A/Prof Claudia Marck is Deputy Head of the Disability and Health Unit, at the University of Melbourne in Australia. She has qualifications in Psychology, Neuroscience and Public Health. Her research program has focused on social determinants and health behaviours associated with health outcomes, and health services research, in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Daphne Kos worked as OT practitioner, lecturer and researcher and studied fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis since her PhD project. Daphne Kos coordinates scientific research in the rehabilitation department of the National MS Center Melsbroek and is manager of the OT master programme in KU Leuven (interuniversity programme with Hasselt and Ghent). Her research domain is situated in the area of neurological rehabilitation, focussing on fatigue and fatigability, occupational performance, participation, life balance, goal setting and assessment, mainly in multiple sclerosis. Daphne Kos is current President of the Belgian Society for Neurological Rehabilitation (BSNR) and Past President of Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS).

Ellen Christin Arntzen is a physiotherapist, specialist in neurological physiotherapy with 25 years of clinical experience. She is currently working as an associate professor at Nord University, Bodø, Norway where she is the program coordinator for the specialization in Neurological Rehabilitation within the Master of Health Sciences, and she is the leader of the research group for health promotion and rehabilitation. She is co-chair of the Special Interest Group in mobility within the international network for best practice and research in MS rehabilitation and board member in the Norwegian professional network for MS rehabilitation. Arntzen has 34 publications (30 in international peer-reviewed journals and 4 in popular science journals) with a total of 377 citations (Google Scholar). Her research field is neurological rehabilitation, especially within MS, function, physiotherapy, physical activity, and work. Together with Professor Britt Normann and Associate Professor Marianne Sivertsen, she has developed GroupCoreDIST, I-CoreDIST and CoreDISTparticipation programs along with associated research project exploring effectiveness, and user experiences from such new interventions. Recently, a fully digital variant, digiCoreDIST, has been developed and is ready for exploration.

Dr. Brichetto joined the Italian MS Society Foundation (FISM) on March 2009 where he currently holds the position of Scientific Director NeuroBRITE Research Center and Head of Rehabilitation Centers at the Italian MS Foundation and President of the Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS) organization. He is 51 years old and he graduated in Medicine in 2000 and in 2004 he became specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 2004, Dr. Brichetto discussed his on Neurosciences (the effect of robotic training in patients with multiple sclerosis with prevalent cerebellar symptoms). He started to work on Research in Rehabilitation in the field of neuro-rehabilitation 20 years ago in particular in the topic of Parkinson’s disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis. Since from the beginning he started to explore the topic of movement analysis and the use of advanced technologies in rehabilitation. His whole carrier effort aimed at improving neuro-rehabilitation strategies for MS by integrating traditional rehabilitation techniques with bio-tech devices, improving cognitive rehabilitation strategies by delivering rehab trough m-health devices and by improving rehabilitation outcome measures for clinical and research purposes.

Dr. Hans Bogaardt is an internationally recognised speech pathologist and clinical epidemiologist whose work is transforming our understanding of communication disorders in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). With over 25 years of experience across clinical, academic, and industry settings in Europe and Australia, he currently serves as Associate Professor and Director of Speech Pathology at Monash University. Dr. Bogaardt’s research focuses on how MS affects language, speech, and cognitive communication function. He has led major international initiatives to develop and validate person centred assessment tools—including the CLAMS and SMS questionnaires—that capture the lived experience of communication changes in MS. His work has illuminated the impact of word-finding difficulties, language impairments, and communicative participation, and has identified the influence of fatigue, depression, and cognitive load on communication outcomes. His research is distinguished by strong interdisciplinary collaboration and deep consumer involvement, ensuring that patient experience drives clinical priorities and intervention design. Dr. Bogaardt has authored more than 80 peer reviewed publications, with over 1,200 citations.

Ines Robberechts is a clinical speech and language therapist at the Nationaal MS Centrum in Melsbroek, Belgium. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders in people with multiple sclerosis, including language impairments, dysarthria, dysphagia, and breathing-related difficulties. In addition to her clinical work, she holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences and is actively involved in teaching. She provides training on swallowing to nursing students and supervises speech and language therapy students during their internship.

Clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist specializing in MS at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Focuses on neuropsychiatric aspects of MS including fatigue, sexual dysfunction, outcome measure development, psychotherapeutic and eHealth interventions. Has published substantial systematic reviews, RCTs and work on patient-reported outcome measures.

Jessica Podda is a psychologist with a Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Robotics from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) (Genoa, Italy). She currently serves as Scientific Coordinator of Research in Cognitive and Psychosocial Sciences at the neuroBRITE Research Center of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FISM), the research foundation of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association (AISM), in Genoa (Italy). She obtained the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in the Italian higher education system (call 2023–2025; Ministerial Decree n. 1796/2023; disciplinary field 11/E1–General Psychology, Psychobiology and Psychometrics). She is also Contract Professor of General Psychology at the University of Genoa, where she teaches and supervises undergraduate and master’s students in Psychology, Physiotherapy, and Bioengineering, and coordinates the mentoring activities for psychology trainees at the Rehabilitation Service of AISM Liguria (Italy). She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications (h-index 13, Scopus) with research on cognition and mood in MS, digital health, and technology-enhanced assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive and motor functions. Since 2022, she serves as Chair of the Special Interest Group “Mood and Cognition” of the International Network for Best Practice and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation (RiMS).

Prof. PhDr. Kamila Řasová, Ph.D. received her doctorate in neuroscience from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. She is Professor, guarantor of the Physiotherapy Study Programme, and Head of Research at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. She also works clinically as a physiotherapist at the Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation of the same faculty. Her research focuses on physiotherapy and neurorehabilitation in people with multiple sclerosis, after stroke, with spinal muscular atrophy, and in critical illness. Her work is supported by both national and international grants. She is the developer of the Activating Therapy Motor Program, an original therapeutic concept aimed at improving motor function and neuroplasticity. Prof. Řasová has organized several international workshops supported by European funding schemes. She is the author of seven peer-reviewed monographs and editor of international books in neurorehabilitation. According to Web of Science, she has authored 83 impact-factor publications (77 indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection), with 739 citations and an H-index of 15. Web of Science ResearcherID: T-3609-2017

Prof. Libor Váša is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of West Bohemia, where he also serves as Vice-Dean for Study and Pedagogical Affairs. His research focuses on computer graphics, geometric data processing, and immersive technologies, particularly the representation and processing of dynamic 3D data for virtual environments. His recent work increasingly emphasizes virtual reality applications in healthcare and neurorehabilitation. He collaborates on interdisciplinary projects exploring VR-based rehabilitation systems, motion analysis, and immersive therapeutic environments for patients with neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis. His interests include the use of VR for motor training, rehabilitation support, and digital medicine applications. Prof. Váša has authored more than 50 scientific publications in leading journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics and Computer Graphics Forum, and has participated in numerous national and international research projects related to VR, visualization, and rehabilitation technologies.

Ludovico Pedullà is the Coordinator of Research on Motor Function and Physical Activity at the neuroBRITE Research Center of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FISM). His work focuses on the effects of neurorehabilitation and physical activity on behavioral outcomes and neural plasticity processes in people with multiple sclerosis. He is also interested in the development and testing of new technologies (e.g., mobile apps) for monitoring and treating symptoms in MS. Since 2020, he has been involved in participatory governance processes in research and healthcare by implementing the MULTI-ACT model in his projects. Since 2024, he serves as Chair of the Special Interest Group Mobility within RiMS.

Markéta Pavlíková, PhD, is a biostatistician based in Prague, Czech Republic, working at Charles University — as a lecturer at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (3rd Faculty of Medicine) and as a researcher at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. She has extensive experience in study design, data analysis and co-authoring publications across multiple fields of biomedicine, including neurology, rehabilitation, rheumatology and genetics. Her current work focuses on the practical implementation, data collection and analysis of ICF Core Sets for multiple sclerosis within several physiotherapy research projects and rehabilitation programs, both in outpatient and inpatient settings. ICF in MS was also one of the central topics of her doctoral dissertation (Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Charles University, 2024).

Miguel Ángel Robles Sánchez, PhD, Multiple Sclerosis Consultant Nurse, is a multiple sclerosis advanced clinical nurse, the Nursing Coordinator at the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (Cemcat), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona Hospital Campus and member of the Multidisciplinary and Nursing Research Group, Vall d’hebron Research Institute (VHIR). In his doctoral project, his line of research is focused on the implementation of educational health interventions that respond to the needs and demands of people with multiple sclerosis. In 2015, he received the European Nursing Fellowship from the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and carried out an international stage at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. It was linked to his doctoral thesis "Comprehensive approach to needs and demands of people with multiple sclerosis”, where he became familiar with shared decision-making among other nursing interventions and programs. Subsequently, in collaboration with the Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries (AQUAS), the University of Girona and the Fundació Esclerosi Múltiple (FEM), he led the development of contents and decision aid tools for the Shared-Decisions Project in multiple sclerosis, available in the Health Channel of the Department of Health of Catalonia. He performed a nursing research fellowship in the frameworks of the Strategic Plan for Research and Innovation in Health 2016-2020 (PERIS – Health Department, Government of Catalonia). Linked to this fellowship he lead a multi-center study entitled "Territorial Implementation of the Expert Patient Program of Catalonia in Multiple Sclerosis" established in 7 territorial multiple sclerosis centres. This project had also received a grant from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Barcelona (COIB).

Roshan das Nair is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at the University of Nottingham (UK) and the Lead for Research, Innovation, and Education in Mental Health at St Olav’s University Hospital in Trondheim (Norway). Roshan’s research focuses on the development, evaluation, and implementation of complex interventions, using randomised controlled trial designs and qualitative methods. His research focus on the interplay between psychological/behavioural aspects of MS and other neurological conditions and the physical and social manifestations of these conditions. More recently, his attention has turned to how effective interventions can be implemented in health and social care services. He is the Chief Investigator of the Neuropsychological Evaluation and Rehabilitation in MS www.neuroms.org study.

Sofia Straudi is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Ferrara University and a consultant physiatrist at Ferrara University Hospital with a special interest in neurorehabilitation and complex disabilities. She leads a research team focused on new technologies in neurorehabilitation, including robotics, virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation, and telerehabilitation, as well as clinical biomarkers of recovery. Her publications include more than 100 original articles.