About the organisers

Caroline Sutton: a marine invertebrate ecologist, has been involved with Department of Education, Waterwatch and community projects including, developing community detection kits for introduced marine pests and community based education and eradication days for the introduced northern Pacific seastar. She also has a broad-based knowledge of the Tasmanian arts community.

Jeannie-Marie LeRoi: a microalgal biologist, has been involved in science theatre for the last ten years and has produced numerous works that have been performed at science and community festivals locally, nationally and internationally. She co-ordinated National Science Week in Tasmania (2000), and has been involved in organising national and international conferences, including the National Youth Forum (1993) and the Ninth International Harmful Algal Blooms Conference (2000).

Dick Bett: is one of Tasmania’s most respected curators and owns and runs a private gallery that presents the work of artists with national and international acclaim. He has a strong interest in combining disciplines and recently held a successful exhibition entitled "Poets and Painters" for the inaugural 10 Days on the Island Festival (2000). He is also instrumental to the organisation and success of the Tasmanian Sculptures by the Sea, an outdoor installation exhibition trail, now in its sixth year.

Andrew Gillies: is the Double Helix Officer at the CSIRO Education Centre and is currently studying Computing at the University of Tasmania. He co-ordinates Double Helix Drama, a "theatre-in-science-education" group and has produced both science plays and interactive science theatre. Andrew has substantial expertise in multimedia use, technical production and web-based applications.

Jane Quon: is an artist who produces work primarily concerned with ecological issues, in particular those that focus on the degradation of marine ecosystems. Her goal is to bring such themes to the widest possible audiences and she mainly presents her artwork in high exposure public settings, such as Metis, the Ninth International Harmful Algal Blooms Conference and the Bass Strait Forum.