Chair Prof. Felix Chan received his BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brighton University, UK, and obtained his MSc and PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK. Prior joining Macau University of Science and technology, Prof. Chan has many years of working experience in other universities including The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Hong Kong; University of South Australia; University of Strathclyde. His current research interests are Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Distribution Coordination, Decision Making, AI Optimisation. To date, Prof. Chan has published over 16 book chapters, over 480 SCI/SSCI refereed international journal papers and over 330 peer reviewed international conference papers. His total number of citations > 26,000, h Index= 81. He has been ranked Top 2% research scientists worldwide based on a research group of Stanford University, in 6 consecutive years (2020-2025).