Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia Wasim Saman is Emeritus Professor of sustainable energy engineering, University of South Australia. His career has focused on sustainable energy education and industry targeted research since the 1980s. He has published over 300 technical articles and supervised 35 post graduate research candidates. His research has focused on solar thermal generation and storage and sustainable use of energy in buildings. He has been leading industry-focused research teams developing thermal storage materials and systems for buildings, solar thermal applications, low energy air conditioning systems and developing smart demand management technologies. He has been a founding research leader for the CRC for Low Carbon Living and led a number of research projects as well as establishing and leading the SA Research Node for Low Carbon Living until July 2018. He has been leading industry focused research into low energy and water housing which involved establishing guidelines and detailed performance monitoring programs. This commenced at Mawson Lakes and culminated in the Lochiel Park Green Village, Australia’s most environmentally sustainable housing development where a multidisciplinary approach research involving social, economic and engineering research demonstrated the environmental, social and economic advantages of near zero energy housing. Wasim is Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy, Fellow of the Australian Institute for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating. He received the Pioneer Award from the World Renewable Energy Network in 2012. He is currently working with industry on commercialising solar water heating and energy storage systems. Wasim provides advice to developers and has served on a number of national and international committees on energy use in buildings.
Professor of Psychology, Flinders University After receiving a BA from Stanford University and PhD from the University of Adelaide Dr. Lack has been teaching and conducting research in the areas of sleep, circadian rhythms, and insomnia at the School of Psychology, Flinders University since 1972. He has received 15 large ARC and NHMRC research grants, published over 140 refereed articles and book chapters, and given over 27 invited keynote lectures to national and international conferences and 300 conference papers in the sleep area. He has had considerable clinical involvement since 1992 in the design and management of the non-drug insomnia treatment program at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital, S.A. He presents his research and clinical experience frequently to health professionals (medical practitioners, psychologists, pharmacists) and to the general public in the media. He has integrated his teaching, research, clinical practice, public education roles, and commercial developments in an attempt to alleviate the problem of insomnia in our society.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Dr. Mishra is an associate professor of psychiatry, trained in the computational, cognitive and translational neurosciences. She is the founder of the Neural Engineering & Translation Labs (NEATLabs) at UCSD. Her lab innovates digital technologies for scalable brain health mapping, monitoring and precision therapeutics. Dr. Mishra's interdisciplinary research interests are at the intersection of neuroscience and digital engineering, integrating machine learning methods to personalize and inform mental healthcare, education, and climate change adaptation efforts.
Assistant Professor, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan Tyler Case is a faculty member at the Edwards School of Business in the field of Entrepreneurship with more than a decade of teaching and learning experience. Tyler’s scholarly work explores the development and application of strategic management methods in the areas agribusiness, family enterprise and local venture development. He brings a practitioner’s perspective to his teaching and scholarly work through a lifetime of involvement with his family farm. As a third generation manager and owner of the family business, he is passionate about Western Canadian family enterprise strategy and continuity planning. Tyler has a community focus and engages in the local economy through governance roles, interactive workshop presentations and the consulting of family businesses on the topics of risk analysis and continuity planning. He brings this practice to the classroom by supporting students in experiential learning opportunities that integrate the functional areas through capstone courses in business planning and strategy.
Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour, University of Saskatchewan Marc Mentzer holds the position of Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour in the Edwards School of Business of the University of Saskatchewan. He holds an MBA from McGill University and a PhD in Management from Indiana University. Marc's research has appeared in over 20 journal articles. His research has centred on business history and the regulatory aspects of human resource management.
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, EM Lyon Business School My research interests focus on the interplay of employees' work and home lives, considering how events, behaviors, and characteristics of the workplace "spillover" to impact the daily health behaviors of employees (e.g., alcohol use, sleep). Most recently, I have begun exploring the impact that various compensation practices have on employee health, extending existing work that focuses predominately on performance outcomes. My work has been published in top scientific journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Current Directions in Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, among others. My research has also been featured in media outlets, including CNN, NPR, Fox, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, Fast Company, Slate, Yahoo, MarketWatch, and Science Daily.
