Manuel Mühlbauer is a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and digital twin technologies, with a strong focus on applications within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Originally from Nuremberg, he combines a technical background in architecture with a multidisciplinary mindset to tackle complex challenges at the intersection of the built environment and digital innovation. As a lecturer at the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Dr. Muehlbauer leads students towards creative research practice and teaches intelligent systems and data-driven modeling for geometry generation and urban analytics. His academic work centers on advancing the integration of AI and digital twin frameworks like building information modeling (BIM) to optimise design and planning processes, improve construction resilience, and enhance lifecycle management in the AEC sector. He teaches courses such as Generative Design, Building Information Modeling and Early-Stage Decision-Making. He also developed a virtual lecture series introducing emerging technologies for digitisation and sustainable development. His current research explores how machine learning and real-time data integration can drive predictive maintenance, energy efficiency, and user-centric design. Before engaging in academia, Dr. Muehlbauer worked as a project architect in an architectural office in Nuremberg, where he gained hands-on experience with building construction and project management. His work is guided by a commitment to technological innovation, multidisciplinary collaboration, and sustainable digital transformation in the AEC domain.

Barbara Seifert completed her acting training at the renowned Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and has now been working as an actress on stage, in front of the camera, and as a speaker for more than 30 years. Since 2005 she has been supporting individuals and teams as a communications trainer in the areas of presentation, performance, rhetoric, camera work, working with a microphone, and conflict management. She has been working at the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm since 2011 in the Faculty of Architecture and in the Journalism of Technology and Media Engineering degree programmes.

Alexander von Hoffmann, born in Hamburg and raised in Trier, learned piano from Czech pianist Vitezslav Vobornik. His electronic music reflects these roots, blending jazzy piano elements with modular synthesis - in particular West Coast synthesis techniques. He is a professor at the Technische Hochshule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, focusing on human-machine interaction, sound design, and auditory interface research. His background in electrical engineering and over 15 years of interdisciplinary work formed his approach to electronic music composition. Von Hoffmann teaches courses such as Computer-Aided Production in Electronic Music and co-developed an online lecture series on modular synthesis. His research focuses on acoustic warning signals to improve user experience in technical systems. He previously worked as a development engineer in the automotive industry and brings a strong belief in liberal values, creative experimentation, and forward-thinking innovation to both his music and teaching.

Garri Steba is a media engineer and a passionate sound designer. Since 2016, he has been sharing his knowledge as a lecturer of Sound Design at the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm. His expertise is broad, ranging from video and audio technology to sound design and audio production – a foundation he built with his master's degree from the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden. However, he is not just active in Nuremberg: Garri Steba is also involved as a faculty lecturer at the IU International University of Applied Sciences and as a lecturer for Sound Design at the SAE Institute Germany. Before his teaching career, he delved deep into the world of psychoacoustics and signal processing strategies as a research assistant at Fraunhofer IIS Audiolabs in Erlangen. Exciting research emerged from this period, for instance, on AI-generated music using speech emotion recognition and studies on the perception of applause density. Alongside his academic career, the heart of an active musician also beats within him.
As a freelance music producer and DJ, he enriches the electronic music scene. His particular passion lies in spatial audio design and comprehensive audio production techniques, utilising industry-standard software such as Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase, and Ableton Live. In his teaching, Garri Steba combines technical precision with the freedom for creative experimentation. This is how he optimally prepares his students for the artistic and technical challenges that modern sound design and electronic music production present today.

Tobias Schmidbauer is a professor at the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm and received his doctorate (2023) and M.Sc. (2019) from the Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science at Fern Universität in Hagen, Germany, and his diploma degree in computer science for public management from the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Bavaria in cooperation with the University of Applied Science Hof, Germany, in 2016. Alongside his studies, he worked from 2007 until 2017 for the data center of the tax administration of the German federal state of Bavaria. Since 2017, he worked full-time for the Bavarian State Office for Information Security until April 2024 in various positions, including penetration testing, incident response, and threat intelligence. He also worked in the role of Information Security Officer and contributed to the drafting of government IT security guidelines. He teaches courses such as Intelligence-driven Incident Response, Defensive IT-Security, and Network Information Hiding. He also supervises the practical course "hacker internship", in which students can apply their acquired knowledge in a practice scenario to exploit vulnerabilities. In the academic community, he is Vice-Chair of the Technical Area Committee Biometrics, Forensics and Security of the European Association for Signal Processing. He is also a member of the program committee of the Criminal Use of Information Hiding workshop at the ARES conference and is active in the German Society for Informatics' cryptography and network security groups.

Frank Ebinger holds the Professorship of Sustainability-oriented Innovation and Transformation Management at the Nuremberg Campus of Technology (NCT) of the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm (the Ohm) and is an associate professor at the Addis Abeba Institute of Technology. His research interest lies in different fields of sustainability-oriented transformation, sustainable supply chain management, and transparency for sustainability. Prof. Ebinger is an executive board member of the German EMAS Advisory Board (UGA) at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection and a member of the working group of the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. Between the years 2012 and 2014, Prof. Ebinger was a Programme Director of the bilateral international development programme “Promotion of Sustainable Economic Development, Kyrgyzstan”, commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. In the years between 2008 and 2012 he was the advisor to the Ethiopian Minister of Science and Technology in the field of the bilateral international development programme “National Quality Infrastructure Component”, in the GIZ Engineering Capacity Building Programme, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. Prof. Ebinger has more than 25 years of experience as a lecturer, consultant, and advisor in the field of sustainable management and innovation. In addition, he worked more than 15 years in the context of international research and international development cooperation within the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and as an external consultant.