Dr Victoria Delgado is currently the head of the cardiovascular imaging department of the Heart Institute at the University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol in Badalona, Spain. She graduated from medical school at the University of Barcelona (Spain), completed her PhD at Leiden University. She is currently President of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology. She is also president of the Scientific Commission Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé - 4 (SVS-4) of the F.R.S.-FNRS (Belgium) and has formed part of several grant selection panels. She has been Senior Editor of Circulation and Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Dr Aaisha Ferkh is a Consultant Cardiologist with expertise in advanced cardiac imaging. She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney, focusing on atrial cardiomyopathy and novel echocardiographic techniques. She recently undertook a two-year Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship at St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, with a focus on multimodality and structural heart imaging, including echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. Dr Ferkh’s clinical and research interests include valvular heart disease, atrial myopathy, and the integration of advanced imaging into routine clinical practice to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes. She practices in Western Sydney, focusing on patient-centred, culturally- responsive care and improving access to advanced cardiac imaging.

Dr Anastasius is a Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist and Interventional Echocardiographer at Royal North Shore and Concord Repatriation General Hospital. He completed his PhD in the field of high-density lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis at the University of Sydney and then undertook fellowships in advanced cardiac imaging (cardiac CT/MRI) at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, echocardiography research at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States, and then echocardiography and structural heart imaging at Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, United States. Dr Anastasius previously held a faculty position at Mount Sinai Hospital as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA. During this time, he worked as a non-invasive cardiologist and structural heart imaging specialist supporting complex interventional procedures. He has clinical and research interests include advanced cardiac imaging (echocardiography/CT/MRI), valvular heart disease and interventional echocardiography for guidance of structural heart interventional procedures.

Dr. Tuğba Kemaloğlu Öz is the President of the Global Society of Cardiology. She is a cardiologist, cardiovascular imager, and Associate Professor of Cardiology, FESc, FRACP. Dr. Öz serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Echocardiography and Balkan Journals. Her work primarily focuses on 3D echocardiography, valvular heart diseases, and the integration of new technologies in cardiology. In addition, she actively organizes international training programs and courses in echocardiography and cardiac imaging. She is currently affiliated with Fiona Standly Hospital, Hollywood Private Hospital, the University of Notre Dame, and Flinders University, Australia.

A/Prof James Hare is a Cardiologist in Heart Failure and Transplantation and Head of Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He completed his PhD in advanced echocardiography at the University of Queensland and then undertook a post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiac MRI at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He has active research interests in heart failure and cardiac imaging and is an Associate Professor (Clinical Adjunct) at Monash University, Melbourne. James has specific expertise in diagnosis and management of inflammatory and infiltrative cardiomyopathies and directs the Cardiac Amyloidosis and Sarcoidosis Clinic at The Alfred.

A/Prof Lisa Simmons is a staff specialist and Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Lisa provides assessment for the structural heart program and guidance during procedures, including for mitral and tricuspid percutaneous intervention. Lisa completed her specialist training in cardiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne in 1997 and a PhD investigating the cardiovascular adaptation to pregnancy at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney in 2000. After completing a fellowship in echocardiography in Leuven Belgium, Lisa returned to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Interests are in the areas of echocardiography, imaging for structural heart disease and cardiovascular disease in pregnancy.

Professor Liza Thomas is a Conjoint Professor at Sydney University, Adjunct Professor University of New South Wales. and Clinical Lead for cardiac imaging at Westmead Hospital. Her research focuses on echocardiography; specific interests include imaging for the assessment of atrial dynamics and function, diastolic function, chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy, amyloid and Fabry cardiomyopathies and cardiac involvement in metabolic disease and chronic kidney disease. Professor Thomas is actively involved in undergraduate/postgraduate medical student and sonographer education. She supervises several PhD and Masters students. She is an section editor for Heart, Lung and Circulation and on the editorial board for JACC CV Imaging and JASE. Liza has been invited to present her work at national and international meetings and has published extensively