Speakers.

Dr Sandra Peter

Co-Director and Professor
Sydney Executive Plus and University of Sydney

Dr Kai Riemer

Co-Founder and Professor
Sydney Executive Plus and University of Sydney

Professor Kerrie Wilson

Queensland Chief Scientist

Bonnie Shaw

Chief Innovator in Residence MAVlab and ANZSOG Faculty
ANZSOG

David Hudson

Didgeralia

Dom Thurbon

Co-Founder
Alchemy Labs

Trish O'Callaghan

Director-General
Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Giselle Hodgson

Managing Director
Queensland Government Consulting Services, Queensland Treasury Corporation

Rachel Crossland

Associate Under Treasurer
Queensland Treasury

Mayor Kelly Vea Vea

Mayor
Isaac Regional Council

Peter Tully

Co-Founder
DCA Mentoring Supports

Grandall Manning

Co-Founder
DCA Mentoring Supports

David Sinclair

A/Director-General
Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business

Julia Spicer OAM

The Connection Table

Jenae Tien

Director | Cultural Diversity, Allyship and inclusion consultant
Expand Today

Steven Boxall

Chief Executive Officer
Resources Centre of Excellence

Neil Glentworth

Director
Dunnemedforth

Jay Pottenger

General Manager
EQ Minds

Suzi Woodrow-Read

Executive Director, Collaborative Governance and Practice
Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, Regional and Rural Development

Brenton Caffin

Co-founder
States of Change

Martin Stewart-Weeks

Founder and Principal
Public Purpose Ltd

Dr Russell Varley

Founder and Principal
ThinkingComplex

Scott Cass-Dunbar

Health & Public Services Group Lead
Avanade

Sonya Close-Debais

Data & AI Business Lead
Avanade

Samson Blackburn

AI Solutions Architect
Avanade

Dr Kellie Nuttall

Executive Director
Future Secure AI

Graeme Findlay

Jasmine Kellaway

Manager, Transformation and Innovation
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

Lauren Marks

Principal Project Officer and Innovation Fund Manager, Innovation and Improvement
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

Commissioner Tammy Williams

Commissioner
Family Responsibilities Commission

Camille Banks

Manager, Compliance and Legal Policy
Family Responsibilities Commission

Amy Wootton

Senior Consultant
Queensland Public Sector Commission

Bonnie Melrose

Manager, Arts in Health
Children’s Health Queensland

Dr Erica Rose Jeffrey

Manager, Arts in Health, Partnerships and Investment
Arts Queensland

Stan Potums

AI Lead
KJR

Nina Meloncelli

Program Director, Innovation
Metro North Health

Amanda Bennett

Innovation Director
Creative HQ

Claire McDonald

Principal Project Coordinator – Legacy and Partnerships
Brisbane City Council

Youyou Luo

Director Analytics
Queensland Treasury

Kalair McArthur

Director and Founder
Ethix Group Pty Ltd and IAC Member

Jackson Halsted

Delivery Manager
NIISQ Agency

Dr. Vishal Kapoor

Medical Director Digital Health
Children’s Health Queensland (CHQ)

Mark Gordon

Director – Geoscience Information
Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development of Queen

Sylvie Garner

Director, Projects, Planning and Information Technology
Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Servic

Dr. Tanya Kelly

Deputy Director-General
eHealth Queensland, Queensland Health

Clem Wong

AI Capability Lead
Department of Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business

Heinrich Wilsenach

Product Manager
Department of Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business

Sarah Haigh

Executive Director
Office of Social Impact

James Deck

CEO
CLEVVI

Dr Bianca Beetson

Executive Director, First Nations
Queensland Museum

Professor Tim Kastelle

Professor and Director
Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership

Dr Natalie Smith

University of Queensland

Peter Gearin

Editor in Chief
The Mandarin

Professor Nicole Hartley

Director MBA and Executive Education
University of Queensland

Adele Laughton

CEO
Queensland Enterprise Council

Irene Violet

Deputy Director-General
Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business

Brett Lightfoot

Asia Public Sector Sales Lead (Interim)
Microsoft

Karen Sanders

XR Strategist
Queensland XR Hub

Melissa Witheriff

Senior Industry Advisor
Microsoft

Dr. Emma Beckman

Associate Professor & Para Sport High Performance Manager
University of Queensland & Queensland Acadamy of sport

Vivek Puthucode

General Manager, Public Sector
Microsoft

Stuart Moore

Global Black Belt for Copilot
Microsoft

Mariska Pretorius

Senior Project Officer
Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business

Thomas Pollock

Managing Director
Gov Ready

Dr. Andy Dunstan

Senior Project Officer
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Mark Howard

Deputy Director-General Data and Digital Government
Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business

Brad Harbeck

Commercial and Business Innovation Specialist
Stadiums Queensland

Dr. Peter Logan

CEO
Follow Me Ai

Bridget Woods

Deputy Director-General of Tourism
Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Gillian Gardiner

Bruce Pain

Director of Procurement
University of Queensland

Natassia Wheeler

CEO
Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC)

Refiti Tovi

Tulika Albuquerque

Senior Project Officer
Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business

Ben Gales

Executive Advisor
Office of Social Impact, Queensland Treasury

Rhiannan Howell

Deputy Commissioner
Public Sector Commission

Nick Shaw

Chief Financial Officer
Department of Transport and Main Roads