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Organizing Committee

The 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems
(CTS 2016)

October 31 - November 04, 2016
The Florida Hotel and Conference Center
Orlando, Florida, USA



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - CTS 2016

Conference Honorary General Chair:
John M. Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Conference General Co-Chairs:
Gregorio Convertino, Informatica Corporation, California, USA
William McQuay, The Design Knowledge Company, Ohio, USA
Waleed W. Smari, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Ohio, USA

Program Co-Chairs:
Claudia Diamantini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Mads Nygård, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Symposia, Workshops and Special Sessions Co-Chairs:
Jameela Al Jaroodi, Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania, USA
Marcos Baez, University of Trento, Italy
 
Tutorials Co-Chairs:
Effie Lai-Chong Law, University of Leicester, U.K.
Nada Matta, University of Technology of Troyes, France
Anna Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA 

Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium Co-Chairs:
Alessandra Agostini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Teng Moh, San Jose State University, California, USA
Pamela Wisniewski, University of Central Florida, Florida, USA

Panels Co-Chairs: 
Cynthia K. Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Eleanor Wynn, Ronin Institute, Portland State University, Oregon, USA 

Posters Co-Chairs: 
Effie Lai-Chong Law, University of Leicester, U.K.
Nader F. Mohamed, Middleware Technologies Lab., Bahrain
Domenico Potena, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Demos Co-Chairs:
Shah Rukh Humayoun, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ricky J. Sethi, Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts, USA

Awards Co-Chairs:
Gert-Jan De Vreede, University of South Florida, Florida, USA
Prasun Dewan, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Robert Neches, Robert Neches Consulting Services, California, USA

Industry Liaisons and Sponsorships Co-Chairs:
Gregorio Convertino, Informatica Corporation, California, USA
Zhe Liu, IBM Almaden Research center, California, USA
William McQuay, The Design Knowledge Company, Ohio, USA

Exhibits Co-Chairs:  
Gregorio Convertino, Informatica Corporation, California, USA
Zhe Liu, IBM Almaden Research center, California, USA
William McQuay, The Design Knowledge Company, Ohio, USA

Government Liaisons: 
Craig Locatis, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Maryland, USA
Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR, California, USA
TBA, TBA

Publications Co-Chairs: 
David W. Barnett, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada
Junaid A. Zubairi, State University of New York - Fredonia, New York, USA

Assistant Editor:
Joseph Natarian, Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio, USA

Registration Co-Chairs:
Barbara Frantom, IEEE Dayton Section and Region 2, Ohio, USA
Felicia Harlow, IEEE Dayton Section and Region 2, Ohio, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Carlos Westphall, UFSC - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
TBA, TBA

Social Media Co-Chairs:
Nader Nassar, CIO Lab, IBM Inc., New York, USA
TBA, TBA

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:
Felicia Harlow, IEEE Region 2 and AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio, USA
TBA, TBA

Local Support and Social Events Co-Chairs:  
Felicia Harlow, IEEE Region 2 and AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio, USA
TBA, TBA

Accounting & Finances:  
Shelley L. Deney, Clayton, Ohio, USA
Steve Gellen, Gellenbek Insurance and Financial Services, Ohio, USA
Ted Gudderf, Gudderf Law Group, LLC, Ohio, USA 

Conference Software System & Web Master: 
Abdul Habra, Technology Exponent LLC, Michigan, USA

Committee Members at Large and International Liaisons:
TBA, TBA


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