Professor Pablo Fernández-Peñas, leads the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Group, is a Professor at the University of Sydney, Head of Dermatology at Westmead Hospital, and Director of the Centre for Translational Skin Research. As NSW Lead for the ACRF Centre, he co-heads the Discipline of Dermatology. He established the Dermatology Comprehensive Clinical Centre, addressing severe skin conditions. He Initiated the Dermatology Clinical Trials and Research Unit and is actively engaged in over 50 trials covering melanoma, skin cancer, lymphoma, hidradenitis, and psoriasis. His diverse interests span oncodermatology, immunology, quality of life, and information technologies, A devoted teacher and researcher, Professor Fernández-Peñas is committed to advancing the field of dermatology.

Carolyn Pinto is the Secretary of the Hemispherectomy Foundation Australia, a peer-led disabled person’s organisation that provides peer support, connection and advocacy to families impacted by hemispherectomy brain surgery. Carolyn brings lived experience of hemispherectomy as the parent of a daughter who acquired chronic focal encephalitis at age six requiring hemispherectomy surgery at age 11.

Carolyn is also a Research Associate at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute where she is involved in research projects focused on topics relevant to children and young people who experience disability following an acquired brain injury. Prior to joining MCRI, Carolyn had an extensive career in the Victorian government, specialising in health and human services policy, program design, implementation and management.

Chantille Khoury specialises in emergency service worker claims. She completed a double degree in law and commerce at Macquarie University, and was admitted as a solicitor in 2002. She has been working in workers compensation for more than two decades. In 2008 she joined Law Partners, Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firm, as a claims solicitor, and became a Principal in 2014. Chantille has been recognised in Doyle’s Guide since 2021, when she was listed as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ (NSW) in the categories of both Work Injury Compensation and Public Liability Compensation. In 2023 she was recognised as Preeminent, in the category ‘Leading Work Injury Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff)’ (NSW), and in 2024 she was recognised in the same category in both NSW and Australia. In 2021, Chantille was the recipient of an Australasian Lawyer Award as ‘5-Star Personal Injury Lawyer’.