Dr. Mariam Shadi is an Assistant Professor of Phoniatrics, ENT Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. She has a special interest in the diagnosis and managment of voice and swallowing disorders in adults and pediatrics with over 20 years of experience. She is also an active member of the UEP (Union of European Phoniatricians) Swallowing Committee.

Professor Miroslav Tedla, MD, MPH, PhD is a Chairman of the Department of ORL- HNS at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.  He is a member of several international societies, CORLAS member and at the moment serves as a Treasurer of European Laryngological Society and the President Elect of  the Confederation of European ORL- HNS.

Dr. Tedla is a main author of three textbooks, author/co-author of more than 130 in extenso scientific papers/book chapters and is regularly invited to present at the international venues. His main clinical and research interests include Thyroid and Paratyhyroid Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer, Voice, Airway and Dysphagia. 

Prof. Mohamed Farahat Ibrahim Desouky is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at King Saud University and former head of the Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit and supervisor or swallowing clinics in the university hospitals. He is the International Coordinator of World Swallowing Day and Co-Chair of the Union of European Phoniatricians' Swallowing Committee. His expertise spans clinical phoniatrics, evidence-based dysphagia management, machine learning applications in voice pathology detection, and healthcare quality improvement. Prof. Farahat has published 51 peer-reviewed articles and currently contributing to research in agentic AI systems for voice disorder diagnosis. He is an accomplished international speaker, keynote lecturer, and mentor dedicated to advancing clinical practice and professional education in phoniatrics across Europe and the Middle East.