Metaverse and Sustainability: Business Resilience Towards Sustainable Development Goals
暫譯: 元宇宙與永續性：企業韌性與可持續發展目標

Professor Walter Leal holds the Chair of Climate Change Management and Health at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the first of ist kind in Germany, and the Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainability Development and Climate Change Management". His main research interests are in the fields of sustainable development and climate change, also including aspects of climate change and health.His field experience in over 70 countries, involves missions undertaken on behalf of various international organisations (e.g. European Union, World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, UNEP) and attendance to specialised events in North America, Latin America/Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia and Pacific Region, and the Middle East. Professor Leal has acted as a Reviewer, Review Editor and Lead Author at the assessment Reports issued by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change. He has written, edited or co-edited over 200 books has written around 100 book chapters and has in excess of 500 Journal papers to his credit.

Dr. Sandeep Kautish has been ranked among the Top 2% of Scientists globally by Stanford University and Elsevier in 2024. An academician by choice, Dr. Kautish brings with him over 20 years of academic experience, including nearly a decade in academic administration. He earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in Computer Science and holds a Diploma in Management. His research interests include Healthcare Analytics and Business Analytics. A prolific researcher, he has authored over 130 publications, including 53 articles in Q1 journals, 110+ Scopus-indexed publications, and 60 Web of Science Core Collection publications. His research papers have appeared in high-impact journals such as: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (Impact Factor: 11.648). Scientific Reports (Springer Nature, Impact Factor: 4.6), IEEE Access (Impact Factor: 3.415), Computer Standards & Interfaces (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 3.721), Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Springer, Impact Factor: 3.662) and many more. A highly cited researcher, Dr. Kautish has amassed 2,300+ citations on Google Scholar with an h-index of 28 while his Scopus h-index is 22. He has authored or edited 30+ books with leading publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, De Gruyter, Bentham Science, and IGI Global. He is currently serving as Director at the Institute of Innovation at PhysicsWallah Ltd, India. He has worked as a Professor and Director at the Apex Institute of Technology, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India, which is ranked #120 in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025 and #691-700 in the QS World University Rankings 2024. Previously, Dr. Kautish served as Director-Academics at Transnational Education (TNE) site of Asia Pacific University (APU), Malaysia, in Kathmandu, Nepal. APU is ranked among the top 600 universities globally in the QS World University Rankings 2023.

Dr. Vijay Prakash Gupta is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. Coordinator at GLA University, Mathura, with 18 years of rich experience in education and research. He holds a Ph.D. in Management, an MBA, an MA in Economics, and is qualified in UGC NET in Management. Dr. Gupta has been honored by the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Department for curriculum design under NEP-2020. He also received the 2020 PERFICIO Awards for Best Research and Innovation from BHS Foundation (New Delhi) and Campbell University (USA).
Additionally, Dr. Gupta serves as an editor for Scopus and Web of Science indexed books, reviewer for esteemed international journals, and has 30+ published papers in renowned national and international journals, including those indexed by ABDC, Scopus, Web of Science, and UGC CARE. He is the editor of eight edited books published by Wiley, Bentham Science and Springer.

教授沃爾特·利爾（Walter Leal）擔任德國漢堡應用科技大學的氣候變遷管理與健康講座（該講座為德國首創），以及英國曼徹斯特城市大學的環境與技術講座。他負責「可持續發展與氣候變遷管理」研究與轉移中心的運作。他的主要研究興趣集中在可持續發展和氣候變遷領域，並包括氣候變遷與健康的相關議題。他在超過70個國家的實地經驗，涉及代表各種國際組織（如歐盟、世界銀行、經濟合作與發展組織、聯合國教科文組織、聯合國環境規劃署）進行的任務，以及參加北美、拉丁美洲/加勒比地區、歐洲、非洲、亞洲和太平洋地區及中東的專業活動。利爾教授曾擔任政府間氣候變遷專門委員會（IPCC）評估報告的審稿人、審稿編輯和主要作者。他撰寫、編輯或共同編輯超過200本書籍，並撰寫約100篇書章，擁有超過500篇期刊論文的發表紀錄。

桑迪普·考提什博士（Sandeep Kautish）在2024年被史丹佛大學和Elsevier評選為全球前2%的科學家。作為一名學者，考提什博士擁有超過20年的學術經驗，其中近十年從事學術管理工作。他獲得計算機科學的學士、碩士和博士學位，並持有管理學文憑。他的研究興趣包括醫療分析和商業分析。作為一位多產的研究者，他發表了超過130篇出版物，包括53篇Q1期刊文章、110篇以上的Scopus索引出版物，以及60篇Web of Science核心合集出版物。他的研究論文發表在高影響力的期刊上，如：IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics（影響因子：11.648）、Scientific Reports（Springer Nature，影響因子：4.6）、IEEE Access（影響因子：3.415）、Computer Standards & Interfaces（Elsevier，影響因子：3.721）、Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing（Springer，影響因子：3.662）等。作為一位被高度引用的研究者，考提什博士在Google Scholar上擁有超過2300次引用，h指數為28，而他的Scopus h指數為22。他與Springer、Elsevier、Wiley、De Gruyter、Bentham Science和IGI Global等知名出版社合作，撰寫或編輯超過30本書籍。目前，他擔任印度PhysicsWallah Ltd創新研究所的主任。他曾在印度旁遮普的昌迪加爾大學的Apex Institute of Technology擔任教授和主任，該校在2025年QS亞洲大學排名中位列第120名，在2024年QS世界大學排名中位列691-700名。之前，考提什博士曾在馬來西亞亞太大學（APU）位於尼泊爾加德滿都的跨國教育（TNE）部門擔任學術主任。APU在2023年QS世界大學排名中位列全球前600所大學。

維賈伊·普拉卡什·古普塔博士（Vijay Prakash Gupta）是GLA大學（Mathura）的副教授及博士課程協調員，擁有18年的豐富教育和研究經驗。他擁有管理學博士學位、工商管理碩士學位、經濟學碩士學位，並在管理學方面通過UGC NET考試。古普塔博士因在NEP-2020下的課程設計而受到北方邦高等教育部的表彰。他還獲得了2020年BHS基金會（新德里）和坎貝爾大學（美國）頒發的最佳研究與創新PERFICIO獎。此外，古普塔博士擔任Scopus和Web of Science索引書籍的編輯，並為多本國際知名期刊擔任審稿人，已在國內外知名期刊上發表30篇以上的論文，包括那些被ABDC、Scopus、Web of Science和UGC CARE索引的期刊。他是由Wiley、Bentham Science和Springer出版的八本編輯書籍的編輯。