Professor Punya Mishra

Arizona State University

Punya Mishra (punyamishra.com) is a Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University, AI Innovation Fellow at ASU’s Learning Engineering Institute, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education. He is a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow. A TED-Ed educator and AERA Fellow, he is internationally recognized for his work in educational technology, creativity, and design-based educational innovation. He has received over $11 million in grants, published over 200 articles, and edited 5 books. With over 90,000 citations of his work, he ranks in the top 2% of scientists worldwide (#50 in Education for 2025, Stanford/Elsevier), and is ranked #44 (top 5 in psychology) amongst scholars influencing educational practice and policy. He previously served as Director of Innovative Learning Futures and Associate Dean of Scholarship & Innovation at ASU, and directed the award-winning MA in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. He is an award-winning instructor, engaging public speaker, podcaster, and accomplished visual artist.

Süreyya Ciliv

Chairman at System Capital, Kuika and System Optima

Internationally known for his transformative business leadership, which has profoundly influenced how technology-driven organizations scale and operate. An engineer by training with extensive executive experience at Microsoft Corporation and Turkcell, his work now explores the fundamental challenges of building high-performing enterprises in times of uncertainty: what it takes to cultivate dynamic leadership, forge resilient cultures, and unite people around a shared vision.

Professor John Mitchell

University College London

John E. Mitchell is Professor of Communications Systems Engineering, Head of the UCL Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and Co-director of the UCL Centre for Engineering Education. Between 2012 and 2016 he was seconded to the UCL Engineering Sciences Faculty office, where he led the introduction of the Integrated Engineering Programme, a major revision of the curriculum across the engineering faculty. In 2018 he was part of the team awarded the HEA Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) and in 2024 he was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the European Society of Engineering Education (SEFI). He has published widely on curriculum development, active learning and issues of diversity within engineering education. From 2015 to 2022 he was Vice-Dean Education of the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences. Professor Mitchell is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Principal Fellow (PFHEA) and National Teaching Fellow (NTF) of the Higher Education Academy, Immediate Past President of the Engineering Professors’ Council, and a former Member of the Board of Directors of SEFI, Vice-President Publications of the IEEE Education Society and Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Education.