Keynote Speakers

Prof. Hamlet Isakhanli

Founder of Khazar University, Azerbaijan 

Speaker Bio:

Prof. Hamlet Isakhanli is a founder of Khazar University, chairman of the board of directors and trustees, co-founder of Dunya School, publisher, translator and editor. He is a scientist and public figure, a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, a professor, a poet, a writer, and a publicist, and the author of articles, books, textbooks, and monographs on mathematics, humanities, and social sciences.  

Dr. Muhammad Imran

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Muhammad Imran is a Researcher at Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. He holds a PhD from the School of Foreign Languages and Literature at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Khazar University, Azerbaijan; an adjunct professor at the University of Management and Technology, Pakistan; and a research fellow with the European Scientific Institute. He has published over 80 research articles in Web of Science- and Scopus-indexed journals, mostly ranked in Q1 and Q2 categories. He is also the Managing Editor of the Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Editor of the International Review of Literary Studies, an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, and SAGE Open, and a Special Issue Editor for the Journal of International Students. Email: mimran@psu.edu.sa

Prof. Dr. Ágnes Czine

Lawyer, judge, legal scholar, university professor

Speaker Bio:

Prof. Dr. Ágnes Czine is a university professor and Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. She has extensive professional experience as a judge, including as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary and the Supreme Court, and has held senior university leadership positions, including Vice-Rector for Education and Acting Rector of Károli Gáspár University. Her main research areas include criminal procedure, fair trial and fundamental rights, economic and organised crime, judicial independence, and the application of artificial intelligence in criminal proceedings and the administration of justice. She is a member of several national and international professional and academic organisations and has authored numerous academic publications in Hungarian and other languages.

Dr. Muhammad Afzaal

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Muhammad Afzaal  is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Language Sciences, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), China, and a Research Fellow at Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. His work focuses on corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and digital diplomacy, with a strong interest in computational approaches to global communication. He is the developer of LexiConc, an AI‑based corpus tool, and the founding chair of CISMA, an international platform for corpus‑based studies, and has published widely in SSCI and Scopus‑indexed journals. His recent books include Language, Corpora, and Health Communication (Palgrave), Discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative (Springer), and Language, Corpora, and Technology (Frontiers). He can be reached @ Afzaal@shisu.edu.cn

Dr. Ida Dringó-Horváth

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Ida Dringó-Horváth is an Associate Professor at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, where she serves as Head of the ICT Research Centre and Head of the Educational Technology Training Centre. She holds a PhD and habilitation in education and has extensive experience in educational technology, digital pedagogy, language education, e-learning and the digital transformation of higher education. She has participated as an expert and institutional coordinator in several national and international projects, including OECD and PROFFORMANCE initiatives focusing on digital higher education and the development of teaching performance. Her current academic interests include artificial intelligence in education, digital transformation, educational technology, curriculum development and innovative approaches to teaching and learning

Dr. Bushra Siddiqui

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Bushra Siddiqui is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English and Literary Studies at the University of Management and Technology, Pakistan. Her doctoral research employs a feminist lens to examine the development of androgynous identities in selected British and Pakistani English fiction. By analyzing the evolution of female agency alongside non-traditional male roles, her work explores how geographical and sociocultural shifts drive gender fluidity within narrative nostoi. Her broader research interests encompass digital humanities, posthumanism, and contemporary literary theory.

Dr. Gyula Balázs Csáki-Hatalovics

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Gyula Balázs Csáki-Hatalovics is Chancellor of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary and Associate Professor at its Faculty of Law. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Pécs and has extensive experience in administrative law, digital administration and data protection. His research focuses primarily on digital government and the legal aspects of digitalisation. He previously served as Secretary General of Károli Gáspár University and as Director General of the Managing Authority for EU Human Resources Funds at the National Development Agency of Hungary. He has been teaching and conducting research in the field of law and digitalisation for more than two decades.