Dr. Hassan is an internationally recognized scientist specializing in infectious diseases, natural product pharmacology, and the discovery of novel therapeutic strategies against viral and bacterial pathogens, with particular emphasis on human herpesviruses. His research combines natural product chemistry, molecular pharmacology, microbiology, and computational approaches to advance innovative anti-infective therapies. Beyond his research, Dr. Hassan is an active contributor to the international scientific community. He serves on the editorial boards of several Web of Science (Clarivate) and Scopus-indexed journals and is an active member of international scientific societies in virology and pharmacology. A comprehensive overview of his scholarly achievements is available through his ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3922-2738. Dr. Hassan has been invited to serve as an organizing committee member, keynote speaker, and invited lecturer at conferences across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and the Middle East, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia. His contributions have fostered international collaboration and scientific dialogue in infectious disease research. In recognition of his scientific achievements and international impact, Dr. Hassan has received several prestigious international awards, highlighting his contributions to anti-infective drug discovery and the therapeutic potential of bioactive natural compounds.

Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Ivens is a distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology and Senior Consultant (Leitende Oberärztin) in the Department of Nephrology at University Hospital Düsseldorf (Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf), affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. She has over 30 years of clinical and academic experience in nephrology, with recognized expertise in kidney transplantation, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, hypertension, and glomerular diseases.

Prof. Ivens plays a leading role in the Kidney Transplantation Center at University Hospital Düsseldorf, one of Germany's largest and most experienced renal transplant centers. Her clinical practice focuses on kidney transplantation, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, renal biopsy, and the management of complex renal disorders. She is actively involved in multidisciplinary transplant care and long-term management of kidney transplant recipients

Dr. Melissa Y. Yeung, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Medical Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, and an Associate Physician in the Division of Renal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA. She is a leading physician-scientist specializing in transplant nephrology, histocompatibility and immunogenetics, kidney transplantation, and transplant immunology.

Dr. Yeung received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine in 2003. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Maine Medical Center and subsequently undertook a fellowship in Nephrology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she developed expertise in kidney transplantation and transplant immunology. She is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology

Prof. Dr. Moro O. Salifu, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP is the Chair of the Department of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, and a Tenured Professor of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (formerly SUNY Downstate Medical Center) in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He also holds the prestigious Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Endowed Chair in Nephrology and Transplantation. He is internationally recognized for his leadership in nephrology, kidney transplantation, interventional nephrology, vascular biology, and chronic kidney disease research.

Originally from Ghana, Dr. Salifu earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Turkey, before completing his residency in Internal Medicine, Nephrology Fellowship, and advanced training in Kidney Transplantation at SUNY Downstate. He also completed a fellowship in Interventional Nephrology at Emory University and later earned both a Master of Public Health (MPH) from SUNY Downstate and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from George Washington University

Prof. Luigi Masoni, MD is a distinguished General, Colorectal, and Minimally Invasive Surgeon and serves as the Director of the Department of General Surgery at Ospedale San Carlo di Nancy, Rome, Italy, a leading hospital within the GVM Care & Research network. With more than 30 years of clinical and academic experience, he is internationally recognized for his expertise in laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, colorectal surgery, digestive endoscopy, proctology, and pelvic floor surgery.

Prof. Masoni graduated summa cum laude in Medicine and Surgery from the Sapienza University of Rome, where he also completed his specialization in General Surgery. He subsequently undertook advanced research and a Clinical Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, USA. Throughout his career, he has performed more than 10,000 surgical procedures, the majority using minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic techniques, and has extensive experience in complex abdominal, hepatobiliary, colorectal, and gastrointestinal surgery.

Assoc. Prof. Vassilios (Vasileios) Liakopoulos, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Nephrology in the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and a senior nephrologist in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, AHEPA University Hospital. He is an internationally recognized expert in clinical nephrology, chronic kidney disease (CKD), dialysis, diabetic kidney disease, mineral and bone disorders, and cardiovascular complications in kidney disease.

Dr. Liakopoulos earned his MD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and his PhD in Medicine from the Democritus University of Thrace. He completed specialty training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology in Greece and further advanced his expertise through international fellowships at Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada, specializing in peritoneal dialysis, and at the Glomerular Center, Columbia University, New York, USA, focusing on glomerular diseases.