An academic turned entrepreneur, I founded Ripeta in 2017 to improve research quality and integrity by developing Trust Markers. Now part of Digital Science and fully into developing forensic scientometrics - investigating the (mis)trust of scholarly works. Some recent work includes the most-read RetractionWatch post of 2022. In 2023, my ideas on achieving equity in research were highlighted in  the Guardian and Science.

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Paul is Dean, Research at James Cook University where he oversees research infrastructure and research engagement. Paul is an expert in ecoacoustic monitoring; for the past 15 years his group has been researching how acoustics can be used to scale environmental monitoring. He is passionate about open science and also leads the $1M Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Open Ecoacoustics project, which is developing an open ecoacoustics platform, tools, techniques and protocols to further ecoacoustic monitoring for conservation.

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Alli is Executive Manager, Research Stewardship at the University of Technology Sydney. She is responsible for developing and implementing UTS's vision of a responsible research culture that is driven by research performed ethically and with integrity, and where we assess benefit and risk to make informed decisions about our research and our collaborations. 

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Sarah Howard is the University Librarian at Griffith University, with over 25 years of experience in academic libraries. Sarah is deeply passionate about building partnerships and cross-sector collaborations that drive innovation and enhance outcomes. She believes strongly in the transformative power of knowledge and access, and is dedicated to leading initiatives that empower communities.

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Mike Wall is the University Librarian, Te Tumuaki o te Pātaka Mātauraka, at the University of Otago, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. He moved to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2021 from the UK where he had been the Deputy University Librarian at the University of Durham. Mike is committed to the transformation of library services to meet the needs of Māori and Pacific students, staff and wider communities.

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Carlo Iacono is the University Librarian at Charles Sturt University, where he leads library services across six campuses. With over 24 years of leadership experience in academic and legal libraries across Australia and the UK, Carlo brings a unique cross-sectoral perspective to information service and innovation. Carlo co-authored the Charles Sturt AI principles and contributes across the sector regularly on GenAI. He also writes "Hybrid Horizons," a Substack publication exploring human-AI collaboration in education. 

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