Sofía Louise Martínez Martínez
Sofía Louise Martínez Martínez University of Málaga Assistant Professor Sofía Louise Martínez Martínez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Organization and Marketing at the University of Málaga, with expertise in Entrepreneurship and Strategy. She holds a PhD in Economics and Business, a Master’s degree in Applied Sociology, and Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Law. She has over seven years of academic experience focused on Entrepreneurial University models, ecosystem engagement, and the analysis of entrepreneurial phenomena. Her research has been published in leading academic journals, and her teaching covers venture creation, innovation, and business model design. She has extensive experience coordinating academic entrepreneurship programmes aimed at fostering University–Business Collaboration and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. She actively participates in major national research initiatives on entrepreneurship and innovation and is a member of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey (GUESSS) teams in Málaga. At the national level, she serves as President of the Early Career Network of the Spanish Academy of Management (ECN-ACEDE). Regarding project engagement, she has broad experience in project coordination and participation in EU-funded projects focused on bridging university–industry boundaries, SME growth, and innovation, including dissemination and valorization of research results. Sustainability is a core component of her research profile, and she is a member of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Chair at the University of Málaga.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-louise-martinez/)
Sergio Terzi
Sergio Terzi Politecnico di Milano Professor Sergio Terzi is Full Professor of Industrial Technologies at Politecnico di Milano. Author of more than 150 paper, member of IFIP WG 5.1 and 5.7. Chairman of the Italian section of IEEE TMS. His main interests are in sustainable and circular manufacturing, twin transition and digital manufacturing. Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Management at Politecnico di Milano. Founder of Miraitek, a spin-off company of Politecnico di Milano in the field of smart and digital manufacturing.
Saman Sarbazvatan
Saman Sarbazvatan Ecole des Ponts Business School Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Vice Dean Dr. Saman Sarbazvatan is a passionate technologist with more than two decades of hands-on cross-sectoral experience. Saman works on the convergence of Circular Economy, Digital Economy, and Sustainable Competitiveness as a practitioner, professor, researcher, and senior advisor. Saman works with academia and industry to bridge the gap between research and practice. Saman works at the intersection of Technology, Education, and Business, focused on Digital and Responsible Innovation and Transformation. He is the COO and Vice Dean of Ecole des Ponts Business School of Ecole des Ponts (ENPC), the Founding Director of the Paris Tech Center for Good, and a senior advisor and professor of Technology, Circular Economy, Innovation, and Competitiveness. Saman is an Industry 5.0 thought leader and the Chair of Harvard European Chapter of Microeconomics of Competitiveness network. Saman helps entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and decision makers at the forefront of the Digital & Responsible Transition toward Industry 5.0 and has a profound passion for leveraging Tech for Good. He focuses on the applications and implications of enabling technologies in propelling inclusive, impact-oriented, and purpose-driven innovations in business, industrial, and economic models toward SDGs, ESG, CSR, and Circular Economy.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/samansarbazvatan/c)
Salvador Perez-Canto
Salvador Perez-Canto University of Malaga Professor Salvador Perez-Canto is a Full Professor in the Department of Business Management and Marketing at the School of Industrial Engineering, University of Malaga (Spain). He began his academic career at the university in 2000. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering (2001) and a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering (1997). He teaches in both Master’s and Doctoral programs. His main areas of expertise include Circular Economy, Management Systems, and Production Systems Optimization. He has 26 years of experience in research, teaching, and industry collaboration. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles in leading journals such as Sustainable Development, European Journal of Operational Research, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, and Technovation. He has also contributed to numerous Spanish and international conferences and has participated in multiple European and national research projects. In 2005, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University (USA), and in 2018 at the University of Technology Sydney (Australia). He is currently a member of the research group “Operations and Sustainability: Quality, Information & Communication Technologies, and Labor Risk Prevention”.
Ruben Rios
Ruben Rios University of Malaga Associate Professor Ruben Rios is Associate Professor at University of Malaga (Spain), with expertise in cybersecurity. He has over 15 years of experience in teaching and research. He has contributed to national and international conferences and projects, including involvement in EU-funded projects, industry collaborations, and standardization organization.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenrdp/)
Roman Vitenberg
Roman Vitenberg University of Oslo (UiO) Professor Roman Vitenberg is a Professor at University of Oslo (UiO), as well as the Director of the Blockchain Lab at UiO. He has previously led 7 projects and acted as a co-PI for 8 additional projects. Prior to joining UiO, he spent 3 years as a research staff member at IBM Research. His research interests are broadly in the area of distributed applications, middleware and algorithms. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Service and Network Management and was a Steering Committee member for ACM DEBS and ACM/IFIP Middleware conferences. He has over 80 publications in peer-reviewed venues (including premier venues such as ACM Computing Surveys, IEEE/ACM ToN, ACM PODC, IEEE ICDCS, with acceptance rate below 14 percent) and 5 filed patent and patent applications. His papers were presented best paper awards at ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware, ACM SAC, and ACM DEBS conferences.(https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ctaGqwoAAAAJ&hl=en)
Rodrigo Roman Castro
Rodrigo Roman Castro University of Málaga Associate Professor Rodrigo Roman Castro holds a Computer Engineering degree (2003) and a PhD in Computer Science (2008), both from the University of Málaga, where he is currently an Associate Professor. Dr Roman’s research focuses on cybersecurity for novel paradigms, such as the Internet of Things, the cloud-edge continuum, and artificial intelligence. He is personally and professionally interested in blockchain technologies and has integrated them into various aspects of his research. He has also directed courses on this topic for different user profiles, ranging from technical experts to end users.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigoromancastro/)
Roberto Rocca
Roberto Rocca Politecnico di Milano Postdoctoral Researcher Roberto Rocca is a post-doc researcher at the Manufacturing Group of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since 2017. He obtained his Ph.D. in Management Engineering in 2023 in the field of industrial architectures for sustainable manufacturing in the cosmetics industry. His research areas include sustainable manufacturing paradigm, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, metrics for environmental sustainability performances and impacts in manufacturing, Circular Economy, and digital technologies adoption for environmental sustainability. He is a Project Manager for consultancy projects related to environmental sustainability in collaboration with manufacturing companies and coordinator of research activities linked to projects funded by the European Commission. He is involved in teaching activities in Politecnico di Milano (i.e., courses of Industrial Plant Management and Operations Management in the Food Industry); in collaboration with Politecnico Graduate School of Management and MADE Competence Center I4.0; and in collaboration with post-graduation courses (ITS). He is also author and co-author of scientific publications in international journals, books and conferences.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-rocca-1b63b898/)
Ricardo da S. Torres
Ricardo da S. Torres Wageningen University Professor Prof. Ricardo da S. Torres is a Professor in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Wageningen University and Research. Dr. Torres held the position of Professor in Visual Computing at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) from 2019 to 2024. He held the position of Professor at the University of Campinas, Brazil (2005 – 2019). Dr. Torres received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2000, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at the same university in 2004. Dr. Torres has been developing multidisciplinary eScience research projects that involve multimedia analysis, Multimedia Retrieval, Machine Learning, Databases, and Information Visualization. Dr. Torres is an author/co-author of more than 200 articles in refereed journals and conferences and serves as a PC member for several international and national conferences. Currently, he serves as Associate Editor of Pattern Recognition Letters. He is a member of the IEEE.(https://linkedin.com/in/ricardo-torres-878b10a)
Rebeka Kovačič Lukman
Rebeka Kovačič Lukman University of Maribor Researcher Prof. dr. Rebeka Kovačič Lukman holds a PhD in chemical and environmental engineering from the University of Maribor and is internationally recognised as a leading sustainability researcher, with work on circular economy and sustainability. She has more than 20 years of experience in the research field has coordinated over 25 international and national projects, and serves as guest editor or editorial board member in several leading journals. As an invited conference speaker and lecturer at universities abroad, former industry manager, EC core group member on circular economy financing, and experienced mentor and curriculum developer (micro-trainings, competence frameworks, micro-credentials), she brings expertise that is directly aligned with the aims and content of the courses(https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeka-kovacic-lukman-0352a010/)
