Dr Silvia Black - chemist and research officer, the Chemistry Centre (WA), Australia

Dr Nicholas Fisher - postdoc at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

Dr Sawsan Freij - research chemist, Industrial Chemistry Centre, Royal Scientific Institute (Jordan)

Dr Ross Gordon Cooper - technologist, Pasminco Hobart Smelter (Tasmania, Australia)

Dr Philip Heckley - Technology Delivery Group, Alcoa World Alumina (Western Australia)

Dr Daniel Helm - process engineer, Minara Resources' Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt plant (Western Australia)

Dr Elizabeth Ho - research scientist at ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Sydney, Australia

Dr Matthew Jeffrey - lecturer at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia); Parker Centre

Dr Luke Kirwan - postdoc in the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Laboratory, University of Geneva (Switzerland); Aughinish Alumina (Ireland)

Dr Isabel Lázaro-Báez - lecturer at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Dr Mei-Yin Lee - senior physical chemist, Chemical Development, GlaxoSmithKline (UK)

Dr Mitch Loan - senior research fellow at the Materials and Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick (Ireland); Parker Centre

Dr Joanne Loh - postdoc at the University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands); Parker Centre

Dr Jennifer Lowe - research fellow, Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing (Perth, Australia)

Dr Kate Malatt - metallurgist (Sardinia, Italy)

Dr Mark Maley - scientist, BHP Billiton Perth Technology Centre (Australia)

Dr Yadran Marinovich - research metallurgist, Anaconda Nickel (Western Australia)

Dr Aleks Nikoloski - process engineer, BHP Billiton's QNI nickel and cobalt refinery (Queensland, Australia); Parker Centre

Dr Glen O'Malley - WMC Technical Delivery Group; chemical engineer/hydrometallurgist, ANSTO Minerals (Sydney, Australia)

Dr Eddy Poinen - postdoc at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation (Japan)

Dr Yvonne Power - engineer, Matrikon Inc (Newcastle, Australia); senior engineer, BHP Billiton Perth Technology Centre (Australia)

Mr Abbas Razavimanesh - process engineer, Hatch (Ravensthorpe Joint Venture), Perth, Australia

Dr David Rossiter - Alcoa World Alumina; research scientist, Alcan’s Queensland Research and Development Centre (Australia)

Dr Gabriella Sipos - development chemist, Alcan Gove Ltd (Northern Territory, Australia)