Speakers

Ollie’s career in cyber security has spanned more than 27 years prior to becoming the NCSC's Chief Technology Officer in late 2023. He has held senior science and technology advisory roles to the UK government for the last decade, including serving as the current Chair for the DSIT Cyber...

Fay Flevaras is the Chief Digital Information Officer at the Australian federal Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Fay leads an ambitious agenda to enable all Australians, their families, providers, and others to have best-in-class digital experiences, and to innovate and transform to...

Lucy Poole   Deputy CEO Strategy, Planning and Performance Division Digital Transformation Agency   Lucy leads the Strategy, Planning and Performance Division which focuses on providing whole-of-government strategic leadership to the development and implementation of digital policies, the...

Alana is a career Public Servant with over 36 years’ service across both the Commonwealth and ACT governments. Having joined as a trainee, Alana has literally worked her way from the ground up through to senior and executive management positions. As a people focussed leader, she is a specialist in...

Lee has over 30 years’ experience in the technology industry, having been in technical, sales and business development roles. Most recently he was the CTO for Microsoft ANZ and then lead the Asia region for Microsoft’s global Responsible AI team. Lee has worked across the UK, Asia, and...

Dr Liming Zhu leads CSIRO’s Data61, the digital and AI division of Australia’s national science agency, and is a conjoint professor at UNSW. A recognised leader in AI engineering and responsible AI, he represents Australia in the International AI Safety Science Report and contributes to OECD.AI on...

Craig is the Assistant Secretary – Commonwealth Security Policy (CSP). Craig leads a team responsible for the coordination and administration of whole-of-government cyber and protective security policy. Commonwealth Security Policy implements the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF); the...

  Olga is a data and digital leader with over 25 years’ experience in delivering delivered business value through responsive and reliable tech solutions Olga’s career in private and public sectors has been dedicated to connecting data, people, and technology to enhance human capabilities, improve ...

Mike Webb is an experienced public sector executive with extensive digital transformation and service delivery experience across several Australian Government agencies.  Currently the Chief Information Officer at the Department of Parliamentary Services, Mike is responsible for the delviery of ICT ...

Dan is the Head of the NSW Office for AI within Digital NSW, Department of Customer Service. He leads the development of whole-of-government AI policy, frameworks, and guidance, and provides practical advice to support the safe and effective adoption of artificial intelligence across NSW...

Jade Carson is the Chief Information Officer at the National Gallery of Australia, where she is shaping the digital and information strategy for one of the nation’s most significant cultural institutions. Jade is a certified AI Governance Profossional and advocate for responisble use of AI in...

Frank den Hartog is a distinguished Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure at the University of Canberra, with a proven track record of expertise in the intersection of technology and government. With a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing modern governments in ensuring...

Dr. Kristen Moore is a Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader (Human-Centric Security) at CSIRO’s Data61, where she leads research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Her work focuses on securing AI systems and applying AI to enhance cyber defence, with...

Striving toward digital excellence in the modern era, I lever my skills in Agentic Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Architecture, Emerging Technology, and Lean Six Sigma to redesign business systems and processes to drive effectiveness, efficiency, and security. Adept at driving innovation and...

Justin Daly is the Emerging Technologies Lead at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, where he drives AI strategy, implementation, and governance across the organisation. His work focuses on building sustainable AI capability through a "guardrails first" approach—establishing governance...

Ramsey Beydoun leads AI governance, technical standards, and strategic engagement to enable responsible adoption of AI across the Australian government through his role at the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA). With over two decades of experience in the Australian Public Service (APS), Ramsey has ...

Matthew White is the Director of ICT and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), responsible for leading the strategic direction and delivery of technology across one of Australia’s largest volunteer-based emergency services. In this role, he oversees business units...

Neesha Wilson is the Cyber Lead at the ACT Cyber Security Centre, where she drives strategic cyber uplift initiatives to strengthen the security and resilience of ACT Government systems and services. Leading whole-of-government efforts, she brings together governance, technical delivery, and...

Lisa is the AI Enablement lead at Whitehorse City Council, where she’s focused on making local government work smarter, faster, and more purposefully. With deep expertise in process improvement and digital transformation, she’s now applying that same mindset to the possibilities of AI. Lisa is...

Dr Dennis Desmond is Chief Technology Officer of RAVINN Pty Ltd and a Senior Industry Fellow at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where he teaches and leads programs in cyber security, digital forensics, artificial intelligence, cryptography, FINTECH, and blockchain. With more than 25 years of...

Scott Newman is an Australian digital transformation and AI leader with seven years of local government experience at Devonport City Council. He is the founder of CivicBase and creator of CivicLoop, an AI-first platform helping councils modernise digital services and community engagement. Scott is...

Nageswari Vimal is an experienced Service Delivery and Operations leader with a strong background in managing large-scale digital platforms and critical government services. She has spent her career working at the intersection of technology, operations, and customer experience, helping...

Adam is a financial services industry professional with more than 30 years' experience across insurance, superannuation and financial advice. The majority of this time has been in leadership roles across a number of service and product providers with a strong focus on governance, business...

Dr. Kamran Shafi currently leads the Data Analytics and AI Team at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), where he is responsible for strengthening the organisation’s AI capabilities and guiding the deployment of advanced data science initiatives that support AIMS’ mission to enhance...

Dr Dimitrios Salampasis is an Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies and FinTech and FinTech Capability Lead at the Swinburne University of Technology. He is an award-winning and globally recognized thought leader, educator, researcher, and sought-after speaker, passionate about innovation...

Shaun Kindleysides is a dynamic and results-driven Chief Information Officer with a proven track record of driving digital transformation and innovation in the public and private sectors. With over 25 years of experience in ICT leadership roles, Shaun currently serves as the Chief Information...

Karen Schilling is an entrepreneur, mentor, and advocate who has championed ACT SMEs for many years. She continues this commitment through her current roles as the ACT Defence and Advanced Technology Industry Advocate and as a Director of the Canberra Cyber Hub. A highly capable executive leader...

Experienced Application and Technology Manager with a strong background in the hospital and health care industry. Skilled in data analytics, analytics applications, cloud infrastructure, service delivery, technical support, ITIL frameworks, and IT service management. Known for driving technology...

Rajiv Shah combines deep technical knowledge with experience in a range of business leadership roles, as well as providing policy and strategy advice to senior executives. As a Fellow of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, he has published a number of papers on cyber strategy and...

Nick Rusk is the Director of the Digital Atlas of Australia at Geoscience Australia, where he oversees Australia’s first national Integrated Geospatial Infrastructure. With leadership experience spanning government, defence intelligence and industry, Nick is known for driving enterprise-scale...

Dr Abu Barkat Ullah (Barkat) is an Associate Professor in Cyber Security and Program Director for Cyber Security and Data Science at the University of Canberra. Dr Barkat Ullah’s research focuses on cyber security, AI-driven threat detection, cyber resilience, human factors in security, and...

Britt Spyrou is an experienced Australian public sector leader in complex policy, governance and organisational change. She specialises in how institutions make decisions under uncertainty, and how technologies such as AI can be used to strengthen human judgement in high‑accountability...

I have always been fascinated by how technology is used. From my first experiences with technology on a family dairy farm, through to working today with top private and public sector organisations across APAC. I am amazed at the many and varied ways that technology can help move us...

I’m a startup community lead supporting thousands of Victorian founders and changemakers, and a founder with a background in civil and construction engineering, arts and cultural management, and entrepreneurship. At StartSpace, powered by State Library Victoria, I lead a world-leading startup...

Senior Director, Contact Centres | Optus Enterprise & Business Michael Slip is a senior technology executive with more than 30 years of experience leading Customer Experience, Contact Centre, and Communications transformations across some of Australia's most complex and demanding...

Amir Anees works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and data privacy, with a focus on enabling the use of AI in sensitive domains such as healthcare. He is affiliated with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, where he works on...

Tom Worthington is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University with a passion for leveraging technology to drive innovation and efficiency in government operations. With over two decades of experience in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), Tom is a...

Hein Taljaard is the Data & AI Practice Manager at ASI Solutions, with around 20 years’ experience working across data, process, and automation. His focus is on how organisations bring these together in practice—looking at how people work, how policy shapes behaviour, and how platforms support...

Daniel leads growth across APAC for UST, where he's spent over 15 years helping enterprises untangle complex integration challenges that set AI and automation up for real, pragmatic success. A long-time partner and practitioner with hands-on experience leading client engagement in public...

Zehra Hussain is a Principal Consultant and Team Lead at SOCO specialising in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, with expertise in designing enterprise-grade solutions. She led the end-to-end delivery of a complex Grants Management platform, built from the ground up to support...

Kelly Park is the Senior Regional Sales Manager for ANZ & South Korea at Splashtop, with over five years of experience in the IT industry. She specialises in helping organisations modernise IT operations through secure remote access, support, and endpoint management solutions. With experience...

Dr Mohan Baruwal Chhetri is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, serving as the Research Theme Lead for Human-AI Collaboration for Cybersecurity. With over 20 years of R&D experience, his work focuses on designing intelligent, human-centred solutions for complex cyber-physical-social...

Fiona McLay is Lead AI Client Adviser at Thomson Reuters, with 25 years as a dispute resolution lawyer and over five years advising legal and government organisations on AI and technology adoption. She is the author of Tech Enabled Lawyer and a postgraduate legal technology lecturer. Her public...

Rishni Ratnam is CEO of MXA Consulting and founder of FirstThing.ai. He has worked hands-on with AI since 2016 across the full delivery spectrum, from data engineering and model building through to business case development, AI business leadership, and large scale AI portfolio management.At...

Matthew Percy is Vice President of Global DEX Sales at TeamViewer, based in London, leading global enterprise engagements to drive measurable business outcomes through digital employee experience - improving productivity, reducing incident volumes, and accelerating MTTR. With a strong focus on...

Hafiz Sheikh Ahmed is a cybersecurity storyteller with a strategist’s mind and an auditor’s precision. With more than two decades of international experience, he is a recognised leader and Certified Assessor in Cyber Governance, Risk, Compliance, and strategic security transformation. Throughout...

Jason Catania is the Co-founder and CEO of SimplyAI, bringing more than 30 years’ experience across the technology and information industry. He has built a strong reputation for leading high-performing teams, growing technology businesses and helping organisations use automation, data and AI to...

Raymond Schippers is a cybersecurity executive and AI security strategist with over 15 years of experience building enterprise-wide programs for global organisations. As Lead Technologist for AI & Security at Check Point Software, he partners with government and industry leaders to design...

Paul has over 18 years' experience in the PPM profession, delivering high-quality technology solutions to support successful delivery of the full project lifecycle. Working closely with Sensei’s public sector customers, Paul brings his PPM thought leadership and deep subject matter expertise to ...

Daniel Gregory is Principal Cyber Risk Strategist for ANZ at TrendAI, where he leads the regional Cyber Risk Quantification practice. He works with security and executive teams on a question boards increasingly ask: how do we turn cyber and AI risk into numbers we can actually act on. Before...

Hin Chan is an experienced cybersecurity professional with a proven track record in protecting critical government infrastructure from cyber threats. Hin is the Manager of the Australian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP) within the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and leads a...

Matt is Head of Product Technologies & AI at Scentia, where he leads product technology strategy, digital learning product design and practical AI adoption across a multi-brand education business.With a background spanning product management, learning design, software development and digital...

Ed Sherif is a senior technology and commercial leader with extensive experience across cybersecurity, cloud, and digital transformation. Throughout his career, Ed has led complex enterprise sales engagements across Australia and New Zealand, cultivating strong executive relationships and...

Scott Norris is a Principal Solutions Engineer at Chainguard, where he helps government and defence organisations secure their software supply chains with build-from-source SDLC artifacts, like zero-CVE, hardened container images and Node, Python, and Java development libraries, Skills and Actions...

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Sean Wallace believes the productivity crisis isn’t a people problem - it’s a tooling problem. As VP of Sales at Flowingly and a former Product lead, Sean has spent the last decade watching process work break down because it was designed for a slower world. He works with councils, corporates, and ...

Geo Verghese Solutions Consultant, Pluralsight Geo Verghese is a seasoned professional at Pluralsight, where he focuses on empowering organisations and individuals to unlock their full potential through technical skill development. With an extensive background in the technology and learning...

Phillip Eilenberg is a Practice Lead – PPM AI Solutions at Sensei Productivity, based in Melbourne, specialising in transforming how organisations plan, govern and deliver work using Microsoft technologies. With over 15 years’ experience in project and portfolio management, Phillip has worked...

Hayden is a driven ManageEngine Evangelist with hands‑on IT experience starting at age 16, specialising in architecture design and solution building. Hayden has helped enterprises and governments become resilient and prepared for the AI era, as well as adopt new technologies and secure their...

Matt’s mission is to work with government & enterprise organisations across APJ to rethink how their security operates in a cloud first, but hybrid world. His focus is using observability and telemetry to connect infrastructure, applications, code, and risk, giving security and technology teams ...

Raymond Ma has a strong background in information security and is an expert in enterprise privileged access solutions. He was Solutions Consultant at Cyberworld (Asia) Limited covering Hong Kong and Macau since 2010. In his role, Ma was responsible for providing pre-sales support for various...

As Field CTO at Tenable, my focus centres on two main areas: delivering strategic guidance to our global enterprise customers, and acting as their direct advocate within our product organisation.I approach this from a former security engineer perspective. By gathering frontline insights from our...

Darren Cockerell is Head of Sales and Solutions Consulting ANZ at SS&C Blue Prism where he is responsible for understanding the strategic aims and business needs of clients and matching them with the right SS&C Blue Prism technical solution. Acting as SS&C Blue Prism’s technical...

Ben is a technology Sales Professional with 20 years’ experience both in reseller and vendor space providing UC, compute and print solutions to customers across all levels of government as well as mid-market through to enterprise.

Andrew is Vice President of APAC Sales at CoreView, where he works with organisations across the region to strengthen Microsoft 365 governance, security, and tenant resilience. With nearly two decades of experience across enterprise technology, cyber security, and cloud software, he brings a strong ...

Dietrich Benjes is Regional Vice President, APAC at EfficientIP, where he works with government agencies and enterprise organisations across the region to strengthen DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (DDI) infrastructure and improve cybersecurity resilience. With extensive experience in...