Dr Faiza is a leading Academic based at UQ University. She is a recognised Social Change Specialist, Design thinking approach to diversity training. policy design, International Development and Refugee settlement. She is the Principal Consultant for Square Circle Square Circle is a global development consulting company headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Working at the intersection of theory and practice, Square Circle offers services in collaborative investment design and adaptive programming; leadership and policy; governance; institutional strengthening; digital storytelling; research; monitoring, evaluation and learning; and conflict, peace and development. Square Circle works critically, adaptively and creatively with development partners to facilitate a more inclusive development process that enables sustainable and equitable impact.

Dr Natasha Alexander works primarily in the area of sexuality, relationships, consent and adult safeguarding with people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities. Dr Alexander supports individuals and their support network - family members, support staff and clinicians. She has a strong reputation for being warm, engaging and an 'infectious enthusiasm' that people always feel at ease in her company.

Judith O’Callaghan has been leading SAP Transformation journeys powered by #ancientwisdom. She is currently based in Australia, helping utilities in their energy transition journey. She is a passionate neurodiversity advocate working to create a stronger, kinder, safer and more accepting world daily.  

Dung Tran is the amazing co-founder of Our Race. Dung has worked in the Public Sector at senior level working for Commonwealth Government advocating for equality and fair treatment of people who interact with government who are from marginalised background. Dung is passionate about bringing integrity to story telling and has invested her life into working to create a fairer framework for Story Holder by the application of the T.E.S.T Principles for Tranformational Ethical Story Telling Framework .

Emmagness is a marketer with over 10 years' experience and a budding entrepreneur.  She currently wears alot of hats which she absolutely loves: She is the Founder and head of Marketing as a Service for VAKA - a Brand and Marketing Consultancy. VAKA means build, everything that Emmagness does in her work she makes the conscious choice to work on setting a foundation and building - brands, voices, empowered communities.

Wadzanai (Wadzi) Nenzou is a Financial ServicesProfessional with over seventeen years’ experience in the industry. She is theFounder, CEO, Investment Scams Fighter, Financial Educator, Speaker,Commentator, Panellist and Writer at Herconomics a mission-driven educationcompany that is passionate about people especially women building their wealthwithout losing their hard-earned money to investment scams.

Dr Onyango is an interdisciplinary research scientist with research and career experience spanning industry, academia, policy, private sector, and inter-governmental organisations in developed and developing countries. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science and a Master's and a Bachelor's in Biological Sciences.

Janae Tien Jenkins is an Australian Broadcaster who is currently working for the ABC since 2018. Janae has been based both in aregional location ( Wide Bay) and in a Capital City (Brisbane) Janae started her career in community radio and got her foot in the door at ABC in 2017 withan internship.
Starting in Radio producing, Janae has been privileged to work in multiple departments and have many roles ranging from online and digital featurereporter, News Journalist, Video Journalist, Radio producer/presenter, Social Media Coordinator, Content and Engagement Producer, and podcast producer and reporter.
Diversity & inclusion has been at the forefront of everything Janae does. Janae has worked on local and national initiatives ensuring that staff areconstantly learning and appreciating DE&I and that the content ABC creates is reflective of modern Australia.

Dr  Maggy Lord is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland (https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/16992). She leads the Infrared surveillance and diagnostics team within the Faculty of Science. Her research focuses on developing novel and rapid next-generation surveillance and diagnostic tools for the detection of infectious pathogens in humans and the environment and for characterising disease-carrying vectors.  Her current specialisation involves the development of next-generation, smart, non-invasive tools based on infrared light. She recently pioneered the application of infrared light for detecting malaria through the skin of patients (https://stories.uq.edu.au/news/2022/life-saving-light-beam-to-detect-malaria/amp-index.html)

Sharon Orapeleng is a disruptive change maker and transformational leader with 15 years experience in the field of mental health as well as cultural diversity and inclusion specialist. A corporate and community consultant, she specializes in facilitating ideas and developing partnerships and relationships that liberate learning and create safe spaces where the essence of collective community wellbeing is realised.