Professor David Hunter is a rheumatology clinician researcher whose main research focus has been clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis (OA). Dr. Hunter is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology and Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney, and Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. In 2014, he was ranked as the leading expert in the world on osteoarthritis on expertscape.com. A native of New Zealand and an Australian citizen, he earned his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and Master of Sports Medicine at the University of New South Wales. He completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at the Royal Australian College of Physicians, a Masters of Sports Medicine from UNSW, and earned a Masters of Medical Science (Clinical Epidemiology) from the University of Newcastle. He established a full-time career in medical research in 1999, received his Ph.D. in 2001 and then maintained an academic faculty appointment at Boston University. He returned to Australia in 2010. His research is focused on a number of key elements in OA including the epidemiology of osteoarthritis, the application of imaging to better understand structure and function with application to both epidemiologic research and clinical trials, novel therapies in disease management and heath service system delivery of chronic disease management. He is an editor for leading international journals in his field. He has authored books on osteoarthritis and has over 350 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Professor Philip Conaghan, MBBS Ph.D., FRACP, FRCP is Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine at the University of Leeds and a Rheumatologist for the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus and Deputy Director of the NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit. His research spans early translational studies through large late-phase clinical trials and health services evaluation, with major interests in understanding pathogenesis and therapeutic response for common arthritides. He is co-executive lead of the international outcomes group OMERACT, was inaugural Chair of the EULAR Standing Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging as well as past-President of the International Society for Musculoskeletal Imaging in Rheumatology. He has twice chaired the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) osteoarthritis clinical guidance. For Arthritis Research UK, he has chaired the Osteoarthritis Clinical Studies Group since its inception in 2007, and is Director of an Experimental OA Treatment Centre. He is on a number of journal editorial boards, is co-editor of the most recent Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology and has authored over 450 publications as original research, reviews and book chapters.

Dr. Ali Mobasheri is President of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). He is Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology in the Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu in Finland. He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands and holds the position of Chief Researcher in the State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has held a Visiting Professorship at Harvard University since April 2020.

Dr. Michael A. Mont is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of joint pain in teens and adults due to joint degeneration, complex bone and joint disorders, avascular necrosis, hip, knee, shoulder and ankle injuries. Dr. Mont is currently the Chairman of Orthopaedics at Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedics & Rheumatologic Institute. Dr. Mont earned his medical degree is from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, and received his fellowship training in reconstructive surgery at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions where he specialized in complex total joint revisions and actively participated in different clinical research studies in the area of total joint replacement. Dr. Mont served as an associate professor at Johns Hopkins and continues to teach and perform research. He has published over 400 articles and book chapters on various aspects of joint reconstruction. Dr. Mont is involved in multiple professional societies including the Knee Society, Hip Society and the National Osteonecrosis Foundation. He is on the board of editors of multiple journals including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and he has received multiple research grants.

Dr. Javad Parvizi is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in pelvis, hip, and knee reconstruction with a special interest in hip pain in young adults and joint preservation procedures. Dr. Parvizi is the Director of Clinical Research at the Rothman Institute and Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Parvizi completed his medical training in the United Kingdom graduating from University of Sheffield in 1991. He completed his surgical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and fellowship training with Professor Reinhold Ganz in Inselspital, Switzerland. His training also includes a master's degree from the Mayo Foundation in Molecular Biology that involved evaluating bone healing and cartilage repair. Dr. Parvizi is a member of various societies including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the Orthopedic Research Society. He is actively involved in basic science research particularly related to Smart Self-Protective Implants that resist infection.