SPECIAL SESSION II: Sustainable Industries and Smart Factories: The Industry 5.0 Paradigm Shift

With the fast technological transition witnessed over the past thirty years, and the wide spread of Industry 4.0 technologies such as IoT, AI, Blockchain, Advanced robotics, and Big Data Analytics, concern has been increasing on the impact of this shift on humans. Many debates were erupting whether technology is going against people and whether people will lose jobs due to those emerging technologies. Industry 5.0 brings human at the center through creating an eco-system enabled by technologies like AI, IoT, and robotics, but with a renewed focus on people involvement, societal sustainability, and ethical considerations.

Topics covered include (but are not limited to):

  • Cognitive Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Human–computer interaction
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence
  • Collaborative robots (Cobots)
  • Smart Ergonomics and Industrial Wearables
  • Green manufacturing
  • Smart Product Lifecycle Management
  • Smart health applications
  • Mass customization
  • Precise farming and sustainable agriculture

Organizer:

Assoc. Prof. Noha Mostafa, The British University in Egypt, Egypt

Biodata: Dr. Noha Mostafa is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management in The British University in Egypt. She got B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Zagazig University. She was a visiting PhD student in Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and she finished her PhD degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Egypt-Japan University in 2017, specialising in supply chain management. She also has a Diploma in Innovation and Change Management from Germany, 2023. She has Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (LSSYB) from Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.
Dr. Noha has broad expertise including supply chain, operations management, lean manufacturing, sustainability, plant layout, design thinking, Industry 4.0, and energy management. She has published over 50 papers in international journals and conferences and has been granted several funded research projects worth around 500K US Dollars. She has been working in training and consultation for 15 years. She has participated in events in more than 25 countries and was an invited speaker in several international events through which she has built a strong global network in academia and industry. She has given lectures in several universities around the world including University of Lincoln, UK and University of Vienna, Austria. She was awarded ‘Outstanding faculty advisor award’ in 2018 and in 2020 from Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society, USA, ‘Faculty Council Excellence award for Community Service’ in 2023, She is recipient of ‘Prince Mohamed Bin Fahd Award for best Joint Research Project’ in 2024. She is currently serving as Senator at the University Senate, Student Union Advisor, Global Ambassador of Sustainability, KSA, Mentor in Egypt Scholars, Inc, and Head of IEOM advisory board in Egypt. She is a professional member of The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and IEOM Society and was elected as Board Director of ‘IISE Engineering Economics Division’, USA.

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