Dr. Chien-Ho Ko currently serves as a Research Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering and the Director at the Craig and Diane Martin National Center for Construction Safety at the University of Kansas (KU). Prior to KU, he was a full Professor of Civil Engineering, a visiting scholar at MIT, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Ko received his Ph.D. in Construction Management and is currently pursuing a second Ph.D. in Architectural Design at Clemson University, SC. A registered Professional Engineer of Fire Protection, he has previously served as a project manager for design-build projects. Prof. Ko has been conferred numerous academic awards, including best paper, outstanding professor, research, and teaching awards. He has published over 40 refereed journal papers, 70 conference papers, and acts as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (Scopus and Ei indexed). He also has participated as a Principal Investigator in over 40 research projects. Additionally, he is an inventor with more than 30 patents. Dr. Ko has served as a president for several institutes, including the ASCE Kansas Section, Taiwan Lean Construction Institute, Taiwan Industrial Robot Association, and the Association of Engineering, Project, and Production Management.

Luis Martinez is the founder of the renowned startup Flamingo Biomechanical Lab, dedicated to surgical planning using different additive manufacturing techniques. He also works as an R&D engineer at Cetemet. He specializes in biomechanics and the application of 4.0 technologies. His academic background and experience has endowed him with a very particular vision of how to implement different techniques in a wide variety of sectors, in addition to providing him with a great knowledge of manufacturing processes, the economic market and the impact of engineering evolution. His commitment is to achieve a more efficient global healthcare system, ensuring that biotechnology research leads to real results for society. His startup aims to be a nexus between multiple scientific branches to obtain great health and technological results.

Qiang Zhu, graduated from the Universidad Erlangen- Nurnberg, Germany, majoring in material science and obtained a Dr.-Ing. Degree in 1994. He uses to be vice chief engineer and chief scientist in the General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals (Beijing), vice director of the National Research Center for Non Ferrous Metal Based Composites, the established director of the Beijing Research Center for Advanced Forming Technologies of Metals. Now he is the Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), UK, the Chairman of the 15th International Technical Committee of Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, executive director of the Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High Performance Materials. Dr. Zhu has completed or been ongoing research projects of France-China cooperation project, National Natural Science Foundation of Germany, National Natural Science Foundation key project of UK and the life improvement project of the impeller and turbine for the key components of Cummins global turbocharger, China central government and local government key research programs. Zhu gave a number of invited speeches to internationally well-known academic conferences as well as universities and enterprises, published more than 190 articles and as chief editor published 2 academic books. He is also applied or granted 62 patents.

Igor Litvinchev received his M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Fizteh), Ph.D. in Systems Theory and Operations Research and Dr. Sci. (Habilitation) in Systems Modeling and Optimization from Computing Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He is currently a Research Professor at Nuevo Leon State University (UANL), Mexico. His research is focused on large-scale systems modeling, optimization, and control with interdisciplinary applications. Professor Litvinchev is an author of 4 books and an editor of 12 more books published by Kluwer, Springer, and Elsevier. He published 100+ research papers in leading international journals and served on Steering, Program and Organizing Committees for 90+ international conferences. He also served as a Guest Editor for 9 journal special issues and was a Reviewer for 70+ prestigious journals. His research was supported by 30+ grants from NATO Scientific Affairs Division and European Community; ISF (USA) and RFBR (Russia); CNPq and FAPESP (Brasil); BRFBR (Belarus); CONACYT, PROMEP and PAICYT (Mexico). He also served as a consultor for Monterrey, Mexico branches of PEMEX and SINTEC (routing problems) and FEDEX (location problems), as well as for TATA Steel Ltd, India (modeling granular and porous media by optimized packing).Professor Litvinchev is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and Mexican Academy of Sciences. He is a co-founder of Mexican Society of Operations Research and Mexican Logistics and Supply Chain Association. He has the highest Level 3 in National System of Researchers (SNI) in Mexico.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Emin Taner ELMAS has graduated from faculty of Mechanical Engineering as B.Sc. in 1995 and then completed his M.Sc. in “Energy” at Mechanical Engineering Department of Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir, Turkey and after that he received his Ph.D. in “Thermodynamics” at Mechanical Engineering Department of Ege University, in Izmir, Turkey. Asst. Prof. Dr. ELMAS has completed his military service as a NATO Officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a “Reserved Officer” as a “2nd Lieutenant” as an “English-Turkish Interpreter”. He was also a “Guard Commander” and served in Sarajevo, Camp Butmir within the SFOR task force of NATO. He has been awarded with 2 NATO Medals and Turkish Armed Forces Service Certificate of Pride (Bosnia & Herzegovina).

Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of Brasília (1985-1990). PhD in Construction Technology from the University of Brasília with a doctoral internship at the University of Aveiro, Portugal (2006-2009). Post-doctorate in Construction Technology at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal (2015-2016). Post-doctorate in 3D Printing with Earth Mortar at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal (2023). Professor of the Construction Area of the Department of Technology in Architecture and Urbanism at FAU/UnB. Develops research and works with Earthen Architecture; Sustainable Construction Systems; Solid Waste Recycling; and 3D Printing with Earth Mortar.

Milena Djukanovic is a Montenegrin 3D printing jewelry designer and Associate Professor at the University of Montenegro. Born in Podgorica in 1983, she earned her degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Montenegro in 2006. Her innovative work in 3D printing has been showcased at prestigious events such as Munich Jewellery Week, Expo Dubai, and Milan Design Week. In 2023, Djukanovic received two BIG SEE awards for her groundbreaking designs. Among her numerous accolades, Djukanovic was named the most successful woman in science by Montenegro's Ministry of Science in 2013. She also received the Danubius Young Scientist Award in 2015, a prestigious honor presented by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy and the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM). Throughout her career, Djukanovic has collaborated with renowned designers like Neda Jovanovic and Anja Radulovic and represented Montenegro at Expo Dubai in 2020. As the leader of a research group at the University of Montenegro, she spearheaded the university's contributions to the COST project from 2012 to 2016. Djukanovic has authored or co-authored approximately 20 publications in international journals and conference proceedings. She is the lead author of the university textbook Introduction to Mechatronics (2013) and a co-author of a scientific monograph. In addition to her research, Djukanovic serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Engineering & Technical Research and the International Journal of Modern Communication Technologies & Research. She is also a peer reviewer for multiple prominent journals, including ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, Elsevier's Integration—The VLSI Journal, World Scientific Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, and IJENS International Journals of Engineering and Sciences.