Master of Ceremonies

Centering Image and Text

Cissy Gore-Birch (OAM),

Owner/Operation of Kimberley Cultural Connections Pty Ltd

Keynote Speakers

Ricky Archer, Director of National Parks, Parks Australia and Director, Parks Australia Division DCCEEW

Dr Patrick Hone, Managing Director of Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and a member of the National Marine Science Committee

Jordan Point, Executive Advisor, First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia

Mere George, Chair, Iwi Collective

Speakers

Dr Kristen Abernathy, Executive Officer, Women in Seafood Australasia

Bo Carne, CEO, Aboriginal Sea Company

Joe Morrison, CEO ILSC

Clayton Nelson, General Manager - Policy and External Affairs, Austral Fisheries

Stan Lui, Director, Five Cubed Environmental

Tony McAvoy, SC

Wally Stewart, NSW Aboriginal Fishing Rights Group

Cass Hunter, CSIRO, Indigenous Social-Ecological Researcher

Dr Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons, Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University

Toni Hedditch, Shop Manager, Taroona Pty Ltd and Mackerel Online

Prof Chris Frid, Griffith University

Prof Natasha Stacey, Communities and Livelihoods, CDU

Kenny Bedford, Owner Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Innovation

Dr Jenny Fraser, Artistic Director, cyberTribe

Dr Michelle Heupel, Executive Director of the Integrated Marine Observing System

Dr Sam Wood, Environmental Scientist, Aquenal

Geoff Barbaro, Executive Manager Stakeholder Engagement, Skills Insight

Ms Rhett Hoskins, Co-Chair Sea Country Alliance

Danielle Johnston, Senior Research Scientist at The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Tyá Dynevor, Research Assistant, Crown of Thorns Starfish Research and Management Project, JamesCook University

Wayne Anderson, Chairperson of the NSW Aboriginal Fishing Advisory Council

Carl Bevilacqua, Senior Fisheries Manager, Aboriginal Fishing and Marine Conservation - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Leeweena Williams, Chief Executive Officer of the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council

Daniel Miller, CEO, Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation

Dr Valentin Thépot, Aquaculture Manager, Groote Aqua Aboriginal Corporation

Jason Yantarrbga, Groote Aqua Aboriginal Corporation

Dr Nick McClean, Senior Researcher Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney

Djambawa Marawili AM, Djalkiripuyngu Aboriginal Corporation

John Gunn FTSE, Chair, Marine BioProducts Cooperative Research Centre

Dr Jody Edwards

Doc Reynolds

Antonia Burke

Derek Walker, Kuti Co

Daniel Abrahams, CEO Marine Bioproducts CRC

James Holman, Djalkiripuyngu Aboriginal Corporation

Waka Mununggurr, Djalkiripuyngu Aboriginal Corporation

Malcolm Mann, Darumbal Traditional Owner, GBRF Traditional Owner Advisory Group Member

Dawn Harrigan, Kuku Yalanji and Kaanju nation groups, GBRF Crown of Thorns Starfish and Reef Restoration and Adaptation Science Traditional Owner Technical Working Group Member

* Scott Anderson, Birriah, Nywaigi and Turrbal Traditional Owner, GBRF Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Traditional Owner Technical Working Group Member

Randall Bayaraga, Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation