PROFILES OF BUREAU MEMBERS

Esther Abram

Esther Abram has worked in a leadership capacity within the non government environment sector for the past eight years, as Director of Environment Victoria (the state umbrella group for community based interests) and as the inaugural CEO of the Moreland Energy Foundation for the past four years. She has worked at a variety of levels to pursue sustainability, including advocacy to State and Federal Governments, community based campaigns and the development of programs to involve community members in taking up sustainability in their own lives. She has a good understanding of a wide range of environmental issues, with expertise in the areas of climate change and energy. Back

Jason Alexandra

Jason Alexandra has over 25 years experience working on Natural Resource Management and policy, environment, conservation, farm forestry, revegetation and landuse planning in Australia for government, NGO and private sector organisations. Since 1996 Jason has worked for a wide range of non-government, government and private sector organisations on many diverse projects. He has undertaken national reviews of farm forestry policy and EMS in agriculture for Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. He has led the teams of consultants evaluating the National Heritage Trust, including the evaluation of the urban and water reviews. He has established and coordinates a major national R&D program on vegetaion and biodivertsity for Land & Water Australia. He has played an active role in many Government and non-government organisations including as a Director of Greening Australia, a member of the Murray-Darling Basin Community Advisory Committee, Director of Land & Water Australia; Chair of the Land and Water Australia Audit Committee; Chair of the Redesigning Agriculture for Australian Landscapes Program Committee; a member of the Rivers Policy and Native Vegetation R&D Program Committees and member of the Joint Venture Agroforestry R&D program committee. He is currently a member of the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority. He was the inaugural Banksia Environmental Award in the agribusiness category. He continues to play an active role in two innovative farming businesses in Victoria. As a commercial farmer Jason Alexandra has developed a pragmatic grasp of many of business and production aspects of ecological based agriculture including farm forestry, farming systems, irrigation and water use, revegetation, production and environmental management systems, auditing and certification and marketing. Back

Dan Atkins

Dan Atkins has extensive international and domestic experience in environmental and sustainability strategy, integration, management, communication and culture change. Some of the companies he worked with include Toyota, Novo Nordisk, Norsk Hydro, UBS, Melbourne Water, SA Water, EPA Victoria, SA Department of Environment and Heritage, AAPMA and Santos. Dan's accounting background gives him a good understanding of the financial implication of sustainability to business and government, and how these considerations can be incorporated into business strategy, corporate reporting and government policy. Currently Dan Atkins is the founder and director of Sustainable Business Practices. He is also the Co-chair of the Victorian Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability's Reference Group and a member of the South Australian Premier's Roundtable on Sustainability. He previously headed Toyota Australia's corporate and manufacturing environmental groups, also had led Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's Environmental Services Group in Australia, and spent two and a half years managing Deloitte's Global Centre of Excellence for Environmental and Sustainability Services in Copenhagen (Denmark). Dan has also been involved in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's eco-efficiency pilot project, the European Environmental Reporting Awards and the United Nations Environmental Program for Financial Institutions. Back

Tom Beer

Tom Beer has over 30 years environmental experience, the last 18 years with CSIRO where he currently coordinates its Environmental Risk Network. Prior to that he was an environmental consultant and held various academic positions. Dr Beer has co-edited a number of important books on risk, including Risk Science and Sustainability: Science for Reduction of Risk and Sustainable Development for Society (with A. and Ismail-Zadeh) and Environmental Risk Assessment: An Australian Perspective (with F. Ziolkowski).. He has also written extensively on air quality and authored the section on urban pollution of the 2001 State of the Environment report on the atmosphere. Dr Beer has provided advice to the Australian government and international bodies on alternative fuels, risk management and greenhouse gases. He is also Vice-president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, was Founding Chair of the Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and is a member of the Standards Australia Committees on Risk Management and Risk Management Systems. Back

Sarah Bekessy

Dr Sarah Bekessy is a lecturer in environmental studies and sustainability at RMIT University. She specialises in the intersection between science and policy. She has undertaken a number of major projects for government and municipalities. They include Re-imagining the Australian Suburb: that addresses biodiversity planning in urban fringe landscapes, triple bottom line reporting, application of innovative tools for biodiversity conservation planning in rural landscapes, sustainable consumption, investigation into long term thinking and decision making in Australian politics and consideration of regulations of household water-efficiency .Back

Harry Blutstein

Dr Harry Blutstein has over 30 years experience as an environmental regulator, communications and assisting corporations, government agencies and NGOs with their sustainable development programs. Prior to setting up his own sustainability company in 2002, he held the position of Director Sustainable Development at EPA, was a Board member of The Natural Step Environmental Institute of Australia and The Natural Step International, was Managing Director of Environmental Services Australia, delivering commercial environmental services to developing countries and founder and Director of Envirolinx, a knowledge network promoting understanding of sustainability issues. Dr Blutstein has developed an international reputation in the environmental area, having been involved in innovative programs to phase out ozone depleting substances, which including presenting at workshops in Thailand and Vietnam and developing eh phase out programs for Western Samoa, and worked with the United Nations Environment Programme on the development and promotion of the Melbourne Principles on Sustainable Cities. Back

Chris Burnup

Chris Burnup has over 25 years experience in the private, public and NGO sectors. Chris is Director of Jacquard Projects; with clients including major companies, government agencies and not for profit organizations. She is a Director of Earthwatch Institute Australia and a member of the Minerals Council of Australia External Sustainable Development Advisory Group. Chris Burnup's previous positions include Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation, Executive General Manager, Corporate affairs, Pasminco Ltd and Assistant Director of the Business Council of Australia. During the 1980s she held senior positions in the Victorian Public Service. She has participated in international negotiations, and was Deputy Chancellor of Swinburne University. She is also a moderator for the Cranlana Programme. Chris Burnup is an experienced public speaker and has published widely in regard to sustainability, business ethics and human rights issues. Back

Professor Mark Burgman

Mark Burgman is currently Professor in Environmental Science at the University of Melbourne. He is an ecologist, with over 25 years experience in ecological modeling, conservation biology and risk assessment. He is widely published, and his latest book is Risks and Decisions for Conservation and Environmental Management. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a consultant ecologist in Australia, the United States and Switzerland. His work has included models to assist environmental managers for a variety of species and ecological systems in a range of settings including marine fisheries, forestry, vertebrate management in national parks, electrical power utilities and mining. He also provides scientific advice to EPA Victoria, the Zoological Board, the Australian Antarctic Division and the Australian Biological Diversity Ministerial Advisory Committee. Back

Associate Professor Michael Buxton

Michael Buxton has almost 25 years experience in environment and planning in Victoria at local government, regional authority and state government levels, and at RMIT University. He has been a member of the executive of the Victorian Ministry for Planning and Environment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Office of the Environment and the Environment Protection Authority at Director level. He also formerly led the Victorian environmental agency, the Office of the Environment, responsible for advising the government on environmental policy. He has extensive experience in policy development at international, national, state and local levels. He led the intergovernmental process developing a new National Greenhouse Strategy as part of Australia's reporting obligations under the Climate Change Convention. In 1994 he was a member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development, New York, between 1992 and 1996 he was a member of the Intergovernmental Committee on Ecologically Sustainable Development, that was responsible for developing and implementing national policy and implementation strategies on ecologically sustainable development and environmental policy. He also was responsible for providing advice to the Victorian government on ministerial council activities for eight years. He has also been involved in projects on international and national projects for organisations such as The World Bank, AusAid, Asian Development Bank, the Mekong River Commission, the Australian Greenhouse Office, Commonwealth and State government agencies, and consulting firms. He has also been a local government councillor for 10 years and member of the Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority for 6 years. He has published widely on planning and environmental matters. Back

Kev Carmody

Kev Carmody belongs to the oldest living culture on the planet, and is an articulate voice for his 60 000 year old living Culture in both song and word. His talent has been recognised with three Aria award nominations, the Golden Guitar at Tamworth and an AFI award for best soundtrack "One Night the Moon". This track also won awards at the Berlin, New York and Los Angeles Short Film Festivals. He has been dubbed by some as an "Australian bob Dylan". While continuing with his music, Kev Carmody is also a public speaker as has addressed audiences as diverse as the National Press Club in Canberra and the Sustainability Conference in Binna Burra. Kev has an extraordinary ability to communicate with everyone. In his own Cultural tradition of Lama Lama and Bundjalung, he is an elder statesman. Not willing to confine himself to expressing his views and sharing his wisdom in song he also is a commentator on current issues, or writing short stories or crafting a piece of music. Kev's perspective covers everything from the ecology, politics, history, philosophy, theology, ideology, community and cultural development, future dreaming, planning and of course his 60 000 year old living Culture. Kev connections to and passion for the land and his people are the inspirations for his music. This modern troubadour has toured Australia for over 30 years were his has sung songs that are not frightened to confront the complacency of mainstream Australian to the injustices being meted out to Aboriginal communities. He has played to Aboriginal inmates, worked with marginalised young people and communities both in the cities and in country, rural areas using music; "My job is to help free the peoples' creativity," Kevin said. "I believe everybody has a book or a symphony in them if their potential can be exploited." Respected in his native Australia almost to the point of reverence - this singer-songwriter combines a repertoire of bluntly eloquent protest songs and sparse, lyrical ballads with breathtaking guitar technique and a warmly down-to-earth manner. His lived-in, grit-edged voice and understated yet intensely felt delivery are frequently reminiscent of Tom Waits or a Steve Earle - but they cannot play the didgeridoo like he does, generating an extraordinary array of evocative sounds and textures in a kind of mini- beginners' guide to the age-old termite-hollowed tube. Kev grew up on a cattle station near Goranba, 70 kilometres west of Dalby in the Darling Downs area of south eastern Queensland. His early childhood was simple but happy. He saw few children until the age of seven, mixing mostly with stockmen. The family, although poor lived largely off the land growing vegetables near the house and hunting and catching everything from kangaroos to fish. Back

Peter Castellas

Throughout Peter's career, he has worked at the cutting edge of the business and environment interface and has built an international reputation and global network. Peter is the founder and Managing Director of Global Knowledge Ventures Pty Ltd, a Director of Innovest Australia Pty Ltd and Director of BlueShift Pty Ltd. Based in Australia, Peter's clients include key decision makers in business and government in the Asia Pacific region and have included a number of major Australian corporations as well as the Business Council of Australia, the Canadian National Roundtable on Environment and Economy, the Business Environment Council of Hong Kong, and the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative. Peter is also the Fund Manager of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund, an initiative that provides innovative financing to projects that contribute towards Sustainable Development. He was previously the Sustainability Advisor for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia where his role was to analyse the risks, opportunities, and challenges for the Group in adopting sustainability as a business approach. Peter has also held roles including Head of Business Development for Melbourne University Private and National Manager, Environmental and Engineering Services at Dunhill Management Services. Peter has presented at numerous national and international conferences. Back

Graham Clark

Graham Clark has 40 years experience in the retail sector. The latter part of his career was with Coles Myer, where he held the positions of Environment Manager and the National Manager, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs. His hands-on experience at all levels of the retail sector has provided him with unique insights on how the practically integrate environmental measures that are cost effective and save on overheads like energy, water and materials usage. His involvement with the introduction of plastic bag alternatives, the "green bags" and the reduction in free single use plastic bags was also supported by his management for Coles Myers of the National Packaging Covenant. Graham has also been involved in establishing strong partnerships with Government, NGO's, suppliers and environment lobby groups. Back

John Collins

John Collins brings his 30 years experience in the Mineral Resources industry to bear on the issues of sustainability from a business context. John has spent a large portion of his career in the minerals industry, most of it with WMC, where he was intimately involved in the preparation of their first ground-breaking environment report. He has also been involved in the preparation of Environmental Impact Statements and helping guide clients on sustainability issues. It is from his strong technical background in mineral exploration, that John brings a practical and business-like approach to environmental issues, and an understanding of the needs of internal staff, regulators and the community. John's approach to sustainability is to ensure that it value-adds to business processes, through policy development, strategic planning, integration, and performance reporting. Let John share his experience that can help your business avoid the pitfalls, and benefit from his knowledge and learning. He can help your leaders and employees understand how sustainability can contribute to long-term viability, build reputation, improve customer loyalty, foster strategic supply relationships, assist recruit high quality graduates, add to profitability and generate competitive advantage. Back

Linda Condon

Linda is the Head of the National Centre for Sustainability at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. In that role, she is involved in a wide range of sustainability projects, including providing strategic advise to government and industry on issues relating to sustainability, triple bottom line reporting, environmental strategies, corporate environmental reporting, developing and implementing Environmental Management Systems, development of resource material for training purposes and providing environmental management advice for operational activities. Linda Condon's professional career has involved industry experience which spans 20 years in various areas including environmental audits, consulting and research in the field of sustainability, the development of a CRC application for Australian Organic Food and Farming Technologies, forensic work, pathology, research, resources development, publishing, teaching and course coordinating at Swinburne and lecturing at RMIT for six years. Linda has also judged various awards in particular the Prime Minister's Banksia Environmental Award, the Plastics and Chemicals (PACIA) Sustainability Awards, and the United Nations Environmental Awards. She is currently on the Board for the Australian Foresight Institute, a Board member of the Gould League, a member of the Interim Board for the Australian Green Development Forum and a member of the Advisory Committee for the CRC in Construction in Brisbane. She has provides keynote addresses for a number of major sustainability conferences and events. Back

Rosemary Cousins

Rosemary Cousin has 20 years experience in senior government positions in each of the three spheres of government in Australia. Rosemary formerly held the positions of Director Planning Systems and Policy with the Victorian Department of Infrastructure; Assistant Secretary Urban Management with the Commonwealth Department of Housing and Regional Development and various positions in local government. She specialises in strategic, statutory and corporate planning. She is also experienced in the review and evaluation, formulation and implementation of legislation, regulations and public policies, plans, programs and systems; and the provision of high-level policy advice to government on sustainable development, land use planning and infrastructure, community building, social equity, environmental management and continuous improvement in governance. In 1992, Rosemary co-authored Making it Happen: A Compendium of Federal, State and Local Government Economic Development Incentives in South East Queensland (with Robert Oldham). Ms Cousins is a Ministerial appointee to the Geographic Place Names Advisory Panel; is a member of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association Inc and the Victorian Women's Trust; and is a member of the Board of the Planning Institute of Australia (Victorian Division). Back

John Cronin

Dr Cronin currently works as business advisor, negotiator, mediator and ethicist in both the private and public sectors. Both in Australia and overseas, Dr Cronin has worked with business owners, directors and senior executives to navigate critical points in their growth cycle. He specialises in strategic planning, risk management, organisation structure, business process management, business ethics, governance, corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Dr Cronin's business experience includes numerous roles as a senior executive in design, engineering, manufacturing operations and business development and as a business entrepreneur and professional director in design, marketing, manufacturing, software development, business consulting and financial services. His academic background covers strategic and risk management, business management, law, governance, economics, economic sociology, applied finance, investment, negotiation, mediation and ethics. He is CEO of TBATI Consulting, Director and senior consultant with Sustainable From Scratch, Executive Director of the Centre for Ethics, Governance and Sustainability and non-executive Director of Community Exchanges Australia, a subsidiary of Bendigo Bank Limited. Back

Peter Crosland (New Zealand)

For over more than 25 years Peter Crosland has worked in various managerial roles across both the government and private sectors. He has held senior positions in the NZ government's Climate Change Office, was National Manager of the BusinessCare National Trust and is currently Director of Crosland & Associates. He specialises in helping small to medium sized enterprises develop effective energy efficiency, waste minimisation and sustainable development programs. He is also a member of the Sustainability Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, New Zealand Sustainable Business Network and the NZ Futures Trust. Back

Mark Diesendorf

Dr Mark Diesendorf has interdisciplinary expertise in energy, especially renewable energy, in urban transportation, and in the nature of sustainable development. He is Director of Sustainability Centre Pty Ltd, Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Policy at Murdoch University, vice-president of the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics, and teaches graduate courses at the Institute of Environmental Studies at University of New South Wales. From 1996 to 2001 he was Professor of Environmental Science at University of Technology, Sydney. He is coauthor of the scenario study, "A Clean Energy Future for Australia", and is author of a series of recent studies on the technical feasibility, costs and policies for replacing coal-fired power stations with a mix of energy efficiency, renewable energy and natural gas. Back

Rob Faulkner

Rob Faulkner has twenty years experience in senior executive roles, including a decade in issues management, government and media relations in the chemical industry. With a strong track record in managing environmental controversy, he helps clients address environmental and health issues threatening business or product reputation. Back

John Fien

John Fien has been involved in environmental issues since 1976. Recently he took up a position in RMIT's Innovation Leadership program as Professor of Sustainability. His areas of interest and research include social change processes that underlie sustainable development and he is at the forefront of the emergence of education for sustainable development,. He has a strong background in natural resource management, public participation and sustainable consumption, relevant to business and industry, government, NGOs and communities. John Fien was the director of the Young People and the Environment Project that focused on the Asia-Pacific region, and he wrote The Urban Environment, Co-edited Environment, Education and Society in the Asia-Pacific: Local Traditions and Global Discourses and Young People and the Environment: An Asia-Pacific Perspective (both co-edited with Helen Sykes and David Yencken), Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge (IUCN) and is the editor of the Australian and international UNESCO editions of the Teaching for a Sustainable World training manual. Professor Fien has a developed an international reputation in his fields of expertise. He represented the Australian National Commission for UNESCO and in 1993 was the convenor of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting on Environmental Education and Teacher Education. He has also been involved in organising conferences for UNESCO-ACEID, was the Co-Director of the UNESCO-APEID Learning for a Sustainable Environment, and provided support for UNESCO-SEAMEO, UNESCO-IHE, UNEP and UNESCO-UNEP. Back

Martin Flanagan

Martin Flanagan is a journalist, storyteller, author, radio commentator, poet and public speaker. Described as "a legend of Australian journalism" in TIME magazine in 2003, he writes on a wide range of topics from opinion pieces on the environment, human interest stories, which are heartfelt and his unconventional look at sport earned Martin the AFL Coaches' media award for the best sportswriter. He has appeared regularly on radio programs including "The Search for Meaning", Radio National's "Books and Writing" as well as assorted sports programs. He has spoken in prisons and football clubs and at university graduations and literary festivals. He delivered one of the inaugural Alfred Deakin lectures and more recently a lecture for the Overland literary magazine. One of his most recent speeches was to the AFL Presidents and CEOs before the start of the 2004. Back

Erika Ford

Erika Ford has 12 years experience in waste minimisation, resource recovery and community consultation. In the last decade she has served on several boards as an Executive Member, including Keep SA Beautiful Incorporated, and the Waste Management Association of Australia. She is perhaps best know as an ethical shareholder activist, which grew out of her interest in managing a substantial share portfolio. She also undertakes numerous public speaking and media appearances. Having worked both with corporations, established bridges between them and the community and been willing to publicly exercise her rights as a shareholder, Erika Ford has a unique perspective on sustainable development and stakeholder engagement. Back

Vyt Garnys

Dr Vyt Garnys has more than 30 years professional experience in solving technical problems over a wide range of industries. He assists industries, governments and individuals with industrial products, process problems, indoor and outdoor environmental risk assessment, sustainability and resolution services, incorporating human health, outrage management and litigation issues. Dr. Garnys has assisted clients like Bovis Lend Lease, SOPA, Queensland Government, Sika, Benchmark Healthcare, RMIT, Australian Defence Industries, EPA Victoria, Amcor, Note Printing Australia, Carter Holt Harvey, Visypak, Transfield, Telstra, Nestle, Salvation Army on process and product technology, environmental and OH & S projects. Dr Garnys has provided clients with a holistic approach of Facility Ecology that addresses protecting the health and wellbeing of people. This approach has been successfully used by Dr Garnys in schools, offices and diverse public facilities, achieving long-lasting positive effects in both the operation of the facility and improved productivity, health and harmony of its occupants. Back

Steve Garlick

Dr Steve Garlick has over 25 years experience in socio-economic impact assessment of major projects for industry and government, regional development including advising on the reorganisation of the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation, microeconomic reform into local government, input into key Government policy documents and the establishment of the Southern Cross Regional Research Institute. He is currently Director, Regional Knowledge Works that advises on regional development and the knowledge economy, adviser to IMHE at the OECD and between 2000-2002 was adviser to European Commission on regional development. He has also held a number of academic and government positions. He also worked on a number of reports for McKinsey & Co on regional leadership. During his long career Dr Garlick has developed useful networks at a senior level at all levels of government, peak industry groups at the national level (farmers, industry, small business), community groups and overseas experts in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Greece, S Africa, USA and Korea. Back

Francis Grey

Francis Grey is Research Manager, SAM Australia and New Zealand, responsible for research. Previously he has worked as the principal of Economists@Large & Associates. In this role he has worked extensively on the economics of sustainability issues for 12 years. Former clients include for example, Greenpeace and the Australian Commonwealth Department of the Environment. He was a member of different government committees as well as of a committee examining the socioeconomic impacts of water reforms. He has also been a member of the Environment Advisory panel for WMC Ltd. During 1989 Francis worked in the financial markets as a financial markets economist. Prior to that he had worked in the Australian Federal Treasury Department as a policy economist. Back

Steve Halls

Steve Halls currently heads Murdoch Environmental, and comes to this position 25 years experience after in environmental issues for, most of it with international bodies like UNEP, the European Commission, World Bank, WHO) and NGO's (e.g. WWF). He has also worked with Government agencies in the UK, US, Malaysia and Japan, and with a wide range of industries, particularly in the Petroleum and Chemical sectors. Until recently he was the Director of United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Technology Centre based in Japan. In this position, Dr. Halls was responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic and tactical activities of the Centre. He also implemented specific projects on behalf of the Centre - particularly in the area of Environmental Technology Assessment and Management tools and e-learning research and development. He was actively involved with the European Commission in developing the "Eco-Management and Audit Scheme" Regulation. Recently he has been appointed as a member of the European Commission Steering Group on Waste Management Policy and Strategy for Europe. He is also an external advisor and reviewer to the EC Research Technology Development (RTD) Directorate on the development of an European Environmental Technology Action Plan and the EU 6th Framework Programme. Back

Gwendolyn Hallsmith (USA)

Gwendolyn Hallsmith is the Executive Director of Global Community Initiatives. This NGO has associates in five countries and has worked with international, national and municipal agencies on sustainable community development programs. Ms Hallsmith over 25 years of experience working with municipal, regional, and state government in the United States and internationally. Her international experience has included work with the United Nations Environmental Program, the United Nations Development Program, the Institute for Sustainable Communities, the International City/County Management Association, the Academy for Educational Development, and Earth Charter International. She has worked on sustainability, training and development projects in Diepsloot, South Africa, Calgary, Alberta, Newburgh (NY), Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Danube Basin, Deerfield River (Massachusetts), Lake Ohrid region of Macedonia and Albania and municipalities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Ms Hallsmith has also provided training and technical assistance to the South African Local Government Association, and the Peruvian Committee of Mayors. Ms Hallsmith's international reputation is based on her innovative work with communities and municipalities, and she is a leader in the sustainable communities movement for more than fifteen years. She is the author of The Key to Sustainable Cities: Meeting Human Needs, Transforming Community Systems, and she has extensive experience working with communities to identify ways in which they can achieve their objectives for better governance, sustainable economic development, and a healthy environment. Her approach is to offer a systems-oriented approach to making communities more sustainable and assist community leaders in developing successful strategies for change. Back

Chris Harris

Chris Harris has twenty-five years experience working on environmental, social and development issues for Australian and international environmental and indigenous organisations, mainly in the not-for-profit sector, as well as extensive experience as a consultant, researcher and manager. Currently he is Acting Executive Director of Earth Share Australia Foundation. He was a founder and first Executive Officer of both the Minerals Policy Institute and the Conservation Alliance. Prior to this he has worked as the campaign director for both Greenpeace Australia and Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Manila and Indonesia) as well as the National Director of the Wilderness Society and the International Rivers Network (Berkeley USA); he has worked for the Australian Conservation Foundation: the Northern Land Council (Darwin) and the Jurnkurakurr Aboriginal Resource Centre (Tennant Creek). Back

Professor Barry Hart

Professor Barry Hart is Director of the Water Studies Centre and Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Monash University. He is also associated with the CRC for Freshwater Ecology and for ten years was Deputy Director Research. Professor Hart has established an international reputation in the fields of environmental chemistry, water quality management and environmental risk assessment. He is best known for his sustained efforts in developing water quality guidelines for Australia, commencing with the production of the Compilation of Australian Water Quality Criteria in 1974 and finishing with the recently published (2000) Australian and New Zealand Water Quality Guidelines. Professor Hart is currently a member of the Victorian Environment Assessment Council, the Victorian Catchment Management Council, the Victorian Environment Protection Authority Board and the Gippsland Lakes & Catchment Taskforce. He was also a member of the Expert Advisory Taskforce for the Victorian White Paper (Securing Our Water Future Together) released in June 2004. He also chairs the Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee, the State Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Committee, the Gippsland Integrated Natural Resource Forum, the Gippsland Water Technical Advisory Committee, and the recently formed Environmental Flows Technical Audit Panel. He has received several awards, including the Limnology Medal (1982) from the Australian Society for Limnology, the Environmental Chemistry Medal (1996) and Applied Chemistry Medal (1998) from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and in 2003 a Centenary Medal for services to water quality management and environmental protection. Back

Professor Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes is Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, a non-governmental policy-oriented research and advocacy group based in San Francisco and Melbourne. He is Professor of International Relations at RMIT. He has worked and advised a number of international agencies on environmental issues and energy security. Prior to that he was Deputy Director of the Commission for the Future, and first executive director of the Environment Liaison Centre in Nairobi. His expertise in globalisation and energy security has seen him appointed to the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Council on Foreign Relations; and the US Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000. Peter Hayes has authored or co-authored several important books, including American Lake: Nuclear Peril in the Pacific, Pacific Powderkeg: American Nuclear Dilemmas in Korea, and The Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays? He also contributed to and edited Peace and Security In Northeast Asia and the Nuclear Issue. Back

Zena Helman

Zena Helman has 25 years experience in environmental management and planning in both the public and private sectors. She acts as senior consultant to business and government organisations, and prior to that worked in the public sector on environmental policy development and planning. A specialist in environmental management systems, she has provided training and auditing throughout Australia and Asia. She is an expert in environmental facility assessments and due diligence, and is able to address issues related to legal compliance, environmental risk identification, and environmental management arrangements and effectiveness. Her expertise is recognised by a number of national bodies (Lead Environmental Auditor by the RABQSA, EMS Technical Specialist and Lead EMS Auditor for JAS ANZ, member of Standards Australia Working Group QR/11) and is a Fellow of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand. She is also Deputy Chairman, Banksia Environmental Foundation. Back

Mike Hill

Mike Hill has had over 20 years service to local government as councillor, mayor (former City of Brunswick and Moreland City Council ) and for nine years as Chief Executive of the Victorian Local Governance Association, of which he was a foundation member (its only life member). During this time he has been active in the areas of sustainability, resource recovery, community development and consultation and engagement. Mike Hill has also undertaken a number of other roles that reflect his interest, knowledge and expertise in the environment/sustainability movement. He currently Chairs the Ministerial Local Sustainability Accord Committee and Moreland Energy Foundation; is a Board member of Sustainable Victoria, Natural Resources and Conservation League and the Victorian Government's Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel; is a 'Custodian' of Sustainable Gardening Australia; is a Member of the Critical Reference Group for the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability and convenes the Victorian Sustainability Education Roundtable. He was the immediate past Chair of EcoRecycle Victoria. He also co-director of WestWyck, a company developing a co-housing project along environmental principles on a former school site in West Brunswick. Back

Andrea Hinwood

Dr Andrea Hinwood has had 20 years experience in environmental science, in government and academia. At the WA Department of Environment Protection she managed air quality studies, and prior to that was involved in the phase out of ozone depleting substances in Victoria. Currently she lectures about environmental management at Edith Cowan University, as well as being a Board member of the EPA. Dr Hinwood has published extensively on the risk of environmental exposure to pollutants. Back

Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt has been an active player in national environmental education networks over the past 15 years. He is currently the national manager for Waterkeepers Australia, an environmental NGO formed to support community groups protecting their local waterways. He is currently spreading the word about the existence of Waterkeepers Australia, and expanding the organisation. He represented Australia at meetings at the OECD in Paris, Vienna, Braunschweig and Rome, were he successfully represent Australia's position and established it leadership role on environmental education. Greg's previous jobs include Manager of Education at Melbourne Museum, Principal of the Zoological Board of Victoria's Education Service, two of the best jobs in education in Victoria, and policy work in environmental education for Victoria's Education Department. Back

Rob Jolly

Rob Jolly is former Treasurer of Victoria and Research Officer and Industrial Advocate of the ACTU. He has more than 25 years experience in economic research, policy development and government research. For the past 15 years he has specialised in environmental economics. He is a former adviser to Visy Recycling, a past board member of the Alternative Technology Association, a member of the ACF Finance and his currently a Board member of EcoRecycle Victoria. Committee. Rob Jolly established Greenworld Pty LTD - a remanufacturer of printer cartridges and a supplier of environmentally friendly office products. In 1995 Greenworld won the recycling category of the Banksia Environmental awards. Rob's focus is on the economics of recycling, renewable energy and greenhouse gas abatement. Back

Robert Joy

Robert Joy has over twenty years experience in environmental protection and resource management, holding senior positions with the Soil Conservation Authority and EPA, where he held a number of Director positions spanning 15 years, retiring as Deputy Chairman in 2004. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at RMIT University. He is a board member of the United Nations' International Environmental Technologies Centre in Osaka, a member of the Board of Greenfleet Australia and a member of Yarra Valley Water's Environment Committee.Back

Pam Keating

Pam Keating has over twenty years experience in the waste management industry, particularly in the development and implementation of practical waste management strategies for a broad range of industry sectors. In addition, she has developed extensive skills in the management of many types of environmental and waste projects for a diverse range of clients. Mrs Keating is also an Executive Member of the Waste Management Association of Australia (Victoria Branch), is the Australian Representative for the International Solid Waste Association Healthcare Waste Working Group, and Network Convenor for the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Waste Management Industry Group. In addition, she has been a representative on many Standards Australia Committees and is currently on the Boards of Gippsland Water (Deputy Chair), Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria and Environment Victoria. Back

Mariann Lloyd Smith

Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith has 25 years experience in chemical and waste policy, public participation and information systems. She has worked for more than 20 years in the Australian and international environment movement focusing on research, contaminated sites management, chemical information systems and stakeholder capacity building for the resolution of national and international toxic disputes. She is currently the Coordinator of the National Toxics Network and the Director of the research group, BioRegion Computer Mapping & Research Pty Ltd. Back

Patrick Longfield

Patrick Longfield has 37 years experience in the educational sector, and is a social ecologist. He works with groups and individuals on sustainability, values systems and ethics. He also lectures part-time on sustainability at the University of New South Wales and the Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW. Over the past four years he has presented many papers at conferences on how our actions and behaviours affect sustainability. Back

Dr Sally MacKinnon has worked for over 20 years in a variety of education, marketing and communication positions. Currently she is Executive Officer of the Gondwana Centre. Dr MacKinnon has been primarily involved in translating the complex issues surrounding sustainability into language that can be understood by a wide audience, and into publications to help put these ideas into practice. She has worked for a wide range of government agencies, municipalities, resource managers and was National Trainer for Greenpeace Australia, providing training for community activists in the areas of communication, negotiation, relationship marketing, sales and conflict resolution.

Narelle Martin (Canada)

Ms Martin has extensive experience in developing and delivering programs for continuous improvement in environmental performance. In addition to 15 years of professional experience, both in Australia and currently in Canada, she has experience as a community change agent in heritage matters, both as an elected Municipal Councillor in Gawler (South Australia) and co-founder and chair of a Community Heritage group. In Australia Ms Martin worked as a consultant in watershed management, as well as working with community groups, local government and farming groups to identify their environmental issues and develop practical strategies for overcoming them. After establishing a regional office of EPA (Victoria) Ms Martin moved to Canada, where she became the first Environmental Coordinator for the City of Burlington and subsequently moved back into consulting. Clients have included the Walkerton Inquiry, the City of Burlington, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Town of Oakville. Most recently, Ms Martin has been engaged by the Wine Council of Ontario to assist them in developing an Environmental Charter for the Wine Industry. Ms Martin is also an experienced public speaker and facilitator and has published papers on a range of topics including watershed management, water industry reform, landcare and environmental management programs. Back

Associate Professor Dave Mercer

Dr Dave Mercer, currently Associate Professor at RMIT, has taught for more than thirty years on environmental topics. He has extensive experience advising State, Commonwealth and local governments in Australia, and in July 2002 was appointed to the five-person Victorian Environmental Assessment Council, established the Victorian Government to give independent advice to the Minister for Environment on the management of public lands and waters. In 2004 Dave was one of the judges on the panel adjudicating the "Celebrating Melbourne Awards". Dr Mercer is widely published, and his most recent book is "A Question of Balance": Natural Resource Conflict Issues in Australia. In 2005 a major article Squandering the Future - Climate Change, Policy Failure and the Water Crisis in Australia (co-authored with L. Christesen and M. Buxton) will be published. His other interests include Australian and Asia-Pacific forestry issues, Australian environmental policy, urban agriculture, renewable energy, and the resource management implications of tourism development. Back

Richard Morley-Hall (New Zealand)

In 1999 Richard Morley-Hall was appointed Environmental Manager for a NZ retailer The Warehouse. The Warehouse was, and still remains, New Zealand's largest non-food retailer. In a 1998 survey conducted by Fortune 500 magazine, The Warehouse rated as the most efficient retailer of its type in the world…outclassing Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sainsbury's and many more. It has also established a reputation for the way it has embraced sustainable development. At The Warehouse he produced packaging guidelines, implemented a zero waste strategy throughout the 100 branches, established a store/school partnership program, introduced environmental labeling on products, instigated the banning of products such as coal, garden incinerators and in-sinkerators, as well as introducing new product lines, such as its Organic Worm Bin, which won an Award in 1999 from the New Zealand packaging Council. He has had extensive experience addressing the Board of Directors and the executive on sustainability issues, and spent time briefing store managers, buying groups, suppliers and staff across the business with information about the sustainability agenda. The interest generated in the business community by the approach taken by The Warehouse to sustainability resulted in Richard traveling the length and breadth of New Zealand speaking to business groups, conferences, as well as to educators, local and central government agencies. Back

Lynn Murrell

Lynn Murrell has 28 years of service in senior positions in resource management and conservation organisations (Victorian Coastal Council, Landcare, Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, Land Conservation Council, Greening Australia National Council), and local government associations (Provincial Cities, Towns & Boroughs Association, Australian Local Government Association, Municipal Association of Victoria) as well as being a councillor for 20 years. Back

Murali Neelamegam

Murali is a dynamic transformational strategist specialising in leadership and management development, organisational development, cross-cultural and diversity management. As a qualified and experienced business psychologist, with 20 years experience in the private and public sectors, his primary focus is on personal, group and organisational transformation. Before moving into his own private practice he was responsible for developing and implementing change management and cross cultural management projects for one of Australia's major telecommunication organisations. He has developed insights in building innovative and entrepreneurial cultures from his work both in Australia and overseas (Asia, Europe and North America) which he can speak on. Back

Henry O'Cleary

Henry worked for many years as a consulting engineer in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. He is now Chief Executive Officer of Greenfleet Australia, a not-for-profit organization specialising in reducing the impacts of transport on the environment. He is also Convenor and Chair of Committee for 'Emerging Transport Technology Conference' Adelaide, a bi-annual international event linked to the World solar Challenge, Member of the Victorian State Government Sustainability Advisory Network and was involved with the Darwin to Adelaide in the World Solar Challenge, Sustainable Transport Forum at the International Solar Energy Society World Congress, Transport Forum at the Clean Air Conference, the World Electric and Solar Vehicle Conference and the Australian Youth Parliament for the Environment. Back

Bruce Partland

Bruce Partland expertise in indigenous land management is based on a continuing and close relationship with Aboriginal people, firstly through extensive travel and work experience in remote areas of Australia including Aurukun (Nth Queensland), Darwin, Uluru, the Riverina and North-Western NSW; Adelaide and Sydney. He has been responsible for a number of work training programs for Young Offenders, Disabled, Indigenous and School-leavers for a number of organisations including Brosnan Centre Youth Service; Conservation Volunteers Australia; and Parks Victoria. As well as being a teacher of Conservation and Land Management at Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE and in Indigenous Land Management to indigenous students at Kangan Batman TAFE. He also his a small businessman, and operates his own company. Back

Alan Pears

Alan Pears has worked in the energy and environmental field for over 25 years for government, utilities, and as a consultant to the private and public sectors. Alan has played key roles in the development of many sustainable energy policies and programs in the residential (eg appliance energy labelling; building energy codes), commercial (Australian Building Greenhouse Rating Scheme; Australian Building Regulations) and industrial (eg Energy Smart Business; Energy Efficiency Best Practice) sectors. He has also worked on many specific projects including design of green appliances, green buildings (including an environmental adviser on the 60L Green Building), design of websites (eg TreeTotaller for GreenFleet, PlanetSlayer for ABC); and wrote Global Warming - Cool It! And other public information products. Alan has also been actively involved in energy policy issues, including providing policy advice to sustainable energy industry groups such as the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, as well as preparing policy papers for governments (eg papers on office equipment and home entertainment equipment for the Commonwealth Government, and energy efficiency studies for the Victorian Government). In 2000 Alan was presented an award by the Sustainable Energy Industry Association (Australia) for his lifetime contribution to the sustainable energy industry. In 2003, he was awarded a Centenary Medal for his outstanding contribution to climate change and environment policy. His is an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. Back

Geoff Pryor

Geoff Pryor is a leading exponent of community and regional development through his pioneering techniques, social research and on-ground actions for both government and private sector-supported programs. He has more than 30 years of Australian and overseas experience in regional and cultural development processes, working in both the public and private sectors, using a wide variety of collaborative techniques including industry clustering. He is at the leading edge of developing and applying innovative community based approaches to ecologically sustainable development. This includes use of remotely sensed imagery and web forums linked to adult learning tools and techniques to encourage and facilitate community engagement. Geoff has an excellent appreciation of the workings of government and bureaucracy through his extensive experience in working with government at all levels. This included being senor Ministerial adviser to Commonwealth Government Cabinet Ministers, an adviser to a former State Premier and as a member of ACT Government and business advisory bodies, to working with local government and regional organisations. He has a long history of strategic policy development necessitating close liaison with a wide range of relevant groups, including Indigenous communities. He has many years of socio-economic research, a particular interest and understanding of the role of local government, small towns and regional development, and with a special knowledge of coping with the effects of restructuring. Lately his work has concentrated on projects to do with the knowledge economy and the role of key institutions, change and strategic planning at regional and community levels and sustainable business development. Examples of his work include published reports on regional development strategies arising from extensive on-ground facilitation and research, innovative development strategies with Indigenous communities, and managing forums featuring visiting US and UK zero waste experts, which provided excellent learning and networking opportunities for government, business and community bodies interested in encouraging and developing sustainable business opportunities and subsequently resulted in diverse on-ground outcomes.Back

Professor Ian Rae

Ian Rae is an organic chemist with experience over fifteen years as adviser to government on hazardous chemicals and pollution arising from chemicals in the environment. In public life, he is an adviser to the Environment Protection Authority Victoria, the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage and the National Environment Protection Council, and to the United Nations Ozone Secretariat concerning industrial chemical aspects of the Montreal Protocol. Among other projects, Professor Rae led the development of Australia's Scheduled Wastes policy and the establishment of the reporting list for the National Pollutant Inventory, and was a member of the Victorian Government's Hazardous Waste Consultative Committee. Back

Steve Ray

Steve Ray has worked with a range of organisations - government, private and not-for-profit associations and has been active in the community for more than 25 years. His most recent position was as Executive Director of Environs Australia Projects. Steve has worked previously with environment advocacy organisations, government institutions and private bodies. He co-founded Vox Bandicoot, the environmental education consulting group, established the Gould Leagues Urban Studies Centre and was President of Environs Australia: the local government environment network for 3 years. Amongst many roles, he has specialised as a political lobbyist, community educator and festival and rally organiser. Steve has a detailed knowledge of the Local Government sector with a 12 year history of working within councils and other Local Government institutions. His passion is around culture-change within workplaces and the moving of people towards creative and inspiring ways of being that empower them wherever they are positioned. He has pioneered sustainability training in councils that emphases group facilitation and dialogue and focuses less on the content and more on the management of time and the importance of communication within and beyond the organisation.. His particular interest is around the building of worthwhile collaborations that bring together diverse organisations. It is through this approach that he believes innovation will flourish and lead to the creation of new and progressive social and environmental paradigms. Back

David Risstrom

Following successful lobbying to create the Victorian Alpine National Park, David completed first class degree in science and arts and now practices as a barrister working to a personal charter to represent disadvantaged people. In 1999, he became the first Green elected in Victoria. As Melbourne City Councillor and Vice President of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, he introduced over 100 initiatives including: Australia's most ambitious water and greenhouse reduction targets; a $5M Sustainable Melbourne Fund; triple bottom line governance; a social housing company; the 'Growing Green' 50-year open space plan and negotiations for a treaty and indigenous land use agreement.

David Risstrom chaired the Melbourne Affordable Housing Company, numerous Council committees and was director of waste, purchasing and various other national and international boards. An ACF Councillor, David has completed a Vincent Fairfax Ethics Fellowship, has travelled in over 40 countries and is a member of over twenty community organisations. David maintains a website. Back

Gilbert Rochecouste

Gilbert is recognised nationally and internationally as a leading voice and practitioner for sustainable urban and community renewal. He combines 12 years of solid commercial experience in the retail sector, with his current passion for sustainability and communities. His flamboyant, entertaining and enchanting style has inspired many communities, town centres, mainstreets and businesses to renew themselves towards a path of sustainable growth. His projects speak for themselves, including the re-positioning of Melbourne Central Shopping Centre into Australia's premier eco-cultural/retail destination; creation of the famous Gaslight Night Market at Queen Victoria Market; Flinders Lane Precinct - Melbourne's most creative cultural hub; Newmarket - New Zealand's premier town centre; Chadstone re-positioning as the 'Fashion Capital' - Australia's premier retail destination and hundreds of small businesses and town centres. Gilbert was the co-founder of the Epoch foundation, providing the practical application of ethical principles in business. He is currently the Managing Director of Village Well (est. 1992), a communication and cultural change organisation that facilitates community and business renewal. His passion is unleashing the creative capacity of individuals and communities. Back

Professor Allan Rodger

Allan Rodger was Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne from 1974 to 1996, and has since been working as a consultant on sustainability,. He has worked in many developed and developing countries. Through various international and national bodies he pioneered sustainable architecture and sustainable cities, established the UIA Programme on the Sustainable Development of the Built Environment, chaired the jury for the first world-wide design competition on Sustainable Communities and drafted the Chicago Declaration of Interdependence for a Sustainable Future (now the environmental manifesto of the architecture profession world-wide.) Currently he is Editor of the UIA Region IV Newsletter on Architecture for a Sustainable Future. In 1994 he led the winning team in the (Australian) National Ideas Competition for Ecologically Sustainable Urban Development of the Jerrabomberra Valley. He has worked as Director, Deakin University Initiative on Sustainability and the Environment and provided advice on a sustainable building strategies for Monash University and South West Institute of TAFE; a sustainable development strategy for the ACT Government; programme development with Melbourne University (Private); and he was a member of the team that developed the Sustainability Blueprint for the South West region of Victoria. He was also a member of the Technical Advisory Committee (Vienna 2000) for the UN Habitat Best Practices Programme and the Dubai Awards. He was a founding Board Member of the CERES Project, a Member of the Board of the Banksia Foundation, a founding Board Member of Greenhouse Action Australia, and is currently a Board Member of The Habitat Trust, and Greenfleet. He worked with UNEP-IETC of the Melbourne Principles for Sustainable Cities. Back

Kevin Rolfe (New Zealand)

Kevin Rolfe is a specialist in the technical, policy, and social aspects of the environmental consequences of industrial and urban development. He has more than 30 years of environmental management experience in various capacities, most significantly in the international arena and especially in air quality management and related fields. Particular areas of expertise are the potential environmental impacts of various types of industrial processes, institutional strengthening and capacity building, and in the multi-disciplinary aspects of motor vehicle emission control strategies. In his consulting practice, based in New Zealand, his main activities involve independent reviews of the environmental performance of industrial enterprises, mentoring young professionals in environmental managements, and engagements as an independent Resource Management Act hearings Commissioner for regional councils. Previous employment include as the Air Quality Management Specialist, World Health Organization, from 1991 to 1995, and General Manager, Environmental Services Australia, 1996 to 1998. Back

Harry Schaap

Dr Schaap has more than 30 years experience in energy technology, climate change policy and environmental management in the energy supply sector, focussing on electricity. He spent more than 25 years in the Victorian electricity industry working in research, environmental management, strategic planning, demand management and energy efficiency and greenhouse policy. He has spent the last 10 years as General Manager - Environment and Sustainable Energy in the Energy Supply Association of Australia. Back

Richard Searle

Richard Searle is a teacher and consultant with wide experience in Australia and overseas. He specialises in executive and management development, with a particular interest in building negotiating skills. He developed Mt Eliza’s portfolio of Negotiation and Decision-Making Programs for Managers, and is a member of the school’s Leadership Knowledge Group. Richard’s corporate clients have included Aventis, Australia Post, Telstra, Tanker Pacific Singapore, National Australia Bank, Hilton Asia Pacific, Methanex New Zealand, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and the Department of Human Services. He was also a consultant to the World Bank’s Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Program in Asia. Back

Professor Ben Selinger

Ben Selinger is emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the ANU. He is author of the 32-year old classic 'Chemistry in the Marketplace' among other books. He has served on the Board of the Australian Consumers' Association for 16 years. He was Commissioner on National Occupational and Safety Commission (later Worksafe Australia). He also chaired the Federal/State Independent panel on Intractable Waste, and the took up foundation Chair of the National Registration Authority for Agriculture and Veterinary Chemicals, followed by chair of the Homebush Bay Environmental Reference Group (Olympic Co-ordination Authority). For decades he wrote a regular Science and Technology column for The Canberra Times and is science adviser/feature writer for CTC Productions (eg Burke's Backyard). In April 2002 he prepared a major report on the Precautionary Principal for a number of industry associations, commissioned by Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Back

Bro Sheffield-Brotherton

Dr Sheffield-Brotherton has over 30 years experience in environmental NGOs, including senior positions in the Australian Conservation Foundation, Friends of the Earth, Project Jonah, and the Conservation Council and Environment Centre of WA. He has been an expert and/or representative member of over 50 State and Commonwealth Government taskforces, panels and advisory committees on a wide range of environmental issues. He has worked in Government in social policy, energy policy and environmental education, and since founding Sustainable Solutions in 1990, has built a reputation for groundbreaking, outside-the-square consulting on sustainability issues. Back

David Smith AM

DrSmith's senior experience is diverse, and includes holding the positions of Director General of Agriculture to being a prominent member of staff in the Agriculture Faculty at the University of Melbourne . He has been actively involved in National Research and Development Bodies for meat, dairying, cotton and eggs. He has worked in many developing countries for the World Bank, United Nations FAO and governments. He is a regular contributor to agricultural publications and is a sought after commentator. He is the author of the recent book Natural Grain and co-authored the text book Agriculture in Victoria. Thus his understanding of agricultural issues is from the micro to the macro, the practical to the applied, the rural to the urban, the local to the international, the undeveloped to the sophisticated. While having held down a number of very senior positions, Dr Smith has been active and hands-on in farming all his professional life either directing field stations or his own farms in Tasmania and North Central Victoria. His contributions have been recognised with being awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1995, a Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science in 1984, and the Australian Medal of Agricultural Science in 2003. Back

Jim Smith

James Smith has worked for 22 years with Esso in manufacturing, research and marketing positions in Australia, Asia and USA and for seven years with Plastics and Chemical Industries Association as the chemical industry's Responsible Care program manager. Since 1999 he has assisted government agencies, industry associations and chemical and plastic companies address best practices in the responsible use of chemicals and plastics, and best practices in farming and emergency services. He has specialised expertise in strategic risk management. Back

Gill Sparkes

Gillian has extensive experience working with industry on environmental improvements and has held a variety of technical and operations management roles over the past 25 years. Gillian also has extensive experience in the area of process chemistry and effluent treatment and has held a variety of senior roles in the private and public sectors ranging from major manufacturing to the waste management industry and the Environment Protection Authority. Gillian is well regarded throughout government and industry circles as a leader in the management of cleaner production style projects to achieve practical outcomes. Gillian currently provides advice and project management support to EPA Victoria and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria. As well as being a Director of Entech Industries, Gillian is a Director of the South Gippsland Regional Water Authority. Back

Ian Thomas

Dr Thomas is author of a number of books on environmental management, including Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Theory and Practice and the forthcoming Environmental Management: Processes and Practices for Australia. Dr Thomas has recently been engaged by the Commonwealth Department of Heritage and the Environment to prepare Careers in the Environment in Australia: A Guide to Environmental Jobs. He has also provided training Thai urban planners in environmental management and is Member of the City West Water Community Liaison Committee. Back

Fiona Waterhouse

Ms Waterhouse has extensive experience in business as both an innovator and entrepreneur. She currently helps companies develop and operationalise sustainable technologies and business practices. She has also held senior positions (Director and CEO) in the private sector and her innovative work for EPA Queensland resulted in the development of the Sustainability Roadmap, which was subsequently adopted elsewhere in Australia. Fiona Waterhouse is also the President of the Queensland Chapter of Environment Business Australia the peak industry body for the Australian environment and sustainability industry, providing a voice for the sector in policy making at the highest levels of Government. She brings the passion and drive of a former elite sportswoman to the sustainability debate and is a regular keynote presenter on the subject both in Australia and overseas. Back

Tony Watkins (New Zealand)

Tony Watkins has more than 30 years experience in environmental design and sustainable management, focusing on urban design, vernacular architecture and the maritime environment. He has been a Senior Lecturer in Design at the University of Auckland for 20 years, and is presently Co-Director of the International Union of Architects Work Programme - Architecture for a sustainable future. Tony Watkins has been actively involved in the United Nations cycle of environmental conferences which began with UNCED and concluded with Habitat II. He was a founding member of International Architects Planners and Designers for Social Responsibility. Back

Catherine Wilson

Catherine Wilson has 25 years experience in environmental issues, as a manager in EPA Victoria and as a director of an environmental consultancy firm. Her specific areas of technical expertise are air science and policy, motor vehicle testing and enforcement, domestic and industrial waste management, project mangement, government relations and science/environmental education. She is the co-author of two published specialist environmental books, The Sustainable Workplace and Triple Bottom Line. Ms Wilson also has tertiary and industry teaching and training experience. She is a committee member Victoria/Tasmania Branch of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (1994- ), was the Branch President (1998-2002) and is an Accredited Associate of the Society. Ms Wilson has tertiary qualifications in science, management and marketing. Back

Kevin Worrell

Kevin started his career as an environmental architect, and later moved to Business Marketing. This combination has given him a unique understanding and skills to assist private sector companies with innovative thinking in the application of sustainability. Back

Lyuba Zarsky

Lyuba Zarsky has 15 years experience in the field of globalisation and sustainability. An economist, she is currently a Senior Associate at the Globalism Institute at RMIT. In the 1990s, she co-founded and co-directed the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability in San Francisco, California, a non-governmental thinktank committed to seeking multi-stakeholder solutions to global problems. She has consulted to international organizations, including the OECD, UNDP and the Asian Development Bank and served twice on the US delegation to APEC Environment Ministerials, as well as on the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee of the Office of the US Trade Representative. In the early 1990s, she designed and ran a national sustainable development program at the Australian Commission for the Future. Dr Zarsky has published and consulted widely in the areas of globalisation and governance, international investment and sustainable development, human rights and the environment, and global corporate social responsibility. Her most recent book is International Investment for Sustainable Development: Balancing Rights and Rewards.