Organizing Committee General Chairs Rita Cucchiara University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Abdulmotaleb ElsaddikUniversity of Ottawa, Canada & MBZUAI, UAE Tao MeiHiDream.ai, China Program Coordinator Shervin ShirmohammadiUniversity of Ottawa, Canada Technical Program Chairs Marco BertiniUniversity of Florence, Italy Diana Patricia Tobón VallejoUnversidad de Medellín, Colombia Pradeep Atrey University at Albany, USA M. Shamim HossainKing Saud University, KSA Workshops Chairs Tong YanUniversity of South Carolina, USA Zhihan LvUppsala University, Sweden Chengcui ZhangUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Multimedia Grand Challenges Chairs Ivan TashevMicrosoft Research, USA Tiago H. FalkINRS-EMT Anderson AvilaINRS, Canada Technical Demo and Video Program Chairs Zi (Helen) HuangThe University of Queensland, Australia Jiaqi ZhaoChina University of Mining and Technology, China Ting Yao JD AI Research, China Panel Chairs Dacheng Tao The University of Sydney, Australia Pablo CesarCWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), Netherland Tat-Seng ChuaNational University of Singapore, Singapore Brave New Ideas Chairs Liqiang NieHarbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China Simone CalderaraUniv.of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Open Source Competition Chair Mohamed Hefeeda Simon Fraser Univ. Canada Wei CaiThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China Doctorial Symposium Chairs Ramazan Savas AygunKennesaw State Univ., USA Ling LinSun Yat-sen University, China Qian LiuDalian University of Technology, China Tutorial Chairs Balakrishnan PrabhakaranUniversity of Texas at Dallas, USA Hussein Al OsmanUniversity of Ottawa, Canada Sponsorship Chairs Jianquan LiuNEC Corporation, Japan Ling GuanRyerson University, Canada Changsheng XuChinese Ac. of Science, China Local Arrangements Chairs Fedwa LaamartiUniversity of Ottawa, Canada Ali KarimeRoyal Military College of Canada