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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Anna Lewkowicz

Anna Lewkowicz

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Lead Organizer

Karolina Popowska

Karolina Popowska

Warsaw Univeristy of Technology, Poland

Financial Lead

Lucja Kozicka

Lucja Kozicka

Gdansk Univeristy of Technology, Poland

Communications Coordinator

CO-HOSTS

Alessandra Candian, PhD

Alessandra Candian, PhD

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joseph Borg, PhD

Joseph Borg, PhD

Univeristy of Malta, Malta

Harrison Smith, PhD

Harrison Smith, PhD

Earth-Life Science Institute, Japan

Eli Sofovich

Eli Sofovich

University of Wisconsin Madison, USA

Charlotte Kelly

Charlotte Kelly

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Matthew Siedlecki

Matthew Siedlecki

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Jessica Xhumari

Jessica Xhumari

University of Florida, USA

Afonso Mota

Afonso Mota

University of Porto, Portugal

Alexandre Branco

Alexandre Branco

University of Porto, Portugal

Isabel Sousa

Isabel Sousa

University of Porto, Portugal

Marta Cortesao

Marta Cortesao

University of Porto, Portugal

Trifon Trifonov, PhD

Trifon Trifonov, PhD

Sofia University, Bulgaria

Vladimir Bozhilov, PhD

Vladimir Bozhilov, PhD

Sofia University, Bulgaria

Petar Eftimov

Petar Eftimov

Sofia University, Bulgaria

Justyna Szerement, PHD

Justyna Szerement, PHD

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Shih-Feng Chiu (Ben), PhD

Shih-Feng Chiu (Ben), PhD

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Katarzyna Debowczyk

Katarzyna Debowczyk

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Zuzanna Zawadzka

Zuzanna Zawadzka

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

JUDGES

Borja Barbero Barcenilla, PhD

Borja Barbero Barcenilla, PhD

Borja is a plant and space biologist who leads experiments on how crops grow and cope with stress in extreme environments such as microgravity, radiation, and lunar or Martian regolith. He has served as lead scientist on NASA‑funded ISS missions and regolith agriculture projects, coordinated multi‑institutional research at Texas A&M University and NASA GeneLab, and plays leadership roles with the Moon Village Association and the regolith‑focused startup Hispansion

Ravi Changle, PhD

Ravi Changle, PhD

Ravi is a Chief AI Architect at Capgemini (CIO Advisory, Paris) and a globally recognized AI leader specializing in multi-agent systems, LLMOps, and responsible AI at enterprise scale. He contributes to NASA GeneLab, designing AI architectures for space-based omics research, including federated learning and low-power AI for autonomous space environments. His work focuses on ethical, secure, and scalable AI systems across cloud platforms, with a strong emphasis on governance, compliance, and real-world impact.

CONSULTANTS

Mathias Beck, PhD

Mathias Beck, PhD

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Project Consultant

Dibya Pradhan

Dibya Pradhan

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Scientific Advisor

Michal Poniatowski

Michal Poniatowski

Gdansk Univeristy of Technology, Poland

Institutional Coordinator

Tomas Ducai

Tomas Ducai

ESA, France

DEI Advisor