Dr. Doi was well known in Japan as a psychoanalyst and author of the book Anatomy of Dependence, a creative analysis of the Japanese personality first published in Japan in 1971.

Prof. Shmuel Erlich held the Sigmund Freud Chair in Psychoanalysis and was director of the Sigmund Freud Center for Study and Research in Psychoanalysis (1992-2005), and Clinical Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University.

Prof. Gampel has been in the forefront of integrating psychoanalytic theory and practice and emphasizing the centrality of psychoanalytic understanding of trauma in all cultures and countries.

Dr. Taylor has spent the major portion of his academic career working at the interface of psychoanalysis and medicine.