Courtney has five years of experience in the US and Australia investigating and designing groundwater and industrial wastewater treatment systems. Her focus has been on emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals, as well as mining wastewater treatment and waste recovery.

Julien is an experienced strategy and business development executive with extended experience in the mines, metals and energy industries. He worked on a large scope of commodities including metals (aluminum, nickel, manganese, lithium, titanium, zircon, rare earth) and energy (power, natural gas, oil, coal) and on climate change related issues. Julien started his career with various strategic energy positions in the aluminium industry, within Pechiney, then Alcan and finally Rio Tinto. Julien joined Eramet in 2011 as a Group Energy manager, where he developed and consolidated the Energy related functions including Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. In 2018, Julien became Director of Strategy an Business Development of the Mining and Metals Division, then in 2021, he was appointed VP Strategy. He made a major contribution to the definition of the Group's growth strategy and to the positioning towards the metals for the Energy transition. He has also direct responsibility over key strategic project including the Li-ion Recycling project

Mary has over 20 years’ experience as a patent attorney advising a broad range of clients in connection with IP protection and management. Mary has a particular interest in the challenges facing the oil and gas industry to develop sustainable solutions. Mary has a PhD in physical and inorganic chemistry, spending 10 years in research in Australia and the United Kingdom. Her patent practice reflects her expertise in this field and spans a diverse range of chemical and engineering-related technologies including mineral processing, mining equipment and technology, oil & gas, water treatment, waste management and clean energy technologies. Mary believes it is important for her to understand each client’s business to ensure that she develops and implements a tailored pragmatic IP strategy that supports her client’s commercial goals. Mary recently completed a secondment to one of the world’s largest mining companies.

Dr Junnan Li's current research areas involve sustainable processes to recover valuable metals from primary or secondary resources

Yamini Kannappan, a PhD candidate at the WA School of Mines, Curtin University, discovered her passion for Extractive Metallurgy during her undergraduate studies in Metallurgical Engineering. This led her to pursue a master's and a doctoral degree, where she focused her research on innovative extraction techniques for valuable resources. In her current PhD project, Yamini's main objective is to extract Rare Earth Elements from sub-economic ores and process waste streams. Her focus lies in developing environmentally friendly extraction methods and efficient recovery processes, aiming to contribute to sustainable practices within the industry.

Dr Stefan Hrabar has been at the forefront of drone autonomy R&D for nearly 20 years. Following his PhD in Computer Science / Robotics on this topic, he spent 13 years at CSIRO where he continued his work on vision and LiDAR-based perception and navigation for drones. He led the development and commercialisation of Hovermap in CSIRO, and co-founded Emesent in 2018 to bring this ground-breaking technology to market.