Host Committee
Alejandra Val Cubero
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) – Chair
The team at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Luana Menezes, Alberto Cheli Ballester, Majed Majed Andiwi, Begoña Bernal Herrero
Organizing Committee
Jenann Ismael
(Johns Hopkins University) – Co-chair, Organizing Committee
Terri Ginsberg
(Rutgers University) – Co-chair, Organizing Committee
Alejandra Val Cubero
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) – Chair, Host Committee
Randi Deguilhem
(CNRS, TELEMMe, Aix-Marseille Univ.) – Chair, Selection Committee
M. Moncef Khaddar
(Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus) – Chair, Program Committee
Patricia Caillé
(Université de Strasbourg, LinCS UMR 7069) – Communications Coordinator
Donna Ruzzano
(North Cyprus) – Assistant in Technical Design and Operations
Program Committee
M. Moncef Khaddar
(Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus) – Chair
Thabit A. J. Abdullah
(York University)
Ibrahim G. Aoudé
(University of Hawai’i)
Patricia Caillé
(Université de Strasbourg, LinCS UMR 7069)
Randi Deguilhem
(CNRS, TELEMMe, Aix-Marseille Univ.)
Terri Ginsberg
(Rutgers University)
Chris Lippard
(University of Utah)
Christian Rossi
(Università degli studi di Cagliari)
Selection Committee
Randi Deguilhem
(CNRS, TELEMMe, Aix-Marseille Univ.) – Chair
Patricia Caillé
(Université de Strasbourg, LinCS UMR 7069)
Terri Ginsberg
(Rutgers University)
M. Moncef Khaddar
(Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SPECIAL THANKS
The IAMES 2026-Madrid conference is sponsored by the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work – In Memory of Dr. Jacqueline S. Ismael and Dr. Tareq Y. Ismael. We are grateful to Roma Akram and Aditya Ayala for their assistance with procuring this support for the conference from the Jacqueline Ismael Memorial Fund housed at the Department of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
We are also very grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for its sponsorship of Rehab Nazzal’s Driving in Palestine multimedia exhibition at Casa Árabe in conjunction with the IAMES 2026-Madrid conference.
Professor Shereen Ismael
Gabriel Gerasimo, Lise Kintz, Lucas Abdellah, Sagesse Reinach – Université de Strasbourg
Karim Hauser Askalani, Coordinator & Cultural Programs, Casa Árabe, Madrid
Stefan St-Laurent, SAW Centre, Ottawa
Canadian Embassy in Madrid