Francisco Rios Tejada, has 40 years of experience in Aerospace Medicine. He is specialist in Respiratory Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine.

He is currently consultant in Aerospace Medicine for the Spanish Civil Aviation Authority (AESA), and retired Chief Medical Assessor of AESA.

He got retired fron the Spanish Military Medical Corp as Col. Med. Director of the Spanish Air Force Aeromedical Center, where he spent most of his military career. Former Associate Professor at Complutense and San Pablo CEU University of Madrid.

He is Past President of the Spanish Society of Aviation Medicine and Iberoamerican Association of Aerospace Medicine. Currently 1st Vice-President of ESAM, Fellow of AsMA 1997 and IAASM Academician from 1996.

Dr Evans worked for the NHS and British Airways prior to moving to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in 1993. She was the CAA’s Chief Medical Officer between 2005 and 2019, subsequently working as a CAA Consultant Advisor. She chaired the group that drafted the European Union aviation medical requirements and was the founder and Chair of the European Aviation Medical Assessors’ Council.

In 2015 she was a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Task Force on Measures Following the Accident of Germanwings Flight 9525. She was awarded the MBE in 2018 for services to aviation medicine.

Dr Evans is the President-Elect of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine.

Dr. James Vanderploeg is a Past-President of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine and a Past President of the Aerospace Medical Association.  He is Board Certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in both Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Medicine. His numerous publications include medical results from research using centrifuge exposure to simulate the G forces of a suborbital space flight.

Dr. Vanderploeg has over 40 years of experience in aerospace medicine with a career spanning medical support for the NASA Space Shuttle program, serving as Chief Medical Officer and now Senior Medical Advisor for Virgin Galactic, and engaging in the clinical practice of civilian aviation medicine. He is Adjunct Professor of Aerospace Medicine in the Division of Aerospace Medicine within the School of Public and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.

As Virgin Galactic’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Vanderploeg was responsible for developing and implementing the medical programs for spaceflight participants, Virgin Galactic pilots, and other employees.  His previous work also included serving as the Executive Director of the FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation; evaluation of airline pilots seeking special issuance authorization for medical certification following recovery from medical or psychological problems; and training physicians in the specialty of aerospace medicine.

Dr. Antuñano completed the Residency Program in Aerospace Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and also obtained a Master’s of Science Degree. 

He was awarded a post-doctoral research associateship by the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. 

He served the FAA as Manager of the Medical Education Division and the Medical Certification Division at the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City, and he currently serves as CAMI Director. He provides executive oversight of FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine programs in Medical Certification, Medical Education, Medical Research, and Human Factors Research. 

He is credited with 1,143 professional presentations, invited lectures and panel sessions at national and international conferences in aerospace medicine and related disciplines in 46 countries, and with 65 scientific publications covering a variety of aerospace medicine topics. He has participated in 56 public media interviews. 

He has received 93 awards and recognitions for his academic, administrative, and research achievements including the “DOT Secretary’s Award for Meritorius Achievement – Silver Medal”, the “Champion of Safety Award” granted by the FAA Office of Aviation Safety, the “Life Sciences Award” granted by the International Academy of Astronautics for significant contributions to the advancement of the astronautical sciences, and the “Louis H. Bauer Founders Award” granted by the Aerospace Medical Association for the most significant contribution in aerospace medicine. 

He is Past-President of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine, Past-President and Fellow of the U.S. Aerospace Medical Association, Past-President of the U.S. Space Medicine Society, Past-President of the Iberoamerican Association of Aerospace Medicine, Fellow of the Aerospace Human Factors Association, and member of the International Academy of Astronautics. 

He is an Honorary Member of Societies of Aviation/Aerospace Medicine in Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Mexico, Peru, Slovania, Switzerland and Turkey.  

He is Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Adjunct Professor at the National University of Colombia School of Medicine. He is former Assistant Clinical Professor at Wright State University School of Medicine. 

He has experience as a private pilot, parachutist, scuba diver, and mountain climber.