Prof. Dr. Markus Westner
OTH Regensburg, Germany 

Biography: Markus Westner is a professor of Business Informatics at the Faculty of Informatics and Mathematics of OTH Regensburg. His teaching and research focuses lie in the areas of IT strategy, IT governance, and IT sourcing. He is the co-editor of several scientific journals and the author of numerous scientific articles in the field of IT management. He also serves as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and conferences. Before his academic career, he worked as a business consultant in a project manager position at Bain & Company, one of the largest business consulting firms in the world, in the Munich office. In this position, he advised clients from the fields of financial services, telecommunications, and high-tech on strategy, organization, and efficiency improvement.

 

Prof. Hui Yu
University of Glasgow, UK 

Biography: Hui Yu is a Professor with the University of Glasgow. He leads the Visual and Cognitive Computing Group at the university. His research interests lie in visual and cognitive computing as well as machine learning with applications to 4D facial expression modelling and analysis, human-machine interaction, intelligent vehicle, and video analysis. Professor Yu’s research work has led to several awards and successful collaboration with worldwide institutions and industries. He is the Associate Vice President of IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society and a Scientific Advisor for some high-tech companies in the UK. Prof. Yu is the PI on grants from a diverse range of funding sources including the EPSRC, EU FP7, RAEng, Royal Society, Innovate UK and Industry. He has been awarded Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering. He serves as an Associated Editor for IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles and IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica.

 

Prof. Anne Schwerk
IU International University, Germany  

Biography: Anne Schwerk is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at IU International University of Applied Sciences and Deputy Department Head for IT & Engineering. In parallel, she is a Senior Manager for Trustworthy AI at Accenture, advising on AI governance, risk, and compliance (e.g., EU AI Act) and leading cross-functional initiatives on responsible AI. Her work centers on explainable and trustworthy AI, human-centered evaluation, LLMs and NLP, and data quality for high-stakes applications. She serves on the board of the German Data Science Society (GDS) and speaks regularly at international forums on explainable AI and AI in healthcare. Previously, Anne led the TBase rollout at Charité/BIH, headed scientific management at the Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), and held AI leadership roles at CENTOGENE and the German Research Center for AI