BFAL MEMBERS BFAL 2020 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS Panagiotis BamidisAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Claude FrassonUniversity of Montreal, Canada Panagiotis VlamosIonian University, Greece ORGANIZATION CHAIRS Kitty Panourgia Neoanalysis Ltd, Greece POSTERS AND DEMOS CHAIR Kyparisia Papanikolau School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Greece DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR STUDENT VOLUNTEER CHAIR Christos Troussas University of West Attica, Greece Filippos Giannakas University of West Attica, Greece SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION CHAIR Akrivi Krouska University of West Attica, Greece PROGRAM COMMITTEE Herve Abdi, University of Texas at Dallas, USAPanagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceSylvie Belleville, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, CanadaAnastasios Bezerianos, National University of Singapore, SingaporeTassos Bountis, Nazarbayev University, KazakhstanStefano Cerri, LIRMM: University of Montpellier and CNRS, FranceSergio Cruces, University of Seville, SpainDaniela Giordano, University of Catania, ItalyIrini Giannopoulou, Bond University, AustraliaFoteini Grivokostopoulou, University of Patras, GreecePeter Groumpos, University of Patras, GreeceClaude Frasson, University of Montreal, CanadaIoannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, GreecePengyu Hong, Brandeis University, USAAndreas Ioannides, AAI Scientific Cultural Service Ltd, CyprusManousos A. Klados, University of Sheffield, City College, UKStathis Konstantinidis, University of Nottingham, UKGeorge Kostopoulos, University of Patras, GreeceWentai Liu, Brain Research Institute, UCLA, USAAlessandro Micarelli, Roma Tre University, ItalyMaria Moundridou, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), GreecePhoivos Mylonas, National Technical University of Athens, GreecePhilippe Robert, Nice University Hospital Cente, FranceChristos Schizas, University of Cyprus, CyprusCleo Sgouropoulou, University of West Attica, GreeceAndrzej Skowron, Institute of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, PolandStefan Trausen-Matu, University Politehnica of Bucarest, RomaniaArjen Vanooyen, University of Utrecht, NetherlandsJayalakshmi Viswanathan, University of Maryland, USAAna Vivas, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, City College, UKPanagiotis Vlamos, Ionian University, Greece BFAL 2017 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Claude FrassonUniversity of Montreal, Canada George KostopoulosUniversity of Patras, Greece PROGRAM COMMITTEE Hervé Abdi, University of Texas at Dallas, USATheodore Antonakopoulos, University of Patras, GreecePaolo Avesani, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, ItalyNicolaos Avouris,University of Patras, GreecePanagiotis Bamidis, University of Thessaloniki. GreeceAnastassios Bezerianos, University of Patras, GreeceTassos Bountis, University of Patras, GreeceStefano Cerri, University of Montpellier, FranceMaher Chaouachi, McGill University, CanadaSergio Cruces, University of Seville, SpainDominique Durand, Case Western Reserve UniversityDeniz Erdogmus, Northeastern University, USAIrini Giannopulu, Pierre & Marie Curie University- Paris VI, FranceFoteini Grivokostopoulou, University of Patras, GreeceJean Gotman, McGill University, CanadaIoannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, GreecePengyu Hong, Brandeis University, USAAndreas Ioannides, Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, CyprusNikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandElmar W. Lang, Institute of Biophysics, University of Regensburg, GermanyJames Lester, North Carolina University, USAWentai Liu, Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, USAAlessandro Micarelli, University of Rome, ItalyAdamantia Mitsacos, University of Patras, GreeceKarim Oweiss, University of Florida, USACostas Porpodas, University of Patras, GreecePhilippe Robert, CHU Nice, FranceAndrzej Skowron, Institute of Mathematics – University of Warsaw, PolandStefan Trausen-Matu, Politehnica of Bucarest, RomaniaBeverly Park Woolf, University of Massachusetts, USA KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Panagiotis BamidisFor more information on his keynote speech click here – Affective Learning: Principles, Technologies, Practice Andreas IoannidesFor more information on his keynote speech click here – Understanding how learning takes place with neuroscience and applying the results to education ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Peter GroumposIntelligent Control and Cognitive Control: Introduction Claude FrassonIntelligent Control and Cognitive Control: Issues and Challenges Kyriacos SgarbasOn the Transition from Neural Networks to Artificial Brains