Master's student, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary Emily Coombs is a queer autistic researcher under Dr. Meredith Maroney, studying the intersection of autism and LGBTQ+ identity, the experiences of autistic women and lesbian mental health. EC also is affiliated with the University of Alberta and the University of Victoria, where they study autistic adults' experiences with higher education and autonomy. Research Interests: Intersectionality of Autism & LGBTQ+ identities, Autistic gender expressions, Indigenous-autistic lived experiences, Autistic ventures with higher education, Femme & Queer Theory, Lesbian sense of community
Senior Research Fellow at the Active Travel Academy, University of Westminster Ersilia Verlinghieri is a Senior Research Fellow at the Active Travel Academy, University of Westminster and a Senior Researcher in Urban Mobility at the Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford. Since 2012, her work focuses on developing theoretical and methodological approaches to issues of social and environmental justice in transport. Her research has a specific focus on participatory planning and research methodologies and in analysing the contribution of grassroots actors in reshaping transport policy and planning. Between 2016 – 2020 she was also the Coordinator of the Global Challenges in Transport Programme, which brings together practitioners, campaigners, and academics to discuss the future of transport.
Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Eric Fusil is a French-Australian Submarine passionate, having dedicated all his 20+ years of professional life to submarine industry. He is a naval architect by background and had his experience crafted by a variety of roles covering the full spectrum of a boat lifecycle (design, build, test and activation and sustainment) and worldwide (USA, France, Australia) including Submarine Shipyard facilities (performing reviews for overseas customers to assess fitness for purpose). He is fully aware of the challenges stemming from the local environment and, for instance, can put the Australian Future Submarine and Hunter Class project into perspective with the knowledge of his native background. In other words: he can bridge between two worlds. After having worked for Naval Group in France and ASC in Australia, he created his own company, ODYSSEE AUS in 2017, working in Defence Industry worldwide before accepting a role at the University of Adelaide Dedicated to the Australian sovereign capability he is now Assoc. Professor at the University of Adelaide, Director of the Shipbuilding Hub for Integrated Engineering and Local Design, and as Submarine Design postgraduate courses coordinator. *** Eric graduated as a Naval Architect (Masters in Engineering) in 1995 from ENSTA Bretagne (a French “grande école d’Ingénieurs” with highly competitive entry exam) after an internship within NAVSEA (Virginia, USA) and started his career in Production Quality controls for noise and vibration during build on SSBN and SSK, for what was DCNS and now known as Naval Group. He then managed submarines sea trials and their commissioning for demanding customers (domestic and overseas). From 1999 to 2003, he delivered in the pre-concept, concept and preliminary design phases of Barracuda submarine as engineer in charge of signatures and shock (underwater explosions). In 2006, he joined the concept design office to be the lead naval architect and ultimately whole-of-boat technical lead for new batches of Scorpene conventional submarines up to 2012, including bids for overseas customers. He joined ASC in 2013 after 18 years of submarine industry, 4 classes of submarines at sea or being built and roughly 2,000 hours of undersea navigation on submarines. He was in charge of the Future Submarine design and build aspects at ASC PTY Ltd with his team of engineers and ultimately worked in submarine capability development before creating his own company, ODYSSEE AUS, in 2017 with customers in France, Australia and overseas. Eric presented papers in forums such as Undersea Defence Technology in Europe, Anti Submarine Warfare conference in Singapore, Submarine Institute of Australia and Pacific Conferences. He is a chartered engineer with Engineers Australia, a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and of the Submarine Institute of Australia. He is now course coordinator and lecturer for the postgraduate Submarine Design courses leading to the Masters of Marine Engineering of the University of Adelaide and the newly created French Australian Dual Degree with ENSTA Bretagne. He has also initiated and developed the Adelaide French Australian Schools with a focus on bilingual education.
Économiste risque pays, Agence française de développement (AFD) Diplômée d’un baccalauréat en administration des affaires trilingue (BAA) et titulaire d’un master en économie appliquée de HEC Montréal, Emmanuelle Mansart Monat commence sa carrière au sein d’Investissements PSP, un grand fond de pension canadien, où elle contribue à la recherche macroéconomique et financière du groupe. Par la suite, elle rejoint Exportations et Développement Canada, l’agence de crédit à l’exportation canadienne, en tant qu’économiste risque pays, spécialisée sur l’Union Européenne et l’Afrique du Nord. Elle rejoint l’AFD en 2020, en tant qu’économiste risque pays, couvrant une variété de pays, afin d’apporter un éclairage sur les trajectoires macroéconomiques, financières et sociales des pays dans lesquels l’AFD intervient.
Professor of Medical Informatics, Macquarie University Professor Coiera's research explores the roles, benefits and risks of artificial intelligence in healthcare. He has worked in academia, industry and the health system, and is dual trained in medicine and computer science. He is Director of the Centre for Health Informatics at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. He is also the Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digital Health, and leads the Australian Alliance for AI in Healthcare.
Senior Research Fellow, University of Westminster Emma is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster. As an applied economist, Emma’s research covers topics in education, labour economics and policy evaluation. Prior to joining the University of Westminster, she held appointments variously at Lancaster University, the University of Glasgow and the New Zealand Treasury, and has conducted research for the UK Department for Education, Social Mobility Commission and Department for Work and Pensions. Emma is a Fellow of the IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) and the GLO (Global Labor Organisation).
