Rob Glastonbury Robert Glastonbury is responsible for receipt of grapes, wine production, packaging, logistics, warehousing, distribution, brewing and quality systems as Operations Manager at Debortolis in Griffith NSW. A Roseworthy graduate with over 20 years’ experience in wine and beer production having worked with Carlton United, Rosemount Estates, Wolf Blass and Peter Lehmann’s. Arriving at DeBortoli's in late 2004, I soon became aware of a petition that was being prepared by local residents against the odour produced by our winery. Life, as I knew it, rapidly deteriorated from that moment, however while in the grips of the recovery process we learnt to take a deep breath and then try and convert all costs to “returns” with some amazing outcomes. We have overhauled our systems, we have broadened the scope of our management, we have introduced Risk Management processes, we have focused on accreditation as appropriate and we have changed the culture of the business and returns generated by our site doubled every year, until the GFC. We had done it all before, so we went back to what we learnt, Environmental Sustainability IS Good Business, convert costs to “returns”! 

Albert ("Ab"). Stevels was born in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and hold a PhD in Physics and Chemistry. Ab has worked for 42 years for Royal Philips Electronics across many roles in research on materials, production technology of glass, as a business manager in electro optics and as a project manager for joint ventures and licensing in Asia. As of Jan 1993 he became a senior manager Environment with a chief tasks to deal with EcoDesign, Recycling and Management of Eco in the Consumer Electronics operations.

In December 1995 Ab was appointed as a part-time professor in Applied Environmental Design at Delft University of Technology. In this capacity he has carried out both basic research and project implementation at Philips as well as in small and medium sized enterprises. Ab Stevels has done trailblazing work in making EcoDesign into day-to-day business really happen. Instrumental to the success has been linking business ("money") to environment .Tools and management procedures have been developed and tested in practice. Currently these are applied in several industry sectors in many regions of the world.

Dr Sarah Park is a Cropping Systems Scientist working with the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship. Her research focuses on using a systems perspective to consider both the biophysical and socio-economic aspects of rural livelihoods with the aim of enhancing their resilience to drivers such as climate change. This research draws on quantitative modelling skills and qualitative stakeholder engagement processes to link not only the scientific development of sustainable agricultural practices to the specific demands of agricultural practitioners, but also to the information needs of policy decision makers at all levels. She has applies her research to a range of primary industries in Australia, and more recently in rural communities in South East Asia and the Pacific.  

Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, AO(Mil), CVO, MC retired from the Army in 1993 and was appointed Governor of Western Australia until 2000. From 2003 to 2008 he served as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia where his key interests were in youth, education and landscape regeneration matters. Currently he is Chairman of Outcomes Australia, The Global Foundation, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Future Directions International and a patron of some 16 other charitable organisations. Outcomes Australia, through its Soils for Life program, brings Australians together to create sustainable outcomes for our agricultural and catchment environments. 

Dr Jeff Baldock is with CSIRO Land and Water where he actively involved in projects quantifying the content, forms and cycling of organic carbon and nitrogen in soils. He is currently leading a national research program aimed at defining the influence of agricultural management practices on the quantity and composition of soil organic carbon. He leads a project designed to improve the capability of the computer simulation modelling framework used by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change to assess the impact of land use on national greenhouse gas accounts including CO2, N2O and
CH4 emissions. Dr Baldock has been studying soil organic matter chemistry, dynamics and its contribution to soil productivity form more than 25 years. He is the author of 70 journal articles, 10 book chapters and over 100 conference and workshop oral papers.

Tom Rooney -Founder / CEO Waterfind is involved with water trading since 1989 and instrumental in pioneering the trading of water allocations for growers in the mid-80s, Tom initially operated from his family business HD Rooney & Son Pty Ltd and formed TH Rooney Water Brokerage. As the business grew with a national focus, the company changed names to Waterfind.

The complexity of the water market remains challenging and the demand for water trading continues. To this end Tom is an active contributor to water-policy discussions at both state and national levels and often presents key addresses at conferences on the issues surrounding water trading in Australia. Tom is also Secretary of Healthy Rivers Australia and a member of the Water Industry Alliance, Australian Water Association and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Richard Turner is a serial entrepreneur, having founded four successful companies across four completely different industries. Using these entrepreneurial skills, he has taken ZEN through two years of 600% growth during the Global Financial Crisis, building the business from a start-up into Australia's leading Renewable Energy Company in 2011 with a projected F2012 turnover of $80m and specialist divisions in Residential, Commercial and Utility Scale operations. Richard has a Bachelor of Business Administration (UniSA), MAICD. He has many accolades to his name including 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year – Entrepreneurs Organisation South Australian Chapter, 2011 7th fastest growing company in Australia - BRW Magazine,  2010 Fastmovers Award (fastest growing company in SA) – South Australian Government
and In-Business Magazine, 2010 Australian Entrepreneur of the Year – Ernst
& Young Cleantech Category 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year – Entrepreneurs
Organisation South Australian Chapter, 2007 Inaugural Inductee into the Entrepreneurs Organisation "Hall of Fame" - EO South Australian Chapter