Busyra Binta Salihin berasal dari Kelantan, dan mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Rendah Islam ABIM Al Hikmah Kota Bharu sebelum melanjutkan pelajaran ke peringkat menengah di Maahad Muhammadi Perempuan (Pasir Pekan) Merupakan graduan dalam bidang Bahasa dan Linguistik Arab dari Fakulti Bahasa dan Linguistik, Universiti Malaya pada tahun 2020. Pernah berkhidmat di bawah syarikat Arabic Language and Consultancy (ALC), Nilam Puri semasa menjalankan latihan industri. Mula berkhidmat sebagai pendidik sejurus tamat pengajian iaitu pada Februari 2020 sebagai guru di Taman Tahfiz Darus Salam Telipot, Kota Bharu dan seterusnya mendapat tawaran sebagai guru di Yayasan Islam Kelantan pada bulan Ogos 2020. Semasa berkhidmat di bawah Yayasan Islam Kelantan telah menyambung pengajian dalam bidang Pendidikan di Institusi Pendidikan Guru Malaysia (IPGM) Kota Bharu dan berjaya memperolehi Diploma Pascasiswazah Pendidikan (Bahasa Arab Sekolah Menengah) pada tahun 2022. Seterusnya menjawat jawatan sebagai Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan di Universiti Malaya pada Februari 2024. Berpengalaman dalam menyediakan modul bahasa Arab bagi pelajar sekolah Rendah dan Menengah, menyediakan video serta dan  bahan bantu Mengajar digital Bahasa Arab. 

Dr. Adediran Anthonia Oluwatosin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, with over 13 years of academic experience. She holds a PhD in Real Estate from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, focusing on housing finance; a Master’s in Real Estate Development and Investment from the University of Greenwich, UK; and an HND in Estate Management from Yaba College of Technology, Nigeria. She also completed specialized training in Data Science in Real Estate at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, USA. Before joining UM, she served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil and a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti. Her research interests include housing finance, housing affordability, green finance, PropTech, data analytics, energy efficiency, and sustainable real estate development. She has published extensively on machine learning applications in renewable energy, climate change, and housing, with several papers indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Dr. Adediran applies advanced econometric modeling, statistical analysis, and big data analytics in her work. She supervises postgraduate students, teaches real estate finance and analytics-related courses, and contributes to program development and faculty committees.

VGR Chandran is Professor of Industrial Development at the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics at University of Malaya. He has also worked as Principal Analyst of Economic and Policy Studies with Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and his research interests are mainly on innovation, technology development, trade and globalization that relate to industrial development. His field research covers sectors such as electrical and electronics, automotive, food, chemical, oil palm, machinery, iron and steel, ICT, and the newly emerging sector - renewable energy. He had extensive fieldwork covering the Asian region that includes countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, India, China, Thailand, and Malaysia. In recent years, his research interest expanded into investigating newly emerging enterprises within the context of social innovation and social enterprises, as well as open innovation. His interest has also expanded in studying the issues of NTMs, mainly regulatory and procedural requirements that serve as a barrier for firms to integrate into the Global Value Chain. He has also worked as a consultant for international organizations such as UNCTAD, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNEP, ERIA, OECD as well as governmental organizations in Malaysia. He has published articles in international journals - Economics of New Technology and Innovation, Policy Modelling, as well as book chapters and books on industrial development and innovation. He is the recipient of various national and international grants – to name a few - European Union Horizon 2020 and IDR, Canada, among others. His work is widely quoted in government policy documents contributing to numerous policy changes. He has contributed to the Malaysian regulatory reform efforts, STI and Industrial policy development at national as well as state level. His work via Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Economic Planning Unit, Academic of Sciences, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, MIGHT, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysian Productivity Corporation and Institute Darul Ridzuan (state level) was instrumental in making the policy changes. His engagement with the industry are mainly in the form of undertaking studies and providing expert opinions. He has received various awards, e.g., excellence in teaching award and outstanding paper award from Emerald and Elsevier. Details of his current projects as follows: (1) Catching-up along the GVC: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/214786/factsheet/en (2) Regional Economic Corridors: http://www.crisea.eu/researchers/chandran-vgr