Dr Vanessa Pirotta is a wildlife scientist, science communicator and marine mammal expert - pioneering the use of cutting edge technology to aid whale conservation efforts. In non science speak, she is collecting whale snot using drones! I speak to Vanessa about her PhD project, ocean conservation, sharks, dolphin spies and...what on earth she is doing with all that whale snot!

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Twitter: @VanessaPirotta

Instagram: @drvanessapirotta

and online at www.vanessapirotta.com

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Toby Walsh is a "rock star" of Australia's digital revolution. He is a world-leading expert on Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and their ethical application. He is passionate about ensuring that limits are placed on AI for the public good, and has played a leading role in campaigning the UN to ban lethal autonomous weapons (aka killer robots).

Toby has held research positions at leading global institutions, and contributed to countless publications and academic journals. He is the author of a number of books on artificial intelligence: It's Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots" and "2062: The World that AI Made".

You can follow Toby on Twitter @TobyWalsh

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Andrea Durbach has dedicated her life and career to pursuing equality in justice, and it was a pleasure to speak with her at this tumultuous time in global politics.

Andy is a Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, and a former Director of the Australian Human Rights Centre.

Before moving to Australia, Andy practised as a political trial lawyer and human rights advocate in South Africa where she represented many victims and opponents of apartheid laws. One of her most notorious cases is known as the Upington 25 – where 25 black citizens were convicted of a single policeman’s murder – a trial of political complexity that also ended in the assassination of her friend and fellow defence lawyer.

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