Prof Stephen Nicholls is a world-renowned cardiologist and leads the Victorian Heart Hospital (VHH). A multiple-award winner, Professor Nicholls has written more than 770 manuscripts, book chapters and conference proceedings, and has raised more than $100 million in research funding.

Professor Yan Bi is vice president of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and head of endocrinology. She is a distinguished talent of China's National High-Level Talent Program, a lead expert for the National Science and Technology Major Project on chronic diseases, and a standing committee member of the Chinese Diabetes Society.

Richard J MacIsaac is Professor and Director of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne and Senior Principal Research Associate, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria

Dr Sarah Parry is a Staff Specialist Endocrinologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and RPA Health One Green Square. She has completed a PhD from the University of Sydney, researching drivers of metabolic liver disease in diabetes.

Liyana Ahmad Zamri is a researcher at the Institute for Medical Research, Malaysia, with publications in obesity, cardiometabolic health, and weight change. Her work focuses on metabolic risk markers, body composition, and obesity interventions, contributing to improved understanding of cardiometabolic outcomes in diverse clinical and population-based settings.

Lixuan Fang is a PhD candidate in Endocrinology at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. Her research focuses on metabolic diseases and diabetes management. She is supervised by Professor Jianping Liu and is engaged in clinical and translational research in diabetes care.

Dr. Longfield is an Early Career Postdoctoral Researcher working within the Kolling Institute of Medical Research and Department of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology at the Royal North Shore Hospital under the leadership if Prof. Sarah Glastras. Her work spans clinical trials and basic science research focusing on clinical translation.

Associate Professor Samantha Hocking is an Endocrinologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a Clinical Academic at the University of Sydney. She is the current president of the National Association of Clinical Obesity Services (NACOS)