Jutta Treviranus is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto (http://idrc.ocadu.ca ). Jutta established the IDRC in 1993 as the nexus of a growing global community that proactively works to ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively. Dr. Treviranus also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design at OCAD University. Jutta is credited with developing an inclusive design methodology that has been adopted by large enterprise companies such as Microsoft, as well as public sector organizations internationally.

Zhixian Zhong, Level 2 Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Chief Professor at Jiangxi Normal University; selected for a national-level talent program; recipient of the Special Government Allowance awarded by the State Council. Currently serving as Director of Institute of Teacher Education For Advance Study, Jiangxi Normal University, and Dean of Institute of Digital Transformation for Education. Primary research areas include educational digitalization, instructional and training design, teacher education, and digital humanistic education.

钟志贤，二级教授、博士生导师、江西师范大学首席教授，国家级人才工程入选者，国务院政府特殊津贴专家。现为江西师范大学教师教育高等研究院院长、江西教育数字化转型研究中心主任。主要从事教育数字化、教学与培训设计、教师教育和数字人文主义教育等。

Dr. Berit Blanc is a senior researcher at the Educational Technology Lab of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). A communications scientist with a PhD, she specialises in the digital transformation of learning ecosystems. Her expertise is based on more than 20 years’ experience in the fields of media, public opinion and educational research at universities and public or private research institutes. Dr Blanc’s work combines empirical social research with futures studies to analyse AI’s impact on education. She leads the "Trend Monitor AI in Education" (Deutsche Telekom Foundation), analysing current AI trends in German schools, regulatory frameworks, STEM education and mental health. As part of a global expansion of her research, she worked with guest researcher Prof Zhi Liu (Central China Normal University) on a comparative study of AI in schools in Germany and China. Her extensive project portfolio includes the INVITE meta-project, which examined standards for innovative digital continuing education, as well as her current work on the ‘AI Compass Inclusive’ project to establish a competence centre for AI-supported assistance and workplace inclusion. By combining social research with state-of-the-art educational technology, Dr Blanc provides unique insights into how AI can promote learning, social inclusion, and professional participation in schools, universities, and the modern workplace.