From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: Mapping the Transitions

Prof. Allam HamdanAllam Hamdan is Full Professor, he is listed within the world's top 2% scientists list by Stanford University, and he is Dean of College of Business and Finance at Ahlia University, Bahrain. He is Author of many publications (more than 250 papers, 174 listed in Scopus) in regional and international journals that discussed several accountings, financial, and economic issues concerning the Arab world. In addition, he has interests in educational related issues in the Arab world universities like educational governance, investment in education, and economic growth. He was awarded the First Prize of Al-Owais Creative Award, UAE, 2019 and 2017; the Second Prize of Rashid bin Humaid Award for Culture and Science, UAE, 2016; the Third Prize of Arab Prize for the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2015; and the First Prize of "Durrat Watan", UAE, 2013. He achieved the highest (1st) scientific research citation among the Arab countries according to Arcif 2018-2022. He was appointed as External Panel Member as part of Bahrain Quality Assurance Authority and National Qualifications Framework NQF as Validator and Appeal Committee, General Directorate of NQF, Kingdom of Bahrain. He is Member of Steering Committee in International Arab Conference of Quality Assurance of Higher Education. He is currently leading a mission-driven process for International Accreditation for College of Business and Finance by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Dr. Arezou HarrafAs Experienced Educator, Dr. Arezou Harraf holds a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Human Resource Training and Development. She serves as Head of the Department of Business Studies at Box Hill College Kuwait. She is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas during the summer term. She also serves as Academic Advisor for several M.B.A. students at Maastricht University.Dr. Harraf is Founder and CEO of Learn & Evolve LLC. In this capacity, she helps organizations use strategy, science, and psychology to address workforce challenges such as low performance, productivity, turnover, and retention issues. Moreover, Dr. Harraf is Co-founder of Amplify Women Leadership BootCamp to train women with skills to help them advance to executive positions within their organizations and/or become successful venture creators and entrepreneurs. With a focus on the future of technology and HR, she consults with organizations on improving existing in-house technology platforms to enhance features relating to HR and employee needs.Dr. Harraf is Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors at ABCK-AmCham Kuwait, where she also leads the Women in Business and Knowledge Economic focus groups and holds additional memberships in the Academy of Human Resource Development, Academy of Human Resource Management, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, Academy of Management, Women of Tech in MENA, and Graduate Women in Science.
Dr. Ameena BuallayDr. Amina Buallay holds a position of Acting Director of Accreditation and Licensing at the higher education council, Bahrain. Dr. Buallay awarded her Ph.D. in management studies (sustainability reporting) from Brunel University, London.Buallay classifies as worldwide top 2% best researcher by Stanford University for the years 2022 and 2021. She was awarded with more than ten international and regional research prizes such asRashid Bin Hamid Prize for Culture and Science (First place--Economic Studies, UAE).ICAI International Research Awards (Best Research Paper--Accounting), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, India.Sharjah Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertations in the Administrative Sciences in the Arab Region (First place--Financial Studies, UAE).Kondo Research Prize, Innovation Arabia, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, UAE.University of Sharjah Award for Islamic Economy Research (First Place), The Sharjah Islamic Center for Economy and Finance Studies, UAE.OAPEC Award for Scientific Research--Petroleum and Energy Related Economic Research, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), Kuwait.Dr. Amina has a diverse membership in different organizations: International Expert, National Science Centre, Poland.Executive Member, the Gulf Network for Quality Assurance of Higher Education, Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.Advisor, Education and Training Committee, Bahrain Chamber of Commerce, and Industry.Member, Bahrain Economists Society.Member in the Permanent Advisory Committee for Education, The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), Tunis.Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Business and Socio-Economic Development, Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom.Guest Editor, Competitiveness Review Journal, Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom.
Dr. Pallvi ArorPallvi Aror is Assistant Professor at International Centre for Cross Cultural Research and Human Resource Management (ICccR & HRM), University of Jammu, Jammu (India). She is involved in teaching PG students, research, and mentorship along with undertaking several academic as well as administrative responsibilities. She is engaged in Ph.D. research supervision and currently supervising three research scholars. She is facilitating the innovation and entrepreneurship verticals of the university under the broad heads of Institutional Innovation Council (IIC), University Business Incubation and Innovation Centre (UBIIC), and University Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Centre (UESDC), University of Jammu. She is also coordinating the Internal Quality Assurance and supporting the rankings and accreditation verticals of the University.
Dr. Hala AlsabatinHala Alsabatin holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Wichita State University, USA. She got her master's in linguistics from the University of Jordan. She is CELTA Holder and DELTA Candidate. Hala Alsabatin has had a strong academic and professional career in the field of education. As Experienced Educator, Hala Alsabatin has gained a deep knowledge of different educational cultures and curricula, as well as teaching strategies that can be tailored to the needs of different students. She is now employed as English Coordinator at a prestigious international school in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In this role, she is responsible for implementing curricula, planning, and coordinating English language classes, as well as assessing student progress. Her research interest is in educational leadership, diversity, and organizational change management.

阿拉姆·哈姆丹教授
阿拉姆·哈姆丹是全職教授，他被史丹佛大學列入全球前2%的科學家名單，並擔任巴林阿赫利亞大學商業與金融學院院長。他是多篇出版物的作者（超過250篇論文，其中174篇在Scopus上列出），這些論文探討了與阿拉伯世界相關的多個會計、金融和經濟議題。此外，他對阿拉伯世界大學的教育相關議題，如教育治理、教育投資和經濟增長等也有興趣。他曾獲得2019年和2017年阿聯酋阿爾·奧維斯創意獎的第一名，2016年阿聯酋拉希德·本·胡邁德文化與科學獎的第二名，2015年阿拉伯社會科學與人文獎的第三名，以及2013年阿聯酋「祖國之珠」獎的第一名。他在2018-2022年期間根據Arcif的資料，在阿拉伯國家中獲得最高（第一）科學研究引用。他被任命為巴林質量保證局和國家資格框架NQF的外部小組成員，擔任驗證者和上訴委員會成員，隸屬於巴林王國NQF總局。他是國際阿拉伯高等教育質量保證會議的指導委員會成員。目前，他正在領導一個以使命為驅動的過程，為商業與金融學院爭取國際認證，該認證由商業高等學院協會（AACSB）頒發。

阿雷祖·哈拉夫博士
作為一位經驗豐富的教育工作者，阿雷祖·哈拉夫博士擁有技術管理及人力資源培訓與發展的博士學位。她擔任科威特博克斯希爾學院商業研究系主任。她在內華達大學拉斯維加斯分校的夏季學期擔任訪問助理教授。她還擔任馬斯特里赫特大學多位MBA學生的學術顧問。哈拉夫博士是Learn & Evolve LLC的創始人兼首席執行官。在這個角色中，她幫助組織利用策略、科學和心理學來解決員工表現不佳、生產力低、流失率高和留任問題。此外，哈拉夫博士是Amplify Women Leadership BootCamp的共同創始人，旨在培訓女性技能，幫助她們晉升至組織內的高管職位和/或成為成功的創業者。她專注於技術和人力資源的未來，為組織提供諮詢，改善現有的內部技術平台，以增強與人力資源和員工需求相關的功能。哈拉夫博士是ABCK-AmCham科威特董事會的副主席，並領導商業女性和知識經濟焦點小組，還是多個專業組織的成員，包括人力資源發展學院、人力資源管理學院、特許人事發展學院、管理學院、MENA地區科技女性和科學女性畢業生協會。

阿米娜·布阿拉博士
阿米娜·布阿拉博士擔任巴林高等教育委員會的認證與許可代理主任。布阿拉博士在倫敦布魯內爾大學獲得管理研究（可持續性報告）博士學位。根據史丹佛大學的資料，布阿拉被評為2022年和2021年全球前2%的最佳研究者。她獲得了十多個國際和區域研究獎項，包括阿聯酋拉希德·本·哈米德文化與科學獎（經濟研究組別第一名）、印度特許會計師協會的ICAI國際研究獎（最佳研究論文—會計）、阿拉伯地區行政科學最佳博士論文獎（金融研究組別第一名）、阿聯酋哈姆丹·本·穆罕默德智能大學的Kondo研究獎、阿聯酋沙迦大學的伊斯蘭經濟研究獎（第一名）等。