Matthew Tan lectures in theology and philosophy at Campion College. He received his doctorate in Political Theology at the Australian Catholic University in 2010. His doctoral thesis was entitled “Body of Christ in Seas of Change: The Relationship Between Ecclesiology, Politics and Practice in the Conditioning of 20th Century Roman Catholic Responses to Violence”. He is currently working on two projects, one on the redemption of cyborgified culture and another linking prayer with the production of ecclesial social sites. He also runs the blog “The Divine Wedgie: Church. Culture. Politics”

Scott Stephens is the Religion and Ethics editor for ABC Online. Before joining the ABC he taught theology for many years, and even did a stint as a parish minister with the Uniting Church in Australia. He has written extensively on the intersections among philosophy, theology, ethics and politics, as well as on modern atheism’s dependence on the Christian legacy. Scott is also a regular contributor to The Drum, Eureka Street and the Times Literary Supplement. He has edited and translated (with Rex Butler) two voluhttps://mediablog.catholic.org.au/wp-admin/post-new.phpmes of the Selected Works of the highly influential philosopher and cultural critic, Slavoj Zizek – including The Universal Exception, which was named by The Guardian newspaper one of its “Books of the Year” in 2007.

Virginia Ryan has been an educator for over 30 years. She was the Adult Faith Education and Pastoral Formation Coordinator at The Broken Bay Institute where she was the national co-ordinator for the ACBC eConferences on Paul, Luke, Mary and Jesus the Christ. For three years Virginia edited and wrote for a monthly e-newsletter each month, Mission and Spirituality News which has an audience of about 17,000 subscribers nationally. Virginia is currently a member of the Broken Bay Diocese Catholic School Office Mission Team where she designs and delivers faith formation opportunities for school leadership teams, whole school staff and parents.

Monsignor Paul Tighe one of the Vatican’s most senior media advisors, is Secretary to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Irish-born, Monsignor Tighe worked as the Director of Communications in the Archdiocese of Dublin prior to this Vatican role, where he focusses on developing new media strategies and also with liaising between the Vatican and the international media. His work for the Council is right on the cutting edge of the social media revolution which is changing the way the world — and the Church — communicates. ‘Communication of the Gospel must be at heart of the ministry of a priest and I am pleased to be asked to work in the Council that has a mandate to harness the potential of the media – new and old – as a means of evangelisation,’ Monsignor Paul says. ‘I am equally pleased to be speaking on this vital area in the mission of the Church at the ACMC in Sydney”

Emma Rossi is a Media Executive at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) She has previously worked as a Reporter/Newsreader at Seven Network Limited and at the Nine Network as a Reporter/Newsreader. She was chair of the Board of Directors for the Sisters of St Joseph Peruvian Project for four years.