{"id":44,"date":"2024-11-06T22:11:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:56:08","slug":"keynote-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/keynote-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44\" class=\"elementor elementor-44\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1166b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be1166b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec029f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ec029f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br>Keynote Speaksers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975167a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"975167a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc0ce1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bfc0ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6546d06 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6546d06\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61725bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61725bf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3326366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3326366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AlistairForbes.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-602\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a28379 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a28379\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdcbc8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdcbc8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Professor Alistair Forbes<\/strong><br><b>National Physical Laboratory (NPL)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Since joining the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in 1985, Alistair Forbes has carried out research in mathematical and statistical modelling, algorithm design, uncertainty evaluation, numerical software development and validation with applications to metrology.&nbsp; Much of his work has been in the area of coordinate metrology, often undertaken in European collaborative projects, including:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b9789 text-expander elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"a5b9789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1730\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1730\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read <span class=\"read-more\">More<\/span><span class=\"read-less\">Less<\/span> <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1730\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1834b31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1834b31\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-020e264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"020e264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Generation of test data for coordinate metrology software<\/li>\n<li>Parametrization of geometric elements<\/li>\n<li>Reference software for fitting geometric elements according to the Chebyshev criterion<\/li>\n<li>The Virtual CMM<\/li>\n<li>CMM calibration<\/li>\n<li>Traceability in computationally-intensive metrology<\/li>\n<li>Standards for the evaluation of uncertainty of coordinate measurements in industry <a href=\"https:\/\/eucom-empir.eu\">https:\/\/eucom-empir.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">He is a Fellow in the Data Science Department at NPL and a&nbsp;Visiting Professor at the University of Huddersfield and at the University of&nbsp;Strathclyde, UK, He is chair of the IMEKO Technical Committee 21, Mathematical&nbsp;Tools for Measurements and a member of ISO TC 213, Geometric Product<br>\nSpecification.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-073e26c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"073e26c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99fde4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99fde4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-814afc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"814afc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Title of his speech: <br><br>Coordinate Metrology and the Quality Infrastructure<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d62e423 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d62e423\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4257496 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4257496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a668413 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a668413\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4316103 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4316103\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d481dda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d481dda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pete-Loftus.jpeg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-616\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pete-Loftus.jpeg.jpg 228w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pete-Loftus.jpeg-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f578646 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f578646\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-226390a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"226390a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Professor Pete Loftus<\/strong><br \/><b>Evalu8ion Ltd; University of Edinburgh<\/b><\/h4><p>Pete had a 38 year career in Instrumentation and Measurement at Rolls-Royce fostering a passion for measurement and helping others to grow. As the company head of Measurement Engineering, he established standards, skills frameworks, quality system materials, and an R&amp;D portfolio in the discipline. Now, with a private consultancy business and roles as Visiting Professor at the University of Edinburgh; Chair of the Sensing Innovation Leadership Council; Deputy Director of the Research Centre in NDE; Innovate UK contractor, and leader in local Scouting he continues to support and inspire the discipline and community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575be70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"575be70\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-195e92d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"195e92d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f7d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40f7d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Title of his speech: <br><br>Preserving Measurement as a Foundation of Trust and Confidence in the Digital Era<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac52a55 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ac52a55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a05d87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a05d87\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e807e75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e807e75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb64065 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb64065\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3426cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3426cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LiYanfu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-512\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LiYanfu.jpg 279w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LiYanfu-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f926824 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f926824\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb854e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcb854e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Professor Yan-Fu Li<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tsinghua University<\/strong><\/h4><p>Prof. Yan-Fu Li is currently the Director of the Institute for Quality &amp; Reliability of Tsinghua University and a full Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering in Tsinghua University, China. From 2011 to 2016, he was a faculty member at CentraleSup\u00e9lec in Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay, France. His research areas mainly include condition monitoring, fault detection and system reliability with the applications onto various engineering systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02948ee text-expander elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"02948ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2700\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2700\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read <span class=\"read-more\">More<\/span><span class=\"read-less\">Less<\/span> <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2700\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c708e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c708e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a421cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a421cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Li has published over 100 peer-reviewed international journal papers with an H-index = 41. The representative papers appear on IEEE Transactions, POM, IJOC, etc. He has been continuously elected as the Highly Cited Chinese Researcher 2019-2023 by Elsevier and Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2021-2022 by Stanford University. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of several government projects including the key project funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and National Key R&amp;D Program of China. He is also experienced in industrial research, the long-term partners include the top enterprises such as Huawei, China Southern Power Grid, etc. He holds 12 national patents, 1 international patent and 1 IEEE standard. He has won multiple national society and international society search\/paper awards, including the Gold Medal of Geneva International Invention Exhibition. He is currently an Associate Editor of &#8220;IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics&#8221; and &#8220;Reliability Engineering &amp; System Safety&#8221; and was an AE for &#8220;IEEE Transactions on Reliability&#8221; (2017-2024). He is the founding Chair of IEEE Technology and Management Society Beijing Chapter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0268f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0268f68\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ad9c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84ad9c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b097a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50b097a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Title of his speech: <br><br>Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) of Complex Engineering Systems \u2013 Methods and Applications<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac5a5cf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ac5a5cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c732e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2c732e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed7945a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed7945a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e7c9e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9e7c9e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222570e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"222570e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Binrui-Wang-820x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-886\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Binrui-Wang-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Binrui-Wang-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Binrui-Wang-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Binrui-Wang.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20c56f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20c56f7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b6868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46b6868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Professor Binrui Wang<\/strong><br \/><strong>China Jiliang University<\/strong><\/h4><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Prof. Binrui Wang (PhD) is a doctoral advisor, a state-sponsored returned overseas scholar, and the Vice President of China Jiliang University. He serves as the Director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Disaster Monitoring Technologies and Instruments, the discipline leader of the Provincial First-Class Discipline in Control Science and Engineering, and a recipient of the Zhejiang Province New Century Excellent Talent Award. His main research areas include bionic robots, quality inspection robots, and intelligent perception. As the first or corresponding author, he has published over 160 high-level academic papers, authored one monograph and two textbooks, and holds over 60 authorized invention patents as the first inventor. He has supervised over 100 graduate students and contributed to the formulation and revision of seven national standards and one ISO international standard. He has received the second prize from the Chinese Society of Automation. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the Robotics Professional Committee of the China Association for Standardization. Additionally, he is a member of the National Standards Committee Technical Committees TC591 and TC307.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c535ca9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c535ca9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271806d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"271806d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29da819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29da819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Title of his speech: <br><br>Research on Calibration and Performance Testing of Industrial Robots<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c821ed8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c821ed8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570f413 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"570f413\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cfaa47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4cfaa47\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df2df98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df2df98\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-454227a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"454227a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rabus-Hans-907x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-636\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rabus-Hans-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rabus-Hans-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rabus-Hans-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rabus-Hans.jpg 1174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745c35d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"745c35d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd0d61d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd0d61d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Dr Hans Rabus<\/strong><br \/><strong>PTB<\/strong><\/h4><p>Hans Rabus obtained a PhD in physics in 1992 at the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and has since then with Germany\u2019s National Metrology Institute PTB. After eight years the field of synchrotron radiation metrology, he headed the section \u201cdetector-based optical radiometry\u201d and organised the first international key comparison of UV spectral responsivity. After changing to ionizing radiation metrology, he chaired the department \u201cFundamentals of Dosimetry\u201d from 2009 to 2020, pursuing research and development in cross-section measurements, nanodosimetry, track structure simulation and ion microbeam-based radiobiology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00bd4c text-expander elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"f00bd4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2510\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2510\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read <span class=\"read-more\">More<\/span><span class=\"read-less\">Less<\/span> <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2510\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6498d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6498d5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6731595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6731595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From 2002-2005 he was secretary of the UV working group within the Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry of the Metre Convention. From 2012-2018 Hans was leader of the task group on \u201cComputational Micro- and Nanodosimetry\u201d within WG 6 \u201cComputational Dosimetry\u201d of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS), followed by a six years\u2019 term as chair of EURADOS WG6 and consulting member of the EURADOS Council. Presently he is building the new EURADOS WG6 task group on AI in dosimetry.<\/p><p>Since 2020 Hans has been Senior Scientist for \u201cSimulation and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine\u201d and consulting member and temporarily deputy manager of PTB\u2019s Innovation Cluster metrology for Health. He is coordinator of pilot project \u201cMetrology for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (M4AIM)\u201d within the German QI Digital initiative, which comprises 14 Early-Stage Researchers developing quantitative criteria for assessing explainability, robustness and uncertainty of AI algorithms and metrics for data quality (within the EU Testing and experimentation facility TEF Health).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bcd07a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7bcd07a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216ab90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"216ab90\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9469b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9469b39\" 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https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/UK-Pass-Size-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c58c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c58c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e5522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9e5522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Dr QingPing Yang<\/strong><br \/><strong>Brunel University of London<\/strong><\/h4><p>Dr QingPing Yang is currently a Reader at Brunel University of London (BUL), leading Brunel Quality Engineering and Smart Technology (QUEST) Research Group, and Robotics and Automation Research Group.\u00a0 He joined the Brunel Centre for Manufacturing Metrology (BCMM) in 1988 with a visiting scholarship awarded by the AVIC, after his graduation in Instrumentation and Measurement Technology from Chengdu Aeronautical Polytechnic in 1983 and subsequent 4 years\u2019 research experiences at an Aircraft Structure Research Institute (AVIC, Xi\u2019an) and admission to an MSc Programme in Robot Control and Intelligent Control at Northwestern Polytechnical University.\u00a0 \u00a0In 1989, he was awarded an ORS Award and a PhD Studentship from British Technology Group to develop a patented smart 3D high precision probe system for CMMs, and received his PhD degree in October 1992.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f88004 text-expander elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"0f88004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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&nbsp;Over the last three decades, he has developed a unique and coherent research field broadly integrating metrology, quality engineering and smart technologies (including AI and robotics), published more than 120 papers and supervised (as the first supervisor) 27 PhD students to successful completion in these areas.&nbsp; He has led a number of research projects funded by EU, UK government and industry with a total funding of about \u00a32.7 million as Principal Investigator and \u00a31.2 million as Co-Investigator. &nbsp;Dr Yang has received numerous prizes and awards for outstanding academic and work performance in the past.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe22ec1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe22ec1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f81bfbb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f81bfbb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3aa578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3aa578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Title of his speech: <br><br>Towards Unification of Measurement, AI, Quality and Sustainability  \u2013 Principles and Applications<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9321995 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9321995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a1f38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9a1f38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae482e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eae482e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e221b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e221b7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edff1f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"edff1f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lee-Stokes.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-841\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5498fe4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5498fe4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a786ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a786ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>LEE STOKES<\/strong><br \/><strong>Global Head of Carbon \u2013 Mace Group<\/strong><\/h4><p>Lee&#8217;s mission is to leave a legacy by creating thriving\u00a0cities and places that limit their impact on the natural world.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); 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He has led prestige projects globally for both private and public sector organisations, saving more than 2.7m tonnes of CO2e. An agile leader, he has expertise in mentoring and developing cross-functional teams and working in complex\u00a0stakeholder environments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">Providing rigor to sustainability methodology and driving\u00a0innovation through applied research, he has authored research on smart\u00a0buildings, grid-scale carbon modelling and energy optimisation using machine\u00a0learning and artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b81937 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b81937\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f41c0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f41c0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb28af7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb28af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Title of his speech: <br><br>Sustainability in the Global Built Environment<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-993e36f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"993e36f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7d770 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe7d770\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote Speaksers Professor Alistair ForbesNational Physical Laboratory (NPL) Since joining the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in 1985, Alistair Forbes has carried out research in mathematical and statistical modelling, algorithm design, uncertainty evaluation, numerical software development and validation with applications to metrology.&nbsp; Much of his work has been in the area of coordinate metrology, often undertaken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":169,"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maiqs2025.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}