Prof Julia Pérez Prieto UPCON18 chairman, University of Valencia, Spain

Prof Hans Gorris COST chair & UPCON18 co-chairman, University of Regensburg, Germany

Prof Tero Soukka COST vice-chair & UPCON18 co-chairman, University of Turku, Finland

Prof Jose García Sole UPCON18 co-chairman, Autonomic University of Madrid, Spain

Prof Artur Bednarkiewicz UPCON18 co-chairman, Polish Academy of Sciences & Wrocław Research Centre EIT+, Poland

Prof Niko Hildebrandt UPCON18 co-chairman, University of Paris, France