Dr. Herry Yogaswara, M.A. is a prominent Indonesian anthropologist and researcher who currently serves as the Head of the Research Organization for Archaeology, Language, and Literature (Organisasi Riset Arkeologi, Bahasa, dan Sastra - OR Arbastra) at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Under his leadership, OR Arbastra has focused on modernizing archaeological research, including launching five-year excavation programs at major sites like Bumiayu (Central Java) and Situs Bongal (North Sumatra). He has advocated for moving away from "regional" research models toward a more integrated, national approach supported by advanced technology. 

Dr. Imre Hamar was born in Győr in 1967. He obtained his MA degree in Chinese and Tibetan at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1992 and started to work in 1993 at the Chinese and East Asian Department. In 1997 he earned his Ph.D. degree of the Hungarian Academy of Science (the title of his thesis is ’Modifications in Huayan tradition in 8-9th century - Chengguan’s life and his theory of the four dharma-dhātus’). In 2001 he became an associate professor and in 2008 full professor of Chinese studies at ELTE. He habilitated in 2004 and became a doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2016. He has been the head of the ELTE East Asian Department since 2002 (since 2008 it has been called ELTE Chinese Department) and since 2003 the director of the doctoral program in Chinese Studies of ELTE.

Since 2006 Dr. Hamar has been the director of the ELTE Confucius Institute, since 2008 the director of the Institute of East Asian Studies, and since 2021 the director of ELTE Sejong Institute. Between 2006 and 2007 and 2015 and 2017 he was the vice dean of international affairs at the ELTE Faculty of Humanities, between 2017 and 2025 he was the vice-rector of international affairs at ELTE and since 2017 the president of Budapest University Athletics Club (BEAC). From 2025 Dr. Hamar is a Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and also the rector’s commissioner for Asian affairs at Eötvös Loránd University. From 2026, Dr. Imre Hamar holds the position of chair of the ELTE Doctoral Council.