Justin Wastnage

Justin Wastnage is a Founder-in-Residence at Swinburne Innovation Labs, where he leads academic research and commercialisation activities in the tech sector, with a focus on video analysis and emerging technologies. Concurrently, Justin is the founder of Vloggi, a video tech startup that he has guided from concept through to commercialisation, driving innovation in corporate user-generated video.

In addition to his current roles, Justin was formerly an Adjunct Industry Expert at Griffith University, where he contributed to federal government submissions on aviation and tourism policy. His expertise also extends to his time as a Non-Resident Research Fellow in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Stream at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, where he authored influential papers on the development of Western Sydney Airport, with one report being sponsored by the NSW Government.

As part of policy research and consulting, he has worked for the French government and New Zealand trade bodies on Pacific issues, including several papers on New Caledonia.

With education from l'Institut d'études politiques in Rennes, France, the University of Derby, Uk and more recently an MBA in entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney, Justin has broad global context, with a European bias.

Justin’s academic and industry roles are complemented by over 30 years of experience in aviation, where he regularly speaks for major broadcasters as an expert on aviation, technology and tourism policy. This career started as an aviation journalist based partially in Brussels covering aeropolitics and a technology public relations consultant at Microsoft in Europe and Australia.