Rigveda Kadam joined FIND in 2018 and is currently Head of Digital Access. As part of her work, Rigveda has worked with national and local governments, private sector laboratories, pharmaceutical and diagnostic device manufacturers and other development sector partners for increasing access to key commodities and services targeted at improving public health outcomes. Her work has involved conceptualizing projects and managing end-to-end execution, building partnerships, fund raising, laboratory capacity planning, assessment of diagnostic networks, forecasting, quantification and data analysis across the health areas mentioned above. Rigveda has a B.Tech in Information and Communication Technology from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT, Gandhinagar (India) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (India). She has also worked previously in software engineering and strategy consulting.

Christian R. Kahlert, MD is head of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Switzerland, having received his MD from the University of Basel. He has been treating patients with infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies for about 15 years, including HIV exposed and HIV infected children and adolescents. Dr. Kahlert is currently involved in the design and conduct of several ongoing projects of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) including the Mother and Child Cohort (MoCHIV). He is a long- standing member of the SHCS scientific board and head of MoCHIV. In the current pandemic, his research activities also include SARS-CoV-2 with a focus on with a focus on hospital workers, the role of children and immunity. He is part of the Executive Committee of the national research program Corona Immunitas that investigates the spread and impact of the corona pandemic in Switzerland.

Consultant in ped respiratory medicine with a longstanding interest in PID

BUDDING PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND PAEDIATRIC HIV SPECIALIST, BORN AND RAISED IN NAIROBI, KENYA. I LOVE TO BRING HOPE, INSPIRATION AND HEALING TO MY PATIENTS THROUGH GOD'S GRACE.

Anu Kantele is Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Medical faculty of the University of Helsinki, Finland and Senior Medical Officer at Helsinki University Hospital (HUH). She is the founder and head of Meilahti Vaccination Research Center, MeVac at HUH. She has received her MD and MD PhD as well as her specialist degrees in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include antimicrobial resistance, diarrhoea, returning travellers, vaccinations, and infection immunology.

I am a paediatric trainee in London with a special interest in infectious diseases and global health. Currently, I am a Clinical Research Fellow working with the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group in St. George's University of London on projects around maternal and infant immunisation. I am an MPhil/PhD student in the area of Group B streptococcus (GBS) vaccinology at the same institute.

I am a senior registrar in Paediatrics,attached to Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya. I do general paediatrics, have special interest in infectious diseases.

Dr. Ariesti Karmila is a pediatric infectious disease specialist who has a passion for both patient care and epidemiology research. Her main interests are viral and bacterial infections, antibiotic-resistant, and research in the area of microbiomes and micronutrients' role in infectious disease. She holds a Medical Degree and Master in Biomedical Science from University of Sriwijaya (Indonesia), did her pediatric training at University of Indonesia, completed her pediatric infectious disease fellowship at University of Indonesia (Indonesia), and currently a Ph.D. candidate in Epidemiology at Michigan State University (USA) sponsored by Fulbright.

Dr. Sandeep Kaur received her graduation and post-graduation in Microbiology (Hons. School) from Panjab University, Chandigarh. After completion of her MSc., she served at the post of Research Associate (anti-infective area) at Panacea Biotec Ltd. (Drug Discovery) for 5.6 years. She was awarded the CSIR- Senior Research Fellowship and completed her Ph.D with specialization in Medical Microbiology from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She is presently serving as Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial and Food Technology at Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Kaur’s research work has been focused on studying the anti-infective potential of phage therapy against treatment of bacterial infections caused by resistant strains. She has been involved in developing novel phage based solutions, cocktails and formulations to treat skin and wound infections, diabetic foot ulcers, implant infections followed by their testing in murine models. She has till date published a total of 16 international publications and one book chapter.