Steven Hail is an Associate Professor at Torrens University, having previously been a Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Adelaide. He has also been a Lecturer in the School of Business Economics at Flinders University, and a Visiting Lecturer at the International Graduate School of Management at the University of South Australia. He also has extensive experience of training banking and financial service professionals in the United Kingdom, including staff from the Bank of England.

Dr Hail is one of Australia’s leading modern monetary theory economists, and has given seminars on modern money at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra, for the Economics Society of Australia, and for ANZ Bank, among many others.

He regularly appears in the media, including contributions to The Conversation and in newspapers, and published the 2018 book Economics for Sustainable Prosperity. He is a 2016 recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Medal for Doctoral Thesis Excellence at Flinders University.

Anthelia (Annie) Bond is Research Director (Ecological Economics) at Modern Money Lab and an Adjunct Lecturer at Torrens University. Annie has a PhD in ecological economics and her cross disciplinary publication record includes articles in the Journal of Applied Ecology, Land Use Policy and Environmental Management.

Annie’s wide experience in research and environmental policy includes roles at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), The University of Adelaide, government agencies and non-government organisations. Annie is a board member of the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and member of Scientist Rebellion.

Stephanie Kelton is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University. She is a leading expert on Modern Monetary Theory and a former Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee (Democratic staff). She was named by POLITICO as one of the 50 people most influencing the policy debate in America, and by Bloomberg as one of the 50 people who most defined 2019. She has just been nominated by Barro’s as one of the most influential women in finance in 2021.

Professor Kelton advises policymakers and consults with investment banks and portfolio managers across the globe. She is a regular commentator on national radio and broadcast television, and contributor to the New York Times and other publications. Her highly influential book, The Deficit Myth, became an instant New York Times bestseller, and was the top-selling economics and public policy book in the world across 2020. She has also written seminal peer-reviewed research papers and is a frequent contributor to the work of the widely respected Levy Economics Institute.

She was the 2020 Visiting Harcourt Professor at the University of Adelaide, and during a two-week stay in Australia, was interviewed by almost all leading news media, including television.

Stephanie publishes regular articles via her Substack The Lens, featuring economic analysis, research and commentary using an MMT lens.

Fadhel Kaboub is an associate professor of economics at Denison University (on leave), and the president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He is also a member of the Independent Expert Group on Just Transition and Development, and serves as senior advisor with Power Shift Africa.

He has recently served as Under-Secretary-General for Financing for Development at the Organisation of Southern Cooperation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Kaboub is an expert on designing public policies to enhance monetary and economic sovereignty in the Global South, build resilience, and promote equitable and sustainable prosperity.

His recent work focuses on Just Transition, Climate Finance, and transforming the global trade, finance, and investment architecture. His most recent co-authored publication is Just Transition: A Climate, Energy, and Development Vision for Africa (May 2023, published by the Independent Expert Group on Just Transition and Development). He has held a number of research affiliations with the Levy Economics Institute (NY), the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (MA), the Economic Research Forum (Cairo), Power Shift Africa (Nairobi), and the Center for Strategic Studies on the Maghreb (Tunis).

He is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya and is working on climate finance and development policies in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter @FadhelKaboub and you can read his Global South Perspectives on substack where he blogs regularly.

Scott Fullwiler is Associate Professor at UMKC and a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He is very widely published and has written or co-authored some of the most important papers ever written in modern monetary theory.

Scott was previously an assistant professor of economics and James A. Leach chair in banking and monetary economics at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, where he taught finance, banking, and macroeconomics. He has also been a research associate at the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, University of Missouri–Kansas City. His research interests include financial markets, monetary operations, and macroeconomic policy, focussing on simulation with large macroeconometric models and the sustainability of alternative macroeconomic policy regimes.

His research has been published in Journal of Economic Issues, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and in edited volumes. Fullwiler studied at Washington State University and Universität Bonn (Germany) prior to earning B.A. (1994) and Ph.D. (2001) degrees in economics from the University of Nebraska. His dissertation on the federal funds market was written under the direction of Veblen-Commons Award recipient, F. Gregory Hayden.

David Joy has lectured at the University of Adelaide and been an academic head at Kaplan Business School. He worked in banking and finance before switching his focus to teaching at a tertiary level. David is also a chartered accountant.

Elaine Stead is a venture capital investor based in Adelaide. Her investment track record extends to over 80 startups across Australia, the United States and South East Asia.

Elaine has been a scientist, turned entrepreneur, turned venture capitalist, and never quite shed any of these roles.

Across over two decades in the innovation sector, Elaine has been a serial entrepreneur, founding medtech company Reproductive Health Science and Blue Sky VC a subsidiary of Blue Sky Alternative Investments, Human VC and Artefact ventures. She is one of the longest serving still active venture capitalists in Australia, having been involved in the management of over $450m across five venture fund vintages, four within her own fund manager, Blue Sky VC.

She’s a director of Cicada Innovations, an advisor to the federal governments Entrepreneurs Program, the architect of the new ventures and entrepreneurship strategy for the ANU, a member of the investment committee member for the ANUCV venture capital fund, and also a regular conference speaker and contributor to publications such as Sydney Morning Herald, Women’s Agenda, InnovationAus and SmartCompany.

Elaine’s profile amongst the innovation ecosystem, in the Australian tech industry and the broader business community, guarantees a high level of trust amongst all stakeholders, unparalleled deal flow, outstanding global networks and experience in supporting the human leadership of portfolio companies.

Damian has had more than 15 years senior executive experience, working for major Australian publicly listed companies, mainly in the aviation and mineral processing industries, with short stints in the banking and oil industries and the Commonwealth Government early in his career. Positions he has held include senior executive management, including CEO and board positions, requiring extensive travel throughout Australia, Europe, North America and Asia. His roles have seen him based in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Since leaving the corporate environment in late 1998, Damian successfully pursued a number of entrepreneurial opportunities in the aquaculture, software and property industries, both as a shareholder and Executive Director. In January 2009, Damian was appointed COO and CFO of the Royal Institution of Australia Inc. and effectively established the organisation from the ‘ground up’, taking it from 2 to 22 employees and fully implementing its vision. In January 2012, Damian was appointed MBA Director at the University of Adelaide. During his tenure, the Graduate Management Association of Australia rankings moved from 4 Stars to 5 Stars (top tier) and the Australian Financial Review BOSS rankings climbed from #10 to #2 in Australia. Damian has since left the University and currently provides consulting and business advisory work to a range of clients and currently chairs the Adelaide Education Group.

In his own time, Damian supports several not-for-profit organisations in a voluntary role as well as working on a number of start-ups, one of which is a major project declared by the Minister for Planning in the southeast of SA. He also is Treasurer of the SA Museum Foundation and Chairman of the SA Museum Foundation Investment Committee. Damian holds a Bachelor of Economics (Flinders University of SA) and a Master of Business Administration (University of Adelaide).