Speaker Categories: Keynote Presenter

Dr Beth Fulton is a Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Environment, helping lead the Integrated Ocean Stewardship Research Domain. For over 30 years, she has developed pioneering whole-of-system models like Atlantis to balance marine ecosystems, fisheries, aquaculture, and climate impacts. Her tools inform decisions for Australian and international…

Dr Akiko Kato is a research engineer at the Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CNRS-La Rochelle University, France). Since the start of her career, she has used bio-logging techniques to study the ecology, behaviour, and physiology of seabirds, focusing on how they adapt to changing environments. She leads…

Professor Hugh Possingham FAA FNAS FRS is a distinguished conservation biologist and mathematician, renowned for his pioneering work in ecology, threatened species and conservation planning. He has held key academic and leadership roles, including Queensland Chief Scientist and Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy (USA). Hugh co-developed the…

Dr Alistair Hobday works in CSIRO’s Sustainable Marine Futures Program and is based in Hobart, Australia. His research projects have included documenting the impacts of climate change on marine biodiversity (including seabirds) and fishery resources, and developing, prioritising and testing adaptation options to underpin sustainable use and conservation…

Stephanie Jenouvrier is Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution whose research focuses on how climate change affects seabird populations, including but not limited to extreme oceanographic events. She uses demographic and computer modelling to study how extreme oceanographic events affect population dynamics and conservation outcomes. Stephanie’s work…

Thomas Mattern has spent two decades convincing penguins to wear increasingly sophisticated electronics - and building those electronics himself when necessary. A movement ecologist with a tech habit, he created the animal-borne PenguCam, uses drones to rethink seabird surveys, and is developing app-based community monitoring systems so humans…