Stan Kailis is Professorial Fellow at The University of Western Australia in the School of Plant Biology. His antecendents came from the Dodecanese Island, Megisti. His interests focus on quality aspects of olive. He is particularly interested in the propagation of olive varieties such as Kalamata, Konservolia, Leccino and Manzanilla. Stan has made presentations on olive at national and international forums. He has published numerous research papers in national and international journals. He has conducted numerous schools and workshops in Australia on olive growing, olive oil and table olive production, organoleptic evaluation of olive products and olive propagation.