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, 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, 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, Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Marta S.Venera Acireale Hospital, Catania, Italy

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

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

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