Keynote Speaker
Prof. Thomas Blaschke, University of Salzburg, Austria
His research interests include methodological issues of the integration of GIS,remote sensing and image processing also with aspects of participation and human-environment interaction. Prior positions comprise several lecturer, senior lecturer and professor positions in Germany, Austria and the UK as well as temporary affiliations as guest professor and visiting scientists in Germany and the US including about 115 journal publications. He is author, co-author or editor of 17 books, received several academic prices and awards including the Christian-Doppler Prize 1995 and was elected as a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2015. He has been and is projet leader in various international and national research projects and serves on various editing boards of international journals, conference committees and for a dozen national research councils.

Publications: https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=kMroJzUAAAAJ&hl=de

Keynote Speaker
Prof. Ning Zhang Professor and Director of Institute of Sensor and Network Technology in College of Smart City, Beijing Union University, Beijing, China.
Prof. Ning Zhang received the MS degree from Hefei University of Technology in 1992, and the PhD degree from University of Tianjin in 2002. From 2002-2004, as a postdoctoral research fellow, he worked in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is currently a full professor in Beijing Union University. His research interests are operations management and information management. He has published more than 70 papers on International Journal of Management Science, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management etc, among which 30 papers are indexed by SSCI/SCI/EI. He won the title of Innovative Excellent Talents in Beijing.


Keynote Speaker
Prof Xiaodong Liu,Head of Software Systems Research Group, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University,UK
Prof Xiaodong Liu received his PhD in Computer Science from De Montfort University, UK and joined Edinburgh Napier University in 1999. He is currently leading the Software Systems research group in the SoC, Edinburgh Napier University. Prof Liu is an active researcher in software engineering with international excellence reputation and leading expertise, focusing on its emerging themes including pervasive systems (Internet of Things), services-oriented architecture, evolution of cloud services, and intelligence-driven software engineering. He has led 10 externally funded projects as the PI, and published 120 papers in established international journals and conferences, 5 book chapters and 3 research handbooks. He is the inventor of 1 patent registered in UK and USA and the founder of a spin-out company. He has been the chair, co-chair or PC member of a number of IEEE and IASTED International Conferences. He is the editorial board member of 4 international journals and editor of 3 research books and 2 journals special issues. He is a senior member of IEEE Society and a member of British Computer Society.


Keynote Speaker
Prof. Hui-Mi Hsu, Vice President, National Dong Hwa University and National Ilan University, Taiwan
Experience
2017 － Now Vice President
2016 － Now Dean of general Affairs, National Dong Hwa University
2016 － 2020 Guest Professor, Southwest Jiatong University, Chengdu, China
2015 － 2016 Dean of Engineering School, National Ilan University
2015 － 2017 Chairman of Honor, Eastern Taiwan Dept., Construction Management Association
2015 － 2018 Guest Professor, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
2014 － 2016 Chairman, Sustainable Development Committee, Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering
2014 － 2015 General Consultantl, National Ilan University
2014 － 2016 Chairman, Eastern Taiwan Dept., Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering
2010 － 2015 Chairman, Eastern Taiwan Dept., Construction Management Association
2007 － 2008 Visiting Professor, Yantai University, Shandong, China
2007 － 2014 Chairman, Institute of Sustainable Development Engineering
2006 － 2008 Director, Chinese GIS Association
2006 － 2009 General Consultant, Yilan County Government
2005 － 2008 Chairman, Yilan Information Software Association
2002 － 2006 Chairman, Eastern Taiwan Dept., Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering
2002 － 2005 Dean of General Affairsl, National Ilan University