Geoffrey Pidcock
Data and Analytics Lead
Atlassian
Stela Solar- Understanding the current AI situation and context for Australia
- What are the key AI trends and how are we preparing?
- Considerations for the future including capabilities and technologies
Jeff Frazer
EY Oceania Director, Intelligent Automation and APAC Intelligent Automation Managed Services Leader
EY
Dan Gerlach
EY Oceania Senior Manager
Business Consulting
- Examining the role AI and data analysis plays in improving delivery of government services
- Enhancing data across government departments
- Rolling out new and improved services based on quantifiable data and long-range planning
Dr Ian Oppermann
NSW Government Chief Data Scientist
NSW Department of Customer Service
One of Australia's largest law firms shares its journey with building a more sophisticated, predictive lens across their business, particularly as COVID impacted the firm. In a fireside chat, MinterEllison will dive into the challenges of change and transformation, identifying use cases, and managing stakeholder collaboration to implement AI projects successfully.
Dave Anderson
AI Evangelist
DataRobot
Lucy Tang
Analytics & Insights Manager
MinterEllison
- What do you recommend as the most critical focus areas to investigate before launching new AI scaling pilot programs?
- What are the best strategies for overcoming bottlenecks to ensure that data is easily accessible?
- What are the critical requirements necessary to understand before attempting to scale AI?
- What are the key challenges organisations face when they begin trying to scale their AI, and how can they overcome these challenges?
Panel Moderator:
Dr Nandita Sharma
Director – Data Science
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Panellists:
Joanna Gurry
Chief Data Officer| Executive General Manager
NBN Co
Dr Rose Skandari
Data Science Manager
BP
Dr Artak Amirbekyan
Head of Data, AI & ML
Transurban
Aruna Pattam
Head of AI & Data Science - Asia Pacific & Middle East (APME)
HCL Technologies
Dr Liming Zhu, Research Director, Software and Computational Systems and Interim Director, Engineering and Design, CSIRO’s Data61, joins us to discuss some of the exciting work CSIRO’s Data61 are doing in AI to enable Australian industry to deliver innovative products and services. Dr Zhu will also discuss operationalising high-level responsible and ethical AI principles in products and how as a by-product of ethical AI some programs are actually generates better functional products and services
Facilitator:
Dr Leila Alem
Adjunct Professor – Human-Computer Interaction
University of Technology
Special Guest:
Dr Liming Zhu
Research Director, Software and Computational Systems and Interim Director, Engineering and Design
CSIRO’s Data61
- Showcasing what’s gone wrong with the use of AI and why
- Uncovering the critical challenges of using AI ethically
- Examining the key considerations to use AI responsibly
- Determining why there is a need for a global approach to implementing AI responsibly and looking at the work already underway
Aurelie Jacquet
Ethical AI Consulting , Chair of Standards Australia AI Committee
Standards Australia
- Examining ethical issues as they relate to AI
- Highlighting the responsible stewardship of trustworthy AI
- Understanding the difference between Ethics of AI and Ethical AI
- Developing a strong framework for building Ethical AI
- Discussing AI for Humanity/Good and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Dr Mahendra Samarawickrama
Manager – Data Science and Analytics
Australian Red Cross