2026 Speakers

Tristan Harris (Virtual)

Co-Founder of The Center for Humane Technology

Julie Inman Grant

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner

Audrey Tang (Virtual)

Cyber Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Krista Tippett

Creator & Host of On Being

A.C. Grayling

Philosopher & Author

Svetha Venkatesh

Co-Director of Deakin Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative, Deakin University

Cameron Adams

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer of Canva

Monique Ryan

Federal Member of Australian Parliament

Didier Elzinga

Founder & Executive Chair of Culture Amp

Bryony Cole

Founder of Future of Sex & Strategist in Emotional AI & Synthetic Intimacy

Ben Shewry

Author, Executive Chef & Owner of Attica

Indy Johar (Virtual)

Co-Founder of Dark Matter Labs

Nathaniel Diong

Founder & CEO of Future Minds Network

Lydia Fairhall

Priest & Artist

Catriona Wallace

Founder of Responsible Metaverse Alliance, AI Ethics Specialist & Author

Edward Tsoi

Co-Founder of AI Safety Asia

Tiberio Caetano

Co-founder & Chief Scientist of Gradient Institute

Lizzie O'Shea

Founder and Chair of Digital Rights Watch, Lawyer & Author

Toby Walsh

Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Lucy Thomas

Co-Founder & CEO of Project Rockit

Joel Pearson

Director of the Future Minds Lab, Neuroscientist & Author

Tonya Higgins

Head of Data, AI & Insights at Beyond Blue

Sue Keay

Founder of Robotics Australia Group & Director of UNSW AI Institute

Damon O'Sullivan

Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Today

Caroline Chubb Calderon

Matt Kuperholz

Artificial Intelligence Scientist & Advisor

Jack Dan

Chief Strategy Officer at CDC Data Centres

Orla Glynn

Founder of Overstory Group

Holly Rankin

Founder of Sentiment Agency, Artist & Strategist

David Ritter

CEO of Greenpeace

Andrew Pask

Chief Scientist at Colossal Biosciences

Alexander Beiner

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

Beatrice Imbert

Founder of Wattle Bank Farm

Amie Kaufman

New York Times Bestselling Sci-fi Author

Andrew Davies

CEO of B Lab Australia & New Zealand

Angus Hervey

Founder of Fix The News

Samy Mansour

Partner at Clayton Utz

Rob Shorter

Community & Art Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab

Jess Scully

Executive Director at RadicalxChange Foundation

Eleanor Gammell

Convener of Esther Lane

Dewani Shebubakar

Head of Strategy, Design & Innovation at Today

Cynthia Elachi

Partner in the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Group, Clayton Utz

Brett Kagan

Co-Founder and CFO of Cortical Labs

Sue O'Connor

Non Executive Chair and Director & Board Advisor, AI & Critical Digital Infrastructure

Joel Pearlman

Storyteller & Filmmaker

Gregory Sadler

CEO of Good Ancestors

N'arwee't Carolyn Briggs

Chairperson & Founder of Boon Wurrung Foundation

Jarrel Seah

Chief Medical/AI Officer at Harrison.ai & Neuroradiologist at Alfred Health

Cheryl Batagol

Chair of Alluvium

Kaj Löfgren

CEO of Regen Melbourne

Dave Lemphers

CEO of Maincode

Mele-Ane Havea

Co-Chair B Lab Australia & NZ

Radha Lokuge-Hayes

Community Associate at Learning Creates Australia

Isabel Fangyi Lu

Senior Advisor, Tech Schools Initiative, Victorian Department Education

Monique diMattina

Composer, Performer & Writer

Neil Durrant

Author & Professional Leadership in Higher Education

Arabella Eyre

Threatened Species Program Coordinator at Zoos Victoria

Berry Liberman

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy

Danny Almagor

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy

Catherine Wilkinson

CEO of Small Giants Academy

Tamsin Jones

Head of Programs at Small Giants Academy

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