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International Steering Committee |
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| The 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs International Steering Committee (IStC) is made up of well-known representatives (hereinafter Members) that have developed a high reputation in shipping, ports and logistics matters, and which are internationally recognized by the industry they serve. It embraces a balanced selection of about XX Members chosen according to their area of research and work performed and who are the cornerstone of the shipping and ports research network. IStC Members were individually invited 'ad personam' by the Conference Chairman. The IStC function is to provide guidance and assistance to the Local Organising Committee, and contribute to the publicity and promotion of the 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs. Maintaining the quality of submitted research papers, and an appropriate balance between the interests of researchers and practitioners, are also particularly important goals. The following Members are part of the 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs International Steering Committee: |
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| Chin-Shan Lu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China |
| Dong-Wook Song, World Maritime University, Sweden |
| Harilaos Psaraftis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| Heather McLaughlin, De Montfort University, United Kingdom |
| Jan Hoffmann, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Switzerland |
| Kevin Cullinane, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Masato Shinohara, The University of Fukuchiyama, Japan |
| Michael Roe, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Mihalis Chasomeris, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Zhejiang University, China |
| Stephen Cahoon, University of Tasmania, Australia |
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International Scientific Committee |
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| The 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs International Scientific Committee (IScC) will be made up of Members who are familiar with the blind peer review process, even though new blood is always encouraged and welcomed. To follow a robust procedure, each Member will be asked to review/rank a number of papers, whose reviews/comments will be compiled by the Local Organising Committee and sent to the Authors to improve the quality of the work being presented. Amélia Loja is the Chairman of the 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs International Scientific Committee. The following Members are part of the 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs International Scientific Committee: |
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About the International Scientific Committee Chairman |
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| Amélia Loja is presently Adjunct Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department of the Engineering Institute of Lisbon (ISEL, IPL), invited Associate Professor at Physics Department of the University of Évora (UEvora) and Senior Researcher of the Mechanical Engineering Institute (IDMEC, IST). Her academic background integrates a BSc with honours in Marine Engineering from the Portuguese Nautical School and a BSc in Computer Science. Her MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering were conferred by the Technical University of Lisbon and the Habilitation in Mechatronic Engineering by the University of Évora. Her major areas of interest include the scientific areas of Computational Solids Mechanics, Optimization and Reverse Engineering, among others. Until now she published 48 papers in scientific international journals. Amélia Loja is Chairperson of the ECCOMAS thematic series of conferences SYMCOMP (International Conference on Numerical and Symbolic Computation: Developments and Applications) and she coordinates the Research Centre on Modelling and Optimization of Multifunctional Systems (CIMOSM, ISEL). Since 2017 she has been invited by the European Commission Research Agencies to evaluate project proposals in different subjects related to her competences. |
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IScC Members Expertise Areas Online Survey |
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| In order to facilitate the 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs Paper Review Process, please fill in the IScC Members Expertise Areas Online Survey. Thank you for your cooperation! |
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Local Organising Committee |
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| The 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, an International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs Local Organising Committee (LOC) is responsible for handling all administrative, organisational and financial tasks related with the preparation, execution and closure of the conference. Currently, the 2021 WoSPortugal LOC is made up of: |
| Ana Cristina Paixão Casaca (Chairman and Conference Organiser, Portugal) |
| Amélia Loja (IScC Chairman and Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon’ Engineering School, Portugal) |
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