2026 Speakers

Krista Tippett

Creator and Host, On Being

AC Grayling

Philosopher & Author

Svetha Venkatesh

Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute at Deakin

Cameron Adams

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva

Toby Walsh

Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales and CSIRO's Data61

Indy Johar

Co Founder of Dark Matter Labs

Julie Inman Grant

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner

Edward Tsoi

Co-Founder of AI Safety Asia

Lucy Thomas

Co-Founder & CEO, Project Rockit and Safety Advisory Boards for Meta

Bryony Cole

Emotional AI + Synthetic Intimacy Strategist, Founder of Future of Sex

Andrew Pask

Chief Scientist at Colossal Biosciences

Lizzie O'Shea

Lawyer, Author and Founder and Chair of Digital Rights Watch

Nathaniel Diong

Founder & CEO, Future Minds Network

Ben Shewry

Executive Chef & Owner of Attica, Author

Angus Hervey

Founder, Fix The News

Lydia Fairhall

Priest and Artist

Lisa Miller

CEO of Wedgetail

Dr Tiberio Caetano

Chief Scientist at Gradient Institute

N'arwee't Carolyn Briggs

Chairperson & Founder of Boon Wurrung Foundation

Joel Pearson

Neuro Futurist, Neuroscientist, Author and Director of the Future Minds Lab

Dr Jarrel Seah

Chief Medical/AI Officer, Harrison.ai & Radiologist Alfred Health

Eleanor Gammell

Director at First Light

Matt Kuperholz

Artificial Intelligence Scientist and Advisor

Eytan Lenko

CEO of Boundless Earth

Dave Lemphers

Berry Liberman

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy

Alexander Beiner

Author, Founder of Kainos & co-Director of Breaking Convention

Cathy Wilkinson

CEO of Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

Danny Almagor

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy

Tamsin Jones

Head of Programs at Small Giants Academy