# Economy of the future

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/2032-games/our-experts/economy-future
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/contact

Our experts are seeking innovative ideas to benefit all Queenslanders.

The 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games are set to deliver $8.1 billion to Queensland, including a $4.6 billion economic boost to tourism and trade. UQ experts are working with industry to support this legacy.

To contact a UQ expert for media comment, email [communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## UQ experts

### Mega events, tourism and innovation

- [Associate Professor Monica Chien](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1688) – School of Business
- [Associate Professor Sheranne Fairley](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2891) – School of Business, Economics and Law
- [Professor Damian Hine](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1051) – Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
- [Professor Tim Kastelle](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1176) – Andrew Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership
- [Associate ProfessorSam MacAulay](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/11355) – School of Business
- [Professor Ryan Ko](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/23784) – School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and UQ Cyber
- [Professor Brent Ritchie](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2051) – School of Business
- [Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1685) – School of Business, Economics and Law

### **Workforce and economic impact**

- [Professor Luke Connelly](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/719) – Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
- [Professor Brenda Gannon](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/16432) - School of Economics
- [Professor John Quiggin](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1211) – School of Economics
- [Emeritus Professor John Mangan](https://aibe.uq.edu.au/profile/866/john-mangan) – School of Business
- [Professor Haitham Tuffaha](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/25691)– Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
- [Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2541) – Institute for Social Science Research

## Key organisational units

- [Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership](https://liveris-academy.uq.edu.au/)
- [UQ Ventures](https://ventures.uq.edu.au/)

### Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

- [Australian Institute for Business and Economics](https://aibe.uq.edu.au/)
- [Centre for the Business and Economics of Health](https://cbeh.centre.uq.edu.au/)

### Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

- [Centre for Policy Futures](https://policy-futures.centre.uq.edu.au/)

### School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

- [Centre for Energy Data innovation](https://cedi.uqcloud.net/)
- [UQ Cyber](https://www.cyber.uq.edu.au/)