Stephanie Clarke is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine in Lausanne, where she was Head of the Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation Clinic at the University Hospital. Her research focus is cognition and functional organisation of the human cerebral cortex, with particular interest in the plasticity of the human auditory cortex. Stephanie Clarke is Honorary Member of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation, the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences and the Swiss Society for Neuroscience. She is Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology and of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK).

Dr. Sabahat Wasti is an internationally recognized consultant in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the Head of Neurorehabilitation at the Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. With over 30 years of experience spanning the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, he has led the development of advanced neurorehabilitation programs, integrating clinical excellence with research and innovation.

Dr. Wasti serves as Regional Vice President of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (Gulf Region) and Co-chairs both the Community Based Rehabilitation and Service Development and Neurophilosophy Ethics Special Interest Groups. He has contributed extensively to clinical governance, ethical oversight, and vocational rehabilitation initiatives, mentoring healthcare professionals and supervising PhD candidates.

His research focuses on stroke rehabilitation, Service structure and culturally adapted rehabilitation models. He has authored numerous publications and is involved in cutting-edge bioengineering projects aimed at improving functional outcomes for patients with neurological conditions.

Renowned for his leadership and advocacy, Dr. Wasti combines deep clinical expertise with a patient-centered approach, driving innovations that enhance recovery, quality of life, and the integration of neuroscience and technology into modern rehabilitation practice.

Steven C. Cramer, MD, MMSc

Dr. Steven C. Cramer is a Professor of Neurology and the Susan and David Wilstein Chair in Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the Medical Director of Research at California Rehabilitation Institute. Dr. Cramer graduated with Highest Honors from University of California, Berkeley; received his medical degree from University of Southern California; did a residency in internal medicine at UCLA; and did a residency in neurology plus a fellowship in cerebrovascular disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also earned a Masters Degree in Clinical Investigation from Harvard Medical School.

Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hummel is a neurologist and leading translational neuroscientist in the field of neurorehabilitation and interventional neurotechnology. Since 2016, he has been Full Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and Adjunct Professor at the University Hospitals of Geneva.

His work is dedicated to developing next-generation neurotechnologies to improve motor and cognitive function and to foster recovery after stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative disorders. A major focus of his research is the establishment of orchestrated non-invasive neuromodulation in humans, including multifocal and deep-brain stimulation approaches, alongside network-based biomarkers to predict recovery and treatment response. His research bridges fundamental systems neuroscience and clinical application, with the overarching goal of enabling personalized, circuit-based therapies for neurological disease.

Dr Saitoh is a board-certified physiatrist, Professor Emeritus, Senior advisor of Fujita Health University, Japan. He served as the chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Fujita Health University from 1995 to 2019.

He is the President of Japanese Society for Neural Repair and Neurorehabilitation and the chair of Asian Dysphagia Society.

He holds adjunct/visiting professorships at several universities, including Johns Hopkins University (USA), University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (China), and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (Japan). He was selected as an International member of National Academy of Medicine (USA, 2020-). 

His research areas are dysphagia, activity assistive technologies, motion analysis, and psychology.

Nam-Jong Paik, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Seoul National University College of Medicine. As a world-renowned expert in neurorehabilitation, he is the incoming President of the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR). His research focuses on advancing functional recovery through brain plasticity, pioneering the clinical application of neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS), brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and digital health platforms. With an H-index of 57, Professor Paik has significantly influenced precision neurorehabilitation for stroke and neurological disorders, earning prestigious accolades such as the Seok-Jeon Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Steven Zeiler focuses on the diagnosis and management of cerebrovascular disease, including acute stroke therapy, secondary prevention of stroke, and recovery from stroke. Dr. Steven Zeiler received his medical and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Colorado. He completed a one-year internal medicine internship at the University of Colorado prior to coming to Johns Hopkins for his residency training in Neurology. Following his residency, Dr. Zeiler then completed a one-year fellowship in Vascular Neurology also at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Zeiler now serves as the Director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins as well as the Director of Clinical Informatics and Technology for Johns Hopkins Neurology. Dr. Zeiler runs a translational animal lab studying interventions designed to improve post-stroke recovery. Finally, Dr. Zeiler runs SENRG (the Super Room for Enriched Neurological Repair at Green Spring) that provides an enriched environment in which to test different technological and pharmacological interventions post-stroke.