Dagmar Archan heads the Center for Teaching Excellence at CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences and has been a full-time lecturer at CAMPUS 02 since 2007. She also conducts workshops for university teachers on topics such as media didactics, assessment, and student engagement. Her particular interest lies in the research and implementation of technology-enhanced teaching and learning environments with a focus on AI and AI competencies.

Mike Bernd is responsible for the Campus and Digital Learning Content team in the AI and Future Skills division at Stifterverband. Working with more than 60 higher education partners, his team develops learning opportunities in the field of data and AI, particularly through the AI Campus, and advises on the integration of content into education, training, and continuing education scenarios.

Previously, he worked at the University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, where, as deputy project manager on the German side, he developed an international learning platform for use in higher education teaching and learning contexts. He is intensively involved in issues relating to the recognition of micro-credentials in formal education contexts and is a passionate advocate of open education

Daniela Craciun is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Policy at the University of Twente, the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS). Before that, she was a lecturer at Bard College Berlin and a tutor and academic advisor in the OLIve Refugee Education Initiatives (Germany). During her Ph.D. at Central European University (Hungary), she was also visiting scholar in Myanmar, Brazil, and USA.

Jacqueline Gasser-Beck heads the Teaching Innovation Lab at the University of St. Gallen, where she and her team design innovative teaching formats to strengthen digital literacy among faculty and students. She also chairs the nationwide “AI in Teaching” Special Interest Group (SIG), bringing together Swiss higher education institutions on questions of AI and academic practice.

With a background in law from the University of Zurich and Harvard Law School, Jacqueline first served as Executive Director at the HSG Law School before joining Swissnex Boston, where she led projects showcasing Swiss excellence in higher education across the US.

Beyond academia, Jacqueline is a mother of two teenagers, an active politician, and an avid sports and pop-culture enthusiast — always on the lookout for creative projects and new adventures.

Gerhard Geissler is a tenured Senior Lecturer (post-doc) at the Institute for Business Education, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). His expertise lies in business management and the didactics of business management, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship education, developing systems competencies for managing organizational complexity, and examination didactics.

With an academic background in political science, global history, and business education, he has actively contributed to several international ERASMUS+ projects aimed at advancing educational development and didactic practices. Beyond academia, Gerhard Geissler enjoys exploring the world in his spare time, with a special passion for traveling through West African countries.

Dr Loretta Goff is the Academic Integrity Education Officer at University College Cork (UCC) where she creates, manages, and delivers training and resources on academic integrity, academic misconduct, ethical use of generative AI, and AI and assessment for both students and staff at UCC.

Loretta also sits on the Steering Committee of Ireland’s National Academic Integrity Network (NAIN), is part of the AI Advisory Group for Ireland's Higher Education Authority (HEA), and is a member of the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI). She led the National Forum Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE 2024) funded project “GenAI LEARN”, which used a students-as-partners approach to co-produce the GenAI Learning Hub open resource to support responsible and effective use of GenAI. Currently, Loretta is also participating in the FLAIR Erasmus+ project.

Senior Learning Consultant and AI Strategy Implementation Lead, CBS

At Copenhagen Business School, Mathias leads the implementation of generative AI in education, shaping policy, competence development, and innovation projects. He has over a decade of experience working with education, learning, and digital transformation, with a strong focus on social learning theory and practice.

Mathias is also the founder of EdTalk, a forum for cross-sector dialogue on the future of education and AI. With a background in journalism and media innovation, he brings a unique perspective on how institutions, organizations, and individuals learn and adapt in practice.

Miruna Mazurencu Marinescu Pele, Ph.D., MBA, holds the position of Full Professor in Statistics and Econometrics at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, within the Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics. In addition to her extensive academic qualifications, she has earned an MBA from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris.

Dr. Mazurencu Pele has been honoured as a Fulbright grantee and has held a post-doctoral fellowship with the Romanian Academy of Sciences. She serves as a local expert for prestigious organizations such as the World Bank, European Investment Bank, FAO, and PHARE, and has directed numerous national and international projects. Her scholarly work, which includes a plethora of articles in both international and national journals, focuses on the multidimensional analysis of economic phenomena, econometric modelling of ICT-based business performance and valuation, as well as quantitative methods in regional science, smart cities, and AI applications in social sciences. She has also graduated a post-doctoral course on Business Sustainability Management from University of Cambridge.

Marina Petrova is a Senior UX and Media Learning Designer at ESMT Berlin’s Learning Innovation Lab. She designs blended, online, and immersive learning experiences, with a focus on leveraging emerging technologies such as XR to enhance management and leadership education.

Her work fuses UX design, instructional design, and media production, supporting innovative programs for executives, MBAs, and lifelong learners.

With a background in sociology and filmmaking, Marina combines creativity and evidence-based approaches to craft impactful educational products and experiences that foster engagement and practical skills.

Lilit Sargsyan holds a PhD in Philology and is an Associate Professor at Yerevan State University. She has over 25 years of experience in language education and teacher training facilitation and has received the YSU Teaching Excellence Award for her contributions to learning and teaching.
Her research interests include Comparative Typology, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Adult Learning, and Human-Centered Learning, with a recent focus on innovative methods and the integration of AI into learning processes.
She regularly contributes to international conferences and is currently engaged in advancing critical thinking skills and assessment in AI-mediated learning in higher education.

She is an Academic Developer, Digital Learning Lead at the Centre for Academic Practice, Trinity College Dublin. Ana has been a lecturer, researcher, academic developer and academic manager for over 30 years. She led several institutional, national and international digital education initiatives in Latin America, working with the Ministries of Education, UNESCO and the Iberoamerican States Organisation (OEI).

In Trinity, Ana leads the Digital Learning and GenAI in the Teaching, Learning and Assessment plan at the Centre for Academic Practice. She teaches as part of the Sp. Certificate for T&L and other professional development initiatives. Her research interest is education and technology.

Thérèse Zhang is the Deputy Director for Higher Education Policy at the European University Association (EUA). In this capacity, she contributes to develop the Association’s work in areas such as learning and teaching in higher education, lifelong learning, global relations with other regions of the world, and European policy making in higher education at large.

Thérèse has been active in higher education policy/management and, more generally, project management in education and culture, for over fifteen years. Her experience covers activities in the field of quality management, institutional development, evaluation methodologies, and pedagogy.

Thérèse holds a PhD in Romance Philology and a Master in European Studies from the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. She completed part of her education at the University of Bologna, Italy, and at Brown University, United States.

Andrea Ghoneim is eDeveloperin for Digital Teaching Services (Program Management and Teaching & Learning Support) at WU Vienna since 2020. Before that, she was researcher in the field of educational technologies at Danube University Krems (Austria) and held several positions in teaching and development at Egyptian universities as well as at University of Vienna. She holds a doctorate from University of Vienna.

Her current research interests are immersive learning and virtual environments and development of skills in university teaching and learning.

Hedda Guggenberger is an educational developer at WU Vienna, specializing in the professional development of teaching and learning for academics, including teacher training. She has many years of experience as a project manager working on international and national projects focusing on dropouts and teaching and learning in higher education.

As a facilitator for the European University Association's Leadership Development Program, she successfully accompanied a working group of HEI representatives. She currently coordinates and participates in the Erasmus+ project FLAIR, which aims to foster learners' readiness for AI.

Karl Ledermüller is head of Evaluation and Quality Enhancement at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. He teaches finance and operations research.

His research focuses on applications in institutional research, focussing on predictive learning and assessment analytics (including machine learning methods) and the integration of innovative methods (such as text mining, educational data mining, psychometric methods and AI applications) in evaluation designs.

Petra Oberhuemer is head of the unit of Digital Teaching Services (Program Management and Teaching & Learning Support) at WU. She is working in a range of national projects with the aim of improving learning and teaching infrastructure for university teachers and learners, e.g. e-assessment or online learning environments. She has been working for several EU-funded projects with a focus on learning technology standardization and technology supported learning design.

She has been invited speaker in several inter/national events and is author of papers, conference presentations and book chapters on digitally supported teaching and learning.

Verena Schwägerl-Melchior is responsible for the Teaching Academy at Graz University of Technology and thus for the didactic training and continuing education of lecturers.

She holds a PhD in Romance Studies (Linguistics) from the LMU Munich and is a systemic coach. Parallel to her many years of teaching and research at the University of Graz, the focus of her work has increasingly shifted to university didactics. In her position at the Graz University of Technology, she has developed and is responsible for a modular didactics training program and works as a trainer and coach herself. She leads the Didactics Steering Group at TU Graz, which is involved in various initiatives to support and develop teaching. In addition, she was or is a lecturer in higher education didactics at various Austrian HEIs.

Dr. Oliver Vettori is Dean of Accreditation and Quality Management and Director of Programmes & Teaching  Learning at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) as well as the alliance-wide Director of Academic Affairs for the ENGAGE.EU University Initiative. In these functions he is responsible, among others, for WU’s/ENGAGE.EUs educational offers,  teaching and learning infrastructure, learning technologies, pedagogical support and quality assurance as well as for coordinating WU’s program portfolio.

Dr. Vettori has been working in higher education management and research for more than two decades, as a reviewer, trainer, researcher and consultant in more than 50 different countries on four different continents including work for EUA, ENQA, UNESCO, ASEAN-QA, EU-SHARE and various ministries, supranational organisations and higher education institutions.

He holds a doctoral degree in Sociology/Organisation Theory from the University of Vienna and is a Research Associate at the Institute for Organization Studies at WU. He is the author of dozens of research publications in the area of higher education and organisation studies. He serves on the international Editorial Board of Quality in Higher Education and is a member of various academic associations (e.g EAIR, CHER).

Johanna Warm is Head of Teaching & Learning Development at WU Vienna. She holds a teaching qualification and a PhD in Romance Linguistics and has been working as a lecturer at the University of Salzburg and at WU.

Her current research and professional interests lie in T&L policies, students’ conceptions of teaching excellence, and the role of contexts in promoting students’ learning effectiveness. She develops and delivers workshops for faculty, including short formats on course design and constructive alignment and on the use of generative AI for course design. She is a regular speaker/trainer on educational development at WU and abroad.