Prof. Dr. habil. habil. habil. Lóránt Dénes Dávid, academician, is an extremely versatile Hungarian scholar. Born in 1968, he graduated in History (MA), Geography (MA), Economics: Catering and Hospitality (BSc), Economist in Business Development (MSc), European Studies and as a Geography-English Technical Translator. He was a scholarship holder in Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Amsterdam. Married, they have 3 sons (16-, 15-, and 11-year-old), wife and children have double citizenships: Hungarian, Romanian. His native language is Hungarian, and he speaks English and some Russian. After earning his PhD degree from the University of Debrecen, Hungary in Geography (Earth Sciences) in 2001, he completed the habilitation processes in 3 disciplines Management and Business Administration, Environmental Sciences, and Regional Sciences – probably the only person in the world to do this. He has become an internationally recognized researcher and professor in the fields of geography and tourism, and holds full-professor positions in Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary. His extensive research has resulted in many prestigious journal articles, studies, papers and books. His work is available in the best-known databases (SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics). Furthermore, he has developed an exemplary international professional cooperation network, has served as a guest professor at many universities in Europe and overseas (in all continents in a lot of countries, including USA, Russia, Japan), and has also been an active promoter of Hungary's European and oriental relations. As an awardee of the Jean Monnet Professorship (EU Commission), he designed and implemented a major educational program in tourism and regional development. Moreover, he has been very active in editing scholarly journals both in Hungary and abroad. He is an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). He has permanent teaching posts in the John von Neumann University as full professor with full commitment (Kecskemét, Hungary), Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE, former Szent István University) (Gödöllő, Hungary), in part time position in Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest and Szombathely, Hungary), the University of Economy in Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz, Poland), Ferenc Rákóczi II. Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute/College (Beregovo, Ukraine), Constantine the Philosopher University (Nitra, Slovakia) and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan). He was the chief-secretary of the Hungarian Geographical Society (founded in 1872, 2017-2021). He is a prominent professor in many universities officially. His research fields: tourism, hospitality, geography, earth sciences, economics, environmentalism, regional studies and sciences, sustainable development, circlular economy, bioeconomy, multi-, trans- and interdisciplinary fields. He is a World Recorder titled “First professor with academic degree and titles in scientific disciplines”

Dan Alexandru SZABO Associate professor at the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 38 Gheorghe Marinescu Street, Targu Mures, 540142, Department M2: Faculty of Medicine. Has completed his PhD in Human Movement Sciences, published more than 70 papers, also in ISI journals, ten books, being an editorial board member and scientific reviewer for reputed ISI journals, with more than 230 reviews to his credit. Science fields: kinesiology, psychomotor activity, proprioception, biomechanics, kinetics and kinematics, instructional design, medical technology, medical rehabilitation, motor behaviour, physical activity, motor skills, and human movement.

This is Safayet Jamil, who is active in growing his career, active in research work, and innovative. He completed his undergrad in the department of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology in the department of Public Health at Daffodil International University, Bangladesh. Currently, he is pursuing his second MPH in Birmingham City University, UK. Professionally, he is a lecturer and program advisor in the department of Public and Community Health at Frontier University Garowe, Somalia. Throughout his teaching career, he taught courses such as Introduction to Public Health, Biostatistics, Digital Health Systems, and Community Mental Health at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Besides, he is working as a senior research officer at the Centre for Advanced Research, Bangladesh, and previously he worked as a research intern at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). Moreover, he is serving as an editorial board member and reviewer in several prestigious international journals. For the time being, he has been involved in several research projects. He published more than 60 articles in reputed peer-reviewed journals, especially The Lancet and Nature Medicine. His publications are in some prestigious publishers including Elsevier, Springer nature, Oxford University Press, Taylors and Francis, Wiley, BMC, Dove Medical Press, Frontiers, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and MDPI. He is looking forward to collaborating on his research in nationally and internationally

Dr. Antonina Karlina is a highly accomplished researcher and leading expert in metallurgy, materials science, mechanical engineering, and industrial technologies. She has contributed extensively to advancements in metallurgical waste management, corrosion studies, steel processing, mechatronics, and energy-efficient production solutions.

Her work includes major industrial and academic projects such as development of heavy-duty aluminum technologies, heat-treatment optimization of steel grinding balls, improvement of rail steel properties, microwave-plasma systems for oil-engine monitoring, and innovative concrete technology using metallurgical waste.

Dr. Karlina has authored 289 publications, including 122 Scopus-indexed papers, 75 Web of Science articles, 9 patents, and 5 monographs. Her research impact is reflected by an h-index of 29 (RSCI), 27 (Scopus), and 12 (WoS). She continues to collaborate with multiple scientific institutes and industries, contributing to Russia’s materials science and engineering innovation.

Ablameiko Sergey Vladimirovich, Belarusian, was born in 1956 in Voronovo, Grodno Region. Graduated from BSU in 1978 with a degree in Mathematics. From 1978 to 2008 – at the Institute of Technical Cybernetics of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR (since 2002 – United Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus): research intern, graduate student, junior researcher, senior researcher, since 1986 – head of laboratory, since 1998 – deputy director, in 2002–2008 – director general. From 2005 to 2012 – Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics of the NAS of Belarus. Simultaneously, since 1989 – associate professor, then professor at BSU (part-time). From October 2008 to September 2017, he served as Rector of the Belarusian State University. Since September 2017, he has been a professor at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at BSU.

In 1984, he defended his candidate's dissertation, and in 1990, his doctoral dissertation. In 1992, he was awarded the academic title of professor. In 2004, he was elected a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and in 2009, an academician.

S. V. Ablameiko is a renowned scientist in the fields of information and space technologies, image processing, and pattern recognition. Under his leadership and with his direct involvement, the theory, methods, and algorithms for processing and recognizing graphic information were developed. The fundamental results obtained in this field have become widely known. On this foundation, a strong scientific school has emerged in Belarus, which has received international recognition. S. V. Ablameiko has made a significant contribution to the development of informatics in the Republic of Belarus. Under his scientific leadership from 2002 to 2008, the SKIF supercomputers, which have received widespread international recognition, were created, Russian-Belarusian space programs were completed, and the first stage of the Belarusian Earth Remote Sensing Space System was created.

He has published over 650 scientific papers, including 25 books and 40 collections of papers edited by him. S. V. Ablameyko's books have been published in the USA, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, and other countries. Under his supervision and advice, 12 candidate dissertations and three doctoral dissertations were defended.

S. V. Ablameiko was the chairman and co-chairman of more than 50 international conferences held in Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Belarus, and a member of the program committees of more than 150 international conferences. Editor-in-chief of the journals: "Vestsі NAS Belarusi". Gray Physics and Mathematics Sciences (2005–2013), "Bulletin of BSU" (2012–2017), "Informatics" (2004–2010), deputy editor-in-chief of the journal "Higher School" (2009–2017), member of the editorial boards of many international journals published in Europe, the USA, and Russia.

He was a member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (2005-2018), the Presidium of the Republican Council of Rectors (2008-2017), the Presidium of the Eurasian Association of Universities (2008-2017), the Board of the Ministry of Education (2015-2018), Chairman of the Council of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Social Support of Gifted Pupils and Students (2014-2017), Vice-President of the Eurasian Association of Universities (2015-2017). Chairman of the Council for the Defense of Doctoral Dissertations at BSU (since 2010).

In 1998, for his significant contribution to the development of image processing theory, S. V. Ablameiko was the first scientist from the CIS and Eastern Europe to be elected a Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). In 2004–2006, he was Vice-President, and in 2006–2008, First Vice-President of the IAPR. Never before has a scientist from Eastern and Central Europe served on the leadership of this authoritative international association. He was elected a Fellow of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) (1995), Senior Member of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1995), and Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council of Europe (2001). Honorary Professor of the Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (2014), Dalian Polytechnic University (China) (2013), Binh Duong University (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) (2014), Belgrade Alpha BK University (Serbia) (2016), Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Belarus) (2012).

He is an academician (full member) of the European Academy (2011), the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky (2012), the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2015), the Royal Spanish Academy of Doctors (2009), the European Academy of Economics and Management (2010), the Belarusian Engineering Academy, Minsk (1995), the International Academy of Information Sciences, Information Processes and Technologies, Moscow (1995), the Royal Spanish Academy of Economics and Finance (2016) and a number of other academies.

Scientific Director and Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of a number of state scientific research programs. Scientific Director of the state scientific research program "Informatics and Space" (2011-2015). He was the scientific director of the Russian-Belarusian programs "Cosmos-BR" (2002) (deputy scientific director - 1999-2002), "Cosmos-SG" (2004-2007), "Cosmos-NT" (2008-2010), "SKIF Supercomputers" (2002-2004), "SKIF-Grid" (2007-2010). He was the manager of many international projects under the COPERNICUS, INTAS, ISTC programs. He was deputy scientific director of the work on the creation of a multifunctional space system of the Union State (since 2008).

He is a Full Professor and holds degree qualifications in computer science, education and information sciences. Professor Mutula is currently the Founding Dean and Head: School of Commerce at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  Prof Mutula is a NRF rated scientist. He has produced several scholarly publications to his credit including journal articles, books and chapters in books in such areas as Digital Economies, ICT4D, SMEs and E-readiness; Data governance, open science, Knowledge Management, e-government; and The Diaspora. Prof Mutula’ s publications are widely cited. He has h-index of 39, i10 index of 136, and 6584 citations in Google Scholar. He has externally examined 43 PhD theses in 17 universities nationally and internationally. He has supervised to successful completion, 53 PhDs, 14 Masters and 9 Post Docs. He has served on several international editorial boards. Prof Mutula has been awarded several national and international scholarly excellence awards in his field by universities and scholarly publishing societies such as Emerald, African Network of Information Ethics (ANIE)/Capurro Fiek Foundation Germany), Historical Society (US) and others. In 2024 he was awarded the Highly Ranked Scholar status among the top of 0.05% by the global ScholarsGPS.  This award is informed by the impact and outstanding quality of his scholarly contributions. In particular, Prof Mutula was ranked #2 worldwide in the specialty “Digital Economy”.

Prof. Feyzullah Sahin is a faculty member in the Special Education Department at Duzce University, Turkey. He contributes to academic teaching, research, and student development within the Faculty of Education. His professional profile is available through the official Duzce University academic portal.

Prof. Giuseppe Murdaca is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Genoa, Italy. He holds an MD, a specialization in Internal Medicine, and a PhD in Immunology. His work focuses on immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases, biological therapies, immune system dysregulation, and chronic inflammatory diseases. He has an extensive clinical and academic background, serving in teaching, research, and hospital settings. Prof. Murdaca has authored numerous scientific publications in immunology, internal medicine, infectious diseases, and clinical therapeutics, contributing significantly to both clinical practice and medical research.

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev Bansal is a distinguished academician and administrator, presently serving as Addl Pro Vice Chancellor at Amity University Uttar Pradesh (AUUP), as well as Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Director of Amity Business School. With over 36 years of experience in academia, research, and consultancy, he stands as a visionary leader in the field of management education. Dr. Bansal has authored 67 books and published more than 250 research papers in reputed national and international journals. A dedicated research mentor, he has successfully guided 42 scholars to the completion of their M.Phil./Ph.D. degrees and currently supervises eight doctoral candidates. His research interests include decision sciences, spirituality in management, ethics, and cybersecurity, and he has contributed to over 125 national and international conferences. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of several academic journals, including Amity Business Review (ABR), Amity Journal of Energy and Environment Studies (AJEES), and Communique. He has also collaborated with renowned publishers such as Emerald Publications and has been associated with several Scopus-indexed journals as a guest editor. Prof. Bansal has held prominent positions in professional bodies such as the Vice Chancellor Council (AIMA), Indian Science Congress Association, and Indian Mathematical Society. His contributions extend beyond academics to training, consultancy, and industry projects, reflecting his deep commitment to bridging academia and practice. Within Amity University, he plays a pivotal role in governance, serving as Head of Office of Student Success, Chairperson of the Examination Committee, Student Discipline Committee, Grievance redressal committee, University Sports Committee, Hostel committee etc. He is also an active member of the University Research Council and Academic Council, contributing to the university’s pursuit of academic excellence and student welfare. A recipient of numerous honors, including the Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Lifetime Achievement National Award, the Rashtra Ratan Award, and the Best Outstanding Academic Leader National Award, Prof. Bansal is celebrated for his visionary leadership and unwavering dedication to education. Known for his humility and people-centric approach, he has spearheaded numerous initiatives for student development and institutional growth. Through his exceptional leadership and collaborative spirit, he has built a strong network of corporates, alumni, students, and faculty—working in synergy to propel Amity University to unprecedented heights.

Sunday Adeola Ajagbe recently completed his PhD in the Department of Computer Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso Nigeria, and a lecturer, at Abiola Ajimobi Technical University (formerly First Technical University) Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Information Technology and Communication Technology respectively at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), and his Masters of Philosophy and Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Engineering and Electronics and Electrical Engineering respectively at LAUTECH. His specialization includes Applied Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing (NLP), information security, data science, and the IoT and smart devices. He is also licensed Engineering by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) as a professional electrical engineer, and a professional member of the IEEE, and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). Engr Ajagbe was among the Top 2% world scientists ranked in 2025 by Stanford University, USA in collaboration with Elsevier. He has many publications to his credit in reputable academic databases.