Dr. Paris Johnson is a public health practitioner and scholar whose work operates at the intersection of epidemiology, spatial analysis, and public health systems design. Trained in both health informatics and population health, Dr. Johnson’s work examines how surveillance systems, analytic infrastructure, and policy environments shape real-world health outcomes. Her research and applied practice span infectious disease surveillance, overdose epidemiology, and spatial health inequities, with a particular focus on how geography, data systems, and institutional decision-making influence who receives care—and who is overlooked.

Dr. Chris Stout is a licensed clinical psychologist and international humanitarian with a diverse background in various domains. He is the Founding Director of the Center for Global Initiatives (a Top-Rated Nonprofit) and is the Executive Producer and Host of the popular “Living a Life in Full” a top-ranked podcast with an audience of over 3 million. He was a Fellow in the School of Public Health and Full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois, Chicago and prior to that he held an academic appointment at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He served as a NGO Special Representative and had the honor of speaking at the United Nations; he holds the distinction of being one of only 100 world-wide leaders appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders of Tomorrow and was an Invited Faculty at the Annual Meeting in Davos. Learn more at: https://www.DrChrisStout.org/ and https://linktr.ee/DrChrisStout

Prof. Ubaldo Comite was born in Cosenza, Italy, June 14, 1971. He has a degree in Law (1994) and Economics (1996) at the University of Messina (Italy) and earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration at the University of Calabria, Rende (Cs) Italy, in 2005. Currently he is a Full professor of Budget and Business Organization at the Faculty of Economy, Department of Business Sciences, University of Calabria. Furthermore, he is a professor of Business Administration and Health Management at the Faculty of Economy, University Giustino Fortunato (Benevento – Italy). His Research interests are: Private and Public Management, non-profit Organizations and Accounting, Health Management.

Bernd Blobel studied Mathematics, Technical Cybernetics and Electronics, Bio-Cybernetics, Physics, Medicine and Informatics at the University of Magdeburg and other universities in the former GDR. He received his PhD in Physics with a neurophysiological study. Furthermore, he performed the Habilitation (qualification as university professor) in Medicine and Informatics. He was Head of the Institute for Biometrics and Medical Informatics at the University of Magdeburg, and thereafter Head of the Health Telematics Project Group at the Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen. Thereafter, he acted until his retirement as Head of the German National eHealth Competence Center as well as Head of the globally unique International Interdisciplinary PhD and PostDoc College at the University of Regensburg.

Keith Sherringham (B.Sc. Hons., Ph.D., FACS) is a trusted advisor for executive and senior management on business and technology transformation, AI implementation and data practices. He has published thought leadership, peer reviews for leading publications, is a keynote speaker, and has guest lectured at various Universities in Australia and overseas. Keith is a business mentor, member of advisory boards, a company Director and a Director for Not for Profits.