Prof Brett WILLIAMS

Monash University,
Australia

• Professor of Paramedicine and founding Director of International Engagement for the School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. He is committed to professionalising paramedicine, and building capacity for paramedics and allied health personnel internationally.
• Brett is Professor of Paramedicine and founding Director of International Engagement for the School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University.  Brett has been an academic leader in paramedicine educational research, scholarship and mentorship for over 20 years.  Brett has won numerous national university teaching awards and has published 340 peer-reviewed publications, over 11,000 citations, presented conference work over 190 times, 20 book chapters and co-edited 3 textbooks. He is committed to professionalising paramedicine, and building capacity for paramedics and allied health personnel internationally.  He has supervised 14 PhDs to timely completion and is currently supervising 10 PhD students

A/Prof Patrick SC LEUNG

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital,
Hong Kong

As a dual fellow in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Dr. Leung is currently serving as Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the Out-patient Centre of the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital. Previously he worked for The University of Hong Kong as Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Practice, and the subject coordinator in Emergency Medicine for undergraduate medical students. His clinical interests are clinical toxicology, resuscitation, critical care, focused ultrasound imaging, and exploration of any medical innovations. After transition to private practice, he continues to contribute to medical education and research in the capacity of honorary staff of The University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prof Franz BABL

• Professor Franz Babl is the Group Leader of Emergency Research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Melbourne
• Co-founder and founding chair of the PREDICT network that allows for multicenter trials to be conducted. Total grant funding over his career is >$52 million. He is the director of an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

University of Melbourne,
Australia

Professor Franz Babl is a paediatric emergency physician and the Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Department of Paediatrics and the Centre for Integrated Critical Care at the University of Melbourne. He is the Director of Research at the Emergency Department of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and Head of Emergency Research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. 

He is the founding chair of the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), the paediatric emergency research network in Australia and New Zealand, and an executive committee member of the Paediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN), the global collaboration of emergency research networks.

His research focus is on multicentre randomized controlled trials and large observational studies in emergency conditions in children via PREDICT and PERN, and he has published >400 peer-reviewed papers.

Prof Salvatore DI SOMMA

University “La Sapienza”
Rome, Italy

• Salvatore Di Somma is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiologist, and Internist at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine, at University “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy
• Director of Emergency Medicine and postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University “La Sapienza” Rome since 2001
• From 2017 Visiting Professor UCSD Health Center UCSD USA and Expert Professor Department of Medicine Lund University Sweden.

A/ Prof Salvatore BABONES

University of Sydney,
Australia

A/Prof Salvatore Babones is a quantitative comparative sociologist whose current research focuses on the political sociology of democracy. In the past, he has also published on economic development in post-socialist transition economies and quantitative methods for cross-national comparisons. He is the author or editor of fourteen books and several dozen academic research articles. He writes extensively on public policy issues and is a widely-cited commentator on Australian higher education. His short book The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts was named “Best on Politics 2018” by the Wall Street Journal. He is currently researching a book on Indian democracy.

Mr Adam GOODCOFF

MedFluencers,
USA

• As the founder and CEO of MedFluencers, I lead the first and largest HCP Influencer social media marketing agency that helps healthcare brands communicate their message through compliance-trained influencers with highly targeted niche audiences. I have over 8 years of experience in creating and managing engaging medical education content for millions of followers across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
• In addition to my role at MedFluencers, I am also an emergency medicine physician who completed my residency at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2023. I currently work as an attending physician, where I apply my skills and knowledge to provide quality care for patients in critical situations. I am passionate about medical education, social media, and digital marketing, and I aim to leverage these domains to improve health literacy and outcomes for the public.

Dr James A FLIPPIN

OSF, USA

6/2024-current

•  Faculty Surgeon – Department of Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery – OSF
• Healthcare (Level 1 Trauma Center), Peoria, Illinois, USA.
• Medical Director of Clinical research – OSF Healthcare
• In this role, I direct the activities of a group of 8 full-time research residents as well as participating clinical residents and medical students. This includes generating and vetting ideas for research projects, developing project methodologies, managing IRB submissions and continuing compliance, and submitting and corresponding on the resultant research products.

He is a US based trauma surgeon, intensivist and instructor for FEMA with real world experience in disasters and mass trauma situations.

Giving track talk on management of mass trauma.

Exploring possibility of pre-conference workshop on disaster management.

Dr Shaun GREENE

Austin Health in Melbourne
Australia

• A/Prof Greene is a specialist emergency physician and clinical toxicologist.
• Medical Director of the Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
• Head of the toxicology service at Austin Health.
• Principal investigator for the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia – Victoria (EDNAV) which is a clinical registry focused on the collection of high-quality clinical and analytical data from ED presentations involving illicit drug intoxications.

Dr Alzamani IDROSE

Hospital Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Alzamani Idrose currently works as a Consultant Emergency Physician at the Emergency Department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Alzamani does research in Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine and High Altitude Medicine. His areas of interest include ultrasound for critical care and emergency, disaster management, high altitude illnesses, endocrine emergencies and medicolegal issues.

Prof Taku IWAMI

Kyoto University,
Japan

• Professor, Dept Preventive Services, Kyoto University. Executive member of AED foundation, Japan.
• International Resuscitation Council International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Task Force, Research & Registry Working Group Chief
• Member of the Joint Committee for the Preparation of Japanese Emergency Resuscitation Guidelines, Editorial Committee Member of the Section Related to Education and Dissemination
• Chairman of the Review Committee for the Introduction of BLS Education to Schools of the Japanese Society of Clinical and Emergency Medicine
• Vice President (Secretary General) of the NPO Osaka Life Support Association, and Representative of the Association’s PUSH Project (aiming to spread a simple workshop consisting of chest compression + AED)
• 10th Year of AED Introduction Project Reduce Sudden Death – Let’s Use AED – Executive Committee Member (Secretary General)

Prof Christian NICKEL

University Hospital Basel,
Switzerland

Dr. Christian H. Nickel, MD, is a Chief Physician at The University Hospital Basel. He is specialized in Emergency Medicine. His research interests are Geriatric, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Clinical Research, Healthcare Management, Medical Education, Clinical Trials.

Dr Adi OSMAN, M.D

Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital,
Malaysia

• Dr Adi Osman is currently a Senior Consultant Emergency Physician and ED Critical Care in Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Malaysia.
• He obtained his M.Med (EM) in 2003 and fellowship in Critical Care /Critical Care Ultrasound from Milan Italy in 2011.Dr Adi has been a WINFOCUS board of directors and editor for The Ultrasound Journal since 2014.
• He is one of the appointed supervisor for European Diploma in Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography(EDEC) organized by European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
• His current research interests include non-invasive ventilation , airway ultrasound , resuscitative TEE in critical care and ultrasound-guided procedures.

Dr Heah Ya Ting Charmain (Xing Yating)

Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
Singapore

She is the Deputy Clinical Director, Clinician and Patient Engagement Office at Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr NG Yih Yng

Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
Singapore

Associate Professor Ng Yih Yng is the Director of the Digital and Smart Health Office at the Centre for Healthcare Innovation, NHG. He is actively involved in AI and digital health transformation efforts in NHG. He is currently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Preventive and Population Medicine at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Prof Ng trained as both an Emergency Physician and Public Health Specialist and served in the Singapore Armed Forces in operational and staff roles and as Chief Medical Officer of the Singapore Civil Defence Force and Ministry of Home Affairs and transitioned to NHG to run Digital Health Transformation and most recently, Health Empowered by AI Launchpad (HEAL), an initiative to accelerate the adoption of AI in healthcare.

He is the clinical director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Digital Health and Health Education and an implementation lead at the Centre for AI Medicine at Lee Kong Chian-Nanyang Technological University School of Medicine. He has adjunct roles at Duke-NUS Prehospital Emergency Research Centre and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

Dr Brendan SHANNON

Monash University,
Australia

• Head of Postgraduate Programme in Dept of Paramedicine, Monash University. Lead of paramedic practitioner programme and fellow of Higher Education Academy
• Brendan is a registered paramedic and academic innovating new education programs and paramedicine models of care and career pathways – including as the lead of the Australian-first Paramedic Practitioner Program being delivered by Monash University in partnership with Ambulance Victoria, Safer Care Victoria.
• As an experienced leader in curriculum development, continuing professional development, clinical instruction, and student project supervision, Brendan is Head of Postgraduate Programs and Deputy Head of Department of Paramedicine.
• Brendan has a keen research interest in alternative care pathways, non-transport, referral services, paramedic practitioners and community paramedicine.

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