Keynote Speakers
Prof. Robert Laurini
(KSI Fellow and
Professor Emeritus),
INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, France
President of "Universitaires Sans
Frontières/Academics Without Borders"
Bio: Prof. Robert Laurini, (aka Roberto)
after having been distinguished professor of
information technology at INSA/University of
Lyon, France, was appointed emeritus
professor at KSI, United States. During his
career, he has supervised 44 doctoral
students and was a member of PhD committees
in 17 countries. He worked in the United
Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Argentina
and Mexico. After carrying out research in
geographic information systems for urban and
environmental planning, he turned to
artificial intelligence and geographic
knowledge modelling for smart cities and
territorial intelligence. On these subjects,
he wrote 8 books and more than 250 articles.
In 2009, he founded "Universitaires Sans
Frontières/Academics Without Borders", an
NGO dedicated to the modernization of
universities in which he is in charge of
Latin America. He speaks French, English,
Italian and Spanish. See
www.laurini.net/robert.