Professor Simon Stewart is a health services researcher who has successfully led a broad range of large-scale surveillance studies that have helped to define the evolving burden of heart failure in Australia and internationally. Inclusive of a current, multicenter trial, he has also made substantial contributions to the evidence-based management of those affected, with a particular focus on vulnerable individuals and communities.

Professor Greg Scalia is the clinical director of the echocardiography lab at The Prince Charles Hospital. Professor Scalia is a nationally respected expert in echocardiography, undertaking a busy schedule of lecturing and teaching in Australia, the United States and South East Asia. Professor Scalia has published over three hundred papers, abstracts and book chapters in peer-reviewed major journals and has been co-director of the Echo Australia program since its inception in 2002.

Afik Snir is currently completing his final year of cardiology advanced training and PhD involving research into low-flow aortic stenosis phenotypes as well as improving transcatheter aortic valve intervention.

Seshika is a cardiologist undertaking her PhD in the area of 'Pulmonary Hypertension and Left Heart Disease' through the University of Sydney. Her research is supported by a National Heart Foundation Scholarship. She is the current Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Prof. Geoff Strange is a clinical observational researcher who has a specialist interest in “Big Data” and its application to further our understanding of a variety of cardiovascular diseases. Geoff is a Professor within the School of Medicine at the University of Sydney and the University of Notre Dame, Australia. Geoff is the Senior Academic lead for the burden of disease study (CHD) base at the Heart Research Institute Sydney and is a member of the cardiology research team at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Geoff is creator, Director and Chief Investigator of the National Echo Database of Australia and New Zealand (NEDA) – the largest mortality linked echocardiographic database in the world covering more than 45 specialist centres across Australia. Geoff has led several governmental initiatives that have resulted in significant translational outcomes for patients (including combination therapy funding for PAH and the National Action Plan on childhood heart disease after establishing the Congenial Heart Alliance of Australia and New Zealand; a research initiative spanning 15 centres across the region resulting in 27 M in funding for the National Action Plan on childhood heart disease from The Hon Minister Hunt). Geoff’s research interests include, Big Data for Cardiovascular Disease (Structural Heart Disease), Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Heart Disease and Echocardiography.

Liz is a cardiologist and World Heart Federation Emerging Leader. Her PhD, completed in 2023 at the Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, focussed on young cardiac arrest and received the Paul Korner PhD Medal. She is the Wilma Beswick Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Deputy Medical Director of the East Timor Hearts Fund and a Designated Aviation Cardiologist.

Dr. Jordan Strom is Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory and Director of Echocardiographic Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Section Head of Cardiovascular Imaging Research at the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology. He received his B.S. in Biology from Yale University and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, before subsequently training in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and in Cardiovascular Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he was Chief Fellow for the 2017-2018 year. He received additional post-graduate training in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, receiving an M.Sc. in Epidemiology in May 2018. Dr. Strom was the inaugural fellow and is currently a faculty investigator at the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology. His research involves evaluation of the relationship of cardiac structure and function to health outcomes, particularly for valvular heart disease. Additionally, his research focuses on the optimal use and timing of cardiac imaging in practice. He specializes in the analysis of large administrative, registry, and clinical trial data, in particular imaging registries. He has received grant funding for this work from the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health and he has published more than 90 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Circulation, European Heart Journal, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. He serves as a guest editor and Editorial Board member for the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and is a member of the ACC Imaging Council Leadership committee. Dr. Strom was a member of the inaugural class of the American Society of Echocardiography’s Leadership Academy and was the inaugural member elected to the ASE Board of Directors in this capacity. In addition to his role as Chair of the ImageGuideEcho Registry committee, he is a member of the ASE Leadership Academy Selection Task Force and additionally is the ACC representative to the board of directors of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS) which oversees training in diagnostic medical sonography in the US, the ACC Commissioner to Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the largest programmatic accreditor of the health sciences professions, accrediting over 2,100 education programs in 32 health sciences occupations, and a member of the board of directors of the International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS).

Jae K. Oh, M.D., is a consultant in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He currently serves as director of the Echocardiography Core Laboratory. He is also director of the Pericardial Clinic and co-director of Integrated Cardiac Imaging. Dr. Oh is recognized with the distinction of a named professorship, the Samsung Professorship in Cardiovascular Diseases. He has been working with the Samsung Medical Center for Samsung-Mayo Collaboration and is the Founding General Director of Heart Vascular Stroke Institute at Samsung Hospital in Seoul, Korea. Dr. Oh earned his B.S. degree in biochemistry with honors at the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.D. degree at Pennsylvania State University. He completed a residency in internal medicine, with an outstanding achievement award, and a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases, both at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Oh has research interest in all aspects of echocardiography and its use in clinical trials as well as in clinical diagnoses. His research focuses on diastolic function, heart failure related to diastolic dysfunction, valvular heart diseases, pericardial diseases, and artificial intelligence using ECG and Echocardiography. He has established noninvasive Mayo Clinic diagnostic criteria for constrictive pericarditis and the concept of transient constriction. Dr. Oh is also passionate about pursuing multimodality imaging in cardiovascular diseases. He is frequently invited to give presentations on his research both domestically and internationally and has authored over 500 manuscripts. He has published 4 editions of “The Echo Manual” which has become a standard textbook for echocardiography. In recognition of his work, Dr. Oh has received many awards and honors, including the Cardiovascular Teacher of the Year for several years and Most Outstanding Mentor Award in Internal Medicine, conferred by Mayo Clinic, and named Lectureships (the William Gaash Lecture, Euro Echo Lecture, Edler Lecture at the EACVI, Echo Seoul, HB Callejo 1st Memorial Lecture in Philippine) Dr. Oh has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Society of Cardiology Myocardial-Pericardial working group and the 10th Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Echocardiography in June of 2019. In addition to his research activities, Dr. Oh is active in education and mentoring. He holds full faculty privileges in Clinical and Translational Science at Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He has mentored more than 70 physicians at Mayo and around the world. Dr. Oh holds memberships with numerous professional organizations, including the fellowship of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, and the European Society of Cardiology. He currently serves as president of the Asian-Pacific Association of Echocardiography.

Professor and Head of Cardiology Teaching and Research at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia. Consultant Clinical Cardiologist specializing in Cardiac Imaging and breathlessness assessment. Regular invited speaker to National and International conferences and many highly cited publications, and Convenor of the CSANZ meeting in 2024. Founder, Director and Chief Investigator of National Echo Database Australia (NEDA). Chief Medical Officer of Echo IQ, an ASX listed company focused on automation and risk detection using echocardiographic data (ASX:EIQ).