Göran Hajak is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Regensburg. Dr. Hajak also holds clinical and administrative positions as Director of the Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy and as Deputy Medical Director of the Social Foundation Bamberg, a maximum care hospital network with 32 clinical departments and teaching hospital of the University of Erlangen, Germany. He has been Medical Board Certified for Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Sleep Medicine, and Traffic Medicine, and has received a Master of Business Administration degree in Health Management*. Dr. Hajak´s widespread scientific interests are reflected in his author- and co-authorship of in total 1400 publications, including 387 peer-reviewed original papers and 210 review articles with an accumulated impact factor of 1343, 131 book chapters, 22 books, and more than 800 abstracts (Jan-uary 2021) covering the areas of affective, emotional, psychotic, somatoform, cognitive and sleep disorders, the mechanisms of neuroplasticity and brain networking, psychopharmacology, and health management. His work has qualified him to be named in the Who-is-Who-List of Medi-cine Germany and the Focus TOP-100-Best-List of Medical Doctors in Germany as a distinguished physician for the treatment of Depression, Bipolar Disorders, Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, and Sleep Disorders.

Prof. Danny Hamiel teaches for many years at various universities in Israel. He is chief clinical instructor and head of the CBT unit at the Greater Mental Health Center in Tel Aviv Israel and a clinical instructor of practitioners and psychology interns at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya University. He is main instructor in courses of the Israeli Association of CBT. Prof. Hamiel frequently teaches courses throughout the world.

Dr Ahmed Hankir MBChB MRCPsych is Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London, Specialist Registrar at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Research in association with Cambridge University. Dr Hankir’s research interests include global and Muslim mental health and pioneering and evaluating innovative programmes that challenge mental health related stigma. Dr Hankir has co-edited three textbooks on faith and religion (Islamophobia and Psychiatry, Anti-Semitism and Psychiatry, Christianity and Psychiatry) all published by Springer. Dr Hankir is author of, 'The Wounded Healer', an anti-stigma programme that blends the power of the performing arts and storytelling with psychiatry. The Wounded Healer traces Dr Hankir’s remarkable recovery journey from ‘traumatised and suicidal service receiver with mental illness’ to ‘mental health advocate and Royal College of Psychiatrist’s Award-winning doctor’. Dr Hankir has delivered The Wounded Healer to over 75,000 people in 18 countries in five continents worldwide. Dr Hankir is passionate about public engagement and education, breaking down the barriers to mental healthcare services and empowering and dignifying people with mental health conditions. Dr Hankir Tweets as, ‘The Wounded Healer’ (@ahmedhankir)