Keynote sessions

Read more about our keynote speakers and their significant accomplishments in their respective criminal justice fields. The keynote sessions will provide conference delegates with the opportunity to learn from these experts and hear about research that directly informs criminal justice administration and crime prevention policy. 

Jennifer Doleac

Jennifer Doleac works at the intersection between academic research and evidence-based policy making. She currently leads the Criminal Justice program at Arnold Ventures. In this role, Jennifer works with research, programmatic, and advocacy teams to support policy-relevant research, and turn the resulting research insights into effective policy. Jennifer is widely regarded as a leading expert on the economics of crime and criminal justice policy. Jennifer holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and hosts the podcast, Probable Causation, which is about research related to crime and the criminal justice system.

Selwyn Button

Selwyn Button is a Commissioner with the Productivity Commission. In this role, he focuses on the evaluation of polices, programs and legislative changes of relevance to Indigenous people (e.g., Closing the Gap). Prior his appointment at the Commission, Selwyn worked in an extremely diverse array of roles (e.g., Partner at a consulting firm, Assistant Director-General for Indigenous Education in Queensland, primary school teacher and police officer). This experience makes Selwyn uniquely qualified to lead the design, development, implementation and evaluation of some of the most significant undertakings of relevance to Indigenous people across the country.