Anne Marie is a world-renowned expert in orthodontics, serving at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) as an educator and researcher. She also serves as Adjunct Professor at institutions in Bern, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Formerly she was Chair of Orthodontics at Radboud University Nijmegen. She is a Past-President of the European Orthodontic Society. Passionate about teaching, she cofounded the Network of Erasmus-based European Orthodontic Programs (NEBEOP). She has been honored with prestigious awards such as the AAO Lifetime Achievement Award for Research (2020) and Harvard's Paul Goldhaber Award (2018). In 2023 she was inducted into Radboud University’s Hall of Fame.

She has undertaken extensive translational and clinical research in the field of orthodontics and cleft lip and palate. In recent years, her major interests have been in 3D-imaging, evidence-based orthodontic treatment, and clinical practice guideline development. She has (co)authored over 450 publications, supervised 61 PhD theses, and has given numerous lectures in 40 countries around the globe.

Mithran completed Dental School at The University of Western Australia in 1981 and attended the Forsyth Dental Center/Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, USA from 1984-1987 where he completed his Certificate in Orthodontics and Master of Medical Science degree. He took up a teaching position in orthodontics at The University of Western Australia in 1987 and has been Head of Orthodontics and Graduate Program Director at The University of Western Australia since 1989.

Dr Goonewardene is a full member of The Edward Angle Society of Orthodontists and is Certified by the Australian Orthodontic Board. He visits Sri Lanka regularly as a visiting Consultant in Orthodontics in the Dental Institute, Colombo and participates in part-time private practice in Perth.

Mauro is Professor and Chair of Orthodontics, Head of the Postgraduate Programme in Orthodontics (Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry), and Director of the Research Programme “Craniofacial Research”, at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Otago, New Zealand.

His current main research interests include clinical orthodontics, biomechanics, craniofacial growth and imaging, jaw function, translational research using animal models, and development of wearable devices in dentistry and orthodontics. In addition, he is a widely recognised expert in orofacial muscles and temporomandibular joint research. Internationally, his past research endeavours have been supported with research grants amounting to over one million Euros.

Laurence is an Australian specialist in special needs dentistry, and a multi-award winning educator and researcher. He has had a pre-eminent role in developing and enhancing new technologies for dentistry, covering a wide range of topics “from microbes and molecules to materials”. Laurie holds patents in 8 different fields of technology. He is ranked in the top 150 dental scientists in the world, and has published over 430 journal publications and 12 books. He holds an appointment of emeritus professor at the University of Queensland, where he served for 36 years on the academic staff (including 10 years as head of school and 21 years as the research group leader for advanced technologies) before retiring in late 2020.

In his retirement he continues to teach and examine at multiple Australian universities, and works on special research projects. Laurie is an international authority in infection control in dentistry, and has featured in multiple FDI events. He has contributed to development of Australia’s guidelines and standards for over 30 years through roles on national bodies. He has served on the ADA’s Infection Control Committee for over 25 years.

Giorgio received the degree in Dentistry, the Specialty in Orthodontics and the PhD in Oral Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II. He received the Certificate of Excellence in Orthodontics in Italy (Italian Board of Orthodontics) and the E.B.O. (European Board of Orthodontics). Honorary Senior Lecturer and Clinical Tutor at the University of Naples Federico II and at the University of Otago (New Zealand), he is Vice President 2024-2026 of the Italian Board of Orthodontics (IBO), past-President 2020-2022 of the European Begg Society of Orthodontics (EBSO), past-President 2020-2021 of the Italian Association of Specialists in Orthodontics (ASIO), past-President of the Italian Society of Aligners (SIALIGN), provisional member of Angle Society of Europe (ASE), active member of SIDO, EOS, SIBOS, AIDOr and ASIO.

Marie received both her dental degree (1999) and postgraduate specialist degree in orthodontics (2003) from the University of Louvain, in Brussels. In 2007, she was visiting research scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She defended her PhD about miniplates as temporary skeletal anchorage in Brussels in 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Geneva. From 2014 to 2020, she was Associate Professor and Postgraduate Program Director of Orthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, and in 2015 she became Head of Section. In 2021, Marie became Professor and Head of Orthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School. Marie was awarded the WJB Houston Oral Research Award of the European Orthodontic Society in 2008 and the Dewel award as an author of the best clinical paper in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in 2012 and in 2023.

Paolo is a Professor of Research at the Melbourne Dental School, the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia, and is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. His research interests focus on dental biomechanics, 3D imaging in orthodontics, and analysis of dento-alveolar structures and their interaction with external mechanical stimuli studied using in-vitro, in-vivo, and in-silico models. At present, he is actively involved in projects dealing with clinical outcome analysis in 3D. He has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters.

Adith is a specialist orthodontist currently working as a Senior Lecturer, Orthodontics in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Otago. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor and Clinical instructor of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics at the University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He was previously in a private practice at Pachem Dental Hospital, Phnom Penh where he practiced exclusive labial, lingual & aligner therapy.

Adith completed his Ph.D. in Orthodontics from Kyungpook National University, South Korea under the eminent Prof Hee-Moon Kyung. He completed his Clinical M.S. with an Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Orthodontics from the University of the East (2014), Manila and earned a bachelor’s degree in Dentistry (B.D.S.) from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India.

Peter is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer Department of Oral Sciences, Dental School, University of Otago and a former Clinical Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics at the Dental School, University of Bristol. Peter undertook his dental training at the University of Otago and postgraduate orthodontic training at the University of London. He holds a Fellowship in Orthodontics from the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons; a Diploma of Orthodontics Royal College of Surgeons England; a Membership in Orthodontics Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh as well as a Fellowship Faculty of Dental Trainers Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh; a Fellow of the Higher Educational Academy (UK) and a Fellow of the NZDA. In 2019 Peter completed a PhD at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.

Practising in general dentistry, periodontics and dental sleep medicine for over thirty years, Anikó suffered frequent neck, back and shoulder pain. Doctors and physical therapists offered short-term symptom relief without identifying her condition as work related.

Anikó recovered when she learned about biomechanical design, and how to recognize and change harmful work postures by applying the Inner Ergonomic principles of the Alexander Technique.