Lisa French – Chair of the Board
Deputy Dean (Media), School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Co-author of the book Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute
Editor of the anthology Womenvision: Women and the Moving Image in Australia
Formerly: Director of the St Kilda Film Festival & Non-Executive Director of the Australian Film Institute
Professor Sue Turnbull
Professor of Communication and Media Studies at University of Wollongong
PhD in Media Education, La Trobe University
Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Distinction), University of Cambridge
Master of Arts (MA) in English Language and Literature/Letters, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English, University of London
Professor Turnbull’s area of research includes audience and reception studies, and television, including television history and specific genres such as comedy and – more recently – crime. She is also the chief crime fiction reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald and is a former television reviewer for Radio National Breakfast.
Christine Evely
Education Manager at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Formerly: Lecturer at RMIT University
Helen Simondson
Public Programs Manager at ACMI
Formerly: Screen Events Manager at ACMI
Anna Kamasz
Digital Education Producer at the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF)
Formerly: Project Manager, Digital Learning, Screen Australia; Executive Producer’s Assistant / Production Secretary, Film Australia
Ella Mitchell
Programs Marketing Manager at The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
Formerly: Government – Film Victoria, the Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET), and the Japanese Government (JET); Film & TV – Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), ABC TV, Melbourne Fringe Film, Working Title Films, Iloura VFX & Animation, Digital Pictures; Corporate – Jack Morton Worldwide (ANZ, Telstra, Ford Australia) and RMIT University
Nathan Reynolds
Sales and Sponsorship Manager at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Formerly: Film and TV – Nine Network, CVP Film and Television; Corporate – TV Week, BADJAR Ogilvy Advertising
Peter Tapp
Managing Editor of ATOM Publications (Metro & Screen Education Magazines, ATOM study guides, ATOM Awards, ATOM Speakers Bureau etc.)
Screen Futures Summit 2016 – Conference Manager
Board Member for Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM)
Roger Dunscombe
Chair of ATOM Board
ATOM representative with National Advocate for Arts Education
Author for Pearson/Heinemann
Media teacher and Head of Visual Arts at Melbourne Girls College
Curriculum consultant and writer – Media
Hugh Mason-Jones
Head of Media Studies at Cheltenham Secondary College
ATOM Education Committee Member & ATOM Board Member
Educational author
Formerly: Web Development, research and training manual author at Grey Interactive
Robert Young
ATOM Education Committee Executive Officer and ATOM Board Member
Art and Media Teacher at Gleneagles Secondary College
Formerly: Photoshop Artist at Nulab Professional Imaging
Kate McCarthy Ficai
2016 Screen Futures Summit Organiser
ATOM Education Committee Member
ACMI Public Programs Facilitator
Formerly: Conference coordinator for Women in Film and Television (WIFT) and the Australian Film Commission (AFC); ATOM Education Officer; Primary Educator; Visual Effects, Motion Graphics and Post-Production Producer (Deluxe Iloura, 21st Century Fox, Warner Bros, HBO, Paramount, etc.)
