engineer, INU Champollion – France
  • Guillaume Loup, Associate professor, Université Paris Saclay – France
  • Nour El Mawas, Associate professor, Université Lille – France
  • Lauren Ancel Meyers, Center for Advance Pathogen Threat and Response Simulation (CAPTRS) – United States
  • Michela Mortara, Research Fellow, IMATI Institute CNR – Italy
  • Thomas Planques, Creative and operational director, Ikigai – France
  • Phil Siegel, Center for Advance Pathogen Threat and Response Simulation (CAPTRS) – United States
  • Mathieu Vermeulen, Research engineer, IMT Lille – France
  • Francesco Zanichelli, Professor, University of Parma – Italy