Speakers

Dr. Melanie Darmanin is a Senior Lecturer in Early Years and Vocational Education at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), where she also serves as the Institute’s Vocational Coordinator for the early years’ programmes. She has published across various domains, but her main research area focuses on digital literacy, multimodality, communication, and

Jacques Plouffe, Ph.D., has been a professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) since 2010. He specializes in developing a winning attitude, mental toughness, and peak performance through mental training. For more than 35 years, he has been teaching, conducting research, and working with numerous professional- and Olympic-level athletes, while also serving as