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Arne Klauke is a member of the management board at matrix gGmbH and leads the MINT Campus Office, a nationwide platform dedicated to strengthening STEM education in Germany. With a strong belief in the power of collaboration and shared knowledge, he is building a vibrant MINT community that connects educators, researchers, and civil society actors to foster innovation in teaching and learning.

At the heart of his work lies the creation of digital “village squares” – inclusive spaces for exchange, co-creation, and participation. By championing Open Educational Resources (OER), Arne enables free and adaptable learning materials that democratize access to knowledge, scale educational impact, and advance educational equity.

Under his leadership, the MINT Campus develops participatory formats, hackathons, and open-source solutions shaped by the community itself. This collaborative approach not only strengthens engagement but also builds a shared identity and empowers members to actively shape the future of STEM education. Through these efforts, Arne Klauke and his team are helping to expand and scale quality education with Open Educational Ressources, driving forward innovation and equal opportunities in the learning landscape.

Dorothy Laubscher is an associate professor in the Research Unit Self-Directed Learning, in the Faculty of Education at the North-West University. She holds the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources at the North-West University. She has been working in the field of mathematics teacher education for the past 16 years and has experience in teaching various mathematics education modules. Her research interests include mathematics education, technology-enhanced learning, self-directed learning, open educational resources, and blended and multimodal learning environments to foster self-directed learning. She is involved in various projects that explore open educational practices, technology-supported learning and multimodal learning to promote self-directed learning. She acts as supervisor for post-graduate students and has published on national and international level.

Tina serves as Head of Viva con Agua Austria, a purpose-driven movement that activates people through music, art, and sport to help make clean drinking water accessible worldwide. A lifelong learner and curious mind, she brings a cross-cultural background shaped by work in China, India, Germany, and Austria, and a passion for social innovation and open education. She has contributed to several European open and digital education projects. Alongside her work, she mentors young people through Austria-wide youth entrepreneurship programs.

As a project manager at the international foundation Siemens Stiftung, Anna Vater works at the intersection of STEM education, Open Educational Resources (OER), and community building across Latin America. She leads the regional OER platform CREA, cultivates strong partnerships with education stakeholders, and co-facilitates with key partners such as Ceibal (Uruguay) and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile) co-creative learning spaces like Creatón STEM+ — an Open Educational Practice (OEP) designed to empower teachers as co-creators of inclusive, culturally relevant, and openly licensed learning materials.

At the heart of Creatón STEM+ lies the development of teacher competencies for co-designing, adapting, and publishing Open Educational Resources grounded in the STEM+ educational approach and guided by principles of openness, inclusion and responsable use of generative AI for OER creation. Those OER then are shared with a wider teaching community through the CREA platform.