Professor of Pediatrics, Chair of the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine of the Schulich School of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario. Also, the Director of Children’s Health Research Institute, Canada Research Chair in Maternal and Fetal Health and Douglas and Vivian Bocking Chair in Fetal and Newborn Growth. Internationally recognized researcher in molecular mechanisms of fetal and placental growth and his research focuses on mechanisms underlying fetal growth restriction, prematurity and pregnancy associated diseases such as preeclampsia and their impact of fetal growth and health and short- and long-term outcomes in neonatal, child and youth health.

Consultant, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care in King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Ministry of National guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, since 2009

Dr. Karen Choong is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care, and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed fellowships in Neonatology as well as Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Toronto. Professor Choong�s major research contributions are in the areas of PICU-based rehabilitation, patient-centered outcomes, and post-intensive care sequelae. She is the current Vice Chair and Chair elect of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

Dr. R. Christopher Tomlinson, MB ChB, BSc, PhD, is Division Head of Neonatology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. He is also the Womens Auxiliary Chair in Neonatology and Academic Lead for Paediatric Nutrition Education at the Lawson Centre.
A staff neonatologist at SickKids since 2007, Dr. Tomlinson has dedicated his career to improving outcomes for critically ill and extremely preterm infants through clinical leadership, research, education, and innovation in neonatal nutrition. His research focuses on the nutritional and metabolic needs of newborn infants, particularly protein and amino acid requirements, human milk feeding, and strategies to optimize growth and neurodevelopment in very preterm infants. He has been a co-investigator on numerous CIHR-funded studies and has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and educational resources.

Consultant pediatric cardiac intensive care, with a 30 years of experience in Pediatric and neonatal cardiac intensive care. Working in National Guard hospital since 2003 till now and contributed to establishing a stat of art pediatric and neonatal cardiac intensive care unit comparable to any similar Benchmark units in the world. Having an interest in clinical
research and a good number of publications in national and international journals. Having a major contribution to academic activities and teaching for pre – graduates and postgraduates. A director of
pediatric and neonatal critical care ultrasound courses- in Riyadh in affiliation with winfocus organisation- Italy, and a senior instructor SCCM Point of care courses- USA, in addition to many other regular courses. Having major contribution as a speaker in many National and international conferences, and workshops .

Dr. Grace van Leeuwen, MD, MSc, is Medical Director of the ECMO Program and Senior Attending Physician in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care at Sidra Medicine (Qatar), and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine � Qatar. She leads neonatal and pediatric ECMO transport services at the region�s national referral center and previously directed the first ECMO program in Brazil to earn the ELSO Award of Excellence. Dr. van Leeuwen serves as the Qatar representative on the SWAAC ELSO Steering Committee and is a member of the EuroELSO Pediatric ECPR Working Group. She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Service Operations from Harvard Medical School, with a focus on implementation science and change management in complex clinical systems. Co-Chair of the Congenital Heart Academy, she has organized 200+ webinars delivered to over 20,000 clinicians worldwide and serves as faculty for international ECMO courses and congresses. Her work bridges clinical excellence, program innovation, and the structured change management required to build safe, high-reliability ECMO programs.