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СКАЧАТЬ Ponnamperuma, MBBS (Colombo), Dip. Psychology (Colombo), MMEd (Dundee), PhD (Dundee), is Professor and Head of Department of Medical Education, in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has served as an invited speaker and resource person in many international symposia and conferences. Author of several journal articles and books, he sits on the editorial boards of four international medical education journals. He is a postgraduate tutor, examiner, and resource material developer for national and international medical education courses. He has served as an advisor, visiting professor, consultant, and fellow in several academic institutes and educational projects and is a founder co‐chair of the Asia Pacific Medical Education Network (APME‐Net). His research interests are in assessment (including selection for training), and curriculum development and evaluation.

      Amir Qayyum is currently Professor at Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. He obtained his master's degree and PhD from the University of Paris‐Sud, France in 1996 and 2000, respectively, and completed his research work at INRIA, Rocquencourt, France. He did his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, in 1991. He is the founding director of the Center of Research in Networks and Telecom (CoReNeT) and has led several funded research projects. He has numerous publications in international conferences and journals. His research interests include wireless networks, software‐defined networking, vehicular and mobile ad hoc networks, and sensor networks for healthcare. He is also a founding member of Pakistan France Alumni Network (PFAN). In recognition of his services for research and cultural collaborations with France, he was awarded the medal of “Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques” by the Government of France.

      Zoe Robinson is a Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education, Co‐Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, and Director of Education for Sustainability at Keele University, UK, with responsibility for embedding sustainability across the curriculum and student experience. She is a researcher, educator, and practitioner in the field of sustainability science with a background in sustainability, climate change, and energy transition education, and community engagement. In recognition of her work in education for sustainability, she was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2012, is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), and was shortlisted in the “Most Innovative Teacher of the Year” category of the Times Higher Education Award in 2019. She has worked in an advisory capacity around education for sustainability for the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges and National Union of Students and was in the Advisory Group of the new QAA and Advance HE (2021) Education for Sustainable Development Guidance.

Silvia Román Suero (Badajoz, 1980) is full time Professor at the Applied Physics Department of the University of Extremadura (UEX, Spain) and is involved in teaching subjects such as physics, thermodynamics, thermal engineering, thermosolar plants, energy from biomass, and energy storage. Her research is mainly focused on the use of biomass waste as fuel or as activated carbon precursor, by means of different thermal processes, as well as the application of carbon porous materials in adsorption processes both in liquid and gas phases. With her teaching duties, Silvia tries to provide additional skills to her students, and she is always open to educational innovation to enhance abilities such as teamwork, challenge‐based learning, and resilience. Regarding a more social aspect, she tries to incorporate methodologies in which she covers environmental issues, gender approaches, empathy and respect towards others, and strength of self‐esteem. She is currently the coordinator of the UAE (Unidad de Atención al Estudiante, in English, Student Office) of the Industrial Engineering School of the UEX.

      John Scahill is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Building and Civil Engineering in the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland. He is a chartered mechanical and electrical building services engineer who specializes in low energy and low impact building technologies. He teaches in undergraduate and postgraduate programs on sustainable construction, climate resilience, and education for sustainable development (ESD). His research interests are focused on sustainability in higher education (SHE) and the use of the Change Laboratory as a methodology to implement change in higher education settings. He has a particular interest in the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in the enhancement of SHE and the promotion of ESD in higher education. He is currently managing a multi‐institute collaborative development project focused on sustainability in the built environment and is also leading a multidisciplinary project focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

      Leena Seneheweera holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and an MSc in Archaeology from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. She completed her PhD at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts, and Academic Coordinator of the Special Needs Resource Unit of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She is also an active member of the ERASMUS+ Capacity Building in the Higher Education Project – Developing Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities in Sri Lankan Universities (IncEdu). She is a singer of Sri Lankan semi‐classical music, and a music therapist who plays Sri Lankan and Chinese musical instruments. Her research and teaching cover, inter alia, musicology, music therapy, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Chinese music, disability studies, Buddhist art, Sri Lankan folk music and drama, intangible cultural heritage, epigraphical poetry, and expressive arts.

      G. R. Sinha is Adjunct Professor at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) and is currently deputed as Professor at Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), Mandalay. He was Visiting Professor (Honorary) in the Sri Lanka Technological Campus Colombo during 2019–2020 and at the University of Sannio, Italy, during September 2020–March 2021. He has published 277 research papers, book chapters, and books at international level and is Associate Editor of five SCI/Scopus indexed journals. He has 23 years' teaching and research experience and has been delivering Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) lectures as ACM Distinguished Speaker in the field of digital signal processing since 2017. He has delivered more than 50 keynote/invited talks and chaired many technical sessions in international conferences. He has also been an Expert Member of the Professor Promotion Committee of the German‐Jordanian University in Jordan. His research interestsincludes cognitive science, computer vision, outcome‐based education, and information and communications technology tools for developing employability skills.

Roberta Štěpánková is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, SUA in Nitra, Slovakia. In addition to activities related to pedagogical activities for landscape engineering and architecture study programs, her main activities include research and collaboration on several projects focused on architectural and urban development and the renewal of settlement (mainly rural spaces) and public spaces. The main topic of her research is oriented to the historical heritage of SUA in Nitra, and architecturally valuable objects. She is the author and co‐author of a scientific monograph, university textbooks, and scientific and professional works, with more than 60 citations in the WOS and SCOPUS databases.

      Andrej Tarnik is researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. He finished his PhD in 2015 and is a studentss advisor, helpsing students with setting up proper study plans. His topics are related to hydrology and hydropedology. He is responsible for the practical course of Hydropedology for students of the Landscape Engineering study program. His research is focused on the dynamics of soil moisture changes, spatial and temporal variability of soil water storage, and climate change impact on soil moisture. He is author or co‐author of several scientific papers published in indexed journals (CC, WoS, SCOPUS).

      Luis Velazquez is a senior sustainability researcher with over 30 years' experience as an industrial engineer. He holds a doctoral degree in Engineering Science with a major in Cleaner Production and Pollution Prevention from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Velazquez has led curriculum design in bachelor's, master's, СКАЧАТЬ