Candráková is a referent actively working with projects and courses at the Project Grants and Lifelong Learning Center at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering at Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. She is currently working within the EU‐supported project “Support of information activities focused on flood risk mitigation and on objective information about negative impact of the climate change.” She is also responsible for administering accredited courses and for co‐organizing scientific conferences and similar events.
Madawa Chandratilake, MBBS (Colombo), MMEd (Dundee), PhD (Dundee), is the Chair and Professor of Medical Education, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and an external tutor for the Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK. He has extended his consultancy services in medical education to many countries, including the UK, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Oman. His interests in medical education embrace professionalism, assessment curriculum development, and quality assurance. He has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and a resource person for many workshops. He has edited a book, authored many book chapters in medical education, published research papers extensively in well‐reputed academic journals, and presented these papers at national and international conferences. He has expanded his research interests to clinical reasoning and the use of augmented reality and virtual reality technologies in supplementing health professions education.
Erandika K. de Silva uses an interdisciplinary approach to voice her concerns for social justice. She is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Jaffna. Her first degree is a BA (Hons) in English from the University of Peradeniya. She was an APMA scholar funded by the European Commission's European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and holds an MA in Human Rights and Democratization from Mahidol University, Thailand. She is currently pursuing her graduate studies in English.
Estela Díaz is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Business Management at Pontifical University Comillas‐Madrid, and is an activist for human and animal rights, non‐governmental organization (NGO) advisor, and humane educator. She holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), a master's in Sustainability and CSR (UNED and UJI), a master's in Research in Economics and Business Administration (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), and a degree in Law (University of Granada). Her principal area of research focuses on ethical and transformative consumption, human–animal relations, gender, sustainable transitions, theories of power, and education. She also supervises doctoral students, has presented papers in conferences and seminars, and has published in high‐impact journals such as Human Ecology Review, Psychology & Marketing, Macromarketing, Sustainability, Anthrozoös, and Society & Animals.
Samanmala Dorabawila is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and was the Head of the Department of Law at the same University. She was a Visiting Scholar at the American University Washington, DC, and completed the Graduate Certificate on Gender Analysis in Economics. She received her MA. and PhD in Economics from Clark University in the US, and her M Sc in Applied Statistics from the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya. Her research interest lies in labor, gender, health, and development economics. Currently, she functions as a member of American‐ and European‐funded projects and was the coordinator of a project funded by the World Bank.
Varunadatta Edirisinghe holds a bachelor's degree in Western Classical Culture from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a master's in Latin, and a PhD in Greek and Latin from Indiana University in the US. She is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and, among other courses, teaches ancient Greek and Latin, Greek and Latin literature, and literary criticism. Her research interests include Greek and Latin poetry, drama, philosophy, comparisons of Greek, Latin, and Theravada Buddhist literature, and art and disability.
Iman El‐Kaffass is an academic and international consultant with proven expertise consulting with international development and donor organizations as well as with government agencies, public and private enterprises, and local non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world. Her consultancy work, teaching, and publications focus on education transformation, youth, and women entrepreneurial development, and organizational assessment and development. She has worked and consulted in sub‐Saharan Africa, the Near East and North Africa, Central and Southwest Asia, and the Americas. She is a holder of a PhD in Higher Education Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
Javier Esquer has a BSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Sonora (UNISON), and holds a Doctor of Science degree in Cleaner Production from the University of Massachusetts Lowell as well as a Sustainable Development Certificate from UNISON. He is currently working as a full‐time Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and in the Sustainability Graduate Program at UNISON. Dr. Esquer has been an enthusiastic promoter of sustainable development in his community and has participated in several initiatives on environmental awareness. Additionally, he has authored and co‐authored articles in scientific/academic publications with international recognition and has been a speaker and lecturer at international events. His areas of interest include, among others, sustainable development, pollution prevention, occupational health and safety, cleaner production, sustainability management systems, energy efficiency, and education for sustainable development.
Chih‐Peng Fan received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees, all in electrical engineering, from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1991, 1993, and 1998, respectively. In 2003, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, becoming an Associate Professor in 2007and a full Professor in 2013. He has more than 110 publications, including technical journals, technical reports, book chapters, and conference papers. His teaching and research interests include deep‐learning for digital image processing and pattern recognition, digital video coding and processing, digital baseband transceiver design, very large‐scale integration (VLSI) design for digital signal processing (DSP), and fast prototype of DSP systems with FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)‐based and embedded SOC platforms. He is member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Image and Graphics (since 2020) and the Journal of Real‐Time Image Processing (since July 2021), and has been Supervisor of the Taiwan Consumer Electronics Society since 2020.
H. Gaber is a full Professor in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science at Ontario Tech University, and director of the Smart Energy Systems Lab (SESL). He is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Award for 2016 and is recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in the area of energy. He leads national and international research in the areas of smart energy grids, resilient hybrid energy systems, and plasma‐based waste to energy. Dr. Gabbar obtained his BSc with first class honors from Alexandria University (Egypt, 1988) and gained his PhD from Okayama University (Japan, 2001). He joined the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan, 2001–2004), as a research associate and Okayama University (Japan, 2004–2008) as an Associate Professor, in the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences. He has more than 230 publications, including patents, books and chapters, journal articles, and conference papers.
Kelum A. A. Gamage received his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and his PhD from the University of Lancaster, UK. He is an Associate Professor in the James Watt School of Engineering, a Co‐Director of the Centre for Educational Development and Innovation and a winner of the Teaching Excellence Individual Award (2020/21) at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is also the founder and co‐lead of the University Sustainability in Learning and Teaching Community of Practice and a member of the University Sustainability Working Group (SWG). He holds the position of Visiting Professor at Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC).
He has authored over 150 peer‐reviewed technical articles and
