Simon Kerridge, is an experienced research manager and administrator, having worked in the UK research sector for over 30 years, led RMA at Kent and Sunderland Universities, and is a board member of EARMA the European Association.Susi Poli, is the Sustainability and Staff Engagement in Education Lead at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, and an international scholar in Higher Education and Research Management.Mariko Yang-Yoshihara, is an Instructor at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at Tohoku University.