Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. He is an Expert in Flat Panel Technology in Russia, recognized by the World Technology Evaluation Centre, 1994, and SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 6 books, 31 reviews and book chapters, about 322 journal papers, more than 677 Conference presentations, and 121 patents and patent applications including 38 US patents in the field of liquid crystals since 1974. He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017. He got A Slottow Owaki Prize of SID in 2018

Ana Brotons-Canto has completed her PhD from the department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Chemistry at the University of Navarra (Spain). She is R&D manager at Nucaps Nanotechnology S.L.(Spain). The main focus of her research is to improve the oral bioavailability and/or stability of different compounds through encapsulation technologies. Se has participated in numerous conferences, fairs, and events. In addition se has take part of research projects at european and national level. In addition, as R&D manager at Nucaps, she has work in developments for third parties and in collaboration with the international companies. She collaborates with different journals as reviewer.

Dr. Smain FEMMAM is Director of research (HDR) at the University of Haute-Alsace France and responsible of the Research team on Signals & Safety Systems of Polytechnic Engineers School Sceaux France. He received the MS and Ph.D. degrees in Signal Processing and Computers from Versailles University, France in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Since 2013 he is promoted to a rank of senior director of research (HDR). After that, he joined the CMU Carnegie Mellon University & West Virginia University as Postdoc Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Professor. His main research area is signal processing, safety systems, communication and embedded systems. He has a strong interest in perception and characterization of signals, optimal filtering, spectral analysis, wavelets and perception haptics. Dr. Femmam is a senior member of IEEE, SEE and GDR ISIS. Member of IEEE C.A. committee France section. Board of Director of the Institute for Engineering and Technology Innovations in the World. He has guided numerous thesis projects, including some doctoral theses. He is active reviewer for several scientific academic journals and committee member of international conferences. He is the (Academic, Chief) Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Editorial Board, Guest Editor & Advisory Board members of more than 20 International Journals. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers, four Chapters, one edited Book, seven Books published by Wiley & Elsevier

Professor Hu is got PhD from the University of Manchester, is a world-renowned expert in smart materials for textiles, wearables and biomedical applications, a top 2% world's most highly cited scientists by Stanford University with actual ranking of top 0.097%, 278among285331 material scientists with an overall rank of 24313 among around 10m scientists worldwide. She joined in City University of Hong Kong in 2020 and she is the Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering. She is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and Fellow of Textile Institute, UK and Fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Textiles and Apparel respectively. Professor Hu received about 60 awards for her science and technology research achievements.Exclusively, she is also a recipient of the China National Talent Award (1000-person scheme), Distinguished Achievement Award by the US-based Fiber Society, First-Class Sang Ma Textile Science and Technology Award by The Hong Kong Sang Ma Trust Fund. Apart from her outstanding performance in academic research, what distinguishes her distinctively from many professors is that Professor Hu has compelling impacts on industries. Specifically, Professor Hu is a pioneer and distinguished academic leader with world-wide impact in shape memory materials and artificial spider silks for textiles and clothing, healthcare and biomedical applications. She has Google H-index of 60 with 15149 citations, published 14 books, 34 book chapters, >120 plenary/keynote conference lectures and >350 refereed journal Papers. As corresponding or 1st author, her publications appeared in top journals such as Advanced Materials，Advanced Functional Materials, Biomaterials and AngewandteChemie and are frequently highlighted in cover pages and journal websites. Her laboratory in CityU currently focuses on unearthing scientific principles and providing solutions to key problems in Healthcare of Wearable Materials in three major areas: Traditional Chinese medical therapies and their materials, energy materials and healthcare as well as spider silks and their relatives as biomaterials as well as personal protective integration

Highly Cited Researchers; 2018 (Cross Filed); 2019 (Agriculture) and 2020 (Cross filed) and 2021 (Chemistry and Agricultural; two fields in one year)and 2022 (Chemistry and Agricultural; two fields in one year

Professor Ejembi John Onah started his career at the early age of 22 years with a year mandatory national youth corps service at Biu, Borno State after graduating from University of Jos, Jos Nigeria in 1985 with Bachelor of Science in chemistry with honors and a Master of Science in Applied Organic Chemistry in 1993. He further took Chemistry faculty positions at various institutions including Benue State Universities tenure from 1987-1997. Before going to University for his bachelor, he obtained West African School Certificate (WASC) in division one and came first in his first living certificate exams among his class. In 1996 he was awarded a prestigious German international scholarship; Katholischer Akademischer AusländerdienstKAAD to further his career in chemistry at the ivy league institute; the Max Institute ,Golm, Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Würzburg from 1997-1998. In 1998 he became a scientist at Karl Leibniz (the man that discovered binary system that gave birth to computer), Institute for Polymer Research and doctoral student at University of Technology, TU Dresden where he obtained his first doctorate in chemistry summa cum laude in examination in 2001 in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology being one of the first to be awarded such a degree globally. In his doctoral work, he set a world record for the synthesis of polymer with the lowest dielectric constant ever produced of less than 1. He has another doctorate in biblical studies from the Newburgh Theological Seminary & College of the Bible, Newburgh Indiana where he finished his thesis within a month. In 2001 to 2004, he joined Virginia Tech and Ivy League Cornell University faculties in Chemistry in USA. As from 2005, Ejembi founded Focus Nanotechnology Africa Inc where he is currently the President/CEO. He is also currently the founding Chairman of US-EU-Africa-Asia-Pacific and Caribbean Nanotechnology Initiative(USEACANI) and US-EU-Africa-Asia-Pacific and Caribbean Academy of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (USEACANN) as a professor, pioneering the causes of Nano covering 189 countries. He the chancellor of Ejembi John Onah Nano-Academy being built to offer only PhD in Nano globally. He is also founding Editor-In-Chief of peer review journal; Journal Nanotechnology Progress International (JONPI) with several Nobel Laureates as editors and has published widely in peer reviewed journals, co-edited in other scientific journals among others. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS); a pastor and married with 4 children; one of them, Ijeyikowoicho just won a bronze medal representing USA in the PanAmerica under 20 recently held in Costa Rica and in management studies in the university for her bachelor

Robert Quinn is a highly experienced professional with 25 years of experience in the semiconductor capital equipment and chip equipment manufacturing field. He specializes in various aspects of the industry such as OEM equipment manufacturing, tool reconfiguration, installation, testing, refurbishment, purchase inspection, consultation, sales, bid management, field engineering, decontamination, and tool extraction. Robert has a great passion for writing and curating content about the semiconductor industry and shares his insights on the latest industry news and developments with his 41,000 followers. Through his social media and digital marketing campaigns, he has generated 8 million views year-to-date, which has resulted in increasing brand awareness, driving direct sales lead generation, introducing corporate relationships with key industry leaders, and driving investment revenue. In 2022, Robert founded SIMEU, a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing, educating, and recruiting the next generation of professionals to pursue careers in the semiconductor industry. Through SIMEU, Robert aims to excite and engage young people about the possibilities of a career in this field and provide them with access to education and training opportunities. He is currently working to raise enough money to fund the building of a mobile education unit that will travel to schools and events around the nation. Until that day comes, Robert and his SIMEU volunteers provide local education in the central Texas region, exciting the next generation about the semiconductor industry. Apart from his work in the industry and the nonprofit sector, Robert has an impressive digital presence on various platforms, including Twitter, a podcast, a YouTube channel, blog posts, and newsletters.

Dr Douglas Sparks is the founder of M2N Technologies LLC. M2N Technologies is a consulting firm specializing in the MEMS and Semiconductors technology, product and process commercialization and supply chains. Dr. Sparks has international business experience in these fields in the US, China, Japan and Europe in medical, industrial, aerospace, semiconductors, consumer and automotive applications. He has worked at large MEMS IDMs, start-ups and MEMS foundries. Doug was the CTO of Hanking Electronics which built the first 200mm pure MEMS wafer fab in China. He founded a microsensor vacuum packaging company called NanoGetters, which was acquired by Materion. He was the EVP at Integrated Sensing Systems where he launched multiple microfluidic sensor products, including an FDA approved MEMS drug infusion device and industrial products acquired by Endress + Hauser. Doug worked in automotive sensors and semiconductor fabs with Delphi. Dr. Sparks holds a PhD in materials engineering from Purdue University and has published more than 170 technical papers and has 70 issued patents