Jan Hayes

Professor of Organizational Accident Prevention at RMIT University

Jan Hayes is a Professor of Organizational Accident Prevention at RMIT University. She is a sociologist with 35 years’ experience in safety and risk management.

Leanne Hughson

Chief Executive Officer, Energy Safe Victoria

As Chief Executive Officer, Ms Hughson leads Energy Safe Victoria’s work to support a safer energy future for Victoria.

Karen Davidson

Chief Inspector High Hazards

Karen is the Chief Inspector High Hazards, within the High Hazards, Energy & Public Safety group in WorkSafe New Zealand/Aotearoa.

Shahana McKenzie

CEO, Bioenergy Australia

Shahana McKenzie has led Bioenergy Australia since 2017, spearheading the creation of industry alliances including the Low Carbon Fuels Alliance and the Renewable Gas Alliance, which collectively represent over 450 stakeholder organisations from across the biofuel supply chain.

Barry Hooper

Director, CTO and founder of KC8 Capture Technologies Ltd (KC8)

Barry Hooper is Director, CTO and founder of KC8 Capture Technologies Ltd (KC8), (www.kc8capture.com), a start-up company commercialising low-cost environmental technologies to reduce industrial CO2 emissions.

Alexandra Robertson

Managing Director, 27South Advisory

Alexandra Robertson FIChemE CEng is a chemical engineer and senior operations executive with nearly 30 years of international experience across energy, mining and infrastructure in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. She has held senior leadership roles across operations, engineering, process safety, asset management and transformation with Shell, Origin Energy, APA Group and BHP, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of Quantem.