Meet Our Speakers

Julian Fox is an Australian forester with 22 years’ experience in forest monitoring as a leader of multi-disciplinary teams, manager of international and national projects, researcher, teacher, and technical specialist spanning the university sector, public sector (Australian forest management agencies), international development organizations, and the United Nations (FAO). From 2017-present, Julian holds the post of Team Leader, National Forest Monitoring (NFM) in FAO’s Forestry Division building a team of 30 technical specialists supported by a portfolio of projects spanning development of digital public goods and platforms and capacity development for forest, peatlands, and restoration monitoring.