Joel Palefsky, M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P.(C).  Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.   He is an internationally recognized expert on the molecular biology, treatment, pathogenesis and natural history of anogenital human papillomavirus infections, particularly in the setting of HIV infection. He is the director of the world’s first clinic devoted to prevention of anal cancer, the Anal Neoplasia Clinic Research and Education Center at the UCSF Cancer Center.  He is the chair of the ANCHOR Study. He is founder and past president of the International Anal Neoplasia Society.

Andrew is an internationally renowned authority in the transmission and prevention of HIV and sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and in the epidemiological relationship between immune deficiency, infection and cancer. He has worked in HIV research for more than thirty years, and at the Kirby Institute since 1995. His current research is mainly in two areas: first, the transmission and prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in homosexual men, and second, the intersection between infection, altered immune function and cancer, particularly as it relates to HPV-related cancer and focusing on anal cancer.

Jane Costello is the CEO of Positive Life NSW and previously Research and Program Manager at the Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney working across sexual health, surveillance, evaluation, and research. As a woman living with HIV, she is committed to social justice, human rights and eliminating HIV stigma and discrimination.

A/Prof Dr. Jason Ong is an academic sexual health specialist and health economist based at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. His research focuses on economic evaluations and demand creation strategies to improve the uptake of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and management services.

Professor Richard Hillman runs the Dysplasia & Anal Cancer Services within the Department of HIV & Immunology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He is Immediate Past President of the International Anal Neoplasia Society, where he led the development of international guidelines for the practice of High Resolution Anoscopy and DARE.