Dr Leah Barclay is a sound artist, designer and researcher who works at the intersection of art, science and technology. Leah's research and creative work over the last decade has investigated innovative approaches to recording and disseminating the soundscapes of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to inform conservation, scientific research and public engagement. Leah has been the recipient of numerous awards and her work has been commissioned, performed and exhibited to wide acclaim internationally by organisations including the Smithsonian Museum, UNESCO, Ear to the Earth, Streaming Museum, Al Gore’s Climate Reality and the IUCN. Leah leads several research projects including Biosphere Soundscapes and River Listening that focus on advancing the field of ecoacoustics. The design of these interdisciplinary projects are responsive to the needs of collaborating communities and involve the development of new technologies including remote sensing devices for the rainforest canopy and hydrophone recording arrays in aquatic ecosystems.

Lyndon Davis is an internationally acclaimed artist, educator and cultural performer. Born and raised on the Sunshine Coast, Davis' arts practice represents his deep connection to Country. Most recently, Davis has been making work that visualises the calls of different species on Kabi Kabi Country using cymatics, the science of visualising acoustic energy or sound. Lyndon's first solo exhibition at USC Art Gallery brings together painting, objects, moving image and sound to consider the way Davis’ practice is grounded in communicating the importance of custodianship and caring for Country. Lyndon is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Keira J. Simmons (she/they) is an emerging South Australian sound artist and sound designer based on unceded Kaurna Land. She creates projects that explore bodily engagement with place and sound, through Speculative Soundwalking and through performing meditative ambient sets. As a freelance sound designer, they work with local and global artists on creative projects focusing on queerness, ecology, neurodiver-gence and embodied theatrical experiences.

Jesse Budel (b. 1991) is a composer-performer, sound artist and academic based in South Australia. His works are for diverse media and spaces, ranging from concert works and installations to community and interdisciplinary collaborations. Jesse’s PhD research at Elder Conservatorium of Music (supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship) focussed on adapting soundscape ecology to creative process, resulting in a body of works responding South Australian ecosystems and soundscapes, and receiving a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence in 2019. Jesse is the founder and curator of the Murray Bridge Piano Sanctuary, and currently serves as the Secretary for the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. In 2024, he is a recipient of an Arts South Australia Fellowship, supporting a year's exploration in higher-order ambisonics research and practice. For more information, visit www.jesse-budel.com

David Kim-Boyle is an Australian composer and researcher whose music has received international recognition for its innovative use of technology. His work has been performed and presented throughout North America and Europe at various festivals and contemporary music events and he has been a guest artist at some of the world's leading computer music research facilities including the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (Karlsruhe), the Sonic Arts Research Centre (Belfast), STEIM (Amsterdam), and IRCAM (Paris). His creative practice explores the musical affordances of complex open forms and non-linear processes and their visualization in multi-dimensional, generative graphic scores while his research into creative applications of technology has been regularly presented at many of the world's leading forums for new music research including the International Computer Music Conference, the Digital Audio FX Conference, SMC, TENOR, and NIME and published in journals such as Contemporary Music Review, Organised Sound, Leonardo Music Journal, Tempo, and Digital Creativity. Recent projects have included a work for the ELISION ensemble with a 3D holographic score displayed on Microsoft's HoloLens, one of the most powerful mixed reality headsets currently available and a VR work for the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, premiered in 2022, featuring an immersive score generated from Instagram data. In 2019, he was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to undertake research into development and design strategies for augmented reality music applications. He holds a PhD in composition from SUNY Buffalo where he studied as a Presidential Fellow and is currently the Technology Manager at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney where he is also an Honorary Associate in Composition.