Prof. Liesel Ebersöhn, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Prof. Liesel Ebersöhn

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Prof Ebersöhn is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Resilience and a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education. An NRF-rated researcher, Prof Ebersöhn is a leading scholar in resilience and interventions in high-risk school settings. Her research focuses on pathways to resilience in the context of an emerging economy. She combines methodologies to investigate human-ecological and cultural responses to adversity. She coined the term 'flocking' to describe indigenous psychology pathways to resilience. Prof Ebersöhn serves as Secretary-General of WERA and Chair of the International Research Committee of AERA. She presented at the Global Development Network Conference and the American Psychological Association. She was a visiting professor at Yale University and Edith Cowan University. Her research has influenced teacher training curricula in South Africa. She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books.

ANDREA M. BERLIN, Boston University, USA

ANDREA M. BERLIN

Boston University, USA

Andrea M. Berlin is an archaeologist and the James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. She also holds a faculty position in the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University.[2] Before that she held positions at academic institutions, among which were (from 2004 to 2010) the Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. She received her PhD in 1988 from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Simona Pajaujiene, Lithuanian Sports University, Lithuania

Dr. Simona Pajaujiene

Lithuanian Sports University, Lithuania

Dr. Simona Pajaujiene, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Department of Coaching Science, Lithuanian Sport University. Her expertise spans over 30 years in the fitness sector, where she focuses on health-enhancing physical activity, personal training, and promoting a healthy lifestyle. She has been a Visiting International Professor at institutions in Latvia and Poland. Dr. Pajaujiene is a certified Advanced Health and Exercise Specialist, Personal Trainer, and Group Fitness Instructor. She is an active promoter of sport science through various media platforms and international events. Additionally, she serves as the Programme Director of EuropeActive’s accredited vocational training school and is a member of the Technical Expert Group at EuropeActive, Brussels. Dr. Pajaujiene has extensive experience participating in European Projects and contributes to the development of fitness industry standards at the European level.

Dr. Timur Kanapyanov, L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan

Dr. Timur Kanapyanov

L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan

Dr. Timur Kanapyanov serves as the Deputy General Director for International Cooperation at the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR) in Kazakhstan. Previously, he held a position as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of History of the State of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. With a Master's degree in Comparative Politics from the University of Bucharest, Romania, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan, his expertise spans various fields including quality assurance in higher education, parliamentary development, post-communist legislative studies, and democratization. Dr. Kanapyanov has authored over 20 publications in international and Kazakh academic journals, focusing on education and quality assurance. He holds exclusive copyrights to IAAR accreditation standards and serves as a reviewer for the journal "Qogam jane Dauir." Additionally, he is actively involved in various international projects and organizations such as the Russian Expert Guild for Professional Education, ENQA, and WFME. Dr. Kanapyanov's leadership has been instrumental in IAAR's participation in international networks and registries, including ENQA, WFME, EQAR, APQR, IREG, and YOKAK.

Mag.a Diane Freiberger, MBA, Director of FIBAA, Germany

Mag.a Diane Freiberger, MBA

Director of FIBAA, Germany

Mag.a Diane Freiberger has been working in the higher education sector for almost 20 years and has spent 10 years working on quality assurance. As Vice Rector at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, she was particularly responsible for the area of quality in studies and teaching and was also Head of Programme and Quality Management at the Business School.

Prof. Dr. Çingiz Abdullayev,

Prof. Dr. Çingiz Abdullayev

Professor Abdullayev has been the President of the German-Azerbaijani Friendship Society since 1994.

Since 2011, Professor Chingiz Abdullayev, who has been working as an advisor at AZERSU, an official institution, is also an international peace ambassador of Azerbaijan and an Honorary member of the Azerbaijan Journalists and Writers' Unions.

DATO' PROF. IR. DR. Mohammed Rafiq Bin Dato' Abdul Kadir, University Malaya, Malaysia

DATO' PROF. IR. DR. Mohammed Rafiq Bin Dato' Abdul Kadir

University Malaya, Malaysia

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Malaya, Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Germán F. de la Fuente, Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Prof. Dr. Germán F. de la Fuente

Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Dr. Germán F. de la Fuente, Ph.D., is a Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), affiliated with the Institute for Nanoscience and Materials of Aragón (INMA) at the University of Zaragoza. With expertise in surface coating and modification, he has pioneered methods for ceramics, glasses, metals, and carbon nanostructures. Dr. de la Fuente established the Laser Applications Laboratory at INMA over 30 years ago, pioneering Laser-induced Zone Melting techniques for solidification control in superconductors and eutectic ceramics. He further developed Laser Ablation facilities for large-area surface coatings on various materials and innovative carbon nanostructure preparation methods. His work has garnered industry interest, leading to numerous collaborative projects at local, national, and European levels. Dr. de la Fuente holds 11 patents, co-authored over 180 scientific papers, and coordinated multiple public and industrially funded projects leveraging laser technology.

Prof. Dr. Manolis Ger. Varvounis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Prof. Dr. Manolis Ger. Varvounis

Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Manolis Ger. Varvounis (Samos, 1966) is Professor of Folklore at the Department of History and Ethnology of the Democritus University of Thrace, Head of the Department (2016-2020) and Dean of the School of Classics and Humanities (2021-2024). He is also Director of the “Laboratory of Folklore and Social Anthropology” of the University of Thrace (2015 seq.),and of the “Center of Church and Cultural Studies” in Samos (2017 seq.), Member of the Board of “Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace” (2021-2022) and Secretary General of “Greek Folklore Society”. He was awarded by the Academy of Athens (2010), the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2020), the Democritus University of Athens (2020) and the Municipality of Eastern Samos (2022) and he is Honorary Citizen of the Municipalities of Chios, Oinouses and Western Samos. He holds four honorary doctorates (USA,Romania, Greece) and is a full, corresponding or honorary member of eight Academies abroad (USA, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Germany), as well as Honorary Member of the Department of Greek Classics and University of Bucharest. His books and studies have been translated and published in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Serbian, Turkish, Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Arabic, Romanian and Bulgarian. At the invitation of foreign universities and scientific societies he has given lectures and lectures outside Greece and Cyprus, in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Egypt, Russia, Serbia, Latvia, Finland, Turkey, Georgia, Spain, Poland, Romania, Australia, USA and in Bulgaria.