Beyond the Bleach

Adam Spencer is one of Australia’s most recognisable media figures, with a 25-year career spanning radio, television and live events. A former triple j and ABC Sydney breakfast host, he set ratings records in the country’s most competitive market and has hosted programs including Quantum and The Drum. Originally trained in mathematics, he moved from stand-up comedy into broadcasting, building a reputation for making complex ideas accessible and engaging. He has interviewed prime ministers, Nobel Prize-winning scientists and global business leaders. Today, he is a leading voice on artificial intelligence, cyber security and the future of work, combining sharp insight with humour and high-energy delivery.

Emma Camp is a marine biologist and member of the Future Reefs Team at the University of Technology Sydney.  A leading coral expert, Camp co-founded the Coral Nurture Program in 2018, a science–tourism partnership dedicated to reef restoration on the Great Barrier Reef. She has received numerous accolades, including being named a Rolex Associate Laureate.

Brian Robinson is an acclaimed contemporary Torres Strait artist based in Cairns who has exhibited in Australia, Europe and North America. Over the past three decades, he’s developed an artistic practice across prints and sculpture that draws deeply on ancient and contemporary ideas, themes and icons, fusing reverence and spirituality with a sense of humour.

Dr Ben Fitzpatrick is a coral reef ecologist from Perth Western Australia. He is Director of Oceanwise Australia, an organization originally established in 1998 to advance the conservation of Ningaloo Reef and Exmouth Gulf. He is an adjunct Research Fellow at the UWA Oceans Institute and Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative Partner. Through his role as Leader of the Coastal and Marine Specialist Group for the IUCN Commission for Ecosystem Management, he now contributes his expertise to solving coastal and marine conservation challenges globally.

Emily Jateff is the Senior Curator of Ocean Science and Technology at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Her remit is partnerships, collections and content for ocean sciences, marine technologies, climate change and sustainability. Jateff leads the Museum’s Ocean Futures pillar and associated ten-year program in support of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030