Doug Antczak earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell, where he captained the university polo team. After completing a degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Antczak conducted post-graduate research in England as a Thouron Scholar, and he was awarded a Ph.D. in Immunology from Cambridge University in 1978. Since 1979 he has been on the scientific staff of the Baker Institute. In 1992 Dr. Antczk was appointed the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine and, in 1994, Director of the Baker Institute for Animal Health, a post he held for 15 years until 2009. During his career Dr. Antczak has conducted research in equine immunology, genetics, and reproduction. Dr. Antczak’s most important contributions have been in placental biology, specifically in unraveling mechanisms that lead to maternal immune tolerance of the developing equine conceptus. Dr. Antczak has been a catalyst for cooperative research in equine medicine through a series of Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation Workshops that he initiated over 40 years ago. Since 1995 Dr. Antczak has been a principal participant in the international Horse Genome Project collaboration.

Dominik graduated from the University of Berne in 1988 and subsequently worked there at the Equine Clinic, primarily in the field of equine medicine and exercise physiology. 

From 1992 to 2011 he was based at the clinic of the Swiss National Stud in Avenches, responsible for the Research Program, the EU accredited Equine Reproduction Unit and the associated Equine Clinic with its ambulatory service at the racetrack of IENA. Since 2012, he works in the new ISME combining the equine clinics of the University Berne and Avenches, where he habilitated in 2019 with the topic "Reproductive Strategies in the Horse". 

He is President of the Veterinary Commissions of the Breeding association for Swiss sport horses and Franches-Montagnes horses. As an ex-eventing rider Dominik retains a strong interest in sport horses and holds the position of the Head Coach of the Swiss Eventing Team including 7 participations at Olympic Games.

Madeleine is a RCVS and European EBVS Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. She is Professor of Veterinary Ethics at Nottingham University School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, currently Chairs the independent Animal Welfare Committee which advises Defra and the Scottish and Welsh governments, and through a number of appointments provides advice to various organisations including the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, the British Equestrian Federation, the British Horseracing Authority and the FEI. Madeleine's clinical background is in veterinary reproduction, and her research interests include the ethical issues surrounding the use of assisted reproductive technologies in non-human animals, and the use of non-human animals in competitive sport.

Pascale Chavatte-Palmer graduated as DVM in France in 1989 and specialized in animal reproduction in UK, USA and France, with a research focus in placental and perinatal development in horses. In 1999, she joined the Biology of Development and Reproduction laboratory at INRA (National Institute of Agronomical Research in France) and studied the feto-placental and postnatal consequences of cloning and embryo technologies in cattle. In 2006, she started her own research group, developing domestic animal models of DOHaD, with an emphasis on placental function. Her group studies the effects of nutritional challenges, metabolic imbalance, embryo technologies and exposure to airborne and/or food pollutants, taking advantage of access to a large number of species and developing multidisciplinary approaches. She is currently president of the International Society for Embryo Technologies and spokesperson for the European Placental Group.