Mingfang, Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, China, brings extensive experience from renowned institutions like MOST, CAST, NSFC, CAS, CPS, and global entities such as Weizmann Institute of Science and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics. Serving as IOP Publishing's Editor-in-Chief for 16 years, he significantly enhanced published paper content, growing from 200 to 5,000 per year. As Chief Representative/Editor-in-Chief – China, FInstP, he spearheaded marketing strategies and organizational growth, increasing sales and fostering partnerships with eight top Chinese journals. In his tenure with Enago (Crimson Interactive), he served as General Manager from 2018 to May 2021.

Dr. Sven Fund is the Managing Director of Reviewer Credits, the peer review expert network. Prior jobs include leadership positions at Bertelsmann, SpringerNature, De Gruyter, ResearchGate, and Wiley. He holds a degree in European Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Political Science from Muenster University. Through his company fullstopp, Sven invests in startups in publishing and beyond. He lectures in Library and Information Science at Humboldt University in Berlin. He frequently speaks at international conferences around the globe.

Jasmine Yan is a Senior Consultant in the Overseas Marketing Department at Contrimetric, where she works closely with academic publishers worldwide to support the adoption of innovative publishing technologies. She focuses on building international partnerships and helping publishers enhance article discoverability, reader engagement, and journal visibility through AI-powered solutions. With experience in global business development and academic publishing, Jasmine is committed to fostering long-term collaborations that create value for publishers, researchers, and the scholarly communication community.

Dr. Hong Zhou is VP of Product Management at KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd., where he guides product vision and strategy, leads cross-functional teams, and drives innovation across publishing solutions for researchers, librarians, and publishers worldwide. Previously, he was Senior Director of AI Product & Innovation at Wiley, defining AI strategy and leading the roadmap. He helped shape Wiley’s AI ethics principles, advanced the Wiley Research Exchange and Atypon platforms, and led development of Wiley’s first AI-driven papermill detection tool, which won the 2025 Silver SSP EPIC Award for Excellence in Research Integrity Tools. He is a recognized industry leader in AI, product innovation, and workflow transformation. He also received an individual honorable mention for the 2024 APE Award for Innovation. He holds a PhD in 3D Modelling with AI and an MBA in Digital Transformation (Oxford University). He also serves as a COPE Advisor, Scholarly Kitchen Chef, Co-Chair of ALPSP’s AI Special Interest Group, and Distinguished Expert at China’s National Key Laboratory of Knowledge Mining for Medical Journals.

Laura Johnson manages a team of specialists within the Research Integrity team at the open access publisher Frontiers. The team screens manuscript submissions against quality and integrity criteria, investigates post-publication issues in line with COPE guidelines, and continuously refines operational workflows. More recently, she has been leading work on trust markers at Frontiers, contributing to broader efforts to strengthen the transparency and reliability of published research. Laura holds a PhD in Microbiology from Imperial College London.

Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah is a biologist-turned-development facilitator, who often introduces himself as a research enthusiast. Currently, he is an independent consultant in environment, climate change and research system. Advisory Cabinet Member of ACSE, co-chair of Environment & Sustainability Committee of European Association of Science Editors (EASE), an editorial board member of Learned Publishing and Trends in Scholarly Publishing, an associate at INASP and Research Consulting Ltd., and a Chef of The Scholarly Kitchen. Haseeb advocates justice, sustainability, climate action, and resilience of the scholarly publishing ecosystem. Haseeb has a PhD in aquatic ecology from the University of Liverpool, UK.

Shehnaz has over 15 years of STM publishing experience in society publishing. She has overall responsibility for the Society’s journals. She works closely with Editors in Chiefs and editorial teams to support their journal development strategies, implement policies for their journals and ensure that peer review systems are robust, timely and fair. She believes that good quality peer review is another benchmark of a journal’s quality.

Dr. Moumita Koley is Senior Research Analyst at the DST-Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and a Research Fellow at the Research on Research Institute (RoRI), UK. She is a member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) Open Science Expert Group and serves on the Steering Committee of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), representing Asia. She also contributed as a consultant to the International Science Council's Future of Scientific Publishing project.

Dr. Koley holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Her professional interests have since expanded from laboratory research to the study of research systems, scholarly communication, open science, and research assessment.

Her work focuses on advancing equitable access to scientific knowledge, promoting responsible research assessment, strengthening research ecosystems, and supporting research that responds to local and regional needs. She has authored numerous scholarly articles and commentaries on open science, research evaluation, and the future of scholarly publishing.

Professor Mohammad Abdollahi is Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran. He is an internationally recognized scientist whose research focuses on mechanistic toxicology, pharmacology, environmental toxicants, biomarkers, and gene–environment interactions. He has published more than 1,000 scientific papers and 300 book chapters, with approximately 90,000 citations and an H-index exceeding 140. Professor Abdollahi has been repeatedly recognized among the world's most influential scientists and was awarded the prestigious Alborz Prize (Nobel-Class Category) in 2024, one of Iran's highest scientific honors.

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Chris Mavergames is Director of Editorial Platforms at Wiley, where he leads the development of next-generation editorial and peer review technologies supporting publishers and research organizations worldwide. His work focuses on editorial workflows, AI integration, and platform innovation, shaping systems used by millions of researchers.

With over 15 years of experience in scholarly publishing and research technology, he previously served as Chief Information Officer at Cochrane, leading initiatives to streamline and modernize evidence synthesis processes. His expertise includes product management, applied AI, and technology strategy in STM publishing.

Sam T Mathew is Director of Medical Delivery at AstraZeneca, with over 20 years of experience in drug development, medical writing, and regulatory strategy. He has worked across pharmaceutical companies, CROs, and publishing environments, leading the development of clinical and regulatory documents as well as scientific communications. His expertise spans regulatory submissions, medical publications, and strategic communications, with a strong focus on operational excellence and quality. Sam is also an advocate for the thoughtful integration of AI and technology in medical and publishing workflows, bringing a practical perspective to evolving industry challenges.

Lisa DeTora is a Professor, Chairperson of the Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric, and the Director of STEM Writing at Hofstra University. She also serves as guest faculty in medical humanities at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Her scholarship engages in technical communication, regulatory documentation, medical humanities, rhetorical studies, and health communication. Lisa served as the lead author of the Good Publication Practice 2022 update and her edited volume on regulatory documentation is going into a third edition.

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Dikran holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Newcastle University (UK) and completed postdoctoral research in biochemical genetics at the Cambridge Laboratory (UK), followed by work as a Senior Scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

He has been an academic researcher and faculty member since 2005 and has spent 25 years in progressively senior roles in the pharmaceutical industry, most recently at Amgen, Takeda, and Merck, focusing on global scientific publications and strategy. He is a founding member and currently serves as Faculty at the University of California, San Diego Extension, teaching medical writing and mentoring graduate and professional students worldwide and has previously served as faculty at the University of Southern California in the Pharmacy department.

An active leader and author in the scientific communications community, Dikran has co-chaired several publication committees and currently co-chairs the Publication Practices Committee at ISMPP, looking into publication policies in pharma. He currently leads and contributes to pivotal workstreams, including patient involvement in publications, and is an author on the Good Publication Practices (GPP) guidelines.

He is also the founder of a consulting firm specializing on his interests, advising pharma, biotech, and academic colleagues on publication strategy, compliance, and the responsible use of AI, with a focus on publication ethics, AI audit standards, and patient involvement in publications.

Renee is the Head of Publication Ethics for PLOS, and is based in northern California (USA).

Renee has a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Washington, and she conducted doctoral and postdoctoral research in developmental genetics, cell signaling, and neuroscience at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA) and the University of California, San Francisco.

Renee transitioned from research to publishing in 2014, and since that time has worked for the open access publisher, PLOS. She worked as a staff editor for the multidisciplinary megajournal PLOS One, and has led the PLOS Publication Ethics team since it was established in 2018. Renee serves as the strategic lead for publication ethics for the PLOS journal portfolio, leads development of PLOS ethics and integrity policies, and provides mentorship and guidance within PLOS and to external parties on matters related to ethics, integrity, and editorial policies. In addition, Renee has been involved in several cross-industry initiatives addressing publication ethics issues, including with COPE, STM, FORCE11, and United2Act working groups, and has authored articles, industry guidance, and blog posts on ethics and policy issues.

Hylke Koers is the Chief Information Officer for STM Solutions, STM’s operational arm which develops and manages shared infrastructures and collaborative services to support the scholarly communications community. He is responsible for the STM Integrity Hub and serves as program director for GetFTR and SeamlessAccess. Before joining STM, Hylke worked in several senior technology and product management roles, in both private and public sector organizations, supporting the research community. He has held leading roles in FAIRsFAIR, the Research Data Alliance and served on the EOSC Architecture Working Group. Hylke holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Amsterdam.

Brian is CEO and Co-founder at Scholastica, a web-based software platform with tools and services for every aspect of publishing academic journals — from peer review to website design and article hosting to typesetting. Scholastica’s mission is to empower journal publishers to make quality research available more efficiently and affordably in order to facilitate a sustainable research future. Over 900 journals across disciplines use Scholastica.