Professor Eef Hogervorst is Director of Dementia Research at Loughborough University in England. She specialised in diagnostics, risk/protective factors, and lifestyle treatments including design modifications for dementia. She has written over 200 peer- reviewed publications and obtained over £9M with collaborators. She was on the editorial board of JAD/JADP and is regularly invited for both scientific as well as public lectures.

Thelma Kay is the former Chief of the Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and also the former Senior Advisor on Ageing Issues, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore. She serves as advisor and consultant to governments and international organizations and was on the boards of entities of UNESCO and Asian Institute of Technology. Ms Kay was educated at the National University of Singapore and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Christy Nishita, Ph.D. is a Researcher at the University of Hawai’i Center on Aging. She received her Ph.D. in Gerontology from the University of Southern California. Her focus is on improving community-based long-term care, with publications on aging in place, nursing home transitions, intergenerational programming, and health promotion. She is the consultant for the Age-Friendly Honolulu Initiative and Principal Investigator for the Hawaii Alzheimer's Disease Initiative.

Professor John S. Tam is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Director & Chair of the Asia-Pacific Alliance for the Control of Influenza. He has served as Scientist and Technical Officer for WHO, responsible for influenza policy, vaccine recommendations and research and Vice President of Wyeth Vaccine Research. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Virology with the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has more than 185 peer reviewed articles.

Dr. Elsie Yan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research centers around domestic violence with a focus on elder abuse. She has also conducted research on dementia care, elder sexuality, crime victimization and crime fear, etc.