Dr. Roula Khadra is a science coordinator at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari. She obtained a BSc in Rural Engineering (Irrigation), an MSc in Land and Water Resources Management: Irrigated Agriculture, a Ph.D. in Mediterranean Agriculture, and a Post Doc. (Fulbright Fellow) at UC Davis, and was elected Governor of the Arab Water Council. Her research activities focused on the modernization of irrigation systems (engineering, agronomic, and governance aspects), the reuse of reclaimed water in agriculture and impacts, with a particular focus on modeling, conceptualizing, and applying innovative technologies (DSS, IoT), the development of integrated technological and management solutions for irrigation and water distribution, monitoring and evaluation systems, and dissemination and outreach frameworks.