Dr Jason Zagami is a senior lecturer at Griffith University whose research examines the integration of artificial intelligence, immersive technologies, and digital ecosystems in initial teacher education. His work employs systems analysis, design-based, consensus and self-study methodologies to explore how AI and extended reality environments can enhance pedagogical innovation, ethical governance, and teacher professional practice. A long-standing advocate for technologies education in Australia, he has contributed to national curriculum development, accreditation processes, and teacher professional learning initiatives. Dr Zagami is the research chair of the Australian Technologies Teacher Educators Network (ATTEN) and has been the past president of the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), and the Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education (QSITE).

Matt Bower is a professor in the School of Education at Macquarie University, who specialises in the innovative use of technology for learning purposes. He is particularly interested in how contemporary technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, augmented reality, web-based tools, virtual worlds, social networking, immersive virtual reality 3D design & printing software and so on can be most effectively used to support cognitive development and collaborative learning. Matt has over 100 peer reviewed publications in the area of technology-enhanced learning design, teacher education, and computing education that have been cited over 10,000 times according to Google Scholar. He has led over thirty funded grant projects and participated in many other research initiatives (total funding exceeds $3M). Matt is rated in the top 1% of educational researchers according to the Stanford Elsevier top scientists list.