Mr. Teodoro B. Padilla is the Executive Director of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), representing the research-based medicines and vaccines sector in the country. As executive director, he represents PHAP in high-level policy discussions and engagements to advance health, access to medicines and ethics. He is also a trustee of the PHAPCares Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of PHAP whose mandate is to make healthcare more accessible to the poor, sick and victims of disasters.

Dr. Jerome Kim is the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University in Republic of Korea. Dr. Kim was Principal Deputy and Chief of Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis in the US Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) and also served as the Project Manager for the HIV Vaccines and Advanced Concepts Evaluation Project Management Offices, US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Dr. Huong Minh Vu is the Regional Technical Advisor of Vaccine Implementation at PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access based in Ha Noi. Dr. Huong Vu leads PATH’s vaccine and immunization-related activities in Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) and Cambodia. He provides technical guidance for PATH Mekong Vaccine and Immunization Team and technical advice for National Immunization Programs in the region in new vaccine introduction and strengthening immunizations systems including vaccine cold-chain system, immunization information systems and disease surveillances.