Deputy Director of the National and University Library of Slovenia • Secretary General of AI4LAM • Member of the Management Board of the Europeana Network Association • Member of the UNESCO Memory of the World National Committee • Member of the IFLA Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship Committee • Member of the DARIAH-eu Research Data Management Working Group • Member of the RDA Node Slovenia
Ines Vodopivec
International Enabler of AI use in GLAMs
Associate Professor Dr Ines Vodopivec is deeply committed to advancing digitisation theory and practice within heritage institutions on an international scale. Her notable roles include serving as Deputy Director of the National and University Library of Slovenia, being a dedicated member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Memory of the World National Committee, and participating as a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship Committee. She is also a member of the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) Research Data Management Working Group and a member of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Node Slovenia.
As a Secretary General of Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (AI4LAM), she is further solidifying her leadership and influence in the fields of digital heritage and innovative methodologies. She is also a Management Board Member of the Europeana Network Association, the professional network supporting Europe’s digital cultural heritage platform.
Advisory Board Member, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media • Board Member, Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program • National Advisory Board Member, Opioid Industry Documents Archive • Advisory Board Member, The Sloane Lab: Looking back to build future shared collections
Thomas Padilla
Global leader in AI strategy and Collections as Data
Thomas Padilla is Public Interest AI Strategist at Authors Alliance and Founder, Bristlecone Strategy. Thomas previously served as Deputy Director, Archiving and Data Services at the Internet Archive.
Thomas has deep experience developing, presenting, and teaching on computational use of collections as data, AI, data literacy, and digital strategy. Thomas shares a mix of personal and professional thoughts via his newsletter, Memory Work.
Elected member of the CIPA Heritage Documentation executive board • Co-chair of the Permanent Commission “Application of Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for Cultural Heritage” • Strategical lead of the Time Machine Project Scouting Service.
Sander Münster
Heritage infrastructures and 3D heritage trailblazer
Dr. Sander Münster is a professor in Digital Humanities at the Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena (DE). He received his PhD in educational technology from the Technische Universität Dresden (DE), where he studied history, education and business. His research fields are mobile 3D interfaces, scientometrics and research methodologies in Digital Humanities and heritage. He has worked extensively in the areas of research dissemination and innovation support.
Delegate of OPERAS, the Research Infrastructure for Open Science in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, in the EOSC Association.
Elena Giglia
Open Science Luminary
Dr Elena Giglia is the Head of the Open Science Unit at the University of Turin. She has been part of the European Open Science network since many years, attending national and international conferences, and writing and lecturing on Open Science. She is invited as expert in several EU Workshops, and she serves in Scientific Committees and Advisory boards. She never stopped learning, attending training courses and workshops. She was a member (2020) of the Committee at the Ministry for University and Research which drafted the National Plan Open Science for Italy. She collaborates with ICDI – Italian Computer and Data Infrastructure Competence Center on Open Science, EOSC, FAIR data, organizing the Open Science café.
Key expert in CLaDA-BG: National Interdisciplinary Research E-Infrastructure for Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage Resources and Technologies integrated within European CLARIN and DARIAH infrastructures
Ivan Georgiev
Technology innovation catalyst
Ivan Georgiev is a Professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Head of the 3D Digitalisation and Visualisation Laboratory at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT-BAS). His work focuses on 3D technologies, digital modelling, and advanced visualisation, with applications in digital cultural heritage, research infrastructures, and interdisciplinary scientific projects. As a lab leader, he combines scientific research with hands-on development of 3D methods and workflows, supporting innovation, capacity building, and the practical implementation of digital heritage solutions within national and European initiatives.