Dr John Bell

Dr John BellFTSE Dr Bell is a Senior Associate with ACIL Allen Consulting. He has many years’ experience in research, innovation, venture capital and public administration. Dr Bell has held senior positions with the Australian Government, including Deputy Secretary and Chief Science Adviser in the (now) Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. He led…

Emeritus Professor Ross Milbourne

Emeritus Professor Ross MilbourneAO FASSA FAICD Ross Milbourne completed his B.Com and M.Com(Hons) from the University of NSW and Ph.D in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was Assistant then Associate Professor at Queen’s University Canada, before being appointed chair of Economics at UNSW. He was a member of the Board of the…

Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson

Laureate Professor Graeme JamesonAO FAA FTSE FREng NAE (USA) Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson holds a BSc (UNSW ) and a PhD (Cambridge), both in chemical engineering. After leaving Cambridge, he worked for two years in the oil industry in the US, before joining Imperial College London. In 1978, he returned to Australia as Professor of…

Professor Peter Gray

Professor Peter GrayFTSE Professor Peter Gray was appointed in 2003 as the inaugural Director of the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at the University of Queensland. Prior to joining AIBN, he was Professor of Biotechnology and Director of the Bioengineering Centre at the University of New South Wales, and Senior Principal Research Fellow…

Professor Graeme Davison

Professor Graeme DavisonAO FAHA FASSA Professor Graeme Davison is Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor of History at Monash University. He was educated at the University of Melbourne and Oxford University where he was a Victorian Rhodes Scholar. He has held academic appointments at the University of Melbourne and Monash University, and visiting appointments at…

Professor Bruce Armstrong

Professor Bruce Armstrong AM FAA FRACP FAFPHM Professor Bruce Armstrong is an Emeritus Professor in the University of Sydney and a senior adviser at the Sax Institute, Sydney. He has held senior positions in State and Commonwealth Governments, including Commissioner of Health in the Health Department of Western Australia and Director of the Australian Institute…

Professor Peter Newman

Professor Peter Newman Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University. He has written 17 books and over 300 papers. In 2014 he was awarded an Order of Australia for his contributions to urban design and sustainable transport. Peter has worked in local government as an elected councillor, in state government as an…

Professor Robert Clark

Professor Robert ClarkAO FAA FRSN Professor Robert Clark was appointed Chief Scientist in Residence within the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of New South Wales in 2014. He was formerly Professor and Chair of Energy Strategy and Policy at the University of New South Wales from 2012. Prior to this role he…

Associate Professor Scott McQuire

Associate Professor Scott McQuire FAHA Scott McQuire is Associate Professor and Reader in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne where he undertakes interdisciplinary research into the interplay between digital media and urban space. He has held eight ARC grants and is the author and co-editor of seven books and over…

Professor Brendan Gleeson

Professor Brendan Gleeson FASSA Professor Brendan Gleeson is the Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, at the University of Melbourne. He joined Melbourne University in January 2012 as Professor of Urban Policy Studies and then took on the directorship of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute in early 2013. Professor Gleeson came from the position…