Luke Smith is the chief environmental scientist at Woodside Energy, where he manages a team responsible for the environmental science and impact assessments that support Woodside’s current and future business needs. He has worked on numerous major O&G developments in Australia and internationally. Mr Smith has over 20 years of experience in undertaking and managing large marine research programs which focus on the understanding of O&G-based environmental science and management. He has authored two books and more than 30 peer-reviewed science articles and holds an Adjunct Professorship at UWA’s Ocean Institute.