Born in 1944, Antoine Bailly is professor emeritus of economic geography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was a professor in different universities in Canada, France, Portugal and Switzerland. He is the president of the IGU Applied Geography Commission, of the Scientific Committee of the INRA PSDR (France) and of Forum Santé Gesundheit (Switzerland). He has published over 30 books and 300 papers in medicometry, applied geography, economic geography, and regional science. He is the cofounder of regional medicometry.

David A. Shore, PhD, is an Associate Dean at Harvard University, School of Public Health. He also founded and directs both the Forces of Change Program and the Trust Initiative. He is Executive Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Education at the School. His last main publications are: “The Current State of Trust in the American Healthcare Enterprise: Physicians and Managed Care in Changing Times” (2004), “The Trust Prescription for Healthcare: Building Your Reputation with Consumers” (2005), “Trust Crisis in Healthcare: Causes, Consequences and Cures” (2007).

Christophe Lecerf first graduated in medicine and psychiatry and, after a few years working as a computer engineer, he focused on research and graduated a PhD in artificial intelligence (computer sciences).
He is professor in computer sciences in an engineer school, the « Ecole des Mines d’Ales ». Most of his work is centered on modelling, particularly about cognition processes and hierarchical complex systems.

Alfred Spira, MD and epidemiologist (PhD) by training, is professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at the School of Medicine of Paris XI University, and head of the department of Public Health and Epidemiology at the Hospital of Bicetre, France. He is currently Chief editor for the “Revue d’Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique” (Epidemiology and Public Health). He is Director of the Paris South School of Public Health and of the French Institute for Public Health Research.

He has co-authored Les Comportements sexuels en France, La Documentation française, Paris, 1993 et Nature, 1992, 360 : 407 ; Biomedical and Demographic Determinants of Reproduction, Clarendon Press, 1993 Contraceptifs oraux remboursés et non remboursés, INSERM, 1993 ; Rayonnements ionisants et santé : mesure des expositions à la radioactivité et surveillance des effets sur la santé. La Documentation française. 1999, as well as many scientific papers.

Pr. Rolf Engelbrecht is Head of Telemedicine and Electronic Health Record Department, Medis-Institute - Helmholtz Centre Munich.

He held and holds positions in following scientific organisations: President of EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics), President of AIME (Association for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Europe), President of BVMI (German Professional Association of Medical Informaticians), Member of the board and head of the working groups Expert Systems, Standardised electronic health record, Chip Cards of GMDS (German association for medical informatics, biometry and epidemiology), Member of the board of GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik, Fachausschuß Medizin), Secretary of ISSHC (International Society for System Science in Health Care), Vice President of the EUROREC-Institute.

He is author and editor of about 150 articles, books in the field of medical informatics and expert systems in medicine and the journals "Int. J. of Bio-Medical Computing", "Biomedical Journal", "and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine", "Computer Programs and Methods in Biomedicine",“ Int. Journal on Medical Informatics" .

Jean Calop is 62 years old, he is currently a clinical Professor of pharmacy to the UFR of pharmacy of Grenoble and person in charge for the pole pharmacy with the CHU of Grenoble. He was a vice senior in charge of pedagogy with the UFR of pharmacy of Grenoble from 1994 to 2002 and was interested much in the evolution of the pharmaceutical professional practices at the same time as to the evolution of the methods of teaching (training by resolution of problems, coordinated lesson, training courses of application).

It chaired of 1993 to 1998 the association of the teachers of clinical pharmacy, taken part during four years in the teaching national commission of the studies of pharmacy; he was Member of the Commission of marketing authorization (AM) of 1992 to 1997  and elected with the academy of pharmacy in 1997. Currently the pole pharmacy is affiliated like laboratory of reception in the group of research themas (technical for the evaluation and the modeling of the actions of health (Laboratories TIMC (Techniques of the imagery of modeling and cognition-Pr J Demongeot UMR Pavillon Taillefer CHU of Grenoble ). It organized the first OF clinical pharmacy in France . He is the author or the joint author of 136 national and or international publications, 128 teaching publications 220 oral or written Communications national and or international. He was a coordinator, author or joint author in 26 works.