Amy Brodtmann is director of the Eastern Cognitive Disorders Clinic at Eastern Health and stroke neurologist at Austin Health. She is Co-Division Head of Behavioural Neuroscience at the Florey Neuroscience Institutes, based at the Heidelberg Melbourne Brain Centre.

Liz Porter 2nd book on forensic science, Cold Case Files, will be launched in May 2011. Her first forensic science book, Written On The Skin shared the 2007 Ned Kelly prize for best true crime book. Author of one novel (Unnatural Order, published in 1995), she is a regular contributor to the Age and a former “legal reporter of the year” winner.

Leeanda Wilton is a scientist specialising in IVF and genetics. She has an international reputation as a pioneer in the field of genetic testing of human embryos. She has published numerous research papers and book chapters and has presented more than 50 invited lectures throughout the world. She served for 8 years on Victoria’s Infertility Treatment Authority and is an Associate Editor of Human Reproduction, one of the premier journals in reproductive biology

At 14 Barbara’s grandmother sold her to a paedophile; at 16 she was in a psyche hospital; at 18 she was a prostitute in Japan; at 19 she escaped Cambodia weeks before it fell to the Khmer Rouge; at 21 she caused national headlines and received death threats; at 30 she became a journalist. By 40 Barbara was a property millionaire. A social entrepreneur with a bed bug patent, 75 per cent of Barbara’s profits go to her charity the Social Change Foundation

Award-winning blogger, podcaster and MC at the Global Atheist Convention in 2010. Kylie holds qualifications in Philosophy, Education and the measurement of paranormal belief. As teacher with over ten years experience in the field, she has lectured on critical thinking, science activism and anomalistic beliefs worldwide. Kylie doesn’t believe in ghosts (yet).

Catherine is the host of Radio Adelaide’s Breakfast program. She is also an event co-ordinator, media advisor, activist, social connector, climate change campaigner, fashionista…

Working for the union movement, and running art exhibitions are just some of the other things Catherine has turned her hand to, but the common thread has always been connecting with people in the community.

Sonja Bernhardt, an Australian ICT identity, is CEO of software development firm ThoughtWare.

Her passion for technology and encouraging people to take up technology careers is globally recognized. Sonja’s philosophy of life is firmly reality and reason based and she presents in this style, simplifying the message by pointing out facts and realities then reasoning through what can be done.

Kate is a radio journalist and producer for http://www.tunefm.net, as well as a writer for http://www.thescavenger.net on youth, technology, politics & media affairs. As a young Transwoman, Kate also offers a unique perspective on issues such as Human and LGBT rights, workplace equality and social diversity. She currently resides within the New England region of New South Wales.

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach has been in education for over 20 years as a classroom teacher, technology coach, charter school principal, district administrator, university instructor and digital learning consultant. She is a sought after presenter at national and international events on topics of 21st Century reform, teacher and educational leadership, community building, issues impacting marginalized populations and gender diversity. Through the Powerful Learning Practice Network, she works with educators from around the world on shift:turning classrooms into learning communities.

Carmen is Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke, flagship publication of the World Stroke Organization. She is passionate about public health and using media to share the publicly funded outcomes of science and medical research with the public. Carmen is a doco filmmaker and has just completed her first doco ‘First time I bled’. She is an award winning writer and has presented on media and science in many forums. Carmen is a blogger,develops podcasts and vodcasts, and tweets as International Journal of Stroke.

Dr. Meredith Nash specialises in body image, pregnancy, feminism and celebrity. She is widely known for having conceived The Baby Bump Project. She is currently writing her first book about ‘skinny’ pregnancy.

Raie is a medically-trained psychotherapist who consults, supervises, writes and runs professional workshops on the treatment of sexual difficulties.
As President of the Victorian Medical Women’s Society, she is on the Executive of the “Happy Healthy Women Not Just Survivors” project which aims to improve the longterm health and well-being of the one in three women who are survivors of sexual violence.