Dr. Wini - PhD (Massey). Hons M Env Sc (Wollongong); BSc (USP, Fiji.) From Jan 2012- March 2023 was at UNDP Pacific Office as Env Specialist & Dept Team Lead for Resilience & Sust Dev Team for 9 PICs. From 2003 - 2009 Head of Sch for General Studies, FITech. Chair: Rewa Province Think Tank Ms Alumita Sekinairai: Project Manager - BBNJ IPLC Project at Ocean Voices Programme, Chair for Fiji iTaukei (indigenous) Women in Conservation Association, PhD candidate Ms Salanieta Kitolelei: Member of Rewa Province Think Tank, Sect for Rewa's Navotu Youth Club and PhD candidate at USP, Fiji

Carmen is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Sunshine Coast and an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award Recipient. Her research explores local scale capacity for climate resilience; building on two decades of research and practice in climate change adaptation and coastal management.

Anne Leitch has extensive experience in climate change adaptation practice and theory that she applies through working in multidisciplinary research teams in Australian and international projects to advance climate adaptation/resilience, natural resource management and integrating Indigenous knowledge. She is currently employed in the Climate Action Beacon at Griffith University, Australia.

Janna Wale is Gitxsan/Cree-Métis, and is the Indigenous Research and Partnerships Lead at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Her research uses a complex human-environmental systems approach, bridging western and Indigenous science towards adaptation and climate resilience. She has won several awards for her work on Indigenous climate adaptation.

Erin specialises in sustainable development and climate resilience, leveraging civil engineering and town planning to address environmental challenges. As a sustainability strategist, she advises on various types of infrastructure, interprets legislation, and shapes policies to promote sustainability and climate resilience. Erin empowers local governments, communities, and organisations to achieve their sustainability goals through accessible climate data.