Dr. Oluwadare Joshua OYEBODE is a seasoned, multi-faceted, visionary, dynamic and innovative Civil Engineer who combines teaching, research, and community development with Professional practice. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Akure. He also obtained his M.Sc. degree and PhD in Civil Engineering (Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Option) from the University of Ibadan. He gained industrial experience in the water section of the works and maintenance department at the University of Ibadan. He practised briefly in Consulting Civil and Structural Engineering by designing and supervising several structural engineering works before joining academia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). His research interests are in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Energy Technology Management, hydraulics and Hydrological Studies, Construction Management, Solid Waste Management, Pollution abatement of surface water, and Simulation and Optimization of Wastewater Treatment facilities. He has published over 195 articles in conference proceedings, and reputable local and international journals with 61 indexed in Scopus and 1120 citations on Google Scholar. He has displayed extensive ingenuity in his professional practice with an unusual personality of multiple and variegated credentials. He has served on several committees in ABUAD and he is an Evaluator and the Desk officer for Outcome Based Education (OBE) for ABUAD. His achievements and antecedents in all facets of the profession are testaments to his visionary and undiluted commitment to societal development. He registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in 2012 and has his practicing license up to date. He is a member of the following learned and professional associations such as American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE); Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE (EWRI), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM Chartered); International Association for Engineers (IAENG); Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE); Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE), Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE), Strategic Institute for Natural Resources and Human Development (FRHD), SafERR Ambassador of World Safety Organization (WSO), Fellow of Institute of Policy Management Development (IPMD), Institute of Professional Managers and Administrators of Nigeria (FIPMA) and many others with an array of recognition awards in his kitty. He distinguished himself by winning many awards and serving on several committees in ABUAD, NSE and as a resource person for COREN accreditation of some Nigerian universities. He has a high sense of industry, integrity, character and ability to handle challenges and multi-task which derives from his excellent planning, strategic management and organizational endowment. He is happily married with children. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192590199 https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3sQNbC4AAAAJ

Nashrul Fazli Bin Mohd Nasir is currently an Associate Professor and the Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. He has more than 20 years of experience in Biomedical Engineering. He was one of the founders of the Biomedical Electronic Engineering Programme in Universiti Malaysia Perlis and was her first Programme Chairman. Due to his vast experience in Biomedical Engineering, he is appointed as committee member in various Malaysian Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials academic societies such as Electrical Engineering Technical Division of Healthcare and Biomedical Working Group (the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia), Malaysian Chapter of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB), Malaysian Society of Medical and Biological Engineers (MSMBE), Malaysian Biomaterials Society, Medical Device Authority (MDA)’s Medical Device Technical Competency Working Committee and also a Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

Dr. M. Venkata Ratnam is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Petrochemical Engineering at the College of Engineering & Architecture, University of NIZWA. He has over 20 years of extensive experience in teaching, research and guiding undergraduate and postgraduate students. His key research areas focus on sustainable solutions, including lithium-ion battery recycling, sustainable wastewater treatment, nanomaterials, and deep eutectic solvents. His research output includes over 50 publications with 600+ citations and an h-index of 12. He has also secured research funding and grants for projects on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries and nanomaterials for wastewater treatment. Dr. Ratnam holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Andhra University, India. He has held several key administrative and academic roles, including Head of Department, Board of Studies Chairman, and Deputy Controller of Examinations. He is proficient in Aspen Plus, MATLAB, and Process Simulations and is a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab is a Senior Lecturer and former Head of Multimedia Engineering Lab at the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). He is currently a Priciple Research Fellow at Advanced Telecommunication Research Center, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and a former Visiting Research Fellow at Center of Excellence on Geopolymer and Green Technology (Cluster Green ICT), UNIMaP. He received a Bachelor of Information Technology with Honours from Universiti Utara Malaysia and Master of Science (Intelligent System) from the same university in 2002 and 2004 respectively. To-date, He has authored and co-authored 2 books in database and WAP application and authored and co-authored more than 200 articles and over 900 citations (referred/quoted) made by researchers from many parts of the world including Russia (with over 140 papers that are indexed in Scopus, and some of which with impact factors) that appeared in Journals and Conference Proceedings as well as other form of publications such as media and periodicals. Being a prolific writer, he has been invited to sit as an editor-in-chief for International Journal of Advances in Computing and Intelligent System and International Journal of Computer System and Software Engineering and serves as as editorial board members in various well known International Journals. In addition, he also served as a guest editor in few special issues in journals. For the same reason, various International Journals had given the trusts and responsibilities to review their received articles before publications. E.g. IEEE Access, IEEE Transaction of Knowledge Discovery in Data, IEEE Software, IEEE Computer, IEEE Intelligent System, Knowledge-based System, Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence and etc. In addition, his papers and research products had been widely accepted as well as being invited as Keynote Speaker or invited speaker in international conferences such as ICRITO 2015, ICACEC2016, IRIS2017, FTNCT2018, ICCMIT2019 and ICRITO2020, CONFLUENCE2021. From the refereed presentations, he obtained various awards or medals in most innovation exhibition. For his continuous contributions and recognitions in research as well as career, he had been awarded with several awards both at national and international levels, namely: Young Writer Award 2008 and 2010, Anugerah Persatuan Sains dan Teknologi (PESAMA) His research interests are in data mining, artificial intelligence and computer vision, mobile and wireless computing, web-based applications. He is currently a senior member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IAEng, and IACSIT.

Dr. Mazlee Mohd Noor is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia. He is also an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for Frontier Materials Research, UniMAP. He received his PhD in Materials Engineering from Universiti Malaysia Perlis in 2010. He has published over 100 papers related to heat treatment, microstructural analysis, testing, characterization and failure analysis of non- ferrous alloys, ferrous alloys, metal and ceramic matrix composites. Dr. Mazlee has given invited talks at several conferences and carried out a good deal of engineering testing and consultancy services to various public authorities and private industries in Malaysia. He has over 20 years of experience researching and developing metal matrix composite and ceramic matrix composite materials. His current research activity focusing on support catalyst of porous ceramic composites for carbon dioxide adsorption.

Dr. Konstantinos Andriotis works at the Hellenic Open University (Greece) and he is an adjunct professor at Taylor’s University (Malaysia). The last twelve years he worked as a Professor in Tourism at Middlesex University London and in the past, he was Associate Professor and Head of the Hotel and Tourism Management Department at the Cyprus University of Technology. He holds an MSc in International Hospitality Management (University of Strathclyde, 1995), a PhD in Tourism Development and Planning (Bournemouth University, 2000) and a Post Doc in Tourism Marketing (Hellenic Open University, 2006). He edits the ‘International Journal of Tourism Policy’, the ‘Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism’ and the CABI Regional Tourism Series. He is member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 journals. He is author/co-editor of twelve books and over 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. His work has appeared in a variety of leading academic journals, such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Hospitality Management as well as International Journal of Tourism Research. He has an h-index of 38 and more than 6600 citations. He was listed in the Stanford University list of top 2 per cent of scientists in the World. He has acted as Chairman and member of the Organising and Scientific Committees of various international conferences and he has given keynote speeches in several conferences. His research interests include tourism development and planning, alternative forms of tourism, tourism experience and degrowth.

Dr. Oluwadare Joshua OYEBODE is a seasoned, multi-faceted, visionary, dynamic and innovative Civil Engineer who combines teaching, research, and community development with Professional practice. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Akure. He also obtained his M.Sc. degree and PhD in Civil Engineering (Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Option) from the University of Ibadan. He gained industrial experience in the water section of the works and maintenance department at the University of Ibadan. He practised briefly in Consulting Civil and Structural Engineering by designing and supervising several structural engineering works before joining academia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). His research interests are in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Energy Technology Management, hydraulics and Hydrological Studies, Construction Management, Solid Waste Management, Pollution abatement of surface water, and Simulation and Optimization of Wastewater Treatment facilities. He has published over 195 articles in conference proceedings, and reputable local and international journals with 61 indexed in Scopus and 1120 citations on Google Scholar. He has displayed extensive ingenuity in his professional practice with an unusual personality of multiple and variegated credentials. He has served on several committees in ABUAD and he is an Evaluator and the Desk officer for Outcome Based Education (OBE) for ABUAD. His achievements and antecedents in all facets of the profession are testaments to his visionary and undiluted commitment to societal development. He registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in 2012 and has his practicing license up to date. He is a member of the following learned and professional associations such as American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE); Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE (EWRI), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM Chartered); International Association for Engineers (IAENG); Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE); Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE), Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE), Strategic Institute for Natural Resources and Human Development (FRHD), SafERR Ambassador of World Safety Organization (WSO), Fellow of Institute of Policy Management Development (IPMD), Institute of Professional Managers and Administrators of Nigeria (FIPMA) and many others with an array of recognition awards in his kitty. He distinguished himself by winning many awards and serving on several committees in ABUAD, NSE and as a resource person for COREN accreditation of some Nigerian universities. He has a high sense of industry, integrity, character and ability to handle challenges and multi-task which derives from his excellent planning, strategic management and organizational endowment. He is happily married with children. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192590199 https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3sQNbC4AAAAJ

Nashrul Fazli Bin Mohd Nasir is currently an Associate Professor and the Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. He has more than 20 years of experience in Biomedical Engineering. He was one of the founders of the Biomedical Electronic Engineering Programme in Universiti Malaysia Perlis and was her first Programme Chairman. Due to his vast experience in Biomedical Engineering, he is appointed as committee member in various Malaysian Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials academic societies such as Electrical Engineering Technical Division of Healthcare and Biomedical Working Group (the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia), Malaysian Chapter of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB), Malaysian Society of Medical and Biological Engineers (MSMBE), Malaysian Biomaterials Society, Medical Device Authority (MDA)’s Medical Device Technical Competency Working Committee and also a Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

Dr. M. Venkata Ratnam is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Petrochemical Engineering at the College of Engineering & Architecture, University of NIZWA. He has over 20 years of extensive experience in teaching, research and guiding undergraduate and postgraduate students. His key research areas focus on sustainable solutions, including lithium-ion battery recycling, sustainable wastewater treatment, nanomaterials, and deep eutectic solvents. His research output includes over 50 publications with 600+ citations and an h-index of 12. He has also secured research funding and grants for projects on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries and nanomaterials for wastewater treatment. Dr. Ratnam holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Andhra University, India. He has held several key administrative and academic roles, including Head of Department, Board of Studies Chairman, and Deputy Controller of Examinations. He is proficient in Aspen Plus, MATLAB, and Process Simulations and is a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab is a Senior Lecturer and former Head of Multimedia Engineering Lab at the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). He is currently a Priciple Research Fellow at Advanced Telecommunication Research Center, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and a former Visiting Research Fellow at Center of Excellence on Geopolymer and Green Technology (Cluster Green ICT), UNIMaP. He received a Bachelor of Information Technology with Honours from Universiti Utara Malaysia and Master of Science (Intelligent System) from the same university in 2002 and 2004 respectively. To-date, He has authored and co-authored 2 books in database and WAP application and authored and co-authored more than 200 articles and over 900 citations (referred/quoted) made by researchers from many parts of the world including Russia (with over 140 papers that are indexed in Scopus, and some of which with impact factors) that appeared in Journals and Conference Proceedings as well as other form of publications such as media and periodicals. Being a prolific writer, he has been invited to sit as an editor-in-chief for International Journal of Advances in Computing and Intelligent System and International Journal of Computer System and Software Engineering and serves as as editorial board members in various well known International Journals. In addition, he also served as a guest editor in few special issues in journals. For the same reason, various International Journals had given the trusts and responsibilities to review their received articles before publications. E.g. IEEE Access, IEEE Transaction of Knowledge Discovery in Data, IEEE Software, IEEE Computer, IEEE Intelligent System, Knowledge-based System, Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence and etc. In addition, his papers and research products had been widely accepted as well as being invited as Keynote Speaker or invited speaker in international conferences such as ICRITO 2015, ICACEC2016, IRIS2017, FTNCT2018, ICCMIT2019 and ICRITO2020, CONFLUENCE2021. From the refereed presentations, he obtained various awards or medals in most innovation exhibition. For his continuous contributions and recognitions in research as well as career, he had been awarded with several awards both at national and international levels, namely: Young Writer Award 2008 and 2010, Anugerah Persatuan Sains dan Teknologi (PESAMA) His research interests are in data mining, artificial intelligence and computer vision, mobile and wireless computing, web-based applications. He is currently a senior member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IAEng, and IACSIT.

Dr. Mazlee Mohd Noor is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia. He is also an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for Frontier Materials Research, UniMAP. He received his PhD in Materials Engineering from Universiti Malaysia Perlis in 2010. He has published over 100 papers related to heat treatment, microstructural analysis, testing, characterization and failure analysis of non- ferrous alloys, ferrous alloys, metal and ceramic matrix composites. Dr. Mazlee has given invited talks at several conferences and carried out a good deal of engineering testing and consultancy services to various public authorities and private industries in Malaysia. He has over 20 years of experience researching and developing metal matrix composite and ceramic matrix composite materials. His current research activity focusing on support catalyst of porous ceramic composites for carbon dioxide adsorption.

Dr. Konstantinos Andriotis works at the Hellenic Open University (Greece) and he is an adjunct professor at Taylor’s University (Malaysia). The last twelve years he worked as a Professor in Tourism at Middlesex University London and in the past, he was Associate Professor and Head of the Hotel and Tourism Management Department at the Cyprus University of Technology. He holds an MSc in International Hospitality Management (University of Strathclyde, 1995), a PhD in Tourism Development and Planning (Bournemouth University, 2000) and a Post Doc in Tourism Marketing (Hellenic Open University, 2006). He edits the ‘International Journal of Tourism Policy’, the ‘Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism’ and the CABI Regional Tourism Series. He is member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 journals. He is author/co-editor of twelve books and over 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. His work has appeared in a variety of leading academic journals, such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Hospitality Management as well as International Journal of Tourism Research. He has an h-index of 38 and more than 6600 citations. He was listed in the Stanford University list of top 2 per cent of scientists in the World. He has acted as Chairman and member of the Organising and Scientific Committees of various international conferences and he has given keynote speeches in several conferences. His research interests include tourism development and planning, alternative forms of tourism, tourism experience and degrowth.