Liz Keller is a carbon cycle and earth system modeller at GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington. With a background in physics, her current research interests include carbon cycle dynamics and the interactions and feedbacks with the hydrological cycle.

Dr. Gen Sakurai is a principal research fellow at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. The works focus on the statistical analysis of the relationship between climate and crop productivity and the development of mathematical models for agricultural fields such as plant physiology and crop productivity.

Elnaz Javadi, PhD candidate at Monash Art, Design and Architecture has worked in landscape architecture and architecture with the expertise in waterscape design. Her research interests focus on urban landscapes, flood management, and coastal adaptation strategies through transdisciplinary design approaches.