Radboud Marijnissen is a psychiatrist and senior researcher. He is working as head patient care and member of the board of the department of psychiatry in the University Medical Center Groningen (the Netherlands). From his background as old age psychiatrist he is focusing on important issues of end-of-life of people with psychiatric disorder or dementia. He is chair of the department Euthanasia and Psychiatry of the Dutch Psychiatric Association and chair of ThaNet, a Dutch network for persistent wishes to die and euthanasia requests on psychiatric basis. Recently he also founded PsyPal+ a Dutch network for palliative care in psychiatry and addiction care. He hopes to foster multidisciplinary collaboration in education, research and clinical care on advanced care planning, palliative care and medical assistance in dying (MAID) in people with mental disorders.

Dr. Monica Verhofstadt is an expert with personal experience in the field of mental illness and the complexities surrounding death ideation. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and recently completed her PhD in 2022, with a dissertation titled "Euthanasia in the Context of Adult Psychiatry: Walking the Tightrope. Between Life and Death". During her academic journey in clinical psychology, Monica dedicated her time to volunteering at two Belgian end-of-life information and consultation centers, LEIF Antwerp and Vonkel. Her work in these centers deepened her compassion for individuals facing end-of-life ideation based on psychiatric grounds,
significantly guiding her academic research pursuit. She further explored the many ethical and clinical challenges surrounding euthanasia on psychiatric grounds from the perspectives of the patients, their caregivers, and their loved ones.