Alessandro De Giacomo is a Full Professor of General Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry, and Plasma Chemistry at the University of Bari, Italy; an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFN); an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA; and a permanent staff member of an inter-university research consortium devoted to basic research and the development of innovative high-tech processes across several fields of chemistry. His research focuses on fundamental studies of laser-induced plasmas and their applications, ranging from materials science to analytical chemistry. His research activities include laser spectroscopy, nanoparticle (NP) and carbon nanostructure synthesis by pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL), and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), among others. He is the inventor of Nanoparticle-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NELIBS) and a pioneer in the use of LIBS for quantitative analysis during flight using drones. Prof. De Giacomo is an active member of several scientific committees for international conferences and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He is also a reviewer for several funding agencies in Europe, North America, and Asia. Since 2017, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, an Elsevier journal.

Alfred Vogel is currently Senior Professor of Physics at the Institute of Biomedical Optics (BMO), University of Lübeck, Germany. From 2010 to 2019, he served as Director of the BMO Institute and Deputy CEO of the Medical Laser Center Lübeck GmbH. Dr. Vogel is a fellow of Optica and of SPIE, served on the editorial boards of JBO and Optics Express, and is advisory editor of Biomedical Optics Express. He published 164 scientific papers (19950 citations, h = 58), holds 15 patents and has delivered more than 200 plenary, key note, and invited talks. Dr. Vogel has made pioneering experimental and theoretical contributions to the field of pulsed and plasma-mediated laser interactions with water and biological tissues, laser-induced cavitation, and free-electron-mediated modifications of biomolecules.

Yoshihiro Deguchi is a Professor at Tokushima University and CEO of Smart Laser & Plasma Systems Co., Ltd. (SL&PS), a university spin-off company established by Tokushima University. He received his Doctor of Engineering degree from Toyohashi University of Technology in 1990. After joining Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., he was appointed Professor at Tokushima University in 2010. His research focuses on advanced laser diagnostics, particularly Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Computed Tomography Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (CT-TDLAS), and Digital Twin technologies for real-time industrial process monitoring and control, contributing to digital transformation. His recent work includes high-speed, multi-element LIBS analysis of metals, real-time analysis of molten metals, and LIBS-based recycling and upcycling technologies.

Zhe Wang is the Deputy Dean of the Institute for Carbon Neutrality at Tsinghua University and a Professor in the Department of Energy and Power Engineering. He has previously held positions including Deputy Director of Tsinghua University’s Office of International Affairs, Associate Chair of the Department of Energy and Power Engineering, and Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Power Systems. He is a member of the International Scientific Committee on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), President of the Asian LIBS Association, and serves as Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Spectral Technology and Application Committee of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering. He has chaired or co-chaired multiple international conferences. He is the project leader of the National Key R&D Program project titled “Key Technologies and Demonstration of Deep Flexible Peaking for Subcritical Coal-fired Power Units”, and the coordinator of CNEST program. He has received five first prizes at the provincial and ministerial levels for scientific and technological advancement. He possesses strong expertise in clean energy and advanced measurement technologies.