Dr. Rodney W Caldicott is an international research scholar at Khon Kaen University, Thailand, while retaining his home-affiliation to Southern Cross University, Australia. Publishing on alternative tourism and lifestyle accommodations including Caravaning and Recreational Vehicles (RV), Backpacking, and Airbnb, his expertise is informed by 30+ years of entrepreneurial, government and education sector practice in policy, destination management, and master planning. Rod embraces complexity through coaching “creative”, “regenerative” and “resilience” thinking for planning, decision-making, and strategy for sustainability.

Max Bidstrup is a digital content creator specialising in alternative living and van-life culture. He spent seven years working as a paramedic before following his passion for camping, travel, and living out of vans to chart a new career in filming videos showcasing kindness and community building. YouTube has been his full time job for six years now, with his channel 'Max & Occy' having grown to over 260,000 subscribers. Occy, his dog and best friend, has been by his side for the past 13.5 years and has accompanied him in the van through 18 countries. Max and Occy have now found a more permanent home and are documenting renovating a cabin in the rainforest in the northern rivers, but still love to take the van out on shorter adventures!

Joceline Yong is a Senior Behavioural Analyst at Canvas8 based in Singapore. She holds a BA in Psychology from Yale-NUS College and is currently pursuing a Master's in Applied Social Science Research. She has strong experience in applying behavioural science across tech, healthcare, and the public sector, and enjoys bringing structure to chaos. Outside of work, she can be found social dancing, wandering through flower gardens, and escaping into fictional worlds.