Dr Thomas Sigler
Conference Chair
The University of QueenslandAbout Thomas
Dr Thomas Sigler is an economic and urban geographer at The University of Queensland. His primary focus is on the interface between globalisation and changes to urban structures. His interests span economic agglomeration, global city policy, ethnic clustering, and spatial analysis.https://sees.uq.edu.au/profile/645/thomas-sigler
Prof Jamie Shulmeister
Programme Chair
The University of QueenslandAbout Jamie
Prof Jamie Shulmeister is a physical geographer at the University of Queensland. His main research theme is on the paleoclimatology of the Western Pacific Basin. He has worked extensively in Northern Australia, New Zealand, Timor and in the Antarctic on the Late Quaternary climate history of these areas.https://sees.uq.edu.au/profile/816/jamie-shulmeister
A/Prof Jennifer Carter
University of the Sunshine CoastAbout Jennifer
Jennifer Carter (1st class Hons Geography UniQld, PhD CDU) is Geography Discipline Leader at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where she teaches introductory environmental geography and advanced courses in animal geography, Indigenous peoples interests in the environment, and rural geography. She currently conducts research with farmer groups in the Pacific region around land tenure and access and its relationship with food security, with Indigenous peoples in southeast Queensland around their interests and rights to land, with an animal shelter on the Sunshine Coast to understand risk factors in companion animal surrender, and on various aspects of teaching tertiary geography.http://www.usc.edu.au/explore/structure/faculty-of-arts-business-and-law/staff/associate-professor-jennifer-carter
Prof Jonathan Corcoran
The University of QueenslandAbout Jonathan
Prof Jonathan Corcoran is a human geographer at The University of Queensland. Jonathan’s research interests lie in the application of quantitative geographical methods for urban modelling in addition to the use of geo-analytical, geo-visualisation and prediction techniques.https://sees.uq.edu.au/profile/1098/jonathan-corcoran
Dr Robyn Mayes
Queensland University of TechnologyAbout Robyn
Dr Robyn Mayes is a Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in the QUT Business School. Robyn’s current research is concerned with the development and theorisation of global production networks, inclusive of questions of labour agency, corporate social responsibility, local community/ies, gender and senses of place.http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/mayesr/
Dr Steve Turton
Central Queensland UniversityAbout Steve
Prof Steve Turton is a physical geographer at Central Queensland University (CQU). He is the past president of the IAG, and his research focusses on the wet tropics.
Dr David Wadley
The University of QueenslandAbout David
Dr David Wadley lectures in economic geography, industrial and regional planning and property studies. His research interests invlude topics related to futurology and quality of life issues.https://sees.uq.edu.au/profile/546/david-wadley
