Professor Susan M Sawyer AM MBBS MD FRACP FAAHMS holds the chair of Adolescent Health at The University of Melbourne and is director of the Centre for Adolescent Health, a WHO collaborating centre for adolescent health at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Paul Byron is a Senior Lecturer at the UTS School of Communication. He researches young people's digital cultures of care and informal support, including LGBTQ+ young people's peer-based mental health support on social media. He is co-chair of Australian chapter of the International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR).