Dr. Gan Kia Hui is the Head of Programme for the Centre for Australian Degree Programs (CADP) and a lecturer at INTI International College Penang. She holds a PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), specializing in organizational behavior, management, and the psychological safety climate. With over a decade of teaching experience in higher education, Dr. Gan’s expertise spans International Business, Project Management, Organizational Behavior, Management Science, and Business Entrepreneurial Simulation. Dr. Gan has received multiple accolades, including the Best Paper Award at the 1st International Youth Conference in 2021 and the Best Paper Award at AIC2023. She is also a sought-after keynote speaker at various international conferences, sharing her insights and advancing knowledge in her field. In addition to her academic contributions, Dr. Gan serves as an Editorial Board Member and reviewer for several esteemed journals, further demonstrating her commitment to academic excellence and research dissemination.

Dr. Dhan Raj Chalise is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management at Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal, with extensive expertise in management education, academic leadership, and research. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees, a Master of Business Studies (MBS), an M.Phil. in Management, and a Ph.D. from TU, for which he received the prestigious PhD Research Award from the University Grants Commission of Nepal. He currently serves as Director of Special Programs (MBA-F and MBM) at Shanker Dev Campus and holds several key academic leadership roles, including Member Secretary of the Research Management Cell, EMIS Coordinator, Self-Assessment Team Coordinator, and member of the Management Subject Committee. His teaching and research interests include strategic management, organizational change and development, business environment, and research methods. Dr. Chalise has supervised numerous undergraduate and graduate research projects, authored two books, seven research reports, and more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has actively contributed to national and international conferences as well as policy-oriented research for government and non-government organizations.

Dr. Sonny Harry Budiutomo Harmadi, S.E., M.E. is an Indonesian economist, academic, and public policy expert with extensive experience in academia, government, and the corporate sector. Born in Mandai, South Sulawesi, on May 20, 1975, he earned his Doctorate in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Indonesia, in 2005 and served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2003 to 2004. From 2009 to 2016, he served as Head of the Demographic Institute at Universitas Indonesia and has also been a lecturer at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya. In government, he has held several senior positions, including Deputy for Coordination of Community, Village and Regional Empowerment at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. On February 19, 2025, he was inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto as Deputy Head of Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik/BPS), bringing his extensive expertise in economics, demography, and public policy to Indonesia’s national statistical development.

Dr. Dimitra Skandali is a dedicated academic and researcher specializing in the application of Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. She earned her Ph.D. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2025) and currently serves as a permanent Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Peloponnese, Greece, where she contributes to undergraduate teaching while actively pursuing interdisciplinary research. Her expertise encompasses AI in Marketing, consumer behavior modeling, neuroscience in marketing, relationship marketing, strategic and digital marketing, entrepreneurship and innovation management, services marketing, sustainable policy modeling, behavioral operational research, and human-centered ethical AI. Dr. Skandali is passionate about integrating theoretical insights with practical applications to explore how digital transformation and intelligent technologies reshape customer experiences, value creation, and marketing strategies. She is actively involved in multidisciplinary collaborations and is committed to advancing innovation through excellence in research, teaching, and academic engagement.

Dr. Manish Kumar Srivastava currently is a professor of marketing and Coordinator MBA executive program at Christ University Bangalore India. PhD from IIT Delhi, 4th ranked in India. He developed an online MOOC course on gamification which is running successfully on SWAYAM portal of IIM Bangalore.

Miguel Cordova is Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Leadership, Business School, at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management and Sustainability. His research interests are Power and Influence, Sustainable Development, Strategy, Global Supply Chains, Blue Economy, and Economic Democracy. He serves as Chair at the Teaching & Education SIG of the Academy of International Business (AIB), as Vice-Chair at AIB-LAC Chapter, as Associate Editor at the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (Emerald Publishing), and as Member of the Expert Council for Economic Democracy of the European Union