Advisory Board
Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM
Joseph is Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University and Managing Director of Alexandria Agenda. He was founding Director of the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University (2006-2012), and has authored or edited some thirty books and more than 100 book chapters and journal articles.
He has lectured and worked with many organisations in Australia and internationally around issues of governance, cultural diversity, education, dialogue, peace and security, and human rights.
In recent years he has convened some twenty national and international dialogues and conferences.
He is the recipient of the Order of Australia Medal, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
A/Prof Susie Ho
I am passionate about designing and delivering innovative educational programs relevant to our changing world.
My scholarly research examines interdisciplinary sustainability and innovation education as well as approaches to enhancing graduate employability and impact.
I am passionate about empowering future strategic leaders and change agents through transformative, experiential, authentic and interdisciplinary education. I believe learning and teaching should develop students' capacity to enact positive change in society. I create positive, collaborative, and international learning environments, in which students can take the lead and create real-world change.
Partnerships and community are at the heart of what I do. In alignment with SDG 17, I lead interdisciplinary, cross-sector and global collaborations to deliver forward-thinking education that supports innovation and advances the United Nations SDGs.
As Director of the Monash Innovation Guarantee Flagship, I draw upon relationships with the private sector, commercial enterprises, UN agencies and the start-up sector to create and deliver education that equips students to design, test and lead innovative solutions. I also aim to empower students to collaborate effectively at local, regional and global scales.
Joe Urli - Strategic Aerospace Advisor & Public Safety Advocate
Joe Urli is a globally respected aerospace safety and regulatory expert with more than 35 years of experience across military aviation, civil airworthiness, and cutting-edge aerospace innovation. Based in Brisbane, Joe began his journey in the South African Air Force before holding senior technical and compliance roles with CASA, Boeing, Rio Tinto, General Electric and Hypersonix. These formative years shaped a deep commitment to systems grounded in public trust, national safety, and global responsibility.
Joe’s political awareness was seeded early, shaped not only by growing up during South Africa’s turbulent apartheid era, but also by his father, a respected geologist who met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger during critical diplomatic exchanges in the early 1990s. Watching his father navigate high-stakes geopolitical conversations gave Joe a firsthand appreciation for strategic leadership, discretion, and the importance of speaking truth to power.
Later in his own career, Joe would carry that same ethos into roles supporting presidential air transport operations for Nelson Mandela, overseeing the safety of state leaders, and eventually testifying before the Australian Senate. His submission on drone safety and CASA oversight was ranked in the top 2–3% of all time, praised for its clarity, courage, and refusal to compromise on public interest.
As President of the Australian Certified UAV Operators (ACUO), Joe led the charge for transparent regulation, responsible innovation, and sovereign airspace integrity. Though later merged into a broader industry group, his tenure helped elevate national conversations on drone safety and civil-military integration.
Today, Joe advises space and aviation programs around the world from NASA and Airbus to sovereign defence and export-controlled technology groups but remains committed to reform at home. His voice continues to challenge regulatory complacency and advocate for a stronger, more self-reliant Australia.
Vincent Phan
Vincent was born and raised in Paris, France and is now based in Melbourne, Australia. At the age of 30, Vincent ended a short career in the corporate world, to return to university to study philosophy, while working as a bookseller to share his contagious love for books with the world. He then founded 1000 Libraries, a small personal blog encouraging people to keep bookstores and libraries alive in the digital age. 1000 Libraries went on to inspire millions of book lovers worldwide.
Today, 1000 Libraries is the fastest growing literary lifestyle media publishing company in the world, supporting literacy programs in third-world countries. Vincent leads a global team of 40+ creatives, writers and operational staff dedicated to bringing the best stories from the book world to the public, inspiring a world resurgence in books, and catering to a loyal and global community of 1.6M book lovers.
Vincent also serves as a mentor at the Melbourne Accelerator Program and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship, where he shares his expertise in online community building and crowdfunding.