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Ian Williams is Professor of Applied Environmental Science at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton. He is a multi award-winning academic who specialises in environmental pollution and resource management. Ian has published 16 books and over 300 peer-reviewed papers on waste and environmental issues, as well as over 100 commercial project reports.

He obtained his first degree in Chemistry from the University of Surrey in 1988 and a PhD in Public Attitudes to Air Pollution from Road Traffic from Middlesex University in 1995. He has been a lecturer at Middlesex University (1989-2000), the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan, 2000-2004) and the University of Southampton (UoS, 2005-present). He was the founder and Head of the Centre for Waste Management at the UCLan. He has appeared numerous times on broadcast media, including on the BBC, Sky, and France24.

Dr Andrew Wilson is Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, Fenner School of Environment and Society and Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Institute of Environmental Studies. He is also principal of Australian Wildlife Services.

George Wilson has worked for >50 yrs in a range of wildlife, environmental, agricultural and disease management occupations. His experience covers surveys, ecological research, Indigenous land management, advice to governments and industry on resource management, animal welfare, quarantine and disease management.

He has worked for both State & Federal Governments and British Government agencies in scientific research, public policy, and strategic analysis.

Dr Wilson has a particular interest in kangaroo management and supporting graziers to value kangaroos on their lands. His interest began in 1970 as a biologist with the NSW NPWS. In Scotland he worked on similar theme on Red Grouse and Red Deer, focusing on population ecology and disease management that maximises their value to landholders and so enables the species to compete with economic pressures to convert their habitat to sheep grasslands which have less biodiversity value.

His company Australian Wildlife Services has worked with Indigenous communities, farmers and graziers, natural resource managers, and zoos throughout Australia. Sustainable use leads to better animal welfare and the opportunity of saving methane emissions contributing to biodiversity conservation.

Dr Wilson has > 4400 hours aeronautical experience as a commercial pilot conducting surveys of kangaroos and camels in central Australia and waterbird surveys down the Murray River. He collaborated with Graeme Caughley to conduct the first broad scale kangaroo surveys of Australia.

He has held many honorary positions including as Commissioner Emeritus with the IUCN Species Survival Commission in recognition of his chairmanship of the Australian Marsupial Specialist Group. In 2021 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for contributions to wildlife conservation, veterinary science and the community.

Joseph Winters is Staff Writer at Grist.org.

Dr Jane Wood is a textile scientist and Lecturer in Textile Technology at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on sustainable textiles, textile chemistry, colour technology and textile performance, with particular interests in the environmental and human health impacts of chemicals used throughout the textile lifecycle. She leads the Sustainable Textiles and Apparel Research (STAR) group.

Steven Wright is Head of Subject - Fashion Marketing and Photography, University of South Wales.

Yinghang Wu is the founder of ChinaBrandPath. He focuses on how international importers, local-market distributors and channel partners evaluate Chinese brands before due diligence, controlled pilots, distribution talks and repeat orders, using evidence on products, compliance, channel fit, supply readiness, warranty, service and reorder economics.

Dr Erez Yerushalmi is a Professor of Economics at Birmingham City University (BCU) Business School since 2017. His work focuses on economic topics in health, environment, labour and other social policy.

Prior to joining BCU, he worked as a Research Fellow in the Institute for Employment (IER) at the University of Warwick from 2012, as well as lecturing in Warwick Business School. He completed his PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2013, specialising in Applied Policy Analysis using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling.

Erez has over 20 years of professional experience in economic research and consulting. He has extensive and practical experience in quantitative economic modelling, econometric forecasting, and is a specialist in applied computable general equilibrium (CGE) models.

Prior to his PhD, he worked for five years in the private sector as an economist in various international consulting firms. His work covered macroeconomic forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, infrastructure and transportation assessment, and energy modelling.