Prof Andrew Sindone B. Med (hons), MD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FNHFA is Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Concord Hospital and Head of Department of Cardiology at Ryde Hospital. He runs the Concord Hospital Heart Failure Clinic, research, rehabilitation and outreach programs. He has been Principal Investigator in 50 international, multi-centre, clinical trials and authored over 100 articles. He is a Co-Chairman of the NSW Cardiovascular Expert Reference Group, Fellow of the Heart Foundation of Australia and is co-author of the Australian and the Asia Pacific Heart Failure Guidelines.

Richard Stark graduated from Monash University (top student) and trained at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, The London Hospital and the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, in London. He is Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Monash University and Neurologist at the Alfred Hospital. His major area of clinical interest has been headache: the headache clinic at the Alfred is now the largest in Australia and many young Australian headache specialists have trained there. He has published extensively on clinical aspects of migraine management. He is passionate about teaching, especially clinical skills. He has been Chair of the WCN Tournament Committee He is Past Treasurer and Trustee of the World Federation of Neurology and Past President of the Australia New Zealand Headache Society. He was awarded the E Graham Robertson Award for services to Neuroscience and to ANZAN in 2009, the ANZAN Medal for services to Neurology and to ANZAN in 2012 and was the 2022 Noshir Wadia Orator at the AOCN/IAN meeting. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to neurology and professional organisations in June 2019.

Prof Richard Harvey currently works as a dedicated Rhinologist (nose, sinus, allergy and endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery) at Macquarie University and St Vincent’s Hospitals in Sydney. He is the Program Head of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at the Applied Medical Research Center of UNSW and is Professor at both the University of NSW and Macquarie University. After several years of post-training fellowships, including formal fellowships in the USA and UK, Prof Harvey practices in Sydney, Australia, as one of only a few dedicated Rhinologists in the country. He has authored over 300 publications, books, book chapters and completed his PhD in trans-nasal skull base surgery. He has presented over 800 lectures and talks on sino-nasal disease management. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Otolaryngology (www.theajo.com) as well as an Associate Editor for the Cochrane ENT disorders group currently. He contributes to the editorial board for Rhinology Journal, American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy and the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology and is actively involved in research programs in Sydney. He is the recipient of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Medal for ‘Distinguished Contribution to the Art and Science of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery’, intended to recognise members who are providing outstanding OHNS services beyond their normal practice activities. Along with training surgeons in both developed and emerging countries, he runs a series of courses with Sydney every year to further rhinologic education and training in Australia.