Lisa is a chemical engineer with over 25 years of experience in top-tier oil and gas companies and as a principal risk consultant at GPA. She has extensive expertise in operations engineering, engineering management, reliability, maintenance, and process safety consulting. Throughout her career, Lisa has experienced and learned from major incidents, been involved in recovery efforts, experienced the introduction of MHF legislation, and led the preparation, audit, and licensing of two safety cases. Recently, she has facilitated safety in design studies for future fuels projects involving new and novel technologies.

I am a Mental Health First Aider and Chartered Process Engineer with experience in water and wastewater treatment planning, design, operations and control. I am passionate about bringing people together across the chemical engineering community—from students and early‑career engineers to professionals and academia. With practical industrial experience and a strong people‑first focus, I enjoy learning, connecting and creating welcoming professional spaces. I am committed to fostering psychologically safe, inclusive engineering environments where individuals of all backgrounds can thrive.

Boaz is General Manager of R&D and Operations at Hydroxsys, based in Auckland. He has led business transformation and innovation strategies across the New Zealand innovation ecosystem including in dairy, renewable energy and clean technology. Boaz is a chartered engineer with IChemE and an IChemE NZ board member. Boaz has a PhD in Chemical & Materials Engineering and an executive MBA from the University of Auckland.

Dr. Hangil Park is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, specializing in mineral processing, specifically froth flotation and dewatering. Over the past decade, he has led projects bridging fundamental modeling, sensor development, and technology translation. His portfolio includes over 20 journal papers and two PCT patents. Dr. Park has developed several industry adopted innovations, including a drag sensor for real-time mass-pull monitoring (TRL 6), an automated frother concentration tool, and a digital-twin-based centrifuge simulator. His work focuses on delivering practical industrial impact and advancing process optimisation through novel sensors and physics-based simulators.

Danielle is a chemical and process engineering graduate with over 25 years’ engineering design and project management experience. She has worked in a range of roles from: environmental and process engineering support in process industries, to project strategy and delivery of major infrastructure upgrades in both private and public sectors. She is currently a Technical Director / Principal Project Manager for engineering consultancy Beca in Brisbane, supporting brownfield water infrastructure upgrades as well as greenfield renewables projects. She also volunteers for the Institute of Chemical Engineers on the Learned Society Committee covering global initiatives on Energy and Climate Change.

Dr Wellwood (aka “Dr No”) has spent over 40 years gatekeeping mineral processing and food related innovations. While proponents and shareholders sometimes viewed gatekeeping a roadblock, he wore the title as a badge of stewardship for the asset. His career has focused on the rigorous management of asymmetric risk and the prevention of the catastrophic "System 2" errors that often follow unvetted innovation. Now in his legacy phase, Dr. Wellwood advocates for the human element of gatekeeping, risk extrapolation and accountability, that remains a vital, future-proof alternative to AI-driven decision-making, especially in the face of AI generated innovation.