Nadhratul Wardah Salman graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the International Islamic University Malaysia. She then completed a Master's in Sports Policy and a Master of Laws (LL.M). Driven by her curiosity about the dynamic relationship between sports and law, she pursued her Ph.D at Manchester Metropolitan University, focusing on the legal and safety issues surrounding children's sports. Her teaching and research interests include Sports Law, the Law of Torts, Sports Governance and Policy, and Human Rights. She is researching ways to combat match-fixing in sports and is particularly interested in the evolving legal context of the duty of care in sports. Over the past 20 years, Wardah has developed significant leadership skills. She has held various managerial positions, including Deputy Dean, Deputy Director, and Residential College Master. In addition, she has supervised and coordinated over 50 sports events and community engagement projects. Wardah is actively involved in fitness and recreational activities and has competed in numerous sports and martial arts tournaments for approximately 30 years. She represented Universiti Malaya in athletics from 2007 to 2024, with her most notable achievement being named 'UM Sportswoman of the Year' in 2010. She was a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation from 2009 to 2014. She served as a think tank member for the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) from 2012 to 2016. Currently, she is a member of the National Dispute Resolution Chamber for the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for the term 2022-2025.

Professor Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin was born in 1972 in a small town, Lenggong, Perak. He received his primary education at SRK Bukit Balai, Lenggong and SRK Anglo Chinese School, Ipoh before going off to MARA Junior Science College Balik Pulau, Penang, for his secondary education. He then continued with foundation study in science at Centre for Foundation Science (Pusat Asasi Sains), University Malaya. Prof Yazid completed his fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA in 2009 after obtaining his MBBS in 1997 and Masters of Paediatrics in 2004, both from University Malaya. In 2010 he was awarded as a Certified Paediatric Endocrinologist by the National Specialist Register (Malaysia). Prof. Yazid is a leading authority in Paediatrics, Paediatric Endocrinology, and Diabetes. He serves as Professor of Paediatrics at Universiti Malaya and Senior Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and UM Specialist Centre (UMSC). He also holds the administrative position of Deputy Dean (Undergraduate Studies, 2021-2027) at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, where he plays a key role in medical education, curriculum development, and academic governance at both national and regional levels. Prof. Yazid has demonstrated sustained leadership across major professional organisations in paediatrics and paediatric endocrinology. He previously served as President of the Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (2018–2020) and President of the Malaysian Paediatric Association (2017–2019). His other leadership roles include Vice President of the Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (2022–2024; 2024–2026) and Chairman of the Malaysian Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Group (since 2020). He is currently President of Diabetes Malaysia (2025–2027), where he actively advocates for improved diabetes care, education, access to technology, and evidence-based policy reform nationwide. He also serves as Chair of the Specialty Subcommittee for General Paediatrics (2023–2025; 2025–2027). His contributions to paediatric medicine and endocrinology have been widely recognised. He has received numerous honours, including the Outstanding Asian Paediatrician Award (2024), multiple Universiti Malaya Excellent Service Awards (2015, 2019, 2022, 2023), Excellent Lecturer (Clinical) Award at the University Malaya Excellence Award 2017, and the Kesatria (Ambassador) Award from the Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau. In 2025, he was conferred Fellowship of both the Academy of Science Malaysia (FASc) and the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (FAMM). A prolific clinician-scientist, Prof. Yazid has authored over 120 ISI-indexed publications, including two landmark papers in the New England Journal of Medicine. He holds many significant national and international research grants, worth >RM8 million in cumulation. He also acts as Scientific Advisors for many multicentre international research for type 2 diabetes and obesity in children. He has numerous experiences presenting in conferences and workshops locally and abroad. His research focuses on paediatric diabetes, obesity, metabolic disorders, and child health, with significant impact on clinical practice, professional guidelines, and health policy across Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific region.  

PROFESSOR DR ISHAK SULIAMAN is currently a Head Department of Al-Quran and Al-Hadith at Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya and a Professor in the field of the Hadith Studies. He is a Chief Editor of Journal al-Bayan of which is indexed by Web of Science, Scopus and published by Brill Publishers. He received his Ph.D degree from The University of Wales, Lampeter UK in 2005 in the field of Hadith Muamalah. His interest also in Digital Hadith and Psycho Spiritual of Sunnah. In 2013, he awarded as a Visiting Researcher at Islamic University of Medinah, Saudi Arabia. He served as Director for the Department of Malaysian Studies, Cairo University, Egypt from the 1st January 2016 until the end of December 2018. Prior to that, he was a Deputy Director for Postgraduate Studies at Academy of Islamic Studies, UM from 2009 to 2011. He was also served as Acting Deputy Director for R&D at Academy of Islamic Studies, UM from September 2011 to January 2013. He was also served the country as a Deputy Chairman of Lajnah Tahqiq Hadith KDN (Hadith Review and Assessment Committee under the purview of the Home Ministry of Malaysia from 2019 to December 2022. He also serves as external accessor for Bachelor Degree of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). For Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), he had served as Secretary General of Muslim Scholars Association of Malaysia in 2000. Besides, he served as a President of Muafakat for MRSM Ulul Albab, Negeri Sembilan in 2010 and as a Deputy President of Alumni Association of Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. In terms of academic experiences, he received UMRG (University Malaya Research Grant) as a Project Leader for research project entitles ‘Preserving The Authenticity of The Digital Hadith’ in 2014 and completed in 2017. One of the outcomes for this project is android application namely ‘Digitalhadith’. This project awarded 1 Gold and 1 Silver in 2018 and 2019 at International Competition of Ideas, Inventions and Innovations (i-Fame) organised by UiTM. He has an ongoing collaboration research projects of Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) in the field of Waqf of Infrastructure and in the field of Astrometry of Prayer Times. In 2022, he received Industrial Funding from Rimbunan Islamic Media Sdn.Bhd with the amount RM150,000 as a Project Leader for research project entitles 'Research on Translation of Sahih Muslim'.