Franz Király is director of the German Center for Open Source AI. He has 9 years experience as university professor at top tier universities, and 10 years of experience in industrial data science and AI roles, including 5 years at the Alan Turing institute - all of which included mentoring and teaching responsibilities. Dr Király is also the original founder and a core developer of sktime, the leading package for forecasting and AI with time series.

Robert Kübler is a Senior Staff Data Scientist at ALDI Süd and a passionate advocate for machine learning, algorithms, and data-driven problem-solving. He studied Mathematics and completed a Ph.D. in Cryptanalysis.

As a scientific author with over 70 articles on Towards Data Science and 1M+ views, Dr Kübler has a proven track record of making complex topics accessible to diverse audiences.

He has years of experience mentoring data scientists and leading real-world projects—from recommender systems to marketing mix modeling.

Felipe Angelim is a Tech Lead at Mercado Libre, the largest e-commerce platform in Latin America, a core developer at sktime, and the creator of Prophetverse. With over five years of experience in forecasting for finance and retail, he brings deep expertise in applying advanced techniques to real-world problems. By combining mathematical expertise with programming skills, he develops simple and effective solutions to complex challenges. Felipe studied Engineering at École Centrale de Lyon, France.

Mahdi Torabi Rad is a data scientist, engineer, mentor, and YouTube content creator with over 10 years of experience in developing machine-learning models. Dr Torabi Rad creates videos for his YouTube channel MLBoost to share his knowledge, insights, and passion for AI with a wider audience, with a focus on forecasting, optimization, and modelling of complex physical systems.