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Ian Smith is the founding partner of Bespoke Approach, an Australian-based corporate and political advisory firm established in July 2008. Ian was previously CEO of Gavin Anderson & Company (Australia). He has been a media advisor to former Liberal leaders in South Australia and Victoria and has advised the Australian Federal Government on policy reforms […]

Robert Wainwright has been a journalist for 25 years, rising from the grassroots of country journalism in Western Australia to a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald. His career has ranged from politics to crime, always focusing on the people behind the major news of the day. Fascinated by characters and what drives them, […]

Professor Samantha Hepburn is the Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law at Deakin University.  Samantha has extensive experience researching and teaching in natural resources law including mining and energy law, environmental law and property and land law.  Samantha has written numerous books, including a Mining and Energy Law book for Cambridge University Press as well as many scholarly […]

Liz Hawkins is the Director of Programming, Development and Venue Sales at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Liz has just returned from Hong Kong and has exciting news about the 2018 Adelaide Festival and what is happening at the Adelaide Festival Centre. We are fortunate to have Liz as our speaker as the CEO Douglas Gautier […]

Margot Forster is a graduate of the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, with a Master of Arts degree in Strategic Studies. Ms Forster has held a number of important positions during her career, including Base Commander RAAF Base Williams, Commanding Officer Combat Support Unit Williams and Chief of Staff of the Aerospace Operational Support […]

Anna Bligh is the Chief Executive of the Australian Bankers’ Association, working to strengthen the culture in banking and improve customer experience. Anna has had a long and distinguished career in politics. She was Premier of Queensland for almost five years and led the response and recovery effort to devastating floods in January 2011. Prior […]

Professor Emeritus Rosemary Ryall retired in 2010 from her position as Chief Medical Scientist and Professor of Urological Research in the Department of Surgery at the Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, South Australia.   Rose’s initial involvement in the urodynamics service of the Urology Unit developed into a role oriented more to basic urological […]

Dr Jeffery Howard Nicholas considers himself to be a quintessential South Australian. Born in Mt Gambier at the beginning of World War II, his early education could only be described as truncated, as the family moved from one government appointment to another. Moving gave him a wide appreciation of country life before he finally settled […]

Nick Cater is Executive Director of The Menzies Research Centre, an Australian public policy institute and writes a weekly column for The Australian. Nick grew up in England and studied sociology at the University of Exeter before joining the BBC as a journalist. He moved to Australia in 1989 to work for News Corp Australia, […]

Dr. Natalie Luscombe-Marsh is a Research Scientist at the CSIRO Food and Nutrition Department and an Affiliate Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Natalie’s long-standing research interest relates to the mechanisms underlying weight loss induced by high protein, energy-restricted diets in healthy and clinical populations, including overweight and obese patients. She is also interested […]