Biographical note

António Abreu is a coordinating professor at the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of Porto, Polytechnic University of Porto. He has post-doctorate in Information Technologies and Systems, by the University of Coimbra, Department of Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra. He has Ph.D. in Software Engineering based on reusable components with Human-Machine Interface applications, by the University of Vigo and Master in Management Informatics by the University of Minho and Degree in Informatics Applied Mathematics by the Lusíada University. He is currently a lecturer, in the scientific area of Information Systems, at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto/Politécnico do Porto, ISCAP/PPorto.

João Vidal de Carvalho Post-Doctorate in Technologies and Information Systems at the University of Coimbra. Associate Professor at Porto Accounting and Business School/Polytechnic University of Porto (Portugal). PhD in Information Systems and Technology from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Master in Information Technology Management from the University of Minho and Degree in Informatics/Applied Mathematics from the Portucalense University. He was (between 2020 and 2022) Vice-Director of the Research Center for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto (CEOS.PP). Effective member of the Committee for Recognition/Certification of Skills of ISCAP/Polytechnic University of Porto. Vice-President of IADITI–International Association for Digital Transformation and Technological Innovation. General Chair of the International Conference on Tourism, Technologies and Systems (ICOTTS) and General Chair of the International Conference on Information Technologies and Education (ICITED). Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information and Communication Technologies. He has published books in computer science and database management and is the author of fifteen publications in scientific journals with a JCR impact factor (Q1/Q2).

Dália Liberato has Ph.D. in Tourism Management and Planning and Master’s in management and Planning of Inland and Health Tourism, from the University of Vigo (Spain). She is an associate professor at the Tourism and Leisure Department of the School of Hospitality and Tourism (Polytechnic Institute of Porto), where she teaches several curricular units in Tourism at undergraduate and master levels. Currently, she coordinates the Tourist Activities Management degree in the same school (ESHT-P.PORTO). Her main research interests are Tourism Destination Planning and Management and Regional Development, Tourism Management, Tourism Planning, Border Tourism, Creative Tourism, and etourism. She supervised and co-supervised several M.Sc. dissertations and Ph.D. theses.

Rui Alexandre Castanho holds an International Ph.D. on Sustainable Planning in Borderlands. Nowadays, he is a vice dean for Sustainable Development at the WSB University, Poland, and a visitor Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a European Climate Pact ambassador. Besides, he completed a post-doc researcher on the GREAT Project, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. Furthermore, he collaborates with the ECIDES Research Group - University International of La Rioja (UNIR), Spain; vice-coordinator of VALORIZA - Research Center for the Enhancement of Endogenous Resources, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), Portugal. Moreover, he has graduated in Green Spaces Engineering and Agricultural Engineering and holds a Master's Degree in Planning, Audit, and Control in Urban Green Spaces.