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Charlie is an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and a pioneer of minimally invasive, keyhole surgical techniques for brain cancer treatment. 

He is known for challenging the medical establishment and for his fierce compassion in defense of his patients. 

Prof Teo is the only Australian neurosurgeon to be Board Certified in both Australia and the U.S. He has been invited to many distinguished universities in more than 50 countries as Visiting Professor, including Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt and Stanford universities in the USA, Marburg University in Germany and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. 

Prof Teo primarily works at the Prince of Wales Private Hospital in Sydney and has established the internationally acclaimed Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, extending the lives of many children and adults with brain tumours, some of which may have been previously considered to be 'inoperable'. 

Prof Teo dedicates three months every year to pro bono work in developing countries and has sponsored neurosurgeons from developing countries such as Bangladesh, Peru, Romania and Vietnam to attend practical courses and medical meetings. He has been recognised with awards from Rotary International, including the Paul Harris Fellowship and was a finalist in the NSW Australian of the Year awards in 2003 and 2009. In the 2011 Australia Day awards, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia. 

Prof Teo founded Cure For Life Foundation, now Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, in 2001. It is now the peak brain cancer organisation in Australia, focusing on research, advocacy and awareness. Cure Brain Cancer Foundation supports the Brain Cancer Discovery Collaborative and many other exciting research initiatives, including bringing quality international clinical trials to Australia.

Outside the operating theatre, Prof Teo is proud to support his other favourite charities; the Cambodian Children’s Trust, which runs an orphanage in Battambang and Voiceless, which funds legislative reform for the prevention of cruelty to industrial animals. He is also Ambassador and Acting Director of the Orangutan Foundation, and has travelled to Borneo with his family to see their conservation work. 

Prof Teo has written more than 70 publications and 30 book chapters. He has been featured on Australian Story five times, 60 Minutes, Good Medicine and Today Tonight, highlighting the cases of patients with "inoperable" brain tumours that he has successfully removed. 

In 2012, he gave the Australia Day address and in 2013 he became the first Australian to address US Congress, speaking to the Brain Mapping Foundation and Congressional Neuroscience Caucus about Brain Mapping as part of US President Barack Obama’s vision to explore and map the human brain.

Supported by his wife, Genevieve, and four daughters, Alex, Nikki, Katie and Sophie, Charlie has devoted his life to helping people with neurological diseases.

Jerry was the Grammy award winning drummer of the 80s new wave group Men at Work. He is now a Buckminster Fuller curator and the founder of Magnificence in Action.

Men At Work achieved national and international success in the early 1980s with their hit single 'Down Under' and hit album Business as Usual which in 1983 made them the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single in the United States Billboard charts as well as the Australian, New Zealand and United Kingdom charts.

Men at Work have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Hall of Fame during the ARIA Music Awards of 1994.

Tara’s kindergarten teacher told her mother that Tara would grow up to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or the devil itself.

After casting a career in politics aside, and realising red wasn’t her colour, Tara found herself in the halls of Whybin\TBWA Auckland working in advertising. It was here that she and her creative partner, Iain, gained international attention by floating shares in their creative future, successfully funding themselves to Cannes.

During her time at TBWA, Tara was named in Campaign Magazines Top 50 emerging talent portfolio, submitted several entries into the iconic ABSOLUT portfolio, one of which was the creation of a limited edition ABSOLUT bottle design.

In 2012, Tara swam the ditch to join Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney and it was here that a common thread started to emerge in her work, Tara’s strong desire to do good and make a positive difference.

From creating children’s books that test the eyesight of children, to an MS Society ‘numbing soap’ that brings home the effects of the condition (TED ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’), to creating real-time marketing platforms that reunite lost dogs with their owners, Tara continues to disrupt the status quo.

Tara has won over a hundred international advertising awards, been a named judge at D&AD, and AWARD, founded titsandads.com (a women’s collective website that celebrates women in advertising) and has supported other emerging creatives through the D&AD New Bloods programme.

A philosopher and social entrepreneur who wrote the award-winning collaborative short film Coalition of the Willing and a book called Life Changing: A Philosophical Guide.

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Fenella Kernebone is a noted television, radio presenter and producer, MC, interviewer and writer and has had a long career working across arts, film, music, design and culture.

Her hosting roles have included Radio National’s By Design, The Sound Lab on triple j, Art Nation on ABC TV and The Movie Show on SBS.

As well as being an MC, interviewer, facilitator and writer, Fenella is also the Director of Frankly Group, a production company currently working on an Oral History project.

In 2015, Fenella presented a five part series for the ABC called Design Shots, focusing on Australian designers.

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Alex is an expert in design thinking and collaborative innovation who uses Group Genius and Open Space Technology methods to transform organisations across government, healthcare, utilities, transport, financial services, telecommunications, media and not-for-profit.