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Professor Christopher Bladin
Professor Christopher Bladin is a neurologist and academic researcher specialising in stroke. He is the Director of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine (VST) service, and Director of Stroke in Ambulance Victoria. The Victorian Stroke Telemedicine delivers acute stroke care in the Emergency Departments of 22 hospitals across regional Victoria and Tasmania. He has professorial appointments at Monash University and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and sits on many national and international committees. He has extensive research funding from the NHMRC and MRFF with research interest in clot busting therapy for stroke patients, new brain imaging techniques, and the use of telemedicine to care for stroke patients in regional areas.

Professor Stephen Davis AO MD FRACP FAAHMS
Professor Stephen Davis is the Professor of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a Past-President of the World Stroke Organization (WSO), Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists and the Stroke Society of Australia. He co-chairs the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Program and the Australian Stroke Alliance (with Geoffrey Donnan), aiming to deliver pre-hospital stroke care to rural and remote Australians using novel, lightweight, portable brain scanners. His research has focussed on acute therapy for both ischemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage, particularly the use of advanced imaging in selection of therapy. He has led trials of reperfusion therapies for ischemic stroke and therapies to reduce hematoma growth in acute ICH.

He was elected as an inaugural fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015. He was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in 2021 for his stroke research, leadership and medical education. He has numerous international awards including the International Cooperation Contribution Award from the Chinese Stroke Association 2019, the World Stroke Organization Leadership Award 2018 and the William Feinberg Award 2011 from the American Stroke Association.

Professor Geoffrey Donnan AO MD FRACP FAAHMS
Professor Geoffrey Donnan is a clinical stroke neurologist with long-standing research interests in acute stroke therapy and clinical trials. He is a former Director of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and past President of the World Stroke Organization. He is currently Professor of Neurology at the University of Melbourne and co-chair, with Stephen Davis, of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit program and the Australian Stroke Alliance. The latter is a collaborative group embracing many organisations and disciplines across Australia to advance prehospital stroke care, particularly using lightweight brain imaging devices on road and in air. This program encompasses all Australians who may develop stroke, but particularly benefits rural, remote and Indigenous communities.

Professor Rod Sinclair

Professor Rod Sinclair is co-founder and Past President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research (ASDR), co-founder and current President of the Australasian Hair and Wool Society (AHWRS) and Past President of the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. He is Vice President of the International Society of Dermatology and Executive Vice President of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology. He is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Medicine at Melbourne University. He has co-authored the section on Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, chapters on hair disorders in Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology and Bologna’s text Dermatology Essentials. He is a Dermatology expert group member for the Therapeutic Guidelines in Australia. Professor Sinclair is considered a world leader in the treatment of, and clinical research in, hair and skin conditions and diseases.

Ms Jenny Petering

Ms Jenny Petering is a patent and trademark attorney. Jenny is one of the leading practitioners in the Australian biotechnology space. She has extensive experience in managing international patent portfolios, including strategic planning, due diligence, infringement and patentability advice, and coordinating opposition proceedings. Jenny is regularly singled out by industry reviews of the world’s leading patent prosecutors for both for her exceptional technical ability and her commitment to clients. She has been recognised as an IP Star for patent prosecution by Managing Intellectual Property 2019-2022 and as a Notable Practitioner in 2025. She has been endorsed in the IAM Prosecution recommended list each year since 2018. Jenny has also been recognised in the IAM Strategy 300 list from 2021-2025; and in the IAM Global Leader’s list 2024- 2025.