Prof. Chae is currently a Professor at Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul, Korea. His research field of interest is tick-bone diseases including SFTS (severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome) for interaction among pathogen, vector and host. He started his research career as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Pathobiology at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine (1995-1997), and moved to School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis (1998-1999). He became a Professor in Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine at Jeonbuk National University (2000-2005), and was a Visiting Professor in the Center for Vector-borne Diseases at the University of California-Davis (2005), and now a professor at College of Veterinary Medicine at the Seoul National University (2006~present). He has published 31 books or book chapters, 234 scientific papers, and made 260 domestic and international academic presentations. He has received the D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D. degree from College of Veterinary Medicine at the Jeonbuk National University.

Dr Marge Chandler is an independent consultant in small animal nutrition and internal medicine, Clinical Nutritionist for Vets-Now Referrals, Glasgow, and Internal Medicine Specialist for Moorview Referrals in Newcastle. She has a BS from California State University, and a MS (Animal Nutrition) and DVMfrom Colorado State University (CSU). After several years in mixed practice, she did residencies in small animal medicine and clinical nutrition at CSU and Massey University, NZ. She is a diplomate of ACVIM (Small Animal Medicine and Nutrition), member of the ANZCVS (SAM), Chair of the FEDIAF Scientific Advisory Committee, founding member of the European Veterinary Nutrition Educators Group, and Co-Chair of the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee

Dr. Chávez graduated from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Perú. He rececived dermatology training at UC Davis and NCSU Raleigh, Finished a Masters Degree on Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Human Medicina. He was a Dermatology Resident at NCSU, and now is a Diplomate of the LACVD. He enjoys teaching as a Professor of Veterinary Dermatology at UNMSM and Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina. He works as dermatologist at VetDerm (Lima), a referral veterinary specialty hospital. He lectures about alergic skin and ear diseases.

Director and Medial Oncologist at La Merced Veterinary Specialists in Calpe (Alicante), Spain Graduated at University of Extremadura, Spain Residency in Medical Oncology at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Master in Veterinary and Comparative Medicine at the Ohio State University Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology) Peer-reviewed publications in PLOS One, Frontiers of Veterinary medicine, Journal of Small Animal Practice, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, Veterinary Records, Journal of Cancer Therapy. Multiple book chapters in hematology and oncology. Speaker at national and international congresses in Europe, America, China and Latin America Scientific director, Spanish Small Animal Veterinary Association Member of the Oncology Working Group of WSAVA Honorary Member of the Mexican Veterinary Oncology Association Honorary Member of the Argentinian Society of Veterinary Oncology Animal Welfare Award of the Alicante Veterinary Association

Médico Veterinario Especialista en Clínica de Animales de Compañía por la Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, con experiencia en el manejo de pacientes críticos, emergencias, consulta básica. Con amplio dominio en Oftalmología y Anestesiología. Habiendo culminado estudios en Farmacología Experimental a fin de mejorar el empleo de drogas oftalmológicas y anestésicas.

Dr. Alexandre Daniel received his DVM from São Paulo University/Brazil, in 2005 and completed a 2 year residence program in small animal medicine and surgery at Veterinary teaching hospital, São Paulo University, in 2007. He obtained a master degree at the same institution in 2009. He is diplomate of American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP), specialist in feline practice , and serves on the Cat Friendly Practice committee - American Association of Feline Practitioners - and on ABVP, as the chair of feline specialty exam. He is member of the Academy of Feline Practitioners - International Society of Feline Medicine, owner of a feline only practice in Brazil and consultant at VIN (Veterinary Information Network - feline internal medicine).

Dr. Filipe Dantas-Torres is a veterinarian and a public health researcher at Instituto Aggeu Magalhães (Fiocruz) in Recife, Brazil. He is a Veterinary Specialist in Parasitology and holds a Master degree in Public Health, a PhD in Public Health, and a PhD in Animal Health and Zoonoses. He is the Chair of the Tropical Council for Companion Animal Parasites (TroCCAP) and Editor-in-Chief of Parasites and Vectors. He is also in the Executive Committee the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP). His main research interests include leishmaniasis, heartworm and other vector-borne diseases.

Dr Kurt De Cramer was born in Belgium, in 1962, where he attended primary school. His family later immigrated to South Africa where he completed high school and qualified as a veterinarian at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort, University of Pretoria, in 1986. He started his veterinary career at a research Laboratory and and later (1992) co-founded the Rant-en-Dal Animal Hospital. In furthering his studies he obtained his Master’s degree MMedVet (Gyn) (theriogenologist) and much later completed his PhD study with caesarean section as theme. He remains in full time private practice focussing on running a busy 8-man small animal practice and reproduction cases. His interests are dog and cat breeding, neonatology and infectious diseases. He remains in close contact with his Alma Mater through collaboration in research projects, education, CE and tries to review and publish also. He actively participates in education to breeders and pet owners on various platforms and collaborates with dog and cat breeder associations. His inquisitive mind compels him to continue making a contribution to the science of dog breeding; constantly researching and solving clinical problems that breeders experience. He has published 2 books on dog breeding.

Dr. Autran de Morais is a graduate of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. He obtained his PhD from Ohio State University, where he also did residencies Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialties of Small Animal Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Currently Dr. Autran de Morais is a Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Oregon State University. Dr. Autran de Morais has lecture extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe, North, and South America. He has more than 200 publications including more than 80 book chapters. He was the Invited Editor of 2 issues (in 2008 and 2017) of the Veterinary Clinics of North America in Advances of Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy. His main areas of interest include fluid therapy, respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, and gerontology.