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State Theatre Centre of WA
174 William Street
Perth, Western Australia, WA 6000
Australia

Billy Sung

Professor of Consumer Psychology and Neuroscience

Dr Billy Sung is a Professor of Consumer Psychology and Neuroscience at the School of Management and Marketing, at Curtin University in Western Australia. He specialises in consumer research, neuromarketing and consumer biometrics, consulting for many local, international, and multinational industry partners. His research engagement and impact have been recognised by national and international awards including the WA Young Tall Poppy Science Award and the ANZMAC Emerging Marketer of the Year Award. He also leads the Consumer Research Lab at Curtin University, which specialises in the use of biometric measures such as eye tracking, facial expression, and brainwave analysis to conduct consumer research.

Jennifer Walsh

Sleep science researcher

Dr Jennifer Walsh leads the research and education teams at the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Western Australia and the sleep physiology research team at the West Australian Sleep Disorders Institute at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Jennifer’s research focuses on investigating the causes of, and treatments for, sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnoea and insomnia. Since 2016 her research has included investigating the use of medicinal cannabis for the treatment of sleep disorders.

Kristin Barry

Researcher

Dr Kristin Barry is a research fellow at the Ear Science Institute Australia and adjunct at the University of Western Australia, with her career keenly focused on investigating the changes that occur in the brain after traumatic sound exposure. Kristin was drawn to this area of research by her fascination with the phenomenon of phantom limb perception. She has also investigated drug treatments, biomedical implants, and the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, in the treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus.

Pierre Ulric

pierreulric@gmail.com

Pierre Ulric calls himself a Magician, and he fully accepts everything this name might conjure. Pierre’s remarkable ability to amaze relies on our brains being easier to fool than we think. With an academic and professional background firmly anchored around scientific disciplines, a multicultural heritage and a penchant for obscure information, his performances have been described as amazing, exciting and insightful. Pierre reached a global audience on Penn & Teller’s Fool Us in 2020.

Shiv Akarsh Meka

Data Scientist

Shiv Akarsh Meka is a Principal Data Scientist at the Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia. He is passionate about employing mathematical methods to improve patient care. In his current role, he develops predictive algorithms to make timely predictions of patient deterioration and provide useful, real- time information to clinicians. Prior to joining Royal Perth Hospital, he was WA Health’s Lead Data Scientist where he applied data science practices to a range of health care applications from anonymising health data to determining an individual’s identity from sparse information.