A/Prof Claire Ellender BSc MBBS FRACP PhD, is a Respiratory and Sleep physician at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Her areas of research include evaluating health literacy in sleep medicine, equity in accessing sleep therapies for complex or disadvantaged groups. Dr Ellender is the head of the PA-Southside Clinical Unit at the Faculty of Health Medicine and Behavioural Science, University of Queensland. In this role she oversees the training of 300 medical students annually.

Olivier M. Vanderveken is a full-time ENT and head and neck surgeon at the Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. He has been appointed Chairman of the Department of ENT-HNS at Antwerp University Hospital. He holds a position as a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antwerp. He received his medical degree from the University of Antwerp in 2001. He completed an ENT and head and neck surgery residency at the Antwerp University Hospital. In 2007, he obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences on the topic of the fundamental and multidisciplinary approach to upper airway collapse during sleep-disordered breathing. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal 'Sleep and Breathing' and the Deputy Editor of the ‘Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine’. In the past, he has been awarded several national and international scientific awards, including the “AADSM Clinical Research Award” in 2011, the “AADSM Clinical Excellence Award” in 2011, and the “Pierre Robin Academic Award” of AADSM in 2012 from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Dr Adam Teo is the principal dentist of QLD Dental Sleep Therapy, a clinic dedicated to the management of patients for obstructive sleep apnoea and bruxism with a special focus on oral appliance therapy (mandibular advancement splints). He is a past co-chair of the ASA Dental Sleep Medicine council (2022-2025) and completed his Fellow of Dental Sleep Medicine and Masters in Science of Medicine (Sleep Medicine) in 2023. Adam is a longstanding member of the Australian Dental Association (ADA), Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) is an inductee of the Pierre Fauchard Academy (FPFA) and International College of Dentists (FICD).

Stuart MacKay is an ENT Honorary Clinical Professor (University of Wollongong). Prof MacKay has published around 100 peer reviewed publications related to sleep apnoea surgery, and has been an invited speaker at a multitude of national and international conferences. He was a chief investigator in the NH&MRC funded SAMS trial (JAMA) and the primary publication author. He is also a recipient of a Garnett-Passe Grant for research evaluating upper airway modelling in sleep apnoea. He is currently a co-investigator on a $2 million MRFF grant, and a PI on BEAT-OSA trials and a consultant for CNXII Medical and Somnair.

Clinical Professor Garun Hamilton is Director of Sleep Medicine at Monash Health and the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University. He leads the Non-Invasive Ventilation service and VRSS satellite service at Monash Health. His research interests include: 1) Endophenotyping to direct personalised sleep apnoea treatment, 2) cardiometabolic consequences of OSA, 3) life course epidemiology of respiratory/sleep disorders, 4) sleep and cognitive decline, 5) non-invasive ventilation, 6) obstructive lung disease. His contributions to the profession include: 1) Clinical guideline development/implementation, 2) National health policy impact and government interaction. He is the Immediate Past President of the Australasian Sleep Association.