Orhan Sahin

Doctor Orhan Sahin is a lecturer at Mus Alparslan University, Türkiye. He received his Ph.D. in Manufacturing from Cranfield University’s Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre in 2025, supported by the Turkish Ministry of National Education’s competitive YLSY Scholarship Program. His Ph.D. research developed structured decision-support model to help manufacturing SMEs integrate digitalisation and sustainability in the twin transition. His research interests include digital and sustainable manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and 5.0, digital transformation, maturity modelling, ontology engineering, decision-support systems and learning factories. Through international publications, conference presentations and academic reviewing, he aims to bridge research and industrial practice and support resilient, intelligent and sustainable manufacturing transformation.

Doctor Jelena Milisavljevic-Syed is a senior lecturer in Manufacturing Systems at Cranfield University and leads the Systems Realization Group. She is recognised for advancing the design and governance of evolving cyber-physical-social systems and for developing Multi-intelligence Agents that integrate human, artificial and organisational intelligence in complex decision-making. Her research has established methods for adaptive manufacturing, dynamic management of change, digital servitisation and trustworthy human–AI collaboration, with applications in manufacturing, healthcare and safety-critical systems. She has co-authored a research monograph, published extensively in international journals and conferences and serves as a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College. She is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr. Mohamed Afy-Shararah is an industrial development and global operational excellence specialist. A core focus of his work involves capacity-building for corporates and MSMEs, and technical cooperation programme design and delivery across developing countries. His experience spans lean methodologies, digital transformation, circular economy and sustainable finance. Mohamed serves on the circular economy steering committee for the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), supporting policy advisory initiatives and academic collaborations. An established lecturer and public speaker, he designs and delivers executive education programs focused on the sustainable and digital twin transition, utilizing blended learning and ‘learning factory’ environments. Mohamed has over 50 research publications and is the co-author of Systems for Manufacturing Excellence.

Konstantinos Salonitis is a full professor of Advanced Manufacturing and director of the Research Ireland Centre on Advanced Manufacturing (I-Form) at University College Dublin since April 2026. He previously served as the head of the Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre and professor of Manufacturing Systems at Cranfield University (2019–2026), joining Cranfield in 2012 after over a decade at the University of Patras, Greece. His research focuses on sustainable and resource-efficient manufacturing, process modelling and simulation, lean and green manufacturing and environmental impact assessment. He has secured over £15 million in research funding, authored 350+ publications and written two books. He is a chartered engineer and fellow of multiple professional institutions (IMechE, IET, HEA).