Associate Professor of Classics and Digital Humanities, University of Florida Professor Bozia studies linguistic and cultural diversity in Greco-Roman antiquity and its intersection with modern globalism. Founder of an international consortium for the digitization of historical artifacts, she promotes the collaboration between the humanities and the sciences. Bozia is also a pioneer in applying AI to the humanities. She has published widely and delivered talks on issues of identity, otherness, and belonging in literature and the digital preservation of world heritage. Bozia has served as the Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering committee at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the co-Chair of the DEI in General Education Taskforce at the University of Florida. An Associate Professor at the University of Florida, Bozia holds two doctoral degrees: a Ph.D. in Classical Studies (University of Florida, 2009) and a Dr. phil. in Digital Humanities (Universität Leipzig, 2018). Bozia also serves as the Associate Director of the Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project, which advances the 3D preservation of artifacts with funding from American and European governmental agencies. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and has been recognized with several awards, including the Young Researcher Scholarship from La Fondation Hardt in Geneva and the Mary A. Sollman Scholarship from the American Academy in Rome.
Library Director and Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Dr. Elisha Chiware is the Director of Cape Peninsula University of Technology Libraries in Cape Town, South Africa. Elisha has also served as the Secretary of IATUL (International Association of University Libraries Board). Dr. Chiware has worked in libraries and LIS schools in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. He has also worked as an international information management consultant – establishing trade information centres in the East, South and Central African regions. He holds a BA (Economics and Political Science) from the University of Zimbabwe, a Master of Library Science from Indiana University (Bloomington) and DPhil Information Science from the University of Pretoria.
Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Dr Ebony Nilsson is a research fellow in the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She is a historian of migration, surveillance, and the Cold War. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Sydney.
Associate professor, University of Bristol Evan Jones is an Associate Professor in Economic History at the University of Bristol. He specialises in the history of Bristol and its region in the medieval and early modern period, with a particular interest in maritime history. This includes the history of smuggling, piracy, shipping, trade and exploration. He has more general interests in environmental history and historical epidemiology.
Représentante CNES au Secrétariat Exécutif de la Charte Internationale Espace et Catastrophes Majeures, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) Ingénieure spécialisée en Topographie, Emilie a rapidement orienté son cursus vers le spatial avec un master "Outils et Systèmes de l'Astronomie et de l'Espace" à Paris. Elle a ensuite continué son parcours avec un Doctorat en Electromagnétisme et Radar à l'ONERA de Palaiseau. En rejoignant Toulouse, elle passe d'abord 3 années dans une société de services (NOVELTIS) puis rejoint le CNES en 2008. Elle passe 9 ans dans le domaine de l'altimétrie afin d'étudier la hauteur du niveau des océans par satellite, 4 ans sur le projet SAR/Galileo (balises de détresse détectées par satellite). Un passage au CADMOS lui permet de découvrir l'univers des vols habités. Enfin, elle prend récemment les rennes du projet Charte Internationale Espace et Catastrophes Majeures, où elle assure le rôle de Représentante CNES au Secrétariat Exécutif.
