Alexandra Shriane is in the final stages of her PhD candidature at the Appleton Institute, CQUniversity. Her research focuses on behavioural interventions to improve sleep outcomes in shiftworkers. Having spent more than 10 years as a shiftworker herself, Alex is passionate about equipping shiftworkers with evidence-based tools to manage the health and wellbeing challenges of their work commitments.

Dr. Lee is currently associate professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine. She is also a member of Swedish Digital Twin Consortium, which linked to Linkoping University and Karolinska Institute. Her clinical interest is sinonasal disease, allergic rhinitis, and sleep disease and translational research interest is systems medical expertise to personalized medicine using omics and network analysis. She has published over 50 publications in peer reviewed journals.

Ian Dunican is a sleep scientist, chronobiologist and consultant. He works with industry, elite athletes and other specialised areas. He brings operational and scientific research to his work, which covers consulting, research and education.

Dr Tim Smithies is a Scientific Consultant at Melius Consulting, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Appleton Institute, CQUniversity. Tim has previously undertaken and published research in sleep and cognition, travel and jet-lag in elite athlete populations, and sleep and esports performance. Tim's current work is primarily centred around shift and roster design, sleep education, and fatigue risk management in shiftwork environments. Tim's current research interests include shift and roster optimisation, fatigue countermeasures, and sleep and athletic performance.

Nicole Grivell is an Implementation Scientist and Sleep Research Registered Nurse with an interest in alternative models of care for sleep disorder management, implementation science, the sleep and breathing of individuals living with motor neurone disease, consumer engagement in research, and qualitative research. She is currently completing her PhD in which she is investigating the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of general practice-delivered OSA and insomnia management. Nicole is a co-chair of the Primary Care Council and is a member of the Conference Committee.

Having graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Monash University, Rachel aspires to be a clinical psychologist. With interests in sleep, youth and mental health, she strives to broaden her knowledge in these fields through clinical and research experiences. Currently working as a project coordinator for the iCLASS study, Rachel explores her interest in learning about how changes to sleep and light patterns influences brain development and mental wellbeing during adolescence. During her spare time, she provides specialised research support to Monash University's Healthy Sleep Clinic, assisting clinicians with sleep assessments, administration of research instruments and clinical data management.

Dr. Nguyen is an early career researcher who is the co-lead of the Neuroscience and Novel Biomarkers research team at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute: Sleep Health, Flinders University. Dr. Nguyen's work focuses on innovative, physiology-guided machine learning to understand various sleep disorders, including sleep breathing disorders and circadian misalignments.

Jenny Haycock is a Research Associate at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University. Her primary interests include access to effective behavioural treatment for insomnia and the management of sleep disorders in primary care. Jenny also has an interest in implementation science, research translation and consumer led and co-designed research. She is the co-chair of the Sleep Health Foundation Consumer Reference Council and co-chair of the Australasian Sleep Association Primary Care Council.

Louise is from the south of the South Island of New Zealand and identifies as Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe and Waitaha Māori. She has been a teacher for 26 years, most recently working in the high and complex needs sector. Currently, Louise is living in Auckland with her partner and adult twin daughters, and is studying towards a Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University. Her research journey began with a longitudinal analysis comparing the sleep health of neurodivergent and neurotypical children and continues with investigating sleep health interventions from autistic adolescents' perspectives.

CIA Wilson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (ECR) at The University of Queensland and a Research Officer/Clinical Measurement Scientist in the Sleep Disorders Centre at The Prince Charles Hospital. Her research career has focused on sleep position and sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy and maternal and fetal wellbeing, and she has an interest in measurement issues and alternative metrics in polysomnography. She also has 20 years of clinical experience as a sleep scientist.

Scott is a neuroscientist with 21 years of experience in clinical sleep medicine. He currently holds the position of Manager: Technical Services for UniSA Society & Justice. His main roles are as a researcher and Laboratory Co-ordinator across both The Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Research Hub and The Behaviour, Brain and Body Research Centre and technical consultant for numerous and diverse projects.

Elena is a health psychology registrar working as a senior psychologist at Queensland Health. In 2022, she completed a master's in health psychology at the University of Queensland, where her thesis examined the effect of objectively measured smartphone use on mental health and sleep. Her research interests lie in the important role that sleep plays in mental health and improving psychological interventions for chronic health conditions.

Angela is manager of WellSleep an accreditated sleep laboratory in Wellington New Zealand. Her research interests are varied but include outcomes from diagnostic testing. She works managing WellSleep, teaching undergraduate medical students and post graduate students in medical technology plus oversees research students. Her work today is a result of a summer studentship project.

Suk Won Chang, MD Assistant Professor Education background Jeju National University, College of Medicine, Korea, 2011-2015, MD, MS Jeju National University, Veterinary Medicine, Korea, 2005-2011, B.Sc. Work Experience Mar 2023 – Present Assitant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea Mar 2021 – Feb 2023 Clinical Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea Mar 2020 – Feb 2021 Clinical Fellow (Rhinology), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea Mar 2016 - Feb 2020 Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea

Ian Dunican is a consultant and researcher who works primarily with industry and athletes. He is the Director and Chief Adviser at Melius Consulting and Sleep4Performance and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. With 27 years of international professional experience in military, mining, consulting and research. He has authored and co-authored numerous technical reports, scientific articles, book chapters, and industry guidelines and is a regular reviewer for scientific peer-reviewed journals. 

Ishrat Jahan is a medical graduate and public health researcher, currently pursuing a PhD at the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Bangladesh.

Dr Clare Ladyman is a sleep and fatigue researcher with current academic positions at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre at Massey University (NZ), the University of Sydney and Curtin University in Perth and is a Senior Scientific Consultant at Melius Consulting. She has a PhD in Behavioural Sleep Science, a post graduate diploma in Sleep Science, and an undergraduate in Sports Science. Clare’s research focuses on supporting women’s sleep and mental health across the lifespan, particularly across the perinatal period, however she also works across numerous occupational projects in the aviation, mining and resources, and transportation sectors.

Jessica Paterson is currently an Associate Professor at Flinders University. Associate Professor Jessica Paterson has extensive experience in the field of sleep in a clinical and research capacity. She recently was involved in a research project investigating the feasibility of group delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia in individuals experiencing both chronic pain and sleep difficulties. Jessica is passionate about facilitating discussion of sleep treatment for individuals with chronic pain conditions in order to increase quality of care provided by multi-disciplinary teams to these individuals.

Dr. Lionel Rayward is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). On completing his Bachelor of Engineering (Medical) in 2018, he took on PhD studies with the Biomechanics and spine research group working on a collaborative project with Sealy Australia, applying computational modelling to understand the human-mattress interaction during sleep. Upon completing his PhD in 2023, he took on a role as a postdoctoral researcher in the newly established QUT – Sealy centre for sleep and biomechanics research, to continue research in sleep ergonomics.

Dr Shannon Edmed's research addresses medical and social domains relevant to the health and wellbeing of children, young people, and adults. Her current research focuses on the promotion of sleep health in a range of populations. Her other research interests include understanding how support services and institutional environments can be designed to respond to the challenge of supporting people with complex health and mental health conditions.

Dr Shannon Edmed's research addresses medical and social domains relevant to the health and wellbeing of children, young people, and adults. Her current research focuses on the promotion of sleep health in a range of populations. Her other research interests include understanding how support services and institutional environments can be designed to respond to the challenge of supporting people with complex health and mental health conditions.

Dr Cassandra Pattinson is a Research Fellow on the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. She has strong research interests in exploring the effects of sleep and circadian rhythms on health, wellbeing, and recovery across the lifespan.

Zohreh Sajadi Hezavhe is a Ph.D. candidate in Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the relationship between sleep and circadian rhythm.

Sian is a PhD candidate at Flinders University and registered paramedic in South Australia. Her HDR work is focussed on lived experiences of sleep loss and fatigue among early-career paramedics, and the subsequent effects on safety, performance, and mental well-being. Findings from this work are intended to inform meaningful individual and organisational strategies and interventions to support paramedic fatigue, sleep health, and mental well-being.

Margo has worked on numerous projects that have focused on sleep, fatigue and performance in applied settings such as aviation. She completed her doctorate in 2019, which focused on evaluating the current status and future needs of Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) for Cabin crew, using a mixed methods approach. Margo’s primary research focus is on monitoring, evaluating and managing fatigue in workplace settings. She has a particular interest in the effect of workload on fatigue, and fatigue risk management as a whole of life issue.