Riley is an accomplished individual with Cerebral Palsy who holds a Certificate IIII in Assistive Technology Mentorship. He works as an Assistive Technology Adviser and served on the board for ARATA at the 2024 Australian Assistive Technology Conference. Additionally, Riley is the co-founder of PolySpine, a modular seating support system designed for individuals with physical disabilities.

As a seasoned speaker, Riley delivers engaging talks and workshops on assistive technology to various organisations and schools, which has included Google staff. Riley's presentations passionately advocate for inclusion and equality in society. He also starred in a two-part documentary series that highlighted his collaboration with Dr. Jordan Nguyen, a biomedical engineer, on EOG technology. In the series, Riley successfully drove a buggy using brain wave activity, a feat that achieved critical acclaim and was screened at several film festivals.

Throughout his life, Riley has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Young Third Sector Award, a Good Designs Award for PolySpine, and the Young Citizen of the Year Award for his region on Australia Day 2022.Through his work, Riley has greatly influenced the lives of those around him, motivating and encouraging others to make a positive difference in society. He is also a member of the CP Active Young Changemakers, a diverse community dedicated to making Australia a more inclusive place for people with Cerebral palsy and other disabilities. As part of a dynamic team, Riley helps create pathways and amplify the voices of young people with Cerebral Palsy. Riley now works part-time for CPActive, serving as a member of the steering committee.

Alongside his advocacy and work with assistive technology, Riley enjoys surfing, making music, playing chess, and spending quality time with family and friends. He embraces every opportunity to live life to the fullest, staying connected to the people and passions that bring him joy.

Pete Donnelly has been using a wheelchair for 18 years and teaching wheelchair skills for 16 years. He places a huge value on the skills that he uses on a daily basis to get around in his wheelchair and believes that the confidence and independence gained from learning these skills have enabled him to achieve the things he has, whether that be building a career or travelling the world.

After spending more than 10 years working in programme management roles across several charities that focus on supporting disabled people, Pete realised that it was time to make a change to the lives of wheelchair users and founded his social enterprise, The Wheelchair Skills College, with the vision that every wheelchair user should have access to learn essential wheelchair skills, believing that filling this current gap is more than a ‘nice to have’ service and is in fact a fundamental human right.

Since setting up his social enterprise and exploring how to scale an idea that can have huge impact, Pete has recognised the barriers faced by disabled innovators. This led to Pete being awarded a Churchill Fellowship and visited Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024 to research “Building innovation through lived experience of disability”.

Dr Jackie Casey is an occupational therapist who has worked as a specialised seating clinician, university lecturer and in industry across the UK, Ireland and the USA.  She currently holds a joint appointment with Ulster University and Southern Health & Social Care Trust, continuing her own research, and supporting clinicians to engage in and to embed a culture of clinically relevant research. She is passionate about the importance of posture, positioning, seating and wheelchair mobility to enabling the participation in everyday life for individuals with mobility and/or postural limitations.

Her research explored the impact of caring for a child who is a wheelchair user, from parent and teachers’ perspectives; use of modified toy cars to enable children to socially participate, and evidence for 24-hour postural management. Her doctoral research investigated postural asymmetries and mobility of children with cerebral palsy; and she has over 40 publications including in peer reviewed journals.