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Ms Abigail Bradshaw was appointed the Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in March 2020, and is responsible for leading the Australian Government’s  operational advice and assistance to improve cyber security for Australians and Australian entities.Ms Bradshaw has held key National...

Kavita Kewal joined the Department of Defence in 2001 as part of the Defence Graduate Program. Kavita then worked in the areas of defence international, intelligence, industry, and personnel policy. In April 2021, Kavita joined the Department of Home Affairs as the Assistant Secretary, Identity and ...

Dr Tobias Feakin is Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. He commenced as Ambassador for Cyber Affairs in January 2017, before having his mandate expanded to reflect the central role that technology issues have in geopolitics in 2021.He leads Australia’s Whole...

Amanda Cattermole has been Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Digital Health Agency since September 2020 after serving as Chief Operating Officer at Services Australia and as interim CEO during the 2019-20 bushfires.Among other senior roles at Services Australia was an extended period as...

Matthew is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS). This role has recently broadened to also encompass CISO responsibilities for the NSW Department of Treasury where he deliver services to Treasury jointly with the Treasury CIO.Matthew’s role sees...

Lucy leads the Digital Strategy, Architecture and Discovery Division which focuses on providing whole of government strategic leadership to the development and implementation of digital strategies and policies, the Australian Government Architecture as well as flagship programs like Digital...

Tony Kitzelmann is the Chief Information Security Officer and Head of the Cyber Security Centre at Airservices Australia.A strong believer that ‘cyber security is a team sport’, Tony is focused on promoting a sustainable, resilient, and holistic approach to cyber security supporting the...

Kate is an experienced tech policy expert and senior executive who has worked across the public, private and non-profit sectors. She is the CEO of the Tech Council of Australia, the peak body representing the Australian tech sector. Before her time in consulting, she spent 15 years working in...

Lorraine Finlay is the Human Rights Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. In this role Lorraine has particular responsibility for protecting and promoting fundamental rights and freedoms, and leads the work of the Commission in areas such as business & human rights, modern...

Dr Arash Shahriari received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the Australian National University (ANU) while doing research on machine learning & computer vision at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and National ICT Australia (NICTA). he has years of ...

Bianca Wirth has over 20 years’ experience in IT and security, and she has consulted to over 200 companies from a diverse range of industries and government in this time. She has worked for a global software vendor and Big 4, developed her own successful consulting business and guest lectured on...

Wei Xiang (S’00–M’04–SM’10) Professor Wei Xiang is Cisco Research Chair of AI and IoT and Director of the Cisco-La Trobe Centre for AI and IoT at La Trobe University. Previously, he was Foundation Chair and Head of Discipline of IoT Engineering at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. Due to...

Stela Solar is passionate about removing barriers to positive technology adoption and engagement. Over the past 15 years, Stela has cultivated expertise in capturing new revenue opportunities presented by emerging technologies, particularly through business model transformation. With most recent...

Mark Lenzner is the Executive Director, ICT / Digital Sourcing within the Digital NSW Division of the Department of Customer. In this role Mark is responsible for the design, implementation and management of the NSW Government ICT and Digital Sourcing policies and frameworks, establishment and...

David Ranasinghe was appointed Chief Digital officer in February 2022.  David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role with more than 25 years spent driving technology change in financial services, consulting and software development.  David joined Revenue NSW from the healthcare...