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Dr Andrew Campbell
Dr Andrew Campbell is a Lecturer in Psychology at The University of Sydney and has been researching the use of the Internet, mobile phones and computer games and their impact on human behaviour for more than 10 years. Having worked internationally with experts in the area of Cyberpsychology, Andrew has obtained experience in how the Internet affect's society at large as well as individual behaviour.
Andrew is the Director of Prometheus (www.prometheus.net.au) a research group located in the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. Prometheus is dedicated to the research and application of technology towards the advancement of mental health treatments in such disorders as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Self-Esteem and Education. He is also a Registered Psychologist in New South Wales and runs a clinic at the Brain and Mind Research Institute in Sydney that is dedicated to the treatment of child and adolescent psychological disorders. This clinic specialises in traditional developmental psychological disorders as well as emerging problems such as computer game obsession behaviour (a.k.a computer game addition). Andrew has been interviewed extensively on the subject of Cyberpsychology in both national and international media publications and has a growing publication record in scientific journals.
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Jason Romney
Jason has driven BigPond's Web 2.0-based innovation projects such as The Pond in Second Life and the RSS/widget service, I-Pond, since he returned to Telstra fifteen months ago after working as a barrister at the Victorian Bar. His role is to help Telstra become a technology-based 21st century communications and media company by identifying and implementing growth strategies.
Jason's background spans publishing and online services as well as law. He has held a range of media and technology management roles both in Australia and overseas, being previously the founder and chief executive of one of Australia's pioneering interactive agencies, itvworld.com, Editor-in-Chief for Microsoft's MSNBC television and Internet service, Associate editor (Computers) at the Sydney Morning Herald and Computer & Arts Editor for The Herald and Herald Sun newspapers.
Jason's company, itvworld.com, commercialised the InOrbit interactive television service management system it developed after securing a series of Government grants and shareholder investments. It had interactive television customers worldwide including the BBC in the UK. The company also developed hundreds of widely syndicated interactive video programs and created a world-leading digital rights management solution working through the Telstra Broadband Development Fund.
You can read Jason's Telstra blog here.
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Jeff Brookes
Jeff Brookes is Regional Director Asia Pacific of the Sulake Corporation, an interactive entertainment company specialising in developing, publishing and distributing multiplayer online communities and games. The most important asset for Sulake is the Habbo Hotel an online game designed for teens that currently operates across 31 countries and has over 100 million Habbo avatars registered.
Jeff heads Sulake’s business across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan and was also responsible for setting up and launching Sulake Australia in 2004.
Prior to Sulake, Jeff had over 14 years media agency experience working in senior positions abroad for Saatchi and Saatchi London, Saatchi and Saatchi China as well as in Australia for Optimedia and Initiative Media. Jeff was also a co founder of World Alliance Media - a media sales company based out of London, specialising in the placement of ads within computer games.
Jeff has an Economics Degree from the University of Newcastle.
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