The University of Queensland

Neal M. Ashkanasy OAM, PhD is a Professor of Management at the UQ Business School at the University of Queensland. He came to academe in after an 18-year career in water resources engineering. He received his PhD in social/organizational psychology from the University of Queensland. His current research is in leadership, organizational culture, ethics, and emotions in organizations, and his work has been published in leading journals including the Academy of Management Journal and Review, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. He is Associate Editor for Emotion Review and Series Co-Editor of Research on Emotion in Organizations. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Prof. Ashkanasy is a Fellow of the Academy for the Social Sciences in the UK (AcSS) and Australia (ASSA); the Association for Psychological Science (APS); the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP); and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS). In 2017, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Robert Faff is currently Professor of Finance and Director of Research at the UQ Business School and a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Professor Faff has a distinguished track record and international reputation in empirical finance research including: securing 13 prestigious Australian Research Council grants, with total funding exceeding $4 million; more than 280 refereed journal publications across 75 different titles; career citations exceeding 7,000; and a h-index of 45 (Google Scholar). He has held Research Director positions spanning two decades: RMIT (1996-2002); Monash (2002-2010); UQ Business School (since 2011). His particular passion is nurturing and developing the career trajectories of early career researchers; research training of PhD students and engagement in Eastern Europe. Robert is a past Editor of Accounting and Finance (2002-2011); has presented in excess of 200 research workshops at domestic/international universities; and has supervised more than 30 PhD students to successful completion. Over his career he has been granted several awards including: Monash Postgraduate Association Supervisor of the Year, 2006; AFAANZ “Outstanding Contribution to Accounting and Finance Research Literature”, 2012; AFAANZ Visiting Research Professor, 2015; Doctor Honoris Causa from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Social scientist with a broad range of interests, including tourism research, marketing research, social marketing research, research into public acceptance of water from alternative sources, research into how to attract good foster carers etc.

Prof Tapan Saha was born in Bangladesh and emigrated to Australia in 1989. Tapan has been with the University of Queensland since 1996, where he has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering since 2005. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Professor of Xi'an Jiaotong University and Hunan University in China. He is a CPEng and Fellow of Institution of Engineers Australia and Senior Member of IEEE.

Clive is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Associate of the Australian Property Institute with over 25 years experience in the property industry both in England and Australia. He has worked as a valuer in London and the West of England before specialising in asset management and migrating to Australia. He has extensive experience in managing large property portfolios and in negotiating lease and management agreements in commercial premises. Clive moved into academic research in 2002 and has been actively involved in aspects of property asset management with a particular focus on public sector assets, he completed his PhD in 2006 in the field of property procurement and continues to research in this area. He is an active industry participant having represented the region on a number of international property profession panels and given key note presentations at international conferences. He continues to provide consultancy services to industry and has advised leading financial institutions and the Australian Government. The development of sustainable safe and healthy workplaces has been a feature of Clive’s current research agenda, he served as an independent chair for the Green Building Council of Australia undertaking building assessments for many years and is a Green Star Accredited Professional. He is a past president of the Asian Real Estate Society and Executive Director of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society. Clive as been Editor in Chief of the Emerald Group journal Property Management for the past seven years and is also a member of the editorial advisory board of a number of other international property journals. He has researched and taught extensively on aspects of academic integrity in academic writing and research.

(Clinical) Epidemiologist Lifestyle, Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases | Program Director Masters of Epidemiology/Clinical Epidemiology at the School of Public Health | Deputy Head Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Dr Martina Linnenluecke is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability at UQ Business School and the Program Director of the School's Bachelor of Business Management Program. Her research explores the strategic adaptation and resilience of businesses and industries to climate change and the expected increase in the number and severity of weather extremes. Dr Linnenluecke's expertise in the field has been demonstrated through a number of prestigious awards, such as the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award at the Academy of Management Conference, the leading conference in the field. Dr Linnenluecke has also been the recipient of a Smart State Grant from the Queensland State Government, Department of the Premier and Cabinet. She is the author of the book "The Climate Resilient Organization".

Materials research scientist specialized in 'green' materials, 'green' plastics, bioplastics, biopolymers, etc.

Principal Research Fellow, QAAFI, The University of Queensland

Ravi Pappu has received a PhD in marketing from University of New England. His research focuses on modelling consumer decision making - to understand how consumers relate to brands and how marketing communications (e.g. celebrity endorsement, sponsorship) influence their attitudes and brand perceptions.