Alex Haslam is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on the study of group and identity processes in social, organizational and contexts. Together with over 200 co-authors around the world, Alex has written and edited 11 books and published over 200 peer-reviewed articles on these topics.  Alex is a former Chief Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and currently Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly.  In 2005 he won the European Association of Social Psychology’s Kurt Lewin Medal for Research Excellence; in 2013 his book The New Psychology of Leadership won the International Leadership Association’s Outstanding Leadership Book Award; in 2016 he won the British Psychology Society Presidents’ Award for distinguished contributions to psychological knowledge; and in 2007 he won the International Society for Political Psychology’s Sanford Prize for distinguished contributions to political psychology.  

Catherine is one of Australia’s leading commentators on women and the workforce. A journalist, author and presenter, she is regularly invited to address audiences around Australia ranging from the Defence Force to corporates and local government, and often appears in the media. After working in the financial services sector in Sydney and London, Catherine joined the Australian Financial Review. During a long career with the AFR she edited several sections of the publication, and wrote the Corporate Woman column and for Boss magazine before leaving to set up her own consulting business in 2012. Catherine has written several books, including Seven Myths about Women and Work (New South 2012) which was shortlisted for the Ashurst Business Literature Prize. Her latest book Stop fixing women: why building fairer workplaces is everybody’s business was launched in April 2017. Catherine helped establish the annual Westpac/Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards and is on several advisory boards, including the Australian Defence Force Gender Equality Advisory Board and Australian Women Donors Network. She has a BA (Communications) UTS and an MA (Hons) UNSW.

Felicity Caldwell is the Brisbane Times‘ state political reporter, covering Queensland politics and Parliament.  After moving to Brisbane from New South Wales in 2004, Felicity studied a dual degree in Journalism and Arts at The University of Queensland, majoring in political science and history. She comes to Fairfax Media after working at The Queensland Times, The Sunday Mail, mX and Quest Community News. Felicity has covered everything from education, politics, transport, youth, courts, crime, entertainment and youth issues. She lives in Brisbane with her partner and their two cats.

Anne Summers is the author of eight books including the now classic Damned Whores and God’s Police, The Lost Mother (2009) and her most recent effort, a pamphlet entitled The Women’s Manifesto.