Jean Pierre CLERO, PhD
Professor PhD, University of Rouen, FRANCE
He is teaching in the Department of philosophy, being specialized in Anglo-Saxon philosophy. His philosophical concerns go beyond the framework of analytical philosophy. The analytical philosophy is the starting point and methodological instrument that allows him to make exegetical inroads in the sphere of ethics, especially in applied ethics and bioethics, in philosophy of language and anthropology.
He has previously taught in Flaubert and Joan of Arc Highschools from Rouen, then in 1994 has become Associate Professor at the University of Haute-Normandie. He obtains his habilitation at the University of Paris X – Nanterre, on January 24, 1996. In the same year, he was made Professor at the University of Haute-Normandie. In 2001, he advances to the status of Class 1 Professor, in 2010 achieving the status of Professor of Exceptional Class. Currently, is Director of Bentham Center, from the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, being member of the International Academy of History of Sciences from Bruxelles.
Plenary Speech Title | Mathematics and language
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Marius DUMITRESCU, PhD
Professor, PhD „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania
MARIUS DUMITRESCU is Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi. His main fields of interest are modern philosophy, philosophical anthropology and psychoanalysis and philosophy of cinematographic art. His most significant volumes are: Descartes or the Doubts of Certainties (Descartes sau certitudinile indoielii) (1996), which won ”Mircea Florian Prize” of the Romanian Academy, What happens when philosophy is taken seriously? (Ce se intampla cand filosofia este luata in serios?) (1999), Plato in the mirror of time. A Journey in Philosophical Anthropology (Platon in oglinda timpului. Periplu in antropologia filosofica) (2002), Beyond the mysteries of philosophy and philosophers (Dincolo de tainele filosofiei si ale filosofilor) (2002), Alchemy of Human Becoming (Alchimia devenirii umane) (2007), Psychoanalysis Applied in Philosophy and Art (Psihanaliza aplicata in filosofie si arta) (2014), Baroque Genesis of Modern Philosophy (Geneza baroca a filosofiei moderne) (2016), and Descartes’ Prophecies and the Admirable Westphalian Peace (Profetiile lui Descartes si mirabila pace westfalica) (2020).
Plenary Speech title | The Origin of the Idea of Tolerance in the Philosophy of John Locke
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Fahriye ALTINAY, PhD
Professor, PhD Near East University, Nicosia, North-Cyprus
Fahriye Altinay is Vice Director of Institute of Graduate Studies and she is Vice Chair of Societal Research and Development Center at Near East University. She is head of department computer education and instructional technology at Faculty of Education. Fahriye Alt?nay is the member of academic journals and she has national and international books, publications and research projects. Prof. Dr. Fahriye Alt?nay is member unobstructed information technology platform and actively works in her studies about disability in smart society. Current researches consider the importance of diversity management, sensitivity training, disability, global citizenship for smart society.
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8452-5992
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Ilia STAMBLER, PhD
Chief Science Officer and Chairman of “Vetek” (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life (Israel).
Ilia Stambler, PhD, is Chief Science Officer and Chairman of “Vetek” (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life (Israel). He received his PhD at the Department of Science, Technology and Society, Bar Ilan University, Israel. His research has focused on the historical and social implications of aging and life extension research. He has also been involved in mathematical modeling of aging and aging-related diseases. He is the author of the books “A History of Life-extensionism in the Twentieth Century” and “Longevity Promotion: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” (www.longevityhistory.com).
He is actively involved in advocacy for aging and longevity research (www.longevityforall.org), serving as the chairman of the Israeli Longevity Alliance (http://www.longevityisrael.org/), executive committee member of the International Society on Aging and Disease (http://www.isoad.org/) and International Longevity Alliance (http://www.longevityalliance.org), fellow and policy director at the Global Healthspan Policy Institute (https://healthspanpolicy.org/).
He has published over 60 academic papers (journal articles and book chapters) including in Progress in Neurobiology, Aging and Disease, Cancer Detection and Prevention, Rejuvenation Research, Current Aging Science, Global Aging, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, Frontiers in Genetics, Geroscience, The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology, and other scientific journals and books.
Plenary Speech title | International Longevity Promotion
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Sana LOUE, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.S.A., M.A.
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, OHIO, USA
Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MPH, MSSA, MA, LISW-S, CST-T, AVT is a professor in the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining the faculty of the School of Medicine, she practiced immigration law in New Jersey, Texas, and California. Dr. Loue holds secondary appointments in Psychiatry and Global Health at the School of Medicine and in Social Work at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at CWRU. From 2012 to 2020, Dr. Loue served as the School of Medicine’s inaugural Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity. She holds degrees in law (JD), epidemiology (PhD), medical anthropology (PhD), social work (MSSA), secondary education (MA), public health (MPH) and theology (MA). Her past research in both the domestic and international contexts has focused on HIV risk and prevention, severe mental illness, family violence, and research ethics. She has been privileged to conduct research in Laos, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uganda, and to engage with audiences on issues including, but not limited to, the conduct of research, research ethics, professional development, and/or diversity in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Her current research addresses the interplay between religion, society, and bioethics; the integration of cultural humility into clinical care and research settings; and past and current formulations of eugenics. Dr. Loue has authored or edited more than 30 books and more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Plenary Speech Title | The Annihilation of Difference, Trauma, and Witnessing
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Fatjona KAMBERI
Associated Professor, Ph.D., Research Centre of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Vlore, “Ismail Qemali”, Albania
Fatjona Kamberi did her Ph.D. (Health Sciences—Nursing, 2016) at the University of Medicine Tirana, Faculty of Technical Medical Sciences, Albania. Currently, she is working as a lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Health at the University of Vlore, Ismail, Albania. Since 2020, she has been the head of the Research Centre for Public Health in the
same faculty. She counts more than fifty research articles in the fields of nursing education, care, and public health published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She has presented a series of papers on scientific activities both within the country and abroad. With a passion for the importance of quality in higher education, she is actively involved in quality assurance in teaching, learning, and research. Her primary research interests are nursing research and evidence-based practice, nursing education, health education and promotion, public health, nutrition, and chronic care.
Plenary Speech title | Social Aspects of Nursing Past History and Future Perspective-Research Protocol
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Antonio SANDU, PhD
Professor Ph.D., “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava | ROMANIA
Director of LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi | ROMANIA
Antonio Sandu is Professor PhD at “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania, and Senior Researcher at the LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi, Romania. His main areas of interest include ethics, bioethics, social work and social philosophy. The original contributions of the author’s scientific activities start from the social construction of reality and social constructionism as seen from a semiological perspective. He analyses the social construction of reality by developing his very own version of social constructionism operating at the intersection between the constructionist paradigm and the theory of communicative action. He is the author of the book: Social Construction of Reality as Communicative action, published at Cambridge Scholar Publishing (2016), and also of “Social Work Practice: Research Techniques and Intervention Models: From Problem Solving to Appreciative Inquiry”, “Appreciative Ethics: A constructionist version of ethics” and “Social-Constructionist Epistemology: A transmodern overview”, all three published by Lap Lambert between 2012 and 2013. He has also authored more than 20 volumes in Romanian and English language.
Plenary speech title | Contemporary Issues in Research Ethics
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Mehmet SAHIN, PhD
Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, Mersin University. TURKEY
Mehmet ?AH?N, Prof. Dr., received his Master Degree at Gazi University in Ankara (1993), and his PhD degree in 2002 at Selcuk University in Konya. He completed his second doctoral study at the same university in 2010 in Educational Sciences. He worked at Selcuk University in Konya, Y?ld?z Technical University in Istanbul and Necmettin Erbakan University in Konya. From November 2020, he has been teaching at Mersin University, Faculty of Education. He is working at the Department of Educational Sciences. His studies and publications are mainly in Educational Philosophy, Learning Theories, Modern and Postmodern Curriculum Development, Adult Education, Critical Thinking and Project Development. He worked as coordinator and researcher in EU projects “Excellence in Textile through “Fashion Express”, “Virtual Training Centre for CNC” and “Virtual Training Centre for Shoe Design”. He also worked as a researcher in a national project: “The Internationalization of Higher Education in Turkey: Creating an Index”
Plenary Speech Title | Revisiting the Pairs of Compasses in Education
Nevena Jevti? Trifunovi?, PhD
Professor PhD, “The Academy of Applied Preschool Teaching and Health Studies”, Serbia
Nevena Jevti? Trifunovi? is Professor PhD at The Academy of Applied Preschool Teaching and Health Studies from Kruševac, Serbia. She received her first Master Degree in 2016 at University of Belgrade, and the second Master Degree in 2017 at University of Niš. She completed her doctoral study at the University of Belgrade in 2021, at Department of Serbian language, with a dissertation “Phonetics, phonology and morphophonology in contemporary Serbian language teaching”.
She counts more than thirty research articles in the fields of Serbian language, Serbian and world literature and teaching methods published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented on scientific conferences.
Plenary Speech Title | Power-Hungry Characters in Serbian comedy
Gabriel GORGHIU, PhD
Professor Ph.D., Valahia University from Targoviste (ROMANIA)
He graduated the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Faculty of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, and Valahia University Targoviste, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, specialization: Mathematics-Informatics. He is Professor at Teacher Training Department, Valahia University Targoviste. The area of interest is oriented on educational technologies – e-learning, interaction and virtual communication, web-based learning platforms, using ICT for educational purposes. He coordinated several European Socrates Comenius 2.1 Projects, acting as present as local coordinator of the FP7 project “IRRESISTIBLE – Including Responsible Research and Innovation in Cutting Edge Science and Inquiry-based Science Education to Improve Teacher’s Ability of Bridging Learning Environments”, training manager of the Erasmus+ project “EduForHealth – Let’s make it better! Raising the awareness of the triad nutrition-health-food safety in school education”, and member of the research team of the FP7 project “ENGAGE – Equipping the Next Generation for Active Engagement in Science Project”.