11th VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ICT

Dr. Javier Armando Gonzalez Lozano is an Assistant Professor at Tec de Monterrey Educational Group Business School (Mexico), specializing in International Business, Operations, Logistics & Supply Chain, and Technological and Educational Innovation. With over 25 years of experience in academia and industry, he has significantly contributed to research, particularly in business, supply chain and educational innovation. Dr. Gonzalez holds a PhD in Educational Innovation, a Master’s in Business Administration and has received multiple recognition for his academic excellence and commitment to social responsibility. He actively participates in various professional and academic committees, investment forums, and leads training programs for Mexican SMEs. Additionally, he continues to inspire as a representative and national evaluator for faculty classification at the Business School. Dr. González has contributed to research through articles on business management, logistics, supply chain, and educational innovation in business. He has also participated in the development of case studies for the business school and has written a collegiate book on the Nearshoring phenomenon, demonstrating a constant commitment to academic and professional advancement. He participates as a member of the Scientific Committee of EDUNOVATIC, reviewer of Discovery Education Journal, International Journal of Instruction, Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management.

Dra. Judit Ruiz Lázaro holds a PhD in Education from the Complutense University of Madrid (2021), where she was awarded the “International Doctorate” mention, the highest grade of “Sobresaliente Cum Laude,” and the “Extraordinary Doctorate Prize.” In 2024, she was officially accredited as an Associate Professor (Profesora Titular de Universidad) by ANECA. She currently holds an active six-year research period (sexenio de investigación). Dr. Ruiz Lázaro is currently the Vice Dean of Innovation and Research at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Spain, within the Department of Didactics, School Organization, and Special Didactics. Her recent research and publications focus on (a) university entrance examinations, (b) the measurement and evaluation of academic achievement and its associated factors, and (c) educational innovation and innovative learning environments. She is an active member of several consolidated research groups, including “Professional Development, Vocational Training, and Educational Innovation” and “Interculturality and Media Design (ForInterMed)” at UNED, as well as the “Measurement and Evaluation of Educational Systems (MESE)” group at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Li Zixuan is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya (Malaysia). Her research centers on virtual reality cinema, with a particular focus on immersive narrative strategies, audiovisual aesthetics, and the relationship between technological mediation and audience experience. Her work adopts interdisciplinary approaches that bridge film and television studies, cultural analysis, and emerging media technologies to examine how evolving screen environments reshape storytelling and perception. She has published research including “Reframing Human–AI Relations in Japanese Robot Anime: A Sociopolitical and Thematic Analysis” and “Machine Learning-Enabled Smart Nanomaterial Headphones for Movie-Based Real-Time Acoustic Adaptation.”