Prof Richard Harvey currently works as a dedicated Rhinologist (nose, sinus, allergy and endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery) at Macquarie University and St Vincent’s Hospitals in Sydney. He is the Program Head of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at the Applied Medical Research Center of UNSW and is Professor at both the University of NSW and Macquarie University. After several years of post-training fellowships, including formal fellowships in the USA and UK, Prof Harvey practices in Sydney, Australia, as one of only a few dedicated Rhinologists in the country.

He has authored over 300 publications, books, book chapters and completed his PhD in trans-nasal skull base surgery. He has presented over 800 lectures and talks on sino-nasal disease management. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (www.theajo.com) as well as an Associate Editor for the Cochrane ENT disorders group currently. He contributes to the editorial board for Rhinology Journal, American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy and the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology and is actively involved in research programs in Sydney.

He is the recipient of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Medal for ‘Distinguished Contribution to the Art and Science of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery’, intended to recognise members who are providing outstanding OHNS services beyond their normal practice activities. Along with training surgeons in both developed and emerging countries, he runs a series of courses with Sydney every year to further rhinologic education and training in Australia.

Professor Richard Stark graduated from Monash University (top student) and trained at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, The London Hospital and the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, in London. He is Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Monash University and Neurologist at the Alfred Hospital.

Professor Stark’s major area of clinical interest has been headache: the headache clinic at the Alfred is now the largest in Australia and many young Australian headache specialists have trained there. He has published extensively on clinical aspects of migraine management and is passionate about teaching, especially clinical skills. He has been Chair of the WCN Tournament Committee and is Past Treasurer and Trustee of the World Federation of Neurology, and Past President of the Australia New Zealand Headache Society.

Professor Stark was awarded the E Graham Robertson Award for services to Neuroscience and to ANZAN in 2009, the ANZAN Medal for services to Neurology and to ANZAN in 2012 and was the 2022 Noshir Wadia Orator at the AOCN/IAN meeting. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to neurology and professional organisations in June 2019.

Prof Andrew Sindone B. Med (hons), MD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FNHFA is Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Concord Hospital and Head of Department of Cardiology at Ryde Hospital. He runs the Concord Hospital Heart Failure Clinic, research, rehabilitation and outreach programs. He has been Principal Investigator in 50 international, multi-centre, clinical trials and authored over 100 articles. He is a Co-Chairman of the NSW Cardiovascular Expert Reference Group, Fellow of the Heart Foundation of Australia and is co-author of the Australian and the Asia Pacific Heart Failure Guidelines.

Prof Andrew Metz is a gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist. Dr Metz underwent gastroenterology training at the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he graduated with honours. He then spent two years in Sydney doing a fellowship in Therapeutic Endoscopy, where he focused on endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic mucosal resection. His main research interests are the genetics of bowel and pancreatic disease, and novel endoscopic treatments. He is the Director of the Jreissati Pancreatic Centre at Epworth, Director of Endoscopy at Royal Melbourne Hospital, and was previously Director of Endoscopy at Cambridge University Hospitals, UK.

Prof Robert Booy is an Infectious Diseases Specialist and Paediatrician and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney clinical School, Children’s Hospital at Westmead. From 2005-2019, he was the Head of Clinical Research at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) at Westmead, NSW.

Professor Craig Munns is the Convenor of the UQ First 10,000 Days Wellbeing Network, Head, Mayne Academy of Paediatrics and Director, Child Health Research Centre at The University of Queensland. He is also a Senior Medical Office Department of Endocrinology at Queensland Children’s Hospital. Prof Munns’ primary clinical and research interest is the diagnosis and management of primary and secondary paediatric bone disorders. He has published widely on nutritional rickets, genetic rickets, osteoporosis and osteogenesis imperfecta with over 200 publications and H-index of 56. He has undertaken numerous investigatons, initiated and sponsored clinical trials of novel therapies in paediatric bone disease and their implementation into clinical practice.

Dr Rosie King has worked in general practice for 10 years before specialising in sex and relationship counselling. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in the Sexual Health Medicine Chapter and has had over 40 years of clinical experience.

A/Prof Samantha Hocking is an Endocrinologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a Clinical Academic at the University of Sydney. A/Prof Hocking’s main research interest is precision medicine exploring how personalised medicine can both predict, prevent and improve the management of metabolic disease, particularly diabetes. In addition, she is working with fellow researchers at The Boden Institute and the CPC-RPA Clinic on projects in obesity, bariatric surgery, metabolic syndrome and diabetes and liver disease.