Zheng You 
President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) President of CIS Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Biography：

Zheng You is currently the Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, the Executive Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Education, the Convenor of the Instrument Science and Technology Discipline Evaluation Group of the State Council's Academic Degrees Committee, the President of the China Instrument and Control Society, and the Vice President of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.His main academic focus is on intelligent microsystems and their applications in space. He was the first in China to carry out technological innovation and engineering practice of micro-nano spacecraft. As the overall leader, he was in charge of the design, construction, launch, and in-orbit operation of multiple micro-nano satellites, including "TH-1," "NS-1," and "NS-2." Among them, the NS-1 satellite was the smallest "wheel-controlled three-axis stabilized satellite" in orbit at that time in the world. He has made significant contributions to the scientific and technological progress of space microsystems and microsatellites in China. He has broken through several core technologies and developed a series of devices and microsystems with international advanced levels, such as miniature MEMS energy storage devices and energy microsystems, MEMS sun sensors, micro/nano star trackers, MEMS switches/relays, MEMS scanning mirrors, and detection microsystems. Many of these products have been applied in the fields of aviation and aerospace. He has successively won three second prizes of the National Technology Invention Award, two second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and more than ten provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological awards that are not duplicated with national-level rewards. He has been granted more than 90 national invention patents, published over 400 SCI/EI papers, authored four monographs, and translated two books.

Kenneth TV Grattan 
OBE FREng

Royal Academy of Engineering - George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation, City, University of London

Title: Optical Fibre Sensors - meeting challenges forindustry for the 2030s

Biography：

Professor KENNETH T.V. GRATTAN: OBE FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering - George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation, City, University of London : Prof Grattan has been actively involved in photonics and fibre optic sensor research for over four decades and has published >700 journal papers in the field in that time. In addition to his research work, he has been extensively involved with the work of the professional bodies having been Chairman of the Science, Education and Technology of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (now IET) and the Applied Optics Division, Institute of Physics and was the President of the Institute of Measurement and Control during 2000. He was elected as the President of the International Measurement Confederation in 2014, serving from 2015 to 2018 and Master of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers of London from 2020-21. He has been a prize winner from a number of organizations worldwide and was elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering, the U.K. National Academy of Engineering, in 2008. He received the Friendship Award in China, for ‘foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress’ and received the national honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2018 from Her Majesty the Queen.

Andrea Cusano 
Electronics, Optoelectronics and Photonicsat the Department of Engineering, University of sannio, ITALY

Biography：

Andrea Cusano was a Co-Founder of several spin-off companies focused on the development of fiber-optic sensing systems for industrial and life science applications: “OptoSmart S.r.l.” in 2005, “MDTech,” Perugia, Italy, in 2007, “OptoAdvance,” Campobasso, Italy, in 2011, Mantid S.r.l., Bologna, Italy, in 2017, Often Medical in 2019, and Biotag in 2022. In 2020, he was appointed as a Technical Director of the Research Infrastructure (C-NOS: Optoelectronics and Photonics Technologies for Life Science Applications). In 2023, he was appointed as a Vice President of CeRICT (Centro di Ricerche per le ICT), Benevento, Italy. He is currently a Full Professor of electronics, optoelectronics, and photonics from the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy. He has authored over 500 articles in prestigious international journals and communications at well-known international conferences worldwide; he has close to 20 national and international patents currently in charge of prestigious industrial companies. He has coauthored more than 100 invited chapters published in international books, invited articles, keynotes, and plenary lectures in prestigious scientific international journals as well as international conferences. His research interests are focused on the suitable merging of optical fibers and nanotechnologies and was the pioneer of the “Lab on Fiber Technology” concept, nowadays recognized as a hot topic in nanophotonics.,Dr. Cusano was an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Optics and Laser Technology (Elsevier) for ten years and now is an Editor-in-Chief of the Results in Optics (Elsevier)