Guest Bios:

Dr. Simon Lockrey

Dr Simon Lockrey is a leading sustainability and design innovation researcher, having been based at RMIT since 2009. The domains in which Dr Lockrey has managed research include life cycle assessment (LCA), co-design, design innovation, green marketing, resource efficiency, sustainability strategy, tool development, and food waste. As a result, he has generated millions of dollars of ‘industry-facing’ research, creating global impact through policy change, commercial innovation outcomes, media coverage, and quality academic publications. Dr Lockrey has worked with global and nationally significant companies, including CHEP, Visy, Nestlé, Lendlease, Costa, Grocon, and Breville. Relevant government and NGO projects have also ensued, with Sustainability Victoria, various Environmental Protection Agencies, Australian Fresh Produce Alliance, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australia Post, Australian Antarctic Division, Uniting AgeWell, and Meat and Livestock Australia. He also sits currently as Vice President of Automotive Historians Australia and on the boards of Glowpear and the International Sustainable Development Research Society. Dr Lockrey is now a key leader in the Fight Food Waste CRC, serving as the REDUCE Program Leader in an interim capacity.

Dr. Steven Lapidge

Dr Steven Lapidge is the inaugural CEO of the Fight Food Waste Ltd, which incorporates the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and Stop Food Waste Australia. He has spent most of his 20-year career working for or with agricultural and environmental CRC’s, with a strong focus on new product development, commercialisation, extension and adoption. Steven led the development of the Fight Food Waste CRC bid when working for the South Australian Research & Development Institute, a division of Primary Industries & Regions South Australia. In recent years he has represented Australia at G20, OECD, FAO, APEC and other international food waste forums. He is a member of the G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) Food Loss/Waste Working Group, the National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study Project Advisory Group and a Professional Member and former Non-Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Steven’s qualifications include a PhD (Sydney Uni) and an MBA (Uni SA). He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, European Summer School for Advanced Management (Aarhus Uni, Denmark), Golden Key International Honour Society, and a Fulbright Professional Business/Industry Fellow.