C. F. Freyschlag graduated from Medical University of Innsbruck in 2006 and received his neurosurgical training at the University of Heidelberg, Campus Mannheim, Germany and the Medical University of Innsbruck. Dr. Freyschlag completed fellowships in Montpellier, France and at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. With being appointed vice chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery he currently serves as professor of neurosurgical oncology and head of the neurooncology and skull-base program. His main clinical focus in neurooncology and skull-base surgery, his research interests are intraoperative visualization and Imaging and detection of cortical-subcortical network interaction.

Director of Sales EMEA – BHS Technologies

Gerhard Korn joined BHS Technologies in 2019 in International Sales, initially responsible for building the EMEA region as Director Sales.

With over 30 years of sales and marketing experience in companies such as Canon, Ricoh and Samsung, Gerhard brings a wealth of experience to BHS to help shape the RoboticScope vision and the associated redefinition of microsurgery.I

n his new responsibility for the APAC region, he now also seeks to ensure that the RoboticScope technology meets the needs of surgeons in the Asia Pacific region as well

Dr Mohammed Awad is a UK and Australian-trained Neurosurgeon. He is a full member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and is a leader and global educator in surgeries on brain tumours, complex spinal (robotic) surgery, computer and ultrasound guided surgery and complex pain surgeries amongst many others.

Dr Paul Licina is a spinal surgeon based at the Brisbane Private Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. He qualified as an orthopaedic surgeon in Queensland and then undertook further spinal training under world-renowned spinal surgeon John Webb in Nottingham, England.

Although his primary interest is degenerative spinal conditions, in particular back pain, he treats all conditions of the spine.

Despite his busy private practice, he devotes considerable time to research and education. He helped establish the AO Spine Centre of Excellence in Brisbane and oversaw its incorporation into the QUT Orthopaedic and Trauma Research Group, and has been granted the title of Adjunct Professor by the QUT.

More recently he has established the Brisbane Private Hospital Spine Research Group.He has travelled extensively both nationally and internationally as faculty for various spine courses and conferences. He has published a number of papers, and was involved in ground-breaking research involving spinal cord injury, being part of the team that performed the world's first transplant of specialized olfactory cells into the spinal cord of a paralysed patient in an attempt to develop a technique to promote spinal cord recovery.

His current research interests involve computer-assisted image-guided surgery and less invasive spinal surgery including bone graft alternatives.

John Cunningham is an Australian-trained orthopaedic surgeon based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Epworth Richmond Hospital. He has committed his professional life to the treatment of patients with spinal disorders. His opinion and knowledge of spinal disorders, especially those of the ageing spine, spinal trauma and spinal imbalance, are respected world wide, and he has an active clinical research programme. He is fully abreast of all current techniques and science relating to the treatment of spinal conditions and has a special interest in spondylolisthesis.

John Cunningham grew up in Sydney, and attended the University of NSW for eight years. He entered medicine, but also took on the conjoint degree of Bachelor of Science, with majors in Anatomy and Physiology.

John began his Orthopaedic training with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2005, completing it in 2008. In 2009 he completed a 12 month spine surgery fellowship with both neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons at the internationally regarded Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Canada. The following year, he was granted the Rowan Nicks ANZ Fellowship and completed another spine surgery fellowship with award-winning surgeon Mr Peter Robertson, as well as a Masters of Clinical Epidemiology, which allows him to design and perform clinical studies. John was awarded Fellowship to the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2011.

In recognition of his dedication and commitment to those around him, John has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to medicine and the promotion of immunisation.

Dr Michael Selby is a Spinal and Orthopaedic Surgeon based in South Australia. He is an expert in the management of Paediatric and Adult Spinal conditions, including complex spinal surgery, spinal deformity, spinal trauma, and minimally invasive surgery. Dr Selby completed medical school and post-graduate training in Adelaide prior to completing extensive fellowship training at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Director - Surgical & Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, UNSW

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon Founder and Director, Spine Ortho Clinic Mornington, Victoria

Dr. John Choi is a Melbourne orthopaedic spine surgeon with an international fellowship training in complex spine surgery.

He completed his medical degree at Otago University with Faculty Scholarship. During his final year he was awarded prestigious Otago-Scandinavia Research Fellowship that took him to Karolinska Institute, Stockholm in Sweden to complete a project on hypoxic injuries of neonates at the Alfred Nobel Research lab in Huddinge Hospital.

He began his orthopedic training after completing his internship and surgical residency at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and during this time, he traveled to several Victorian and Tasmanian hospitals gathering wide variety of surgical experiences.

Neurosurgeon, Mayfield Brain & Spine, Cincinnati

Dr Mike Selby is a Spinal Surgeon with a background in Orthopaedic Surgery, and advanced fellowship training in both Adult and Paediatric Spinal Conditions.

Whilst he has expertise in all areas of Spinal Surgery, his focus is on complex spinal problems, in both children and adults. He introduced South Australia to Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Fixation in 2011 and Lateral Minimally Invasive Fusion Techniques in 2013, as well as motion preserving surgery in Adolescent Scoliosis.

Currently, he has performed the first robotic assisted spinal surgeries in SA and continues to develop and innovate in Spinal Surgical navigation techniques – opening up the option of complex surgery to more patients.

Mr. Colin Loo is the Business Manager for Asia-Pacific and oversees the entire region for the Ziehm Imaging portfolio. He has been working with the company for the past 21 years and has majored in Engineering studies (Image Processing).