Dr Adelaide Withers is a respiratory and sleep consultant at Perth Children’s Hospital and a researcher in the Children’s Lung Health Team at Telethon Kids Institute. She is currently completing her PhD investigating factors predicting the onset of respiratory failure in children with neuromuscular disorders and is the respiratory clinical lead for the neuromuscular service. She is part of the complex airway team with vast experience in managing children with complex obstructive sleep apnoea, airway anomalies and those requiring tracheostomy insertion and ventilation. Her other research interests include tracheobronchomalacia in cystic fibrosis, use of humidified high flow oxygen during aeromedical transfer and novel technologies for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea. She is the co-host of the Child and Adolescent Health Service Podcast, Kids Health Matters, where she discusses topics such as sleep problems in children and vaping.

Prof. Waters is a senior clinician and researcher who has worked in Paediatric Sleep Medicine for over 30 years. Her research interests include Sudden Infant Death and more recently, work to validate home sleep studies in children.

Evelyn's research focuses on sleep in children. She studies the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on cardiometabolic risk, neurocognitive deficits and quality of life, as well as the impact of treatment for sleep disorders on specific health outcomes and the promotion of healthy sleep habits. She has developed a research program with interdisciplinary collaborations to explore sleep issues in children with chronic conditions, including neurodevelopmental disabilities and genetic or metabolic conditions. One current focus is the evaluation of sleep issues in children with cerebral palsy, an understudied population. One of the few clinician-scientists in pediatric sleep medicine in Canada trained in epidemiology, she has established a large longitudinal research database for our pediatric sleep laboratory - the only such cohort in the country. Our studies completed to date using this unique longitudinal cohort confirm its value as a springboard for future studies on obstructive sleep apnea and its treatment in children.

Dr Anne-Marie Adams is the Chief Sleep Scientist at the Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Department of the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences from the University of Melbourne. Dr Adams is also an Honorary Fellow at both the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics. With extensive experience in paediatric sleep medicine, Dr Adams's research interests focus on sleep in children with rare and chronic diseases, sleep in newborns and infants, and innovation in paediatric sleep technology.

A/Professor Jasneek Chawla is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist at Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane and leads the Kids Sleep Research Group at the Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland. Her research interests include optimising sleep in children with complex disability. She is currently leading a multi-centre MRFF (government) funded study focused on improving the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in children with neurodisability. She is a board member for the Australasian Sleep Association and regular speaker for the Sleep Health Foundation. Jas is a strong advocate for children with disability and complex chronic medical conditions and collaborates widely with many consumer representative organisations and individuals with lived experience through her research.

Dr Moya Vandeleur is an experienced paediatric respiratory and sleep medicine specialist at RCH, Melbourne. Her clinical work involves children with general respiratory and sleep problems however she has a special interest in caring for patients with sleep disordered breathing and those requiring ventilatory support. She has a number of research interests that reflect her clinical practice. She is the lead for sleep research at RCH, the paediatric representative for the Australasian Sleep Association Clinical Committee and Conference Organising Committee and the Coordinator of Advanced Training for Paediatric Sleep Medicine on the Advanced Training Committee in Respiratory and Sleep, RACP.

Deborah Richards is a Professor in the School of Computing at Macquarie University. She has been an artificial intelligence researcher since 1993, initially focussed on knowledge acquisition and reuse and knowledge-based systems and in 2003 moving to agent-based systems with a current focus on intelligent virtual agents and intelligent virtual worlds. The ethical use of these technologies has been a primary concern for over a decade. With 20 years in industry prior to joining academia in 1999, she has a focus on the application of technology to improve current shortcomings and overcome barriers faced by stakeholders in education, training, health and well-being.

Prof. Waters is a senior clinician and researcher who has worked in Paediatric Sleep Medicine for over 30 years. Her research interests include Sudden Infant Death and more recently, work to validate home sleep studies in children.

Professor Caroline Donovan is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor within the School of Applied Psychology and the Centre for Mental Health at Griffith University. She has received over $10 million worth of funding throughout her career and has published 14 book chapters and 107 peer reviewed journal articles. Her research philosophy centres around a strong belief in early intervention, with research interests centering around child and youth sleep and anxiety problems. Professor Donovan’s research has a strong emphasis on digital mental health interventions to increase reach and access to evidence-based psychological interventions for young people.