Lyndon Nixon is an assistant professor in the School of Applied Data Science at Modul University Vienna, Austria. His research domain is the analysis and description of online media and the use of this description in the computational understanding and use of media assets, supported by knowledge models in graph-based structures ("knowledge graphs") to provide additional explicit understanding of the domain. He works in the domains of e-tourism ("Visual Destination Image"-extracting tourist destination image from online photography), news and journalism (video verification based on visual content and knowledge models), and media organizations and broadcasters ("TV Intelligence"-extracting additional information from and around audiovisual streams to enhance their re-use).

Aarni Tuomi is a senior lecturer in Experience Economy at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland. His research interest is in using emerging technologies to improve and increase human capabilities in service business context. His work is regularly featured in trade magazines and his research has been published in top international academic journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Psychology & Marketing, and Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Tourism Futures and Robonomics: The Journal of the Automated Economy.

Peter O'Conner is a professor of Strategic Management at the University of South Australia Business School, Adelaide, South Australia. His primary research, teaching, and consulting interests focus on the use of technology in online retailing and marketing. He has published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Marketing, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Tourism Management, the Cornell Quarterly and the International Journal of Hospitality Management, amongst others. In 2017, he founded the Chair in Digital Disruption, sponsored by BNP Paribas, at Essec Business School in Paris, France.