Richard Samans is a Senior Fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies; Nonresident Senior Fellow of The Brookings Institution; Special Advisor to the United Nations Economist Network; and Senior Economic Adviser to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. He is the author of numerous publications, including “Human-Centred Economics: The Living Standards of Nations”, which the Financial Times selected as one of the best books of 2024 on Economics.

Anu Peltola is the Director of Statistics, Data and Digital Services, of the Trade and Development Organization of the UN. In this role, she leads the release of official statistics and analytical Insights on trade and development globally. The Service facilitates responsible and innovative use of new technology, artificial intelligence and data science approaches in UNCTAD, empowering countries with digital tools, such as the TiSSTAT system for services trade statistics.

Enrico Giovannini is a full professor of Economic statistics and of Sustainable development at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and professor at the National School of Administration (SNA). He was Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility in the Draghi government (2021–2022) and Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Letta government (April 2013-February 2014). He is co-founder and Scientific Director of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), a coalition of more than 300 organisations established to implement in Italy the UN 2030 Agenda.

Pinar Ucar currently teaches statistics and mathematics at Lusail University in Qatar, aiming to make these subjects engaging and meaningful for her students. Pinar is a statistician and lecturer with over 20 years of experience in official statistics, data analysis, and capacity development.

Pedro Campos is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, and Director of the Methodology Unit at Statistics Portugal (INE). His work bridges academia and official statistics, focusing on data science, network mining, agent-based modelling, and statistical methodology. He leads key areas such as sample design, statistical algorithms, confidentiality, and small area estimation.

Brian Tarran is senior research and statistics editor within the British Film Institute’s Research and Statistics Unit and a member of the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, which is researching the adoption, use and impact of new technologies in games, film, TV, performance and digital entertainment. He is the former head of data science platform at the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), founding editor of Real-World Data Science, and former editor of Significance Magazine, a joint publication of the RSS, the American Statistical Association and the Statistical Society of Australia.