| Dr. Keywan Hassani-Pak | Rothamsted Research, UK | Integrative bioinformatics, multi-omics, crop improvement, knowledge graphs, AI-driven gene discovery, FAIR data, sustainable agriculture. |
| Dr. Stephanie Jurburg | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany | Microbial ecology, data science, microbiome standardization, global microbial patterns, data equity, global research training. |
| Prof. Dr. Sabina Leonelli | Technical University Munich, Germany | Philosophy of data-centric biology, Open Science institutionalization, public science participation, epistemic diversity, responsible data practices. |
| Micky Lindlar | TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Germany | Digital preservation, long-term data sustainability, FAIR digital objects, EOSC infrastructure, metadata standards, file format obsolescence. |
| Dr. Paul Shaw | James Hutton Institute, UK | Plant genetic resources, data visualization, genomic & phenotypic data, Germinate & Helium platforms, mobile data gathering, global crop resilience. |
| Dr. Can Türker | Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Switzerland | Database systems, Multi-OMICS data integration, B-Fabric architecture, sample tracking, systems biology, data lifecycle engineering. |
| Prof. Dr. Doreen Ware | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory & USDA, USA | Plant genomics, computational modeling, crop genome evolution, Gramene & SorghumBase, comparative genomics, crop yield improvement. |