Dr. Philippe Giabbanelli is a Full Professor at Old Dominion University. His work has combined Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Modeling & Simulation (M&S) for fifteen years, resulting in over 130 peer-reviewed articles and several books. Most recently, he was the lead editor for "Fuzzy Cognitive Maps" (Springer) and previously he was lead editor for "Advanced Data Analytics in Health" (Springer). By integrating AI with M&S, his research made significant advances in a broad portfolio of conditions including obesity, suicide prevention, COVID, or HIV. He has been recognized as a top 2% scientist worldwide by Scopus for several years. He is well established in the simulation community, as track/program/conference chair at several international events as well as prior editor for special issues of SIMULATION, a founding member of several journals (BMC Digital Health, Intelligence-Based Medicine), and an editorial member or guest editor for several journals.Dr. Istvan David is actively engaged on several topics in modeling and simulation, including modeling and simulation of cyber-physical systems, automated simulator engineering, collaborative modeling, and model consistency in heterogeneous engineering settings. He is an organizer for multiple events in the M&S community, including multiple editions of the IEEE/ACM MODELS conference; and frequently serves on the PC of important conferences, including CAiSE, ICLR, and SLE. He founded the International Workshop on Collaborative and Participatory Modeling, the Hands-on Workshop on Collaborative Modeling, and the International Workshop on Sustainability and Modeling; and served as track chair and vice-general chair at international events. He served as a guest editor for journal issues for Springer, SAGE, and Elsevier. He has over 50 publications with a focus on highly recognized venues, including flagship conferences in modeling (such as IEEE/ACM MODELS, and CAiSE) and impactful journals in software and systems engineering (such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Elsevier's Journal of Systems and Software, and Springer's Software & Systems Modeling).