Andrew Ta-Fu Huang, a physician and Professor of Medicine at Duke University, is a graduate of the National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, trained at University of Pennsylvania affiliated hospitals and Duke University Medical Center, and has taught at Duke since completion of his clinical and research training in 1969.

He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center located in Taipei, TAIWAN. He presently serves on the Advisory Board of The Duke Global Health Institute and was an inaugural advisory board member of Duke Kunshan University. He also serves on the Board of Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center. He co-founded the Andrew T. Huang Medical Education Promotion Fund and serves as its Chairman since 1998.

He has an extensive publication in refereed medical journals on DNA damage and repair and has participated widely in clinical research and trials. He has written three books, contributed chapters in textbooks and monographs, and authored numerous articles in magazines and newspapers on health policy and humanities in medicine. Dr. Huang was the endowed professor on Research Integrity of the Taiwan University Systems between the year 2008 and 2011.

His other interests are in music, art and literature.

Dr Aw is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine), National University of Singapore and a Consultant Paediatrician in the Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital (NUH). Her area of clinical expertise is in paediatric gastrointestinal disease, hepatology and liver transplantation. She has an interest in nutrition and feeding issues in children, and set up the Interdisciplinary Feeding and Nutrition Clinic at NUH in 2013. In recognition of the rising trend of inflammatory bowel disease in children in SE Asia, she initiated the Paediatric IBD Regional Network in 2017 and is the Chair of its EXCO. Dr Aw also serves as the Chair of the Paediatric Gastrointestinal Subcommittee for the Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition.

Dr Aw is actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. She is an Assistant Dean (Education) for the Medical School, as well as the Education Director at NUH, overseeing all pre-employment placements and training (medical, nursing, allied health). She currently serves on the Graduate Medical Education Committee as Chair of the Physician Health and Resilience Subcommittee, and is actively involved in the School’s Longitudinal Mentorship Program for Medical Students.

Professor Ronald Harden graduated from medical school in Glasgow, UK. He completed training and practised as an endocrinologist before moving to full time medical education. He is Professor of Medical Education (Emeritus) University of Dundee, Editor of Medical Teacher & General Secretary and Treasurer of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). Professor Harden was formerly Teaching Dean & Director of the Centre for Medical Education at the University of Dundee.

He is committed to developing new approaches to curriculum planning, assessment and to teaching and learning. Ideas which he has pioneered include the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) which has been universally adopted as a standard approach to assessment of clinical competence, the spiral curriculum and the SPICES model for curriculum planning and models for outcome-based education. He has published more than 400 papers in leading journals. He is co-editor of A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers and the Routledge International Handbook of Medical Education and co-author of Essential Skills for a Medical Teacher, The Definitive Guide to the OSCE and Eight Roles of the Medical Teacher.

His contributions to excellence in medical education have attracted numerous awards including the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education. He was awarded by the Queen the OBE for his services to medical education. He was recently awarded the Gusi Peace Prize for services to medical education at a ceremony in Manila.

Dr Abdelrahman is a Senior Paediatric Gastroenterologist, holding a Master in Medical Education and he is interested in the field of postgraduate medical education together with his clinical commitments. He has special interest in the area of research in medical education. He graduated from Khartoum University, Sudan, got the Arab Board of Paediatrics, MRCP and FRCPCH, UK and the JMHPE.

Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz is an academic professor and a consultant radiologist at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. She received her undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of Malaya. She underwent training in Cardiac Imaging in the United States in 2000/2001. As an academic, she is involved in developing, implementing, and ensuring quality improvement of the undergraduate programmes. As a radiologist, she provides clinical services especially in cardiac imaging at the University of Malaya teaching hospital (UMMC). She is a member of the Malaysian Medical Council (since 2017) and is currently the Deputy Dean of Undergraduate (since 2015). She continues to dream passionately, embrace the art of seeking knowledge, remain curious, and create possibilities in her career and her life..

Dr Eman A.Rahman Senan Al Maslamani is a Senior Consultant of the Paediatric Infectious Disease at Sidra Medicine. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Paediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar and the Program Director for the Transitional Year Residency Program and Paediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program. Administratively, she is the chairman of Infection Prevention & Control Committee of Hamad General Hospital, Chairman of the Exam Committee ACGME-I and assistant Program Director of Paediatric Residency Program. She also represents Qatar in the Arab Board of Health Specialization (Paediatric). Dr Eman obtained her medical degree from Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. She had her Paediatric Residency Training and Paediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Training at Hamad Medical Corporation. As a practitioner, Dr Eman enhances health of infants, children, and adolescents by promoting excellence in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infectious diseases through clinical care, education, research, and advocacy. Dr Eman had a role in the establishment and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Hamad Medical Corporation and Sidra Medicine. She also contributed in the development and implementation of Paediatric Sepsis Program at Hamad Medical Corporation and Sidra Medicine.

Chief, Division of General Academic Paediatric at Hamad Medical Corporation – Qatar and Sidra Medicine - Qatar. Associate Programme Director of Paediatric Residency Programme, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar (WCM-Q). Dr. Alhammadi completed his Paediatrics Residency Training at British Colombia Children Hospital (BCCH) in Vancouver, Canada, and a General Academic Paediatrics fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada; Dr. Alhammadi areas of interest are medical education, faculty and professional development and cultural competency. He is the co-founder of the Professionalism Course and Workshops conducted at HMC-Qatar. He is involved in and has led several medical education workshops locally, nationally and internationally. Dr. Alhammadi, Director of the new multidisciplinary programme in Qatar caring for children with technology-dependent and medically complex conditions (Paediatrics Complex Care Programme) which offers coordinated care that spans the inpatient and outpatient divide.

As the Associate Dean, Student Affairs Service Quality (SASQ), A/Prof Bishop ensures that all students reach their potential and are supported when required. What does support mean to her? It all too often encompasses an array of complexity for the individual and as SASQ they provide a confidential, personalised triage opportunity to ensure students feel safe and listened to. The current stats around mental health are daunting but together we can support our own well-being and those around us to live fulfilled lives.

Dr Boulet is Vice President, Research and Data Resources, for both the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®). Dr Boulet holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario and both a M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from the University of Ottawa. He is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine and a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. He is currently a site visitor for the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Accreditation Agency Recognition Programme.

William Burdick is responsible for FAIMER’s global faculty development programs for health professions educators. He is Vice Secretary General of The Network: Towards Unity for Health, an organization of community oriented health professions schools. As Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, he has received awards for excellence in teaching, including the Lindbach Award and the Trustees Award. A graduate of Oberlin College, Weill Cornell University College of Medicine, and University of Pennsylvania, he completed residency training in Internal Medicine and is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr Pacifico Eric Eusebio Calderon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Professionalism, Medical Ethics and Humanities within St. Luke’s Medical Centre College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial, Philippines. He has a keen interest in the moral and practical implications of virtues and care ethics in teaching medical students, caring for patients and families, and supporting physicians and their wellbeing. Pacifico is presently a visiting fellow in clinical bioethics at Kyoto University, and his program of research evaluates the utility of the harm principle in shared decision-making in paediatrics within the Asian context.

Sherlyn Celone-Arnold, Founder and CEO of Integrated Learning Partners, LLC. (ILP), is recognised for propelling companies to become industry pacesetters. Sherlyn has worked domestically and internationally holding management and senior leadership positions with major pharmaceutical and medical education companies such as Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Purdue Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, Quintiles, Grey Healthcare, and Physicians Academy for Clinical and Management Excellence. Over the last decade, Sherlyn’s been retained as a management and educational leadership consultant to select academic centers and medical societies in the United States. Spanning her 24-year career working in the Healthcare and Life Sciences industry, she’s been responsible for leading interprofessional teams and directing the design and development of innovative knowledge management, medical education, eHealth, quality improvement, and client engagement solutions that have demonstrated significant improvement in operational excellence, clinical and professional competencies as well as patient health outcomes. In 2009, Sherlyn founded ILP, a boutique consulting firm that specialises in providing consulting services to academic centers, medical specialty societies, and medical education companies in the areas of: quality improvement coaching, educational strategy, CME/CE programming, patient experience research, needs assessments, patient engagement, and performance optimisation. Sherlyn is in the process of completing her MS in Organisational Leadership in Healthcare Management at Quinnipiac University, and holds a BA in Business Management and Marketing from Mercyhurst University. She is an Executive Board Member of the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME), and remains active with societies such as: The Learning Guild, Association for Training and Development (ATD), Alliance for Continuing Education for Health Professions (ACEHP), Healthcare Business Women’s Association (HBA), and the Project Management Institute (PMI). Sherlyn is also an administrator and patient advocate for two international support groups that serve more than 3,000 patients and caregivers living with or affected by brain cancer.

Lynna established Rachel House, the first children’s palliative care service in Indonesia, after spending over a decade in the investment banking industry. The service was established in 2006 when there were no similar programs or trained professionals in the country. Driven by the conviction that no child should ever have to live or die in pain, compassion was the underlying foundation of the organization and equitable access its reason for being. The outcome has been the flowering of this fountain of compassion, not just in the care that it provides, but extends far and beyond into the communities.

Dr Chappell is SVP, Accreditation, Certification, Measurement, and the Institute for Credentialing Research and Quality Management. She is responsible for certification of registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses; accreditation of organisations that provide continuing nursing education and inter-professional continuing education; and accreditation of residency and fellowship programs for nurses. She directs the Institute for Credentialing Research and the quality management department. She holds a baccalaureate in nursing with distinction, a Master’s of Science in advanced clinical nursing, and a doctorate in nursing. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Distinguished Scholar & Fellow in the National Academies of Practice.

Mathew is a fourth-year medical student studying at the University of Hong Kong, and has recently completed his MSc Public Health (General) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  He currently serves as the Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific Region for the International Federation for Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), which is one of the world’s oldest and largest student-run organizations representing 1.3 million medical students from across the globe. He strongly believes in a student-centric approach in developing a robust medical curriculum, and recognises the challenges associated with implementing “good” medical education in a heterogeneous landscape both within and across regions.

Yann Colardelle is the co-founder of MedEd Global Solutions (MEGS) and he is now its General Manager of Sales Marketing and Business Development. Before co-founding MEGS (in 1998), Yann Colardelle worked for several years at Publicis Group, the leading French advertising and PR company, where he gained an excellent understanding of communication and marketing strategies. Yann Colardelle is also the co-founder of CO2 Media, one of the most innovative ad agencies in Paris, France. Yann Colardelle is a professional in communications and medical education who has been involved in research and education in cachexia for more than 15 years. In 1998, he founded Medical Education Global Solutions, a leading independent medical education company with a focus on global and multidisciplinary projects. Yann holds a degree from the University of Provence and an eMBA at Paris Dauphine. As a founder, he envisions Actimed therapeutics as the organisation that will change the paradigm of cachexia management and improve the lives of patients and their families and carers.

Kusal K.Das (b.1962)-Distinguished Chair Professor in Physiology, Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, BLDE (Deemed to be University), Vijayapur, Karnataka, India. Prof. Das is also currently holding the position of Dean of Environmental Health under UNESCO Chair-Life Sciences (Biophysics, Biotechnology & Environmental Health). His research area is metal-induced cell signaling in vascular pathophysiology on low oxygen microenvironment. Prof.Das is the recipient of several national and international orations and awards that includes “G.P.Chatterjee Memorial Award 2019” by Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. He is currently a member of the Education Committee of International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS).

Peter de Jong is a staff adviser and assistant professor in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning at Leiden University Medical Centre in The Netherlands. In this position at the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education, he has been managing several major programs within Medical School in the field of development, application and evaluation of educational technologies and blended learning. He leads a team for the development, implementation and support of learning materials and he provides strategic advice in the field of technology enhanced learning. Peter is also appointed in the educational research program of LUMC. His research interest is in the field of Blended Learning in medical education, especially the integration of Massive Open Online Courses into regular classroom teaching. He authored several articles on the topic of the use of computers in education and online learning, and presented almost 200 oral, poster and workshop presentations. Peter has a Master's degree in Medical Technology from Eindhoven University and a PhD in Biophysics/Physiology from Maastricht University. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Netherlands Association for Medical Educa