Legal Researcher, University of Pretoria Dr Romola Adeola is a legal researcher with the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria in South Africa. Her areas of expertise are law and policy aspects of migration, refugee protection and international development law. She holds a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Pretoria.
Director of the Macquarie Planetary Research Centre/Associate Professor in Geodynamics, Macquarie University A/Prof. Craig O'Neill is the Director of the Macquarie Planetary Research Centre, and an Associate Professor in geodynamics and planetary science in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science/ARC CCFS CoE at Macquarie University.
Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria Completed PhD at University of Pretoria, specialising in international trade, non-tariff measures, regulatory and policy issues and how they impact international trade and economic development. Hold MSc in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University (OSU). Undergraduate and Honours degrees were completed at University of Limpopo
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Future Manufacturing), Swinburne University of Technology Geoff Brooks is responsible for co-ordinating and developing manufacturing related research and education across Swinburne University of Technology. His own expertise is in the field of process metallurgy and he has published over 150 papers on various aspects of steelmaking, aluminium and magnesium production. Geoff has held senior positions at University of Wollongong, McMaster University in Canada, CSIRO and is now Head of the High Temperature Processing group at Swinburne University of Technology. He received his PhD at the University of Melbourne in 1994; he has a Degree in Chemical Engineering at RMIT and a Bachelor of Arts (HPS, Media) from Swinburne. In 2013, Geoff was awarded the John Elliott Lectureship by the AIST, acknowledging his contribution to process metallurgy. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Cancer Nursing Research Unit, University of Sydney Dr Pandora Patterson is General Manager of Research, Evaluation and Social Policy at CanTeen and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. She has worked for ten years as a researcher in the area of psycho-oncology with a particular interest in measure development and intervention based research for young people living with cancer. She is also a registered psychologist undertaking regular clinical work.
Associate Professor of Accountancy, Brigham Young University John Barrick is an Associate Professor of Accountancy at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he has worked since 2009. He is a Certified Professional Accountant (Washington State Board of Accountancy 1994) and worked as a tax policy accountant on the Joint Committee on Taxation (2007-2009). He is the author of Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities (2010). John holds a PhD in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.