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Katie Kutskill is Business Operations and Strategy Lead for the ‘Is It Leather?’ global campaign. Dedicated to analysing the lifecycle of leather and evaluating its ESG performance at industry, facility, and product levels, her passion lies in real leather's sustainable qualities and its cultural importance across various industries and communities.

Katie holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MSc in Leather Technology from the University of Northampton. With over a decade of experience in the leather industry, she has served as technical director at the Sustainable Leather Foundation and executive global director of product development & sustainability officer at Pangea. 
 

Leading the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles, an education and research collaboration between UTS and TAFE NSW, dedicated to industry upskilling and the use of advanced technologies to aid sustainable transitions to the Australian fashion industry. Lisa Lake is a pioneer in the sustainable fashion movement in Australia, and has worked between industry and academia in the sustainability sector since 2009.

Debra Lam is the Founding Director of the Partnership for Innovation (PIN), Georgia Institute of Technology, a statewide public-private partnership committed to investing in innovative solutions for shared economic prosperity. She continues to lead smart communities and urban innovation work at Georgia Tech. Prior to this, she served as Pittsburgh’s inaugural chief of innovation and performance where she oversaw all technology, sustainability, performance, and innovation functions of city government.

Professor Valérie S Langlois is particularly interested in the harmful effects on vertebrates of chemicals present in aquatic environments. These substances can potentially affect all stages of cellular regulation in aquatic vertebrates, from hormone synthesis to target cell responses, and consequently they can alter the metabolism, development, and reproduction of vertebrates.

The main theme of her research programme is the identification of physiological responses and regulatory mechanisms in vertebrates exposed to environmental contaminants. For more than 10 years, she has been working with academic and government partners to determine the harmful effects of these contaminants on vertebrates.

Agbaje Lateef is Professor of Microbiology with teaching and research experience in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso since 1998, and vast interests in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, especially fermentation processes and enzyme technology. His work also involves the green synthesis and applications of nanoparticles in the field of Nanotechnology. He is the Head of Nanotechnology Research Group (NANO+) (www.lautechnanotech.com) at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria, and the lead author of Microbial Nanobiotechnology: Principles and Applications (Springer: 2021)

Raphaël Lavoie is  currently a Research Scientist in the Science and Technology Branch at Environment and Climate Change Canada. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). He works on contaminants and other environmental stressors in wildlife, particularly aquatic birds. He also works on a wide range of contaminants and use advanced field techniques to assess exposure and risks to wildlife.

Dr Michael S W Lee is an Associate Professor of Marketing. He is also the Director of the MBA programme, Assistant Dean of Professional Programs at The University of Auckland, and the Director of The International Centre of Anti-Consumption Research (ICAR). His area of research includes brand avoidance, consumer resistance, activism, and anti-consumption where he actively supervises PhD students in the area of religiously motivated boycotting, product crisis trust recovery, family consumption conflict resolution, and anti-consumption in emerging economies. 

His work has been published in top journals such as The Journal of Business Research; Psychology & Marketing; European Journal of Marketing; Applied Psychology; Journal of Public Policy and Marketing; Journal of Consumer Affairs; Journal of Product and Brand Management; Journal of Macromarketing; Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services; Advances in Consumer Research; Consumption, Markets and Culture; Australasian Marketing Journal; Journal of Consumer Marketing; and Journal of Consumer Behaviour. Mike continues to collaborate with industry implementing numerous real-world projects and has provided expert commentary for over 400 media engagements.

Associate Professor Carol Tan is the Program Manager of the Master of Fashion Entrepreneurship at RMIT University. She is the lead editor and primary author of the textbook Fashion Entrepreneurship: Principles and Practice (Routledge, 2026) and a recipient of the 2025 ICSB Global Entrepreneurship Education Excellence Award. 

Since 2003, Carol has researched the success factors of Australian fast growth SMEs. She specialises in demystifying complex industry concepts for her students and the public, providing a clear lens on complex issues and practices in the fashion industry. Her expert insights are frequently featured across national and international media including the ABC, 7 News, and Yahoo.

Professor Martina Linnenluecke is an internationally recognised scholar who conducts research on the strategic and financial implications of corporate adaptation and resilience to global environmental change, with a specific focus on the impacts of climate change. At UTS, she leads the Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, which comprises an interdisciplinary team of experts undertaking work on climate adaptation and resilience, decarbonisation, sustainable finance, climate analytics, metrics, targets and disclosure, and well as climate policy responses. The work of the Centre supports businesses in taking urgent and immediate collaborative action to decarbonise the economy and regenerate Country and planetary health.

Mark Liu is Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering at University of Technology Sydney.