Committee

Conference Chair

Prof. Junwen Zhang

China University of Mining and Technology (BEIJING)

Junwen Zhang is a professor in mining engineering, specializing in road supporting and mining rock mechanics field at China University of Mining and Technology (BEIJING), China. Zhang Bored in 1977, Inner Mongolia, China. Zhang received his BA, MA at the Taiyuan University of Technology in 2001 and 2004, and PhD at China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) (CUMTB) in 2013. Zhang is concurrently a member of the 8th Council of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and a member of the Coal Mine System Engineering Committee of China Coal Society. He has been engaged in research on deep coal mining, mine pressure and ground control, rock mechanics. Zhang hosted the key program, general program funded by the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC), the sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Project, and more than ten projects funded by companies. Zhang acquired a first prize of the Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education (No. 1), 2 second prizes of the Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education (No. 2 and 3), 6 second prizes of the Science and Technology Development of the China National Coal Association (No. 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4), and a second prize of the Science and Technology Development of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (No. 2). In the journals such as the IJMST, Zhang published 41 papers indexed by SCI/EI (as the first author/corresponding author, 34 papers were published.). 2 monographs were published. Zhang served as the young and middle-aged editorial board member in the international journal of IJMST (Top journal). Zhang acquired the honorary title of the Science Award for Youths in Coal Mining and was selected as award plan of the Yueqi Distinguished Academics.

Assoc. Prof. Ts. Gs. Dr. Mohd Johari Mohd Yusof

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Mohd Johari's research interests span urban green space planning, green infrastructure, GIS analysis and its methodology and IT in built environmental studies. He has led and involved in research collaborations relating to urban open green space planning, GIS spatial analysis, economic evaluation of urban green space. Recently, he ventures into innovation of mobile application called e-site inventory. He received several awards for his innovation of e-site inventory   which include The Best Award and Gold Award in Malaysia Technology Expo 2016, Merit Award in Malaysian Landscape Architecture Award 2015, Gold Medal Award in International Invention, Innovation and Design 2015, Gold Award in National University Carnival on e-Learning 2014, Bronze Award in Innovation Practices in Higher Education Expo 2015 and Silver Award in International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Higher Learning 2015. He also has published in many well known academic journals and also was invited to present his research findings locally and internationally.

He is currently a Deputy Dean (Academic and International) of the faculty. He is also an Associate Editor of Alam Cipta: an International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice, a research associate of both the Road and Safety Research Center (RSRC) and Geospatial Information Science Research Center (GISRC) and a professional member of the Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT) and Institute of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia (IGRSM). He is a principal supervisor for 18 postgraduate students from a total of 38 postgraduate supervision (18 PhD, 20 MSc) since 2005.

Technical Committee 

	Prof. Fadi Hage Chenade Lebanese University, Lebanon
	Prof. Lishuai Jiang Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
	Prof. Lei Zhang East China Normal University, China
	Prof. Mohamed Abdel Kader El Gelany Ismai Miami College of Henan University, Henan University, China
	Dr. Haytham F.A ISLEEM Tsinghua University, China
	Dr. Kelvin Kuok King Kuok Swinburne Universit of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia
	Prof. Sudip Basack MAKA University of Technology, Kolkata, INDIA
	Prof. Edén Bojórquez Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico
	Prof. Bahram Rezayibana Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch, Ardabil, Iran
	Prof. Giuseppe Failla University of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Organizing Committee

	Prof. Hui Guo Southwest University of Science and Technology, China
	Assoc. Prof. Lingkun Chen Yangzhou Universtiy, China
	Bo Liu Shaanxi Huachun Network Technology Shares Co., Ltd.
	Prof. Lishuai Jiang Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
	Deyu Yin Huaiyin Institute Of Technology, China
	Prof. Rashmi Verma Mata Sundri College for Women, Delhi University, India
	Dr. Muhd Zaimi Bin Abd Majid Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
	Dr. Sharifah Akmam Syed Zakaria Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
	Senior A. Prof. Christiane M. Herr Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
	Prof. Szeto, Wai Yuen The University of Hong Kong, China
	Dr. Kim Hung Mo University of Malaya, Malaysia