Professor Flood is a distinguished Australian academic with five decades of activities as a scientist, geologist, and higher education administrator. He has First Class Honours and a Master of Science from the University of New England, and a PhD from the University of Queensland. In addition, he holds a Diploma from Harvard University in Educational Management.

He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of New England and has served as Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney. Professor Flood has held previous appointments at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Miami. He lectured at the University of Queensland (1972-1979), the University of New England (1980-2009), and the University of Sydney (2013-2014).

Professor Flood has more than a decade of experience in the private Higher Education sector having held roles as Provost, Dean, Chair and Deputy Chair of the Governing Council, Chair of Academic Board, Academic Board, Course Advisory Committee, and Director. His specialisation is academic quality assurance and regulatory compliance. He has advised institutions regarding TEQSA Registration and Accreditation, Re-Registration and Re-Accreditation, including the application for Self-Accreditation.

Professor Bem Le Hunte is an internationally published novelist and an expert in the field of Creative Intelligence (thinking creatively across disciplinary constraints). She is the Director of Learning and Teaching in the TD School at UTS, as well as the founding course director of the multi-award-winning Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII). She teaches creative thinking, theory and practice across many disciplines from anthropology to media and creative writing – and works with academics from across all faculties at UTS as well as with an industry partnership base of over 2,000 individuals, to create and support this world-first, multi-award-winning future-facing transdisciplinary degree. 

In her previous professional life, Bem has focused on digital innovation, educating consumers, clients, students and colleagues on the creative potential of next generation technology since the time she was creative director on the launch of Microsoft Windows ’95. She has worked through three decades across a broad range of creative industries, from advertising and journalism, to publishing and new media. She’s been a creative consultant, creative director, brand consultant and copywriter (in the UK, Australia and India) for over 500 brands across a diverse range of media – covering the world’s most successful blue-chip companies to social enterprises and start-ups. 

Bem’s research interests lie in learning for individual and collective transformation, as well as in the thinking, theory and practice of creativity. She has a passion for introducing trailblazing educational and organisational innovation, and a belief that our stories and our work as educators have the power to change the world.

Bem has written four novels: the latest is ‘Elephants with Headlights’. Her novels, short stories, articles and commentaries are published internationally to critical acclaim.

Principal Higher Education Leadership and Advisory Roles:

At University of Technology Sydney

o   Director of Teaching and Learning, TD School, 2020 - Present

o   Acting Associate Dean Teaching and Learning (Strategy), 2019 - 2021

o   Founding Director of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII), 2014 - Present

At University of New South Wales

o   Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, 2012 - 2014

Academic Publications

o   4 books

o   Over 30 refereed articles and chapters (sole authored and co-authored)

Professor WR Albury has deep understanding and extensive experience in academic governance. He has held many higher education advisory and leadership roles such as:

• At University of New South Wales:
  • Head of School of History and Philosophy of Science
  • Chair, Faculty of Arts
  • Vice-Chair, Professorial Board
  • Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
• At University of New England:
  • Dean, Faculty of Arts
  • Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
  • Chief University Ombudsman
• At other Higher Education Institutions:
  • External Assessor, MSc course in ‘Science, Technology and Society’, Griffith University
  • Member, BA Course Advisory Committee, Macarthur Institute of Higher Education (now part of Western Sydney University)
  • External Reviewer, ‘Science and Technology’ unit for BA students, Catholic College of Education Sydney (now part of Australian Catholic University)
  • External Reviewer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne
  • Deputy Chair, Course Advisory and Review Committee, Campion College Australia
  • Chair, Academic Board, JMC Academy

Academic Publications

• 5 books (2 as sole author, 2 as co-editor, 1 as translator with introduction and annotations)
• Over 80 refereed articles (sole authored and co-authored)
• Over 80 book reviews in academic journals

With over thirty years of creative practice, Melissa collaborates with many thinkers and makers to design experiences that embed the Arts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEAM). Melissa is co-director of STEAMpop.zone while also engaged in research contributing to learning ecologies spanning creative intelligence and innovation, transdisciplinary education, and designing for preferred futures. Melissa enjoys being part of a bold community of multipotentialities intent on developing and sharing unique learning experiences for everybody.

Awards: Beth Southwell Award for Education Research 

Mark Overett is a writer/producer and founding partner of Australia/New Zealand production company New Holland Pictures Two. Mark’s films include 6 x AFI Award winning drama “Unfinished Sky” (2007, dir. Peter Duncan); NZ comedy “Separation City” (2009, dir Paul Middleditch), Danish/Australian action/comedy “At World’s End” (2009, dir Tomas Villum Jensen), and Finnish/German/Australian sci-fi comedy “Iron Sky” (2011, dir. Timo Vuorensola), thriller “The Fear of Darkness” (2014, dir. Chris Fitchett). Recently, Mark's film AZZURO, starring Olivia Simone and Grey's Anatomy's Giacomo Gianniotti, won Best International Short Film at the 2018 Santa Monica International Film Festvial.

Mark also likes to keep his toes in documentary production and is currently producing a definitive documentary and concert film of legendary punk band The Saints. He was also Writer/Post Production Supervisor on “ABBA – Bang-A-Boomerang”; and Executive Producer on “Shadow Play – The Making of Anton Corbijn”. He also wrote the UK documentary “Albatross” produced by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds”; and “Running Away” documentary (Ch 9). In 2018

As Script Editor/Script Supervisor, Mark’s credits include some 12 short films including the multi-international award-winning “The Landing” (2013, dir Josh Tanner ); “Maiden” (2013, dir Stephen Kanaris); “The Streak” (2013, dir Michael Gillett) and “Jacob Fights Giants” (2012, dir Janelle Rayner & Simon Toy)

As a Producer, Director, Writer, Interviewer and Script Editor, Peter brings a resume of credit and awards to JMC Academy. As a filmmaker, major credits include the award winning documentaries Original Schtick, Schtick Happens, The Dream of Love, Not So Straight and The Triangle Wars, and fiction films Absence and William. Original Schtick won 2 AFI awards and the prestigious Rouben Mamoulian Award at the Sydney Film Festival. Almost all of Peter's films have travelled widely around the globe, including Original Schtick and William, which were invited to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

The Triangle War premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival as part of the MIFF Premiere Fund, and recently won Best Australian Documentary at the inaugural Antenna International Documentary Festival.

In addition to filmmaking, Peter has also worked as a copywriter, a book editor, an industry consultant, an Advertising Account Executive and was the former Editor of If Magazine.

A Chartered Accountant by profession, George joined JMC Academy in 1998 and has held the position of CEO since 2001. During this time he has overseen the acquisition and expansion of campuses and has driven the accreditation and re-accreditation processes both in the vocational and high education sectors. George oversees the operation today across three states, 15 qualifications and over 1,800 students. George is a Doctor of Philosophy (Innovation) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

An education management specialist with 20 years experience in the vocational education and higher education sector, Dr Stanford has a proven track record in working with private educational institutions to have them registered, their courses accredited and then assisting them to manage the change from one institutional type to another with regards to regulatory requirements and cultural shifts.

Provide academic leadership, including monitoring the quality of provision
Initiate and maintain appropriate academic governance frameworks and mechanisms
Lead a diverse team of highly skilled people, including academics to develop and deliver innovative and engaging learning experiences

Dr Stanford also worked as Academic Director at MCI Institute and MCI Solutions, Kaplan Professional Education, and at the Think Education Group providing academic leadership, initiating and maintaining appropriate academic governance mechanisms, leading a diverse team of highly skilled people, including academics, subject matter experts, instructional designers to develop and deliver innovative and engaging learning experience and innovate product lines and delivery modes, developing HE courses for re-accreditation.

Projects/consultancies:

• The College, Sydney
• Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP)
• Whitehouse Institute of Design
• JMC Academy

Presentations and Publications:

• Author and co-author of academic journals articles
• Author and co-author of conference papers

Professional Memberships:

• Australian Tertiary Education Managers (individual)
• Higher Education Private Providers Quality Network (institutional representative)
• Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (individual)

Damian Gascoigne is an animation artist, specialising in gestural hand drawing. He gained a master’s in design at Kingston University in London and has recently completed a PhD at RMIT, focusing on remix cultures and the survival of hand drawing in the digital era.

Between 1993-2011 Gascoigne worked as an animation director for commercials and short films in London, gaining nominations and awards at top international animation festivals from Annecy to Documenta, and Hiroshima to Zagreb.

Since moving to Sydney in 2012 to set up the new Bachelor of Design Animation at UTS, he has created new works for the Australia Piano Quartet, Customs House Sydney and The Australia National Maritime Museum and exhibited at the NG Gallery Sydney and Bathurst Regional Gallery. In 2020 he was a finalist for the JADA Drawing Prize and is currently a finalist for the 2022 Lester Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Having recently moved from New Zealand, Ben has immersed himself in the performing arts industry in Melbourne. In New Zealand, Ben has performed in several musicals, concerts, cabarets & music festivals across the country. His performance credits include singing, acting & dancing in major stage productions such as Carmen, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Hair, Curtains, Coca-Cola CCITP & Nelson Opera in the Park.

Ben has also performed alongside many New Zealand artists, with production companies such as Showbiz, Canterbury Opera & Chant et Danse, and was involved extensively in the New Zealand Jazz & Arts festivals for many years. During his time in Melbourne, Ben has been building a career in singing & teaching whilst standing by the words of Stephen Sondheim “..if I cannot fly, let me sing.”

Ulrike Sturm has a strong record as a lecturer in creative industries at a post-graduate level. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals including TEXT Journal and MC Journal, and she is also on the peer review panel of several international journals in the field of creative industries and the visual arts. Her work as a visual artist is regularly exhibited in regional and commercial galleries, and is held in public collections in Australia and internationally. Ulrike Sturm is a member of NAVA and the Print Council of Australia.