Lounis Adouane has been a Full Professor since September 2019 at Heudiasyc – UTC (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France), and he was Associate Professor between 2006 and 2019 at the Institut Pascal (IP) – Polytech Clermont-Ferrand. In IP, he led between 2018 and 2019 the ISPR group (80 persons, Images, Perception Systems and Robotics). Dr. Adouane is an active member of the international community of mobile robotics/autonomous vehicles, he is a member of the Technical Committee of Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles – IFAC (as Industry Vice Chair) and he serves as a Senior Editor Board Member of the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. He has participated in more than 80 program committees of international conferences and workshops. Further, Dr. Adouane supervised (or currently supervising) 19 PhD Thesis (all linked to mobile robotics and/or intelligent vehicles). Dr. Adouane's current research focuses on Intelligent Vehicles, more specifically; he is working on two main topics: 1. Autonomous navigation of mobile robots/vehicles in complex environments with a focus on safety and 2. Cooperative control architectures for multi-robot/vehicle systems to fluidify intersections/round-about (application to smart cities and/or on-ramp highways). He is the author/coauthor of more than 150 publications and 2 books on these topics.

Thomas Hanne received master's degrees in Economics and Computer Science, and a PhD in Economics. From 1999 to 2007 he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) as senior scientist. Since then he is Professor for Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and Head of the Competence Center Systems Engineering since 2012. Thomas Hanne is author of more than 230 journal articles, conference papers, and other publications and editor of several journals and special issues.

Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor, and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and BCs in Computer Science. He is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon - ISEG, researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at both LIACC (Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science) and CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are maturity models, information systems quality, online service quality, requirements engineering, intelligent information systems, e-Government, e-Health, and information technology in education. He is also Vice-Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of two Scopus and SCIMago journals, he is the Scientific Manager of the Information Systems Engineering & Management book series at Springer-Verlag. Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Program, and as an Expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the European Commission's Horizon Europe Program, at the Government of Italy's Ministry of Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia's Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology,  at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre, and at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation.

Vishnu S. Pendyala, PhD is a faculty member in Applied Data Science and an Academic Senator with San Jose State University,  IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor (One of the 22 in the Class of 2022), ACM Distinguished Speaker (2019 - 2022), ACM Senior Member, IEEE Computer Society Election Committee Member (2024), Chair of IEEE Computer Society SCV Chapter, Chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter, Board of Silicon Valley Engineering Council, and Executive Council Member of SIGBDA-Computer Society of India. During his recent 3-year term as an ACM Distinguished speaker and before that as a researcher and industry expert, he gave numerous (50+) invited talks in conferences, faculty development programs, and other forums some of which are available on YouTube and IEEE.tv. He is a senior member of the IEEE and has over two decades of experience in the software industry in the Silicon Valley, USA. His book, "Veracity of Big Data," is available in several libraries, including those of MIT, Stanford, CMU, the US Congress and internationally. Two other books on machine learning and software development that he edited are also well-received and found place in the US Library of Congress and other reputed libraries. Dr. Pendyala recently served on a US government's National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal review panel. He also played an active role in Computer Society of India and was the Program Secretary for its annual national convention. He served as an Area Governor with Toastmasters International and received the Distinguished Toastmaster, Area Governor of the Year, and Silver Scribe awards.

Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin is a full professor of international business and Global Strategy at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. He taught at Thompson Rivers University, Canada; University of Paris-Est, France; Osnabruck University of Applied Science, Germany; and Shanghai Institute of Technology and Tianjin University of Technology, China. He published more than 100 articles in peer reviewed journals and won "Best paper awards" in ASAC 2024, 2018, 2014, 2012, AGBA, 2013 & AIB-NE, 2013. He was also awarded Research award (2015), Teaching Award (2016) and Service Award (2018) and President (Vice Chancellor's) Research Award 2019. He has also obtained IDG (SSHRC) grant 2019. He is a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Council on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE), co-managing editor of Transnational Corporations Review, divisional editor and program coordinator of Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) - Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), topic editor of Sustainability, and director of The Canadian Business Strategist Magazine.

Prof. Dr. Bozena Gajdzik is a Professor at the Faculty of Materials Engineering, Department of Industrial Informatics, Silesian University of Technology. A graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice, she earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Faculty of Management at that university in 2000. Since 2002, she has been associated with the Silesian University of Technology, first as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and then as an associate professor at the Department of Industrial Computer Science. She collaborates with business practices, particularly within the steel industry, including collaboration as an expert. She has experience in the restructuring of steel enterprises and has been used as expert knowledge. She is an expert in the program for sustainable development and research projects on industrial transformation. She published more than 650 publications, including 32 books. Her name is on the list of Top 2 World Scientists (Stanford list and Elsevier). She is a reviewer of scientific publications for recognized publishers.

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues [Fellow, AAIA & IEEE] is the Chief Innovation Officer and Social Impact at the IMTS Innovation Group, the leader of the Fecomércio Ceará Intelligence Centre, Brazil; and senior researcher at the Instituto de Tele-communications, Portugal. Prof. Rodrigues is #1 in Computer Science in Brazil, has been professor at UFPI and Inatel, Brazil; UBI and Lusófona Univ., Portugal, and visiting professor at UNIFOR, Brazil, and King Saudi University, Saudi Arabia. Before joining the academy, he worked at Portugal Telecom and leader at the University Hospital of Cova da Beira, Portugal. He received the Academic Title of Aggregated Professor in computer science and engineering (CSE) from UBI, the Habilitation in CSE from the University of Haute Alsace, France, a PhD degree in CSE and an MSc degree from the UBI, and a five-year BSc degree (licentiate) in CSE from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Prof. Rodrigues is the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications (NetGNA) research group (CNPq), an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Member Representative of the IEEE ComSoc on the IEEE Biometrics Council, and the President of the scientific council at ParkUrbis – Covilhã Science and Technology Park. He was member of the IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, Director for Conference Development, Technical Activities Committee Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Latin America Region Board, a Past-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee (TC) on eHealth and TC on Communications Software. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal on E-Health and Medical Communications and editorial board member of high-reputed journals. He has been general chair and TPC Chair of many international conferences, including IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE HEALTHCOM, and IEEE LATINCOM. He has authored or coauthored over 1250 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, 3 books, 2 patents, and 1 ITU-T Recommendation. He had been awarded several Outstanding Leadership and Outstanding Service Awards by IEEE ComSoc and several best papers awards.

Professor Liu Aijun is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics and Management, Xidian University and a member of the expert group of the New Western Land-sea Corridor. Professor Liu received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Chongqing University between 2000 and 2011. He was a visiting scholar at Arizona State University from 2014 to 2015 and a postdoctoral researcher at Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology from 2015 to 2017. Professor Liu previously worked at Guangdong Ocean University from 2007 to 2009 and at Southwest Jiaotong University in 2012. He serves on the editorial boards of several international academic journals, including but not limited to SCIREA Journal of Sociology, Macro Management & Public Policies, Cogent Business & Management, and Journal of Convergence Information Technology. Professor Liu is also a senior member of the Chinese Society for Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics, and a member of the 10th Council of the Ranking Branch of the Operations Research Society of China.

Dr. Guoqing Zhao is a Lecturer in Operations Management, Swansea University, UK. Dr. Guoqing Zhao has worked on several funded projects, including EU Horizon 2020 RUC-APS project, European Regional Development Fund funded EPIC project, UK British Council funded project, and The UK Royal Society funded project. Though participating in several EU funded projects, Dr. Guoqing Zhao has built wide connections with academia, agri-food industry, and eHealth industry, such as University of La Plata, University of Liverpool, University of Plymouth, University of Southampton, University of Surrey, University of Lorraine, Henan Agricultural University, and others. Dr. Guoqing received a high citation award, conference attendance award, micro-media grant, Chinese Government award, and best paper award. Currently, Dr. Guoqing serves as a track chair of IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS23), Track 8: Intelligent Systems and Supply Chains for Sustainable Development and program committee of International Conference on Decision Support System Technology (2023).

Dr. Hao Yu is Associate Professor and Program Leader of Industrial Engineering (MSc) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His research interests are real-problem-driven model development to solve complex decision-making problems in sustainable supply chains, reverse logistics, location and network design, service systems, scheduling, and smart manufacturing and logistics in Industry 4.0/5.0. These optimization/simulation models can be used to minimize carbon footprints and environmental risks of logistics systems, improve the accessibility and cost efficiency of service networks, locate the charging stations for electric/hydrogen vehicles, autonomously configure reconfigurable manufacturing systems, improve the lockage efficiency of a water conservancy project, and so forth. He has led or been a key member of 10+ international projects funded by the Research Council of Norway, the Directorate of Higher Education and Skills, Innovation Norway, Nordplus, and EU and EEA Programmes. He has authored and co-authored 50+ scientific papers with 1500+ citations and 18 H-Index. Currently, his research focuses on the combination of predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and descriptive analytics in an Industry 5.0-enabled Smart Digital Logistics Twin that can be used in, for example, reverse logistics, humanitarian/ epidemic logistics, and smart manufacturing/ remanufacturing systems.

Md Abdus Samad Kamal received the B.Sc. Engineering degree from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Bangladesh, in 1997 and the Master and Ph.D. degrees from Kyushu University, Japan, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He was a Lecturer with KUET from 1997 to 2000, a Researcher with Kyushu University in 2006, and 2008 to 2011, an Assistant Professor with International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia from 2006 to 2008, a Researcher with The University of Tokyo, Japan from 2011 to 2014. He worked as a Visiting Researcher with Toyota Central R \& D Labs., Inc., Japan, from 2014 to 2016. He was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia from 2016 to 2019. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Japan. His research interests include intelligent transportation systems, connected and automated vehicles, and the applications of machine learning and model predictive control. Dr. Kamal is a member of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Nadeem Javaid (Senior Member, IEEE) received the master’s degree in electronics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris-Est, France, in 2010. He was a Visiting Professor with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is currently Tenured Professor and Founding Director of the Communications Over Sensors (ComSens) Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus. He has supervised 203 master’s and 32 Ph.D. theses. He has authored over 950 articles in technical journals and international conferences. He was a recipient of the Best University Teacher Award from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, in 2016, and the Research Productivity Award from the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, in 2017. He is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Access. He is also an Editor of the Sustainable Cities and Society Journals.

Vasilii Erokhin holds a Ph.D. degree in Economic and Management (2006) and a Specialist degree in International Economics (2003) from Stavropol State Agrarian University, Russia. He is an Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. Since 2017, he is a researcher at the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) Harbin Engineering University, China. In 2018, he also joined in Key West University (Florida, USA) as an Adjunct Professor. He is an author of over 250 scientific works in the areas of international trade, globalization, sustainable development issues with a focus on emerging markets, developing countries, and economies in transition. He is a guest editor at Sustainability and Economies; an Associate Editor at Journal of Knowledge Economy; an editorial board member at several international journals and publications. Vasily Erokhin is an invited expert of the Association of International Economics and Trade, Heilongjiang Province, China. He is a holder of the honorary awards from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2010), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (2012).

Dr. Waqar Ahmed is the Professor & Dean of Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, UIT University, Karachi, Pakistan. Before UIT University, he has been worked for ten years at Iqra University's Gulshan Campus. His focus on supply chain management is underscored by more than 20 years of professional engagement across a spectrum of local and multinational enterprises. Dr. Ahmed's professional journey includes pivotal roles at renowned organizations such as DHL Pakistan, General Tyres Pakistan, Feroze Textile, and ICI Pakistan. Dr. Ahmed holds a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from Iqra University, complemented by a Bachelor's in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from NED University and a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Karachi. His research contributions span critical areas such as supply chain risk management, sustainable supply chain strategies, and the integration of disruptive technologies and innovation within supply chains. He has completed his bachelor's in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from NED University and a Master's in business administration from the University of Karachi. He is the Top 1% Global Researched (Clarivate, 2024), and his Google Scholar h-index is 30.