Professor Rogers has an international reputation in the areas of circadian disruption, sleep loss, fatigue and safety.  She has received numerous awards, including an NHMRC Howard Florey Centenary Research Fellowship and Tall Poppy Award. She is past President of the Australian Society for Medical Research, and past Director of the Australasian Sleep Association and Sleep Health Foundation and served on the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Sleep Societies. She has authored more than 50 peer review journal articles and 9 book chapters, and has presented invited papers at national and international conferences. Naomi works extensively within the Queensland Mining Industry, with various companies and mine sites, the SSHRs and ISHRs. In addition, she works within a number of other industries in Australia and overseas, including NSW coal mining; maritime; transport; defence; Queensland Police Service Forensic Crash Units and health care. She has also served as an expert on a number of committees for the National Institutes of Health (US), NASA, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, National Transport Commission (Aus), American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the U.S. Air Force, and served as an expert witness in NSW and QLD Coronial inquests, the QLD Supreme Court and Federal Court of Australia, as well as providing an expert opinion for other legal cases associated with fatigue. Russell Herdman works at German Creek Coal Mine in Middlemount, where he serves as an elected Site Safety Health Representative (SSHR) and Open Cut Examiner (OCE). Driven by a deep commitment to the safety of coal mine workers across Queensland, Russell is especially passionate about road safety and the impacts of fatigue. He advocates for initiatives that protect workers and their families on the roads and is actively involved in exploring and promoting strategies to improve road safety for all road users.

John is admitted to practice law as a Barrister. He has practised both privately and in government in a number of Australian jurisdictions – in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Norfolk Island and Queensland. Since 1996, John has acted as Counsel Assisting in Mining Warden’s and Coronial inquiries in virtually all mining, explosives, petroleum and gas fatalities in Queensland. Additionally, he has been retained in a range of other fatality inquiries where the primary issue has concerned hospital misadventure, aircraft failure, fatigue, or the suspicion of murder. To this point, John has acted as Counsel Assisting in over 90 public fatality inquiries. For many years, John’s interests and experience have focused on the critical review of safety and health management and training systems, on accident investigation methodologies, and on compliance issues. Reflecting this, he is frequently engaged as a speaker in public forums and conferences.