Francisco Rios Tejada has 46 years of experience in Aerospace Medicine. He is a 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 retired from the Spanish Military Medical Corp as Col. Med. Director of the Spanish Air Force Aeromedical Center, where he spent most of his military career. He is also a Former Associate Professor at Complutense and San Pablo CEU University of Madrid.

He has been fully involved in many aviation medicine meetings, congresses and symposia, chairing panels and as a speaker.

He also has many publications and book chapters in aviation medicine.

He is Past President of the Spanish Society of Aviation Medicine and Iberoamerican Association of Aerospace Medicine and Past 1st Vice-President of ESAM, Fellow of AsMA since 1997 and IAASM Past President and now Chair of the Nominating Subcommittee.

Dr. Jörg Hedtmann is an occupational and aviation medicine specialist (and a former private pilot license holder). After studying human medicine at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (1979-1985) and training as an aviation medical examiner, he served in the German Air Force in clinical roles, international assignments, research, and command staff positions.

From 1997, he worked for what is now the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Transport, Postal Services, and Telecommunications Industry (BG Verkehr), initially as Head of Occupational and Traffic Medicine, and from 2006 until his retirement in 2025 as Director for Occupational Safety and Health. In this role, his responsibilities included the safety and health of employees in the German transport industry on land, water, and in the air.

As a member of national and international professional societies, he has experience in committee and board work. Today he is managing partner of AdAstra Medevents, leads scientific projects and is active as a lecturer, author, and moderator.