Nic Taylor is an alcohol policy researcher at the National Drug Research Institute. He has substantive experience evaluating the impact policy has on alcohol consumption and harms. His main areas of expertise are alcohol pricing policies, liquor licensing, and youth alcohol consumption.

Lorato Makanye is a 2nd year PhD student at the University of South Australia. Lorato's research focuses on developing analytical methods for detecting chemical biomarkers of human activity in wastewater.

Natalie is a criminologist whose work focuses on intersections of health and justice and the application of social science research methods to program evaluation. Her research interests include alcohol and other drug regulation and policy, criminal justice policy and programs, qualitative and mixed methods research, program evaluation and evidence reviews.

Dr Monica Barratt is a senior drugs-policy researcher at RMIT University. Her work investigates digitally facilitated drug trading, novel psychoactive substance trends and markets, drug checking or pill testing, and ways to increase meaningful involvement of people who use drugs in research and policy processes.

Caroline James is a Health Education Officer of KRC South, a primary NSP located in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney's south.