Jessica Daniels is a Health Promotion professional with experience in alcohol and other drugs, mental health, and wellbeing. As Wheatbelt AOD Prevention Coordinator with Holyoake, she works closely with young people and community to deliver prevention initiatives, build resilience, and support informed decision-making across rural communities.

Dr Laura Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong. Her research focuses on substance use, mental health, and vulnerable populations, with particular expertise in women's health, comorbidity, and longitudinal data analysis.

Trained in Psychology and Sociology (Universities of Jena and Bamberg, DE), Public Health (Maastricht University, NL), and Statistics (University of Essex, UK), Professor Emmanuel Kuntsche is expert in the development of alcohol-related cognitions. He has received career awards in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the international Kettil Bruun Society.

Daniel Stjepanovic is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at The University of Queensland. His work focusses on alcohol, cannabis and nicotine use, applying a range of methodologies from experimental designs, large surveys and qualitative interviewing.

Amanda has a PhD from the University of Newcastle, is a research coordinator for the HNELHD Drug & Alcohol Clinical Services and is a mid-career researcher. She is a conjoint lecturer with The University of Newcastle and has significant experience in both preclinical neurobiology and clinical addiction research.

Thomas Scott-Jones is the Project Lead for the Good Sports Vaping projects at the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. He has developed vaping prevention activities and resources for the Good Sports program, helping raise awareness of the harms of vaping among young people involved in community sport across Australia.