Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Rachael Sharman is a lecturer and researcher in psychology, specialising in child/adolescent development. Rachael's research is focused on the optimal and healthy development of the paediatric brain, and has covered the neuro/psychological impacts of: dietary practices of parents and their children; physical activity; obesity; sport participation; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; genetic disorders; concussion and childhood trauma. Rachael has a long history in working in child-related fields including child protection, juvenile justice, disability, advocacy and genetic research. Rachael remains committed to research that ensures children have the best possible chance to meet their full potential. Her current interests include: children’s play opportunities and the built environment; resilience-building features of risky play; child protection issues including sexual abuse and trafficking; adolescent arson and self-harming; transitions from education to the workplace.
Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Professor Ottmar Edenhofer is Professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the TU Berlin - Berlin Institute of Technology and Deputy Director as well as Chief Economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. He currently leads Research Domain III - Sustainable Solutions - which is focusing on research in the field of the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. In 2012 he was appointed director of the newly founded Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). From 2008 to 2015 he served as Co-Chair of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Ottmar Edenhofer supports the Science-Industry Cooperation, the Workgroup Climate, Energy and Environment within the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina as an active member, and furthermore advises the World Bank within the advisory committee of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform. Since 2013 he is also co-chairing the new Energy Platform by the European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering (Euro-CASE). In January 2015, Ottmar Edenhofer was elected a member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering acatech due to his outstanding scientific achievements.
Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Melbourne I study computational methods for analysing human language, in both written and spoken varieties. This involves scalable techniques for collecting and annotating large amounts of data from many languages. The long-term goal is to preserve hundreds of endangered languages. I have a special interest in undescribed "tone languages" in Africa and Papua New Guinea. I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in algorithms, databases, informatics, philosophy of language, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, data mining, web technologies, and machine translation. Programming is an almost daily activity, and I recently published a book titled Natural Language Processing with Python. I am co-developer of the new "Algorithmics" curriculum in the Victorian Certificate of Education, introducing university-level computer science into high school.
Course Director (B Des Arch), Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney William Feuerman is the founder and principal of Office Feuerman, a Sydney-based design office, founded in New York in 2007. Before starting Office Feuerman, William worked at several leading international architecture firms including five years at Bernard Tschumi Architects in New York. Feuerman has coordinated and taught in graduate and undergraduate architecture programs in Australia and the United States, including Columbia University GSAPP, the University of Pennsylvania, and the interior design program at Pratt Institute. Since 2012, he has been the Course Director for the Bachelor of Design in Architecture Program and Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Feuerman received a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (MSAAD) from Columbia University, GSAPP and a Bachelors of Architecture (BARCH) from the California College of the Arts. He came to Sydney in 2010 via New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Accredited Practising Dietitian; Associate Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University Kacie completed a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours) at Flinders University in 2008 and PhD at University of Adelaide and CSIRO in 2014. Professional practice has included rural Dietitian, Clinical Dietitian, Private Practice and Community and Residential Aged Care Dietitian. Returned to Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Flinders University in 2013 as a Research Fellow working across various research projects related to ageing and vascular health. Actively involved in state chapters of professional societies including Treasurer of Dietitians Association of Australia and Executive Member of Nutrition Society of Australia.
Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Dr Daryl Adair is Associate Professor of Sport Management. He has taught at The Flinders University of South Australia (Adelaide), De Montfort University (Leicester), The University of Queensland (Brisbane), and the University of Canberra (ACT) before joining the University of Technology, Sydney in July 2007. Daryl is on the editorial board of the academic journals Sporting Traditions, Sport in Society, Performance Enhancement and Health, the Journal of Sport History, and the Journal of Sport for Development.
