Hemmen Sabir is a neonatologist with a special interest in neonatal neurology. He is head of experimental neonatology at the University of Bonn, Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. His lab focuses on mechanisms of perinatal brain injuries with a special interest in neuroprotective treatment options.

Prof. Sachs is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria. She established a clinical research program for patients with schizophrenia at MUW, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She was head of the Outpatient Clinic for patients with first episode schizophrenia and of the Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group. From 2012-2014 she was Medical Director of the Neuropsychiatric State Hospital Wagner Jauregg Linz, Upper Austria. Since 2013 she is President of the Austrian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (ÖGPB). Since 2015 she is a member of the ECNP Schizophrenia Network. The main topics of her research work are cognition and emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, validation of new neuropsychological assessments and of neuro-psychological intervention programs. She is specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine as well as clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She was Project Partner of the EU Project: European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene Environment Interactions (EU-GEI) and since 2016 she is Project Partner of the EU Project: FP7 – Translating neuroimaging findings from research into clinical practice (PSYSCAN).

Jerzy Samochowiec is a professor of psychiatry, certified psychotherapist and the Chair of the Department and Clinic of Psychiatry at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. He is an EPA NPA Vice Chair, President of Polish Psychiatric Association (2019-2022). Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs at Pomeranian Medical University (2012-2024). Editor in Chief of Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Member of Editor Board of: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, Psychiatria Polska, Alkohol i Narkomania (Alcohol and Drug Dependence), Postgraduade Psychiaty. Member of Board of Directors of European Society of Biological Research of Alcoholism – ESBRA (2009-2014), Member of the Board of European Psychiatric Association – EPA (2015-2019). Married, 1 child. Hobby: skiing, soccer, traveling.

Dr. Andriy V. Samokhvalov, MD, PhD, FRCPC, CSCS is an Associate Professor with the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry and McMaster University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. He is a staff psychiatrist at Homewood Health Centre and a courtesy psychiatrist and a collaborator scientist with Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He has a number of publications on a variety of psychiatric problems with the main focus of research and practice on integrated assessment and treatment models for concurrent disorders. In addition to that Dr.Samokhvalov is active on social media platforms promoting mental and physical health via optimal nutrition, exercise and stress management.