{"id":20,"date":"2024-06-28T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:27:08","slug":"organisers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/organisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EvoStar&nbsp;2026 local chairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-8-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-922\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Dennis Wilson<br><strong>Local Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sylvain Cussat-Blanc<br><strong>Local Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EuroGP: 29th European Conference on Genetic Programming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/photo-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"Luca Manzoni\" class=\"wp-image-271\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Luca Manzoni<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sylvain Cussat-Blanc<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/citations-9-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1054\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Qi Chen<br><strong>Publication Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EvoAPPLICATIONS: 29th International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/IMG_PABLO_GARCIAsm-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Pablo Garc\u00eda-S\u00e1nchez\" class=\"wp-image-387\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/IMG_PABLO_GARCIAsm-edited.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/IMG_PABLO_GARCIAsm-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pablo Garc\u00eda-S\u00e1nchez<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Josefa D\u00edaz-\u00c1lvarez<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/citations-3-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1319\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Aidan Murphy<br><strong>Publication Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EvoCOP: 26th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1589\" height=\"2118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/martin_krejca.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Krejca\" class=\"wp-image-191\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/martin_krejca.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/martin_krejca-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/martin_krejca-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/martin_krejca-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/martin_krejca-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1589px) 100vw, 1589px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Martin Krejca<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NP-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-897\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NP-edited-scaled.jpg 1919w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NP-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NP-edited-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NP-edited-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NP-edited-1535x2048.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Nelishia Pillay<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EvoMUSART: 15th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/penousal_machado.jpg\" alt=\"Penousal Machado\" class=\"wp-image-193\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/penousal_machado.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/penousal_machado-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Penousal Machado<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-5-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Juan J. Romero<br><strong>Programme Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"S\u00e9rgio Rebelo\" class=\"wp-image-900\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">S\u00e9rgio Rebelo<br><strong>Publication Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Late-Breaking Abstracts Chair<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/antonio_mora.jpg\" alt=\"Antonio Mora\" class=\"wp-image-203\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/antonio_mora.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/antonio_mora-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/antonio_mora-768x867.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Antonio Mora<br><strong>Late-Breaking Abstracts Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publicity and Graphic Identity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/joao_correia-edited.png\" alt=\"Jo\u00e3o Correia\" class=\"wp-image-1325\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/joao_correia-edited.png 632w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/joao_correia-edited-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jo\u00e3o Correia<br><strong>Publicity Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"S\u00e9rgio Rebelo\" class=\"wp-image-900\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/image005_sq-edited.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">S\u00e9rgio Rebelo<br><strong>Graphic Identity Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/foto-300x300-1-edited.png\" alt=\"Jessica Parente\" class=\"wp-image-925\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jessica Parente<br><strong>Graphic Identity Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission System Coordinator and Web<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/nuno_lourenco.jpg\" alt=\"Nuno Louren\u00e7o\" class=\"wp-image-202\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/nuno_lourenco.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/nuno_lourenco-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Nuno Louren\u00e7o<br><strong>Submission System Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"1054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1328\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited-768x1025.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Francisco Chicano<br><strong>Web Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Jessica-2-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"Jessica M\u00e9gane\" class=\"wp-image-1339\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Jessica-2-edited.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Jessica-2-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Jessica-2-edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jessica M\u00e9gane<br><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Giorgia-2-edited-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Giorgia Nadizar\" class=\"wp-image-322\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Giorgia-2-edited-1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Giorgia-2-edited-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Giorgia Nadizar<br><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-21.22.15-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-21.22.15-edited.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-21.22.15-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-21.22.15-edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-21.22.15-edited-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Karina Rebulli<br><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EvoStar&nbsp;coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/anna_esparcia2.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Esparcia\" class=\"wp-image-213\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/anna_esparcia2.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/anna_esparcia2-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anna Esparcia-Alc\u00e1zar<br><strong>SPECIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Affairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/foto-300x300-1-edited-1.png\" alt=\"Jessica Parente\" class=\"wp-image-927\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jessica Parente<br><strong>Student Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"1857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Aliina-Geiger-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-928\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Aliina-Geiger-edited.jpeg 1392w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Aliina-Geiger-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Aliina-Geiger-edited-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Aliina-Geiger-edited-1151x1536.jpeg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Alina Geiger<br><strong>Student Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-25-at-08.16.46-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1306\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-25-at-08.16.46-edited.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-25-at-08.16.46-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-25-at-08.16.46-edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-25-at-08.16.46-edited-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Berfin Sakallioglu<br><strong>Student Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-03-at-13.03.45.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1341\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-03-at-13.03.45.jpeg 1066w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-03-at-13.03.45-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-03-at-13.03.45-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-03-at-13.03.45-768x1153.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-03-at-13.03.45-1023x1536.jpeg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Christina Berghegger<br><strong>Student Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPECIES Executive Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/penousal_machado.jpg\" alt=\"Penousal Machado\" class=\"wp-image-193\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/penousal_machado.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/penousal_machado-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Penousal Machado<br>University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/3C4D5D30C599519842227945106ECA1F-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Nereida Rodr\u00edguez\" class=\"wp-image-1081\" style=\"width:100px\" 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Italy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"1054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1328\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/foto-francis-2025-edited-768x1025.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Francisco Chicano<br>University of M\u00e1laga, Spain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/aniko_ekart-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Aniko Ekart\" class=\"wp-image-221\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/aniko_ekart-edited.jpg 407w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/aniko_ekart-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Aniko Ekart<br>Aston University, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/joao_correia-edited.png\" alt=\"Jo\u00e3o Correia\" class=\"wp-image-223\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/joao_correia-edited.png 632w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/joao_correia-edited-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jo\u00e3o Correia<br>University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-6-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-904\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jamal Toutouh<br>University of M\u00e1laga, Spain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/citations-7-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anna V. Kononova<br>Leiden University, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2022-09-05-21-31-23-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Leonardo Vaneschi\" class=\"wp-image-226\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2022-09-05-21-31-23-edited.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/PHOTO-2022-09-05-21-31-23-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leonardo Vaneschi<br>Nova University Lisbon, Portugal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sara_silva-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Sara Silva\" class=\"wp-image-227\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sara_silva-edited.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sara_silva-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sara Silva<br>University of Lisbon, Portugal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/gabriela_ochoa-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriela Ochoa\" class=\"wp-image-228\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Gabriela Ochoa<br>Stirling University, Scotland, UK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/nuno_lourenco.jpg\" alt=\"Nuno Louren\u00e7o\" class=\"wp-image-202\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/nuno_lourenco.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/nuno_lourenco-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Nuno Louren\u00e7o<br>University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EvoStar&nbsp;2026 local chairs Dennis WilsonLocal Chair Sylvain Cussat-BlancLocal Chair EuroGP: 29th European Conference on Genetic Programming Luca ManzoniProgramme Chair Sylvain Cussat-BlancProgramme Chair Qi ChenPublication Chair EvoAPPLICATIONS: 29th International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation Pablo Garc\u00eda-S\u00e1nchezProgramme Chair Josefa D\u00edaz-\u00c1lvarezProgramme Chair Aidan MurphyPublication Chair EvoCOP: 26th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation Martin [&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-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evostar.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}