2026 Speakers

Aza Raskin (Virtual)

Co-Founder of Center for Humane Technology and Earth Species Project
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Julie Inman Grant

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner
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Air Vice Marshall Ben Sleeman

Deputy Chief of Joint Capabilities, Royal Australian Air Force
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Sue Keay

Founder of Robotics Australia Group and Director of UNSW AI Institute
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Didier Elzinga

Founder and CEO, Culture Amp
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Krista Tippett

Creator and Host, On Being
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Audrey Tang (Virtual)

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

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva
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Bryony Cole

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

Executive Chef & Owner of Attica, Author
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Svetha Venkatesh

Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute at Deakin
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Dr Catriona Wallace

AI Ethics specialist, Founder of Responsible Metaverse Alliance, Author
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Indy Johar

Co-Founder of Dark Matter Labs
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A.C. Grayling

Philosopher & Author
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Angus Hervey

Founder, Fix The News
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Lizzie O'Shea

Lawyer, Author and Founder and Chair of Digital Rights Watch
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Edward Tsoi

Co-Founder of AI Safety Asia
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Dr Tiberio Caetano

Chief Scientist at Gradient Institute
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Nathaniel Diong

Founder & CEO, Future Minds Network
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Toby Walsh

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

Co-Founder & CEO, PROJECT ROCKIT
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Joel Pearson

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

Head of Data, AI and Insights at Beyond Blue
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Matt Kuperholz

Artificial Intelligence Scientist and Advisor
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Orla Glynn

AI Strategist
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David Ritter

CEO of Greenpeace
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Andrew Pask

Chief Scientist at Colossal Biosciences
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Lydia Fairhall

Priest and Artist
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Alexander Beiner

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

Founder of Wattle Bank Farm
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Andrew Davies

CEO of B Lab Australia & New Zealand
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Samy Mansour

Partner at Clayton Utz
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Jess Scully

Executive Director at RadicalxChange Foundation
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Eleanor Gammell

Convener of Esther Lane
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Cynthia Elachi

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

Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer & Chief Operations Officer, Cortical Labs
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Mariam Azzo

Special Counsel at Clayton Utz
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Gregory Sadler

CEO of Good Ancestors
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N'arwee't Carolyn Briggs

Chairperson & Founder of Boon Wurrung Foundation
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Dr Jarrel Seah

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

Chair of Alluvium
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Kaj Löfgren

CEO of Regen Melbourne
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Dave Lemphers

CEO, Maincode
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Mele-Ane Havea

Co-Chair B Lab Australia & NZ
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Eddie Aloise King

Learning Experience Convenor, ANU School of Cybernetics
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Radha Lokuge-Hayes

Community Associate, Learning Creates Australia
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Ben Swift

Senior Lecturer, ANU School of Cybernetics
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Monique diMattina

Composer / Performer / Writer
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Neil Durrant

Executive Director - Future Students, Engagement and Technologies at University of New England
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Arabella Eyre

Threatened Species Program Coordinator at Zoos Victoria
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Amie Kaufman

New York Times bestselling sci-fi Author
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Berry Liberman

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy
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Danny Almagor

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy
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Catherine Wilkinson

CEO of Small Giants
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Tamsin Jones

Head of Programs at Small Giants Academy
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

Free screening
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