Prof. Christian J. Herold is the Director of International Affairs and Chairman for the Department of Medical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy at the Medical University of Vienna, and holds a joint faculty appointment with the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University, USA. Prof. Herold is a pioneer in the field of pulmonary computer tomography and advocates interdisciplinary scientific cooperation.

As such, he is a member of a large number of professional societies, the majority of which he has also headed as president. He has been a guest professor at prestigious institutions such as Stanford University, Cornell University, Cambridge University and Duke University, and is widely published in scientific peer-reviewed journals.

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Zlabinger is a specialist in Immunology. His professional life is characterized by a strong commitment to research and teaching activities as well as to curriculum development and implementation in the health care sector. These efforts resulted in the appointment for full Professor in Clinical and Experimental Immunology as well as to the Director of the undergraduate medical curriculum and Head of Teaching Centre at the Medical University of Vienna. From 2000-2009 also Scientific director of the Academy for Training Biomedical Analysts at the General Hospital of Vienna and as such contributed to the establishment of a high standing education at the academic level also for this profession. From 2010 – 2012 President of the Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology. He published more than 200 scientific papers and book chapters as author or co-author and has been involved in various activities of national and international scientific associations and other professional organizations. Research interests in the field of Immunology are immune tolerance, immunomodulation, complement regulation and immunometabolism.