Dr Renee Bartolo currently leads drone operations and associated data analytics across the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water along with her team in the Office of the Chief Remote Pilot.
The drone operations span from Antarctica to Christmas Island National Park and everywhere in between across a diverse range of applications.
The team collaborate with many diverse groups in the Department to deliver operational science solutions and through their work in Parks Australia, partner with First Nations rangers to build capability in the use of drones on Country and culturally appropriate design of analytics tools, including AI.
Renee is a Fulbright Scholar, Graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (2023) and is a Board Director for the Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS).
She is the Chair of the AAUS Diversity & Inclusion Working Group and is an advocate for inclusivity in the drone industry and in how people access data and analytics tools.