Twenty-Second International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society

  • Human-Centered AI Transformations
  • 16-17 April 2026
  • University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece + Online

Plenary Speakers

The Twenty-Second International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Dr. William Cope

Dr. William Cope

Professor, University of Illinois, USA

"Generative AI in Education: Implications and Applications"

Dr. Mary Kalantzis

Dr. Mary Kalantzis

Professor, University of Illinois, USA

"Generative AI in Education: Implications and Applications"

Dr. Chryssi Vitsilaki

Dr. Chryssi Vitsilaki

Professor Emerita and former Rector, University of the Aegean, Greece

"Bridging Technology, Knowledge, and Social Change"

Spyridoula Stamouli

Spyridoula Stamouli

Specialized Scientific Personnel in Language Technology, Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) of the Athena Research Center, Greece

"Conversational AI assistants for teaching and learning: Human-centered pathways from LLMs to classrooms"

Vassilis Katsouros

Vassilis Katsouros

Research Director, Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) of the Athena Research Center, Greece

"Conversational AI assistants for teaching and learning: Human-centered pathways from LLMs to classrooms"

Miquel Àngel Prats

Miquel Àngel Prats

Associate Professor of Educational Technology, Ramon Llull University, Spain

"De la teoría a la práctica: algunas primeras lecciones aprendidas. Retos de la IA en la educación"

(Online in Spanish)

Matthew Montebello

Matthew Montebello

Full Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of ICT, University of Malta, Malta

Local Conference Chair

Dr. Chryssi Vitsilaki

Dr. Chryssi Vitsilaki

Professor Emerita and former Rector, University of the Aegean, Greece

Research Network Chairs

Dr. Marcus Breen

Dr. Marcus Breen

Boston College, Boston, USA

(English)

Dr. Marcelo Careaga Butter

Dr. Marcelo Careaga Butter

Docente Universitario e Investigador, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile

(Spanish)

Dr. Laura Jiménez Pérez

Dr. Laura Jiménez Pérez

Docente Universitario e Investigador, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile

(Spanish)

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Pratiksha Ashok

Pratiksha Ashok

Tilburg University, Netherlands

(In-Person)

Melih Uğraş Erol

Melih Uğraş Erol

Izmir University of Economic, Turkey

(In-Person)

Rodrigo Gutiérrez Benítez

Rodrigo Gutiérrez Benítez

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile

(In-Person)

Ray Deng

Ray Deng

National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

(Online Only)

Jules Vivid

Jules Vivid

Rutgers University, United States

(Online Only)

Muhamad Firdaus Mohd Noh

Muhamad Firdaus Mohd Noh

Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia

(Online Only)

Conference Partner