Karen is a sleep scientist with over 16 years of experience across four institutions. She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Notre Dame Australia, investigating sleep disturbances and sleep apnoea in pregnancy, their relationship with depression, and their combined impact on perinatal outcomes. Her research draws on both objective and self-reported measures of sleep across two pregnancy cohorts, with findings that highlight the importance of examining sleep and depression together in antenatal care.

Xueling is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney with over 20 years of experience in clinical research and the medical device industry. Her current research focuses on obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), CPAP therapy, and patient experience and engagement among Chinese populations. She is particularly interested in understanding cultural, behavioural, and health system factors that influence treatment acceptance and long-term adherence.

Dr Donald Lee BSc(Med) MBBS MMed FCCP FRACP is a consultant adult respiratory and sleep physician and Practice Principal at Nepean Lung and Sleep in Western Sydney. He graduated with honours from the University of New South Wales (1999) and completed specialist training at Royal North Shore Hospital and Concord Hospital, obtaining his FRACP in 2008. He holds a Master of Medicine from the University of Sydney (2005). His clinical interests include obstructive sleep apnoea, complex sleep-disordered breathing, COPD, asthma, pulmonary thromboembolic disease and lung cancer. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of TSANZ.

Dr Nicolo Malagutti is a biomedical engineer and researcher at ANU with over 15 years experience in sleep, having worked, among things, as a sleep technologist, research coordinator at Canberra Sleep Clinic, and expert technical assessor for NATA. Nicolo's interests revolve around sleep measurement technology, systems physiology, and advanced data methods in sleep research.

Professor Ron Grunstein AM FAHMS is one of Australia's most distinguished sleep medicine clinicians and researchers, with over 30 years of experience. He holds the Chair of Sleep Medicine at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (Macquarie University) and is a Senior Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. A pioneer in CPAP therapy and sleep-disordered breathing research, he is Australia's most published sleep researcher with over 400 publications. Past President of the World Sleep Federation (2007–2011) and recipient of multiple honours including the Nathaniel Kleitman Award (AASM, 2011) and Member of the Order of Australia (2019).

Scott Sands has recently returned from Harvard Medical School to start as Professor at School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health and Monash University. He is a recognised leader in obstructive sleep apnea research, known for pioneering physiological approaches to targeted patient selection strategies that aim to improve outcomes and patient choice.

Prof Jordan is the Director of the John Trinder Sleep Laboratory and Deputy Head of the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne.