{"id":408,"date":"2020-08-25T07:44:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizbergthemes.com\/business-event-pro\/?page_id=408"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:57:31","slug":"speaker-details","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/speaker-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Details"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"408\" class=\"elementor elementor-408\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c19fbe7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c19fbe7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ab7eb1\" data-id=\"6ab7eb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f073e07 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f073e07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LEISYS 2026 | Speakers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66172f91 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66172f91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet experts from around the world - at Lancaster University in Leipzig or online.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89929d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89929d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68bb4fc elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"68bb4fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbda106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"bbda106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Ahmad_Aakash_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2121,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Ahmad_Aakash_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aakash Ahmad\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Aakash Ahmad<\/h3><h5>University of Derby<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Aakash is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. His research covers software engineering and software architecture and his expertise lies in AI-augmented software systems, software modernisation, and the responsible use of AI for decision support. He has led and contributed to funded projects with academic and industry collaborators, developing AI-augmented solutions for education and software engineering workflows. His published research has won multiple awards at international conferences.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=nWtJYoIAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-google\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aakashahmad\/\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-083352f elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"083352f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Alcaraz_Jose_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2055,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Alcaraz_Jose_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Alcaraz\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Jose Alcaraz<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University Leipzig<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Jose is a lecturer in management at Lancaster University Leipzig. He has explored new approaches to data analysis and storytelling through the lens of social semiotics and Multimodality. Relying on this approach he aims to study how speech, written text, images, moving images etc make meaning inter-semiotically. He has published on this topic at The Academy of Management Learning &amp; Education.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"\" ><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d89db4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"d89db4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Arndt_Tracy_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2188,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Arndt_Tracy_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tracy Arndt\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Tracy Arndt<\/h3><h5>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Tracy is responsible for the Linked Data Service of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB, German National Library). She teaches the &quot;Data Formats&quot; module in the Library Computer Sciences program at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Wildau. She is the spokesperson for the DINI AG KIM working group (Competence Center for Interoperable Metadata).<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openbiblio.social\/@nabatz\"  ><i class=\"far fa-comment-dots\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703aeeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"703aeeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Arthur_Christine_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2030,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Arthur_Christine_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Shobana Arthur\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Christine Shobana Arthur<\/h3><h5>Sunway University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Christine is passionate about feedback and assessment in higher education, with a particular interest in the potential of evaluative research. She received her PhD from Lancaster University and  teaches Academic Writing, Communication Skills, and Cross-Cultural Communication at the Sunway University Centre for English Language Studies. Beyond teaching, she supports the Sunway University Centre for Academic Development (CAD) as a CAD Associate, where she facilitates staff development initiatives, contributes to teaching and learning resources, and supports colleagues in enhancing their teaching practices across the university. In addition, she actively fosters collaboration and professional growth among emerging scholars through the Sunway University Early Career Researchers Network.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christinearthur1\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9afbec elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"c9afbec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Easwaramoorthy_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2117,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Easwaramoorthy_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sathishkumar Veerappampalayam Easwaramoorthy\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Sathishkumar Veerappampalayam Easwaramoorthy<\/h3><h5>Sunway University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Sathishkumar is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Sunway University. He previously served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Jeonbuk National University and Hanyang University, Republic of Korea, and as an Assistant Professor at Kongu Engineering College, India. He earned his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Information Technology from Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, and his Master\u2019s degree in Biometrics and Cyber Security from PSG College of Technology. Under the Korean Government Scholarship Program, he completed Korean language training at Inha University and received his Ph.D. in Computer and Communication Engineering from Sunchon National University. He serves as an academic editor for Information Research Communications and BMC Research Notes. He has reviewed more than 2,000 articles across 200 journals. His research interests include data mining, machine learning, big data analytics, quantum computing, and high-performance computing.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunwayuniversity.edu.my\/school-of-computing-and-artificial-intelligence\/staff-profiles\/dr-sathishkumar-veerappampalayam\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sathishkumar-v-e\/\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sathishkumarve\/\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-instagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b3232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"90b3232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Guy_Simon_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2164,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Guy_Simon_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Guy\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Simon Guy<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Simon is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global (Digital, International, Sustainability) at Lancaster Unversity and currently leading the creation of Lancaster\u2019s new campus in Indonesia as well as scaling up the LU Leipizig campus, while also overseeing the evolution of other partner campuses in China, Ghana and Malaysia. He began his career as an engineer before beginning his academic life pursuing studies in the humanities and cultural sociology. Situated within schools of architecture and planning, Simon has focussed upon sustainable urbanism where his interdisciplinary and international research connects architecture with urban planning, the property sector with utilities, academia with industry. He has established links with academics in North America, Asia and Europe and has held research fellowships in Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Graz, Leuven, California and Singapore.\n\nSimon has published around sixty refereed article, over thirty book chapters and six books. He has been responsible as a principal or co-investigator for around \u00a34.5 million of research income (\u00a32.5 million as PI) derived from a variety of sources including RCUK, European and industry funds.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"\" ><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a503ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"a503ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Haynes_William_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2057,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Haynes_William_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Will Haynes\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Will Haynes<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Will is an urban and cultural geographer. His research focusses on the governance of homelessness in public spaces and marginal city environments. This encompasses both 1) how this governance is implemented and developed from the \u2018top-down\u2019, including the use of byelaws, PSPOs, policing and urban development projects, and 2) how this governance is experienced and contested by people living on the margins of the city, looking at geographies of affect and using ethically driven qualitative methodologies. Connected to his focus on city spaces that are characterised by encounters and informal inhabitations, Will also had an emergent project on urban water. Will\u2019s \u2018watery\u2019 research also relates to a critical concern for encampments on urban rivers, toilet access in cities, and the discursive relationship between urban waste, sanitation and development.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/sci-tech\/about-us\/people\/william-haynes\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/will-haynes-365097150\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c0be8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"0c0be8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/He_Xinwu_300x300.jpeg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2032,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/He_Xinwu_300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Xinwu He\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Xinwu He<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University College at BJTU<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Xinwu is a Lecturer (Teaching &amp; Scholarship) in Accounting and Finance with experience in UK and transnational higher education. Her work focuses on delivering high-quality accounting education that integrates conceptual clarity, professional judgement, and sustainability-informed corporate reporting. She is committed to supporting student progression, designing clear and fair assessment, and contributing to academic quality processes within international partnerships. Alongside teaching, she maintains scholarship in sustainability reporting, CSR, and sustainability accounting education to ensure curriculum relevance and continuous professional development.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lums\/people\/xinwu-he\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xinwuhe666\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02f6df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"02f6df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Hebart_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2094,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Hebart_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Hebart\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Martin Hebart<\/h3><h5>Justus Liebig University Giessen \/ Max Planck Institute CBS Leipzig<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Martin is Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at Justus Liebig University Giessen and an independent research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. His research focuses on how humans perceive, organize, and understand the visual world, combining large-scale behavioral experiments, neuroimaging, and machine learning. He is the founder of the THINGS initiative, a major resource for studying object perception and visual representations at scale. His work bridges cognitive neuroscience and NeuroAI, asking how biological and artificial systems represent objects, concepts, and meaning. He has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant and a LOEWE Professorship, supporting his group\u2019s interdisciplinary research at the interface of psychology, neuroscience, and machine learning.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hebartlab.com\/\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/martin-hebart-117b25380\/\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c08d5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"5c08d5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Kandora_Paul-Niklas_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2046,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Kandora_Paul-Niklas_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Paul-Niklas Kandora\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Paul-Niklas Kandora<\/h3><h5>Karlsruhe Institute of Technology<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Paul obtained his B.Sc. degree from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and his M.Sc. degree from Columbia University. He is currently a Ph.D. student whose research focuses on the intersection of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and mathematical optimization.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sop.ior.kit.edu\/english\/21_605.php\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Paulnkk\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-github\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d468883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"d468883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Female_Speaker.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:792,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/Female_Speaker.jpg\" alt=\"Maren M\u00e4rz\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Maren M\u00e4rz<\/h3><h5>Charit\u00e9 Berlin<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Maren is a Research Associate at the Office of Student Affairs at Charit\u00e9\u2013Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, where her group&#039;s work focuses on progress testing, AI in medical education, and the design, implementation, and evaluation of OSCE and multiple-choice assessments. Since 2014, she has led the Progress Test Medicine Working Group and have coordinated several BMBF-funded projects, including INTER-AGENT and iPT, advancing AI-supported assessment and evidence-based examination formats. Previously, she contributed to digital assessment and veterinary eLearning research at Leipzig University. Maren holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine, is a specialist in veterinary informatics and documentation, and has completed advanced training in natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/progress-test-medizin.charite.de\/\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Maren_Maerz\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-researchgate\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab6ae03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"ab6ae03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/melle_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2138,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/melle_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Melle Mendikowski\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Melle Mendikowski<\/h3><h5>University of Hamburg<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Melle received the B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Leipzig University in 2022 and the M.Sc. degree from the same institution in 2024. From 2022 to 2024, he worked at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Since 2024, he has been pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Hamburg, where he is a scholarship holder of the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw). His research focuses on synthetic tabular data generation, with particular interest in generative adversarial networks (GANs) and the preservation of inter-column dependencies in synthetic datasets.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"\" ><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9db0a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"e9db0a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Opris_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2074,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Opris_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Opris\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Andre Opris<\/h3><h5>University of Passau<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Andre is an assistant professor (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit) at the Chair of Algorithms for Intelligent Systems at the University of Passau. His research interests are runtime analyses of evolutionary algorithms, particularly in multiobjective and combinatorial optimization.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"\" ><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41383b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"41383b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Pentzold_Christian_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2028,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Pentzold_Christian_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Pentzold\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Christian Pentzold<\/h3><h5>Leipzig University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Christian is a Professor of Media and Communication in the Department for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and a co-director of the Center for Digital Participation. Before that, he worked in the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen, and the Institute for Media Research at Chemnitz University of Technology. Christian was an EPSRC-funded doctoral visitor to the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and a visitor to the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society, Harvard Law School. From 2012 to 2016, he was an Associate Researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet &amp; Society, Berlin and in 2015 he joined the Department of Culture, Media &amp; Creative Industries at King\u2019s College London as a Visiting Post-Doc Research Fellow. In spring 2018, Christian was a Humboldt Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem which he joined again as Lady Davis Fellow in 2021\/2022.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpentzold.de\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4fe40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"2d4fe40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Qing_J_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2067,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Qing_J_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jixiang Qing\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Jixiang Qing<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Jixiang is a lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Lancaster University. Prior to joining Lancaster in October 2025, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London and earned his PhD in engineering from Ghent University in Belgium. His research focuses on sequential decision-making, machine learning, and their practical applications.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tsingqaq.github.io\/\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f351b22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"f351b22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Hamza_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2180,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Hamza_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hamza Sakout\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Hamza Sakout<\/h3><h5>Freelancer<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Hamza is a Lancaster University Graduate from the Bachelor in Computer Science. He did his thesis on &quot;Large Language Models as Software Development Bots&quot; by integrating LLMs into the Software Development Life Cycle, and won the LEISYS 2025 Student AI award. Hamza is a creative, hard-working and humble polymath who believes in continuous self-development and providing value to the world. He has gathered experience in different fields, and chose to specialize in Artificial Intelligence. Hamza is currently dedicating himself fully to his passion for freelancing, entrepreneurship and the startup scene.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hamza-sakout-4a8b03366\/\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6f0de elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"8c6f0de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Teoh-Yun-Xin_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2031,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Teoh-Yun-Xin_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Teoh Yun Xin\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Teoh Yun Xin<\/h3><h5>Sunway University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Yun Xin is a Lecturer at the School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia. Her research focuses on the application of artificial intelligence, medical image analysis, biomechanics, and digital health technologies to improve musculoskeletal healthcare. She is currently leading projects on AI-based risk profiling of chronic knee pain in Malaysian women and the development of digital solutions for personalized intervention planning. Her work integrates machine learning, medical imaging, biomechanics, and clinical data to advance precision healthcare and healthy ageing. She has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams across academia, healthcare, and industry. Her broader research interests include knee osteoarthritis, plantar pressure analysis, and AI-driven healthcare innovation. Through research, teaching, and community engagement, she aims to translate emerging technologies into practical solutions that improve quality of life and healthcare outcomes.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunwayuniversity.edu.my\/school-of-computing-and-artificial-intelligence\/staff-profiles\/dr-teoh-yun-xin\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yun-xin-teoh-864574152\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0623e9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"0623e9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Wan-Yuqian_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2078,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Wan-Yuqian_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Yuqian Wan\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Yuqian Wan<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University College at BJTU<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Yuqian is a Lecturer in the postgraduate programme of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Lancaster University Weihai Campus, where she also serves as Interim director for Employability and Industry Outreach. She earned her PhD at the University of Bremen, focusing on digitalisation of maritime logistics. During her Master\u2019s studies at Beijing Jiaotong University, she researched benefit-sharing mechanisms in less-than-truckload logistics collaboration. Her academic interests center on maritime logistics digitalisation, integration of industry practices into higher education, and innovative approaches to enhancing student engagement in teaching and learning.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"\" ><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c4089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"85c4089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Wang_Jian_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2033,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Wang_Jian_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jian Wang\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Jian Wang<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University Leipzig<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Jian is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Lancaster University Leipzig. His recent research focuses on science funding, organization of science and innovation, creativity and novelty, and science-technology-linkages.\u202f Another research interest of his is to develop innovative analytical methods for studying science and innovation, drawing from fields of bibliometrics, statistics, and machine learning.\u202fJian earned his Ph.D. degree in Public Policy and a Master of Science degree in Statistics, from Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), and a Master of Economics degree in Applied Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, from Tsinghua University (China).\u202f He currently serves as an advisory editor for\u202fResearch Policy and editorial board member for\u202fResearch Evaluation.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.lancaster-university.uk\/en\/persons\/jian-wang\/\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6162b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"6162b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Warwicker_John_300x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2157,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Warwicker_John_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Alasdair Warwicker\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">John Alasdair Warwicker<\/h3><h5>Lancaster University Leipzig<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>John received his Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of Sheffield, UK. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science within the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University Leipzig, Germany. His research interests include optimisation-based approaches for analysing problems from Machine Learning, including Neural Networks, and analysing the performance of heuristics and hyper-heuristics.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.lancaster-university.uk\/en\/persons\/jian-wang\/\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a0815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_basic_team_single\" data-id=\"96a0815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;team_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\\\/leisys\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/Male_Speaker.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1259,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_basic_team_single.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-team-single-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-image\"><div class=\"naeep-image\"><div class=\"image-wrap hide-shape\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/leisys\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Male_Speaker.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Zinke-Wehlmann\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-mate-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"team-title\">Christian Zinke-Wehlmann<\/h3><h5>Institut f\u00fcr Angewandte Informatik @ Leipzig University<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><\/li><\/ul><p>Christian is a sociologist with a PhD in computer science. As the director of the Competence Center KMI (Artificial Human Intelligent), he conducts research at the intersection of digital technology, education, work, and services. His work aims to understand these interfaces and develop innovative solutions that harness the power of digital technology to enhance education, optimize work processes, and improve services in our increasingly connected world.<\/p><div class=\"naeep-social rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kmi-leipzig.de\"  ><i class=\"fas fa-home\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christianzinke\/\"  ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4042627 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4042627\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0c8a03\" data-id=\"c0c8a03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc5cb66 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-naevents_unique_sessions\" data-id=\"bc5cb66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"naevents_unique_sessions.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"naeep-sessions\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>All Sessions By Lori Walker\u200b<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-4\"><div class=\"naeep-sessions-item naeep-item\"><h3 class=\"sessions-title\">Day 1<\/h3><span class=\"time\">08:00 - 10:00<\/span><h5>Conference Room 1<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-4\"><div class=\"naeep-sessions-item naeep-item\"><h3 class=\"sessions-title\">Day 2<\/h3><span class=\"time\">08:00 - 10:00<\/span><h5>Conference Room 2<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-4\"><div class=\"naeep-sessions-item naeep-item\"><h3 class=\"sessions-title\">Day 3<\/h3><span class=\"time\">08:00 - 10:00<\/span><h5>Conference Room 3<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-4\"><div class=\"naeep-sessions-item naeep-item\"><h3 class=\"sessions-title\">Day 4<\/h3><span class=\"time\">08:00 - 10:00<\/span><h5>Conference Room 4<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-4\"><div class=\"naeep-sessions-item naeep-item\"><h3 class=\"sessions-title\">Day 5<\/h3><span class=\"time\">08:00 - 10:00<\/span><h5>Conference Room 5<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-na-4\"><div class=\"naeep-sessions-item naeep-item\"><h3 class=\"sessions-title\">Day 6<\/h3><span class=\"time\">08:00 - 10:00<\/span><h5>Conference Room 6<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c8fe458 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c8fe458\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ed1c9d5\" data-id=\"2ed1c9d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec2bd7c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ec2bd7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VIDEOS<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a88a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"19a88a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796f937f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"796f937f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Event Session<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99e60e4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"99e60e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" 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