Kate Eltham is the Chief Executive Officer of Queensland Writers Centre and founder of if:book Australia. In 2009 she was named by The Australian newspaper as one of 10 Emerging Leaders of Culture.

Kate contributed to the discussion on Access and Accessibility.

Kate Eltham from if:book Australia on Vimeo.

Elliott Bledsoe is a Research Assistant with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCi) and a Project Officer with Creative Commons Australia. He rants regularly about copyright, innovation, the internets, identity and politics at his web site elliottbledsoe.com.

Elliott contributed to the panel discussion on Access and Accessibility.

Elliott Bledsoe from if:book Australia on Vimeo.

Emma Bennison is a passionate advocate for artists experiencing disability and disadvantage. Currently the Executive Officer at Access Arts Queensland, Emma combines her experience as a musician and performer with her experience of disability to lead an organisation whose vision is that all Queenslanders are free to participate, create and work in the arts.

Emma contributed to the panel discussion Access and Accessibility.

Emma Bennison from if:book Australia on Vimeo.

Jeremy LeBard is the CEO and Co-Founder of ReadCloud. Jeremy was highlighted in 2008 as a Digital Young Gun by B&T’s Digital Magazine which described him as one of the ‘rising stars of the new digital economy’. ReadCloud has created the world’s first social eReading software designed for schools where educators and students can share text, picture or video annotations within eBooks. ReadCloud is recognised as one of 23 top technologies in Australia by the Tech23 conference and as one of seven leading innovations nationally by the University of Queensland Enterprize competition.

Jeremy LeBard from if:book Australia on Vimeo.

Jon Page is the General Manger of Pages & Pages Booksellers, an Independent Bookshop in Mosman, NSW . His parents opened Pages & Pages in 1995 in Belrose and Jon has worked at the shop since then. The shop opened in Mosman in 1999 and closed the Belrose store in 2003.

In 2008 Jon was elected to the board of the Australian Booksellers Association and became Vice President in 2009. In 2010, he was elected President of the ABA. Jon is @PnPBookseller on twitter.

Jon Page from if:book Australia on Vimeo.

Judith is the Learning and Study Support Coordinator at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library, Brisbane. This portfolio brings together services that support student learning in information literacy (information/research skills) and academic literacy (academic/study skills). Judith actively contributes to the professional scholarship, policy and practice of information literacy via scholarly publication and national and international committee representation and consultancies. Judith received a 2008 national Australian Learning and Teaching Council Teaching Award for “Programs that Enhance Learning” and a Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2007.

Judith contributed to the panel discussion Literacy Beyond the Printed Page with Andrew Gibbs and Judith Hewitson.

Judith Peacock from if:book Australia on Vimeo.