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D.E. reports serving in unpaid roles as an Early Career Ambassador for the WES and a member of the Gynecology Clinical Practice Guideline Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. J.A. reports consultancy, medical advisory board, and speaker fees from Hologic, Organon, Gedeon Richter, Pharmacosmos, and Ziwig; unpaid leadership roles as Chair of the Australian Endometriosis Clinical Guideline, Medical Director of the Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute, and member of the Australian Government Endometriosis Advisory Group; former roles as Chair of the AAGL Practice Committee, President of the Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society, and member of the FIGO Menstrual Disorders Group; and is a competitive Australian Government MRFF\/NHMRC grant holder. K.T.Z. reports receiving institutional research funding from Aspira Ltd, Bayer AG, Exeltis Ltd, Proteomics Inc, and Roche Diagnostics Ltd; institutional consultancy fees from Apikal Ltd, Hirundo Biosciences, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Rathlin Therapeutics, and ZEG Berlin; and serving in an unpaid role as a Board Member of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF). L.C.G. reports unpaid roles as Past President and Board Member of the International Federation of Fertility Societies and Board Member of the WERF. L.R. reports consultancy, medical advisory board, and speaker fees from Besins Healthcare, Merck, Organon, and Gedeon Richter; Board Director of the Grevillea Foundation, and former roles as President of the WES and President of the Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand; and is a competitive Australian Government MRFF\/NHMRC grant holder. G.D.A. reports unpaid roles as President of the WERF and Chair of the International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ICMART). ML reports research and institutional support from the Australian MRFF, Pfizer, AbbVie, CanSAGE, CIHR, Hamilton Health Sciences, and Hyivy; consulting fees from AbbVie, Hologic, Chugai, Gesynta, Roche Diagnostics, Afynia, and Pfizer; honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events from AIUM, GE Healthcare, Bayer, and AbbVie; unpaid leadership roles with the WES Early Career Board, ISUOG Next Generation, and the Gynecologic Ultrasound Society; and affiliations with Imagendo, SUGO \u2013 Specialised Ultrasound in Gynecology & Obstetrics, and Endometriosis360. A.G.S. reports receiving honoraria and travel support for industry-sponsored presentations from Bayer Philippines and Abbott Ltd and serving in unpaid board and committee roles with the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis, the WES, the International Federation for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, and the Asian Initiative for Reproduction (ASPIRE). J.W.M. reports serving in unpaid roles as a Board Member of the WES, Member of the Special Interest Group on Endometriosis of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, and Past President and Board Member of the Special Interest Group Endometriosis, the Netherlands. PJY reports receiving travel funding from the WES, the Society for Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders, and the European Endometriosis League, and serving in unpaid roles as a Board Member of the WES and Member of EndoAct. 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