2024 Speakers
Hear from 60+ speakers including:
The Hon. Andrew Leigh
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Assistant Minister for Employment
The Hon. Jihad Dib
Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government (NSW)
The Hon. Gabrielle Williams
Minister for Government Services Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister for Public and Active Transport (VIC)
The Hon. Victor Dominello
Co-Founder
ServiceGen
Gayle Milnes
National Data Commissioner
Office of the National Data Commissioner
Marek Rucinski
Deputy Commissioner - Smarter Data
Australian Taxation Office
Chris Fechner
Chief Executive Officer
Digital Transformation Agency
Michael Smedes
Chief Data Officer
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Mark Sowden
Chief Executive and Government Statistician
Tatauranga Aotearoa Statistics New Zealand
Jenny Humphrys
Chief Data Officer
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Dr. Paul Robards AM
Chief Data Integration Officer, Defence Data Division
Department of Defence
Ian Oppermann
Co-Founder
ServiceGen
Xiaoyan Lu
Executive Director, System Assurance and Data Analytics Group
Australian National Audit Office
Imma Chippendale
Executive Director, Data & Performance and Chief Data Officer
Department of Regional NSW
Matthew Altenburg
Data Scientist
Attorney-General's Department
Pia Andrews
Chief Data Officer
Department of Home Affairs
Kameron Christopher
Director, Data Science and Research Services
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nattlie Smith (Wiradjuri)
Branch Manager Strategic Insights
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Gemma Van Halderen PSM
Chief Data Officer and Group Manager, Data and Evaluation Group
Department of Social Services
Ima Okonny
Chief Data Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister
Employment and Social Development Canada/ Government of Canada- International Speaker
Liming Zhu
Research Director, Software and Computational Systems
DATA61 | CSIRO
Kayla Jordan
Assistant Secretary, Data and Analytics Branch
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Dr. Holger Kaufmann
Chief Information Officer and Executive Group Manager, Digital Solutions Division
ACT Health Directorate
Jeremy Spindler
Assistant Director
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Dr. Jasmine Glover
Director, ACT Heritage System Reforms
ACT Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate
Kristy Van Putten
Senior Director - Directorate Data Officer
ACT Government
Megan McCabe
Director – Digital Atlas of Australia Delivery
Geoscience Australia
Kylie Swan
a/National Manager, Data Analytics Branch
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
Lisa Bush
Branch Head – National Location Information
Geoscience Australia
Dr. Katie Willis AIM
National Manager Data Analytics
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
Kate Zubrinich
Manager ‑ Data & Analytics
Local Government Association of Queensland
Jo Talbot
Manager of Data Governance
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Liz Daykin
Manager, Data Office
Australian Retirement Trust
Olga Lysenko
Director Enterprise Data Strategy & Governance
Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water
Lois Wake
Director Data Management and Capability
Department of Defence
Dr. Mahendra Samarawickrama
Director
Global AI Ethics Institute
Phillip Wise
Director of Data Improvement and Analysis
Safe Work Australia
Thomas Ryan
First Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Transformation Group
Australian Electoral Commission
Tara Searle
Chief information Officer
Australian National Audit Office
Lieutenant Colonel Adam J Hepworth, PhD
Technical Director Artificial Intelligence
Robotic & Autonomous Systems Implementation & Coordination Office (RICO), Australian Army
Shikha Sharma
Chief Information Officer & Chief Data Officer
Department of Human Services, SA
Michaela Shea
Head of Data Strategy and Engagement
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Benjamin Lamont
Manager Technology Strategy and Data
Australian Federal Police
Paul John Bellas
Lieutenant Colonel, Analytics Senior Product Manager
Department of Defence
Hrishikesh Desai
Chief Data Strategist
Australian Energy Regulator
Rohan Samaraweera
Senior Director, Data Science Branch
Department of Home Affairs
Benjamin Henshall
Regional Vice President, Denodo & Minh Nguyen, Regional Director
Denodo
Minh Nguyen
Regional Director, Federal Government
Denodo
Markus Zirn
Chief Strategy Officer
Workato
Robi George
Director
FlowBuilders
Permenthri Pillay
Partner, Government and Public Sector and Digital Government
EY Australia
Rajesh Iyer
Technology Consulting, Data & Analytics, AI and Data, Australian Federal Government
EY Australia
James Gollan
Manager, Solutions Engineering, ANZ
Confluent
Kieran Hagan
Data & AI Segment Leader
IBM
Natalie Gunn
Data and AI Specialist
IBM Technology
Leon Czechowicz
Federal Government Engineering Lead ANZ
Snowflake
Ray Greenwood
Director, Customer Advisory
SAS
David Bremstaller
Principal Industry Consultant, Government
SAS
Chris Gondek
Solutions Engineering Manager
NetApp Australia & New Zealand
Joana Valente
Partner, Consulting
Deloitte
Paul Lamb
VP & General Manager ANZ
Iron Mountain
Samuel Spencer
CEO & Chief Information Security Officer
Aristotle Metadata
Karthik Murugan
Data Leader, Public Sector
Amazon Web Services
Evan Hodge
Director
IBT
Graham Pearman
Head of Delivery APAC
Billigence
Dr. Jonathan Gray
Lead Partner
Anchoram Consulting
Sarah Lauder
Director
Anchoram Consulting
Josh Griggs
Chief Executive Officer
ACS
Michelle Teis
Managing Partner
GWI
Ian Morris
ANZ Channel Director
Rubrik
Grant Patterson
Principal Solutions Architect, ANZ Public Sector
Elastic
Domenic Brasacchioc
Senior Account Manager
Cloudera
Mr. Andrew Smailes
Enterprise Data Specialist
DAMA Canberra Branch
Anne Cornish
Chief Executive Officer
Records and Information Management Practitioners Alliance (RIMPA)
