Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maikel Leon is an accomplished academic and AI specialist with a Ph.D. in Computer Science focused on artificial intelligence applied to transportation from Hasselt University, Belgium, and summa cum laude degrees from the Central University of Las Villas, Cuba. Since 2015, he has been a faculty member at the Department of Business Technology, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami, teaching and coordinating a wide range of courses in business analytics, programming, machine learning, databases, and artificial intelligence for business. His academic career spans institutions in the United States and Cuba, reflecting strong international teaching and research experience. Dr. Leon is an active reviewer and program committee member for leading journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and FLAIRS. He has received prestigious honors such as the Best Paper Award at the IEEE ICTAI Conference and the Cuban National Academy of Sciences Award for outstanding research. Beyond academia, he is a frequent media commentator on AI, a certified professional in generative AI and cloud technologies, and a leader in innovative teaching, entrepreneurship, and international collaboration initiatives.
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Poland
Assist. Prof. Dr. Anna Wolak-Tuzimek has made significant contributions to the fields of management and quality sciences, with a strong focus on sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, business competitiveness, and digitalisation. Her research integrates theoretical and practical perspectives on enterprise management, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises operating in competitive and sustainable economic environments. She is the author of over 160 scientific publications, including 9 influential monographs published in Poland and internationally, addressing innovation, CSR, financial tools, and modern management trends. As an active grant project coordinator and deputy coordinator, she has led and supported international cooperation projects related to entrepreneurship, education, and lifelong learning across the European Union. She has presented her research at more than 60 national and international conferences and actively collaborates with leading European universities, contributing to the internationalisation of management research and academic practics.