He Zhixin, the Vice Director of the National Engineering Research Center of Guangzhou Metro Group, is a professor senior engineer who has been engaged in the design and research of urban rail transit for over 20 years. He has accumulated rich practical experience in engineering theory, system concepts, and technological innovation, and has conducted in-depth research in the fields of urban rail transit electromechanical systems, green and low-carbon technologies, and digitalization. He has obtained 20 invention patents, participated in 12 international and industry standards, published 25 papers, and completed 3 books. His research and engineering achievements have successively won 58 industry awards.

David R. Fuhrman is Professor of Coastal Dynamics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on many aspects of coastal and ocean engineering, including: surf zone and coastal dynamics, sediment and pollutant transport, coastal morphology, scour, turbulence modelling, wave boundary layers, and nonlinear wave hydrodynamics. He has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals on such topics. He presently serves as Editor in Chief of Applied Ocean Research, as Associate Editor of ASCE J. Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, and on the Editorial Boards for Coastal Engineering, OpenFOAM Journal, and Journal of Marine Science and Application. His research on turbulence modelling is featured in the CFD software OpenFOAM (since 2019) and Star CCM+ (since 2024). He is co-author of the textbook: Turbulence in Coastal and Civil Engineering.

Xuan-Kien Dang was born in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. He received a Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in June 2012. He is the Head of the Science and R&D Department at Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Vietnam. He has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the Conference of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport (2018, 2023, 2025), Conference on “Smart Technology Application in Industry 4.0, Smart Cities and Sustainable Development” - STAIS (2024, 2025), the President Prize for Award Winner of the Excellent Paper of The 17th Asia Maritime & Fisheries Universities Forum (2018), and Doctoral Scholarship - Huazhong Univ. of Science & Tech., China, 2008-2012. His current research interests focus on Artificial Intelligent Transportation, Control Theory, Automation, Maritime Technology, Underwater Vehicles, Optimal and Robust Control, and Networked Control Systems. Dr. Dang has authored and co-authored multiple publications in international and national journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports. His research has been published in reputable journals indexed by ISI/Scopus. He has also presented his work at various international conferences on control systems, automation, maritime engineering, and intelligent transportation systems. His publications often focus on applying artificial intelligence, robust control techniques, and optimal control algorithms for complex systems such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), maritime navigation, and networked control systems. Additionally, Dr. Dang has participated in multiple scientific research projects at institutional and national levels, and he actively contributes as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals in the fields of control engineering and intelligent systems, Dr. Dang is also Editor-in-Chief of EAI Endorsed Transactions on Transportation Systems and Ocean Engineering.

Giorgio Bellotti is full professor of Coastal and Harbour Engineering at Roma Tre University, Italy. Graduated in Civil Engineering (1997) at Sapienza University of Rome, and earned his Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering (2002) at University of Naples Federico II.
His main research topic is that of the wave induced hydrodynamic processes in coastal areas, with focus on the wave-structures interaction, on the long waves amplification in harbours and bays, and on the numerical models for the short and long waves propagation.
Since January 2024 serves as Associate Editor of the journal Coastal Engineering (Elsevier), formerly member of the editorial board (2017-2023). He has been the coordinator of the Local Organizing Committee for the International Conference on Coastal Engineering held in Rome in September 2024. Member of the board of professors of the PhD schools in Civil Engineering, Roma Tre University and tutor/co-tutor of 9 PhD students. Formerly Director of the Civil Engineering courses (2016-2022) at Roma Tre University.
Visiting researcher/professor at the Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware (USA, 2000), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham (Nottingham, UK, 2011), Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion and CIGIDEN, Centro Nacional de Investigacion para la Gestion Integrada de Desastres Naturales (Cile, 2016).
Author of more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers published on Scopus/ISI-indexed international journals.