David Amaral PhD, President of INSAR, Professor Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, and the California National Primate Research Center, Beneto Foundation Chair and Research Director of the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA

Simon Baron-Cohen PhD, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Director, Autism Research Centre (ARC), Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK

Thomas Bourgeron MD, Prof. Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit, Neuroscience Dept., Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Ernesto Caffo Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Eric Fombonne MD, Prof. Head of the Division of Child Psychiatry at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, Canada

Joaquin Fuentes MD, Head of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Policlinica Gipuzkoa, and Scientific Advisor, GAUTENA, San Sebastian, Spain

Patricia Howlin PhD, FBPS, Prof. Developmental Psychology, Saint George Hospital, University of London, UK

Ami Klin PhD, Irving B. Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Director, Autism Program, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

Catherine Lord PhD, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Senior Research Scientist Center for Human Growth and Development, Director of Autism and Communicative Disorders Center (UMACC), University of Michigan, USA

Franco Nardocci MD, President of SINPIA, Scientific Advisor Autism Project, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy

Giacomo Rizzolatti MD, Full Professor, Director of the Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parma, Italy

Sally J. Rogers, PhD, Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA

Sebastiano Russo, MD, Professor and Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Marta S.Venera Acireale Hospital, Catania, Italy

Sir Michael Rutter, FRS FBA FMedSci, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre (MRC) Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, UK

Per-Anders Rydelius, MD, President of IACAPAP, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Women and Child Health, Stockholm, Sweden

Renato Scifo, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of the Autism Centre, Ausl 3, Acireale Hospital, Catania, Italy

Tuula Tamminen, MD, President of ESCAP, Professor of University and University Hospital of Tampere, Child Psychiatry Medical School,University of Tampere, Finland

Rutger Jan van der Gaag, MD, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Centre, St. Radboud, The Netherlands

Fred Volkmar MD, Director, Child Study Center, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, Chief Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital at Yale, New Haven, USA