Breno Nunes is Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Operations Management and Deputy-director of the Centre for Circular Economy and Advanced Sustainability at Aston Business School, UK. He is currently President of IAMOT - the International Association for Management of Technology. Breno has published his research in high-impact journals and delivered several keynotes worldwide on SOM and related topics.

Luciano Batista is Director of the Centre for Circular Economy and Advanced Sustainability (CEAS) at Aston Business School, UK. He is also Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and affiliated faculty member of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness group at Harvard Business School, USA.

Donato Masi is Deputy-director of the Centre of Cybersecurity Innovation at Aston Business School, UK, and Reader in Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Operations and Information Department.

David Bennett is Affiliated Professor at Chalmers University, Sweden, and Emeritus Professor at Aston University, UK. David's research interests are concerned with issues relating to management of technology, operations systems design for manufacturing, and the transfer of technology between industrialised and developing countries.