Dr. Alex Millmow was an associate professor in economics at the School of Business at Federation University Australia over the period 2010 until 2019. He is now an honorary research fellow at Federation University. Alex's research interests include the making of the Australian economic profession and the role of economic ideas in steering public policy. In 2004 he completed his doctorate at the Australian National University on 'The Power of Economic Ideas: The Rise of Macroeconomic Management in Australia’ which was subsequently published. Alex has also published over 50 journal articles Including the Economic Record, Economic Papers, Economic Analysis and Policy and the History of Economics Review. He is the current President of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA). In 2017 he published A History of Australasian Economic Thought (Routledge: London). He had just published an intellectual biography of the Anglo Australian economist Colin Clark entitled The Gypsy Economist. He has just completed writing the history of the Ecnomic Society in a book entitled An evolving record: a centennial history of the Economic Society of Australia.  It is published by Australian scholarly press.

Dr. Khan is the Lead Economist at Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), specialising in Productivity, Innovation, Climate Change, Big Data, and Machine Learning. He has worked across industry and academia practicing and teaching development, econometrics, and innovation. As Treasurer he is committed to helping build and foster professional development opportunities and networks for early career economists.

Dr Meg Elkins is an Associate Professor in Economics at RMIT University. She is a behavioural and applied economist with research interests in societal and cultural economics. Her work focuses on those on the fringes to support sustainable livelihoods. She is equally interested in applying behavioural insights to societal issues, particularly around behavioural messaging. She has worked on projects with the City of Melbourne, The Busking Project and is an expert consultant for the UK Behavioural Insights Unit Canva8. Meg is a member of the Behavioural Business Lab. She is a regular TV, radio and print commentator on economic issues of the day, behavioural issues economics, decision-making processes.

Andrea La Nauze is an energy and environmental economist and an Associate Professor of Economics at the Deakin Business School. Her research uses data-driven methods and insights from behavioural economics to examine individual decision‑making—for example, understanding when households adopt green technologies and how their choices influence neighbours. She collaborates with energy and technology companies and works closely with community organisations, governments, and industry bodies to better understand behaviour and design interventions that support change. Andrea received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2017. She has previously held positions at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Queensland, the State Government of Victoria, and the United Nations. She is also a Westpac Fellow and an affiliate of CESifo. Her research has been published in leading international economics and general science journals, including the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Her work has been featured in Australian and international media such as Freakonomics Radio, New Scientist, ABC radio and online, The Brisbane Times, and The Age. She has written for The Conversation and has been interviewed by Faculti and other research translation platforms.

Julie is the Principal Economist at CEDA, where she leads CEDA’s ‘Progress 2050’ research program, examining Australian economic dynamism, competitiveness and productivity. Julie has several decades of experience in economic research, forecasting and policy development, working across the public sector, non-profits and corporates. Prior to joining CEDA, Julie was Chief Economist at PEXA, Nous Consulting and the Australian Industry Group. She has held senior roles at the ANZ Bank, the Productivity Commission and other government agencies, as well as advisory board roles in economics faculties, research institutes and business schools at Australian universities. Julie holds a masters degree in labour economics and bachelor degrees in economics, politics and philosophy.

Dr Mehmet Ozmen is a Senior Lecturer in Econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. He teaches large quantitative subjects in business and economics, specialising in econometrics, data analysis, and machine learning for business applications. His research focuses on applied econometrics, causal inference, climate and productivity analysis, and policy evaluation. He is actively involved in educational innovation, leading initiatives on AI-robust assessment and the dissemination of teaching practice. He also works closely with student societies to bring economics to the forefront of student life, connecting economic thinking with real-world policy and business challenges.

Anita Doraisami has taught Economics at Monash and Federation University. She has also worked for the International Monetary Fund and was Macroeconomic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, Timor Leste.

She has consulted widely for international organisations and held visiting positions at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, the University of Malaya, the ANU and the University of Cambridge.

Anita holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Michelle was a VCE Economics and Accounting teacher for over 26 years prior to joining the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association as their Executive Officer. In her current role she delivers professional learning to over 3700 teachers of Economics, Accounting, Business and Law-related Education.

Dr de Silva is a Professor in Economics at RMIT University. He is an applied economist with several areas of interest including financial well-being, household/individual decision-making and local economies/communities. He has a strong track record of working with various government and private sector organisations.

Alyssa is the current Victorian chair of the Women in Economics Network. She works with a passionate group of women to promote female economists and advocate for gender equality within the field of economics. Alyssa is a public policy economist with nearly a decade providing economic and public policy advice to Government, the not for profit sector, and industry. She is currently working as a Senior Economist at Greater Western Water, and has previously worked at the Department of Treasury and Finance where she has provided policy advice across infrastructure, social housing, and transport. She also worked at Deloitte Access Economics where she provided advice across several other industries including health, energy, and tourism.

Nitul works at the Essential Services Commission (ESC) in Victoria as a Regulatory Analyst. He has worked on utility regulation projects in the electricity, transport, and water industries. He has taken part in price reviews, tariff approvals, fee reviews, and regulatory investigations at the ESC. He has a degree in econometrics from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the ESC, he worked at different organisations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Buly Cardak is an Associate Professor of Economics at the La Trobe Business School. His research areas include the study of household attitudes to financial risk taking and the economics of education, focusing on equity considerations of the university participation decisions of students. He adopts a range of empirical techniques to work with large longitudinal household survey data. In recent work he has applied his expertise in household risk attitudes to the analysis of the attitudes and choices of sports fans with respect to sports betting and in understanding the impacts of financial market fluctuations on household risk tolerance. In 2015 Buly co-founded of the ESA’s National Economic Panel with Tom Chan. He previously served on the Victorian Council of the ESA from 2015-2019.

Ingrid leads Economic Policy at the Superpower Institute. She was previously a Senior Associate at the Grattan Institute, a PostDoc at Melbourne University, and a Lecturer at RMIT University. She has also worked on a UNFCCC Panel evaluating the Kyoto Mechanism's Clean Development Mechanism. Ingrid has Honours and PhD degrees in Economics from the University of Melbourne.

Dr. Rebecca Valenzuela is a micro-econometrician with extensive teaching experience and policy expertise in data-driven research. Her proficiency in advanced statistical methods allows her to model complex outcomes, predict trends, and identify causal relationships with great precision. Rebecca’s work is well-recognised for its robust analytical frameworks that support comprehensive policy analysis, for its rigorous approach to data analysis and policy impact evaluation, and for its remarkable ability to turn results into actionable insights. Her contributions have consistently informed evidence-based decisions, enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of public policies. 

Rebecca is currently an Executive Manager at the Australian Institute of Family Studies, where she leads strategic initiatives and oversees research projects aimed at improving family well-being and policy development.