The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK;Dr Steven McCulloch is Research Fellow in Veterinary Policy at the London School of Economics, where he works within the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience and the Global School of Sustainability. His research examines the policies of national veterinary associations on farmed animal welfare, sustainability, and meat consumption. He also serves as Section Editor for Public Policy, Politics and Law for the journal Animals. A European Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law, Steven is a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and completed his PhD on UK government policymaking and the interests of sentient species. He is Head of Research at the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation in the UK. His work spans animal welfare, ethics, law, and public policy, with a longstanding commitment to improving the lives of farmed animals. Steven is Founder and Chair of Pigs Protection, a new UK-based organization dedicated to protecting pigs worldwide through evidence-based advocacy, veterinary leadership, and public engagement.

Department of Poultry Science and Institute for Artificial Intelligence, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;Dr. Li is an agricultural engineer and leads the Intelligent Systems for Poultry laboratory. He is the assistant professor at the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia State. He is also the affiliated professor at the School of Computing, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. His lab mission is to conduct cutting-edge research on integrated precision management/applications of digital technologies, sensors, data analytics, automation, or models to modern poultry production systems and beyond. Dr. Li has received competitive funding (over$2.5M) from federal, institutional, and industry agencies for addressing different critical problems in poultry. He has been an invited speaker and organizing committees/chairs for numerous national and international conferences and university seminars. He serves as academic and award committees and Associate Editor for American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE); and the panel reviewers of federal and international funding agencies. He is the awardee of two ASABE Superior Paper Awards (2021 and 2023), two ASABE Outstanding Reviewer Awards (2022 and 2024), ASABE Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Paper Competition Award, Student Paper Competition Award, Graduate Scholarly Achievement Award, Outstanding Graduate Student Paper and Presentation Award in International Symposium on Animal Environment and Welfare, Most Downloaded Paper in Poultry Science in 2024, and Editor’s Choice Article from Sensors. He has authored or co-authored 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, 18 conference papers, 40 conference abstracts, and 5 technical reports.

Institute of Animal Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;Salvador Calvet is full professor in animal production technology at Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). His background combines the understanding and reduction of environmental impacts of livestock production, and particularly, gas emissions. He published more than 60 research articles about this topic and supervised seven PhD Thesis. He leads a research group focused on implementing sensor technologies and artificial intelligence to improve animal production. He is the current academic director of the Master in Precision Livestock Farming.