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SPEAKERS

Kate has over 20 years of public sector experience, including: NSW Department of Industry, NSW Department of Planning, NSW Police; Housing NSW and at the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation.

Dr Kate Harrington

Head of Strategic Digital Initiatives,

NSW Government Chief Information & Digital Office

Australia

Ed’s areas of expertise include human rights, public law and discrimination law. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Human Rights and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and serves on a number of boards and committees.

Edward Santow

Human Rights Commissioner,

Australian Human Rights Commission

Australia

Manohar is at the forefront of leading technology-led innovation and driving digital transformation initiates. He also led the corporate venture program D.N.A at Bosch working with deep-tech start-ups. In the recent past, he worked on a cross-section of topics embedding IoT, AI, and 5G.

Manohar Esarapu

CIO,

City of Port Phillip

Australia

Dan is an experienced leader in both technology and data science, with an established record of building award-winning, global teams in digital, big data and customer decisions.

Dan Jermyn

GM Chief Decision Scientist,

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Australia

Kshira has spent 21.7% of his life helping key decision-makers and CxOs make smarter decisions using data, and strongly believes that every organisation can become truly data-driven.

Kshira Saagar

Chief Data Officer,

Latitude Financial Services

Australia

He is an experienced Operations and I.T Executive, who has demonstrated the ability to lead and develop diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success within fast-paced environments.

Ruby Wolff

COO,

Aramex

Australia & New Zealand

He has taken up consulting roles over the last 17 years before joining Macquarie Bank. He is passionate about solving complex business problems, macroeconomics and child education.

Ashwin Sinha

Chief Data Officer,

Macquarie Bank

Australia

Neal is a globally recognized corporate, social and start-up entrepreneur with a long track record across blue-chip technology, finance and data companies.

Neal Cross

Co-Founder & Chairman,

PictureWealth

Australia

He is a leading researcher in the business analytics field and has appeared in top-ranked journals such as Decision Support Systems. In 2020, he was also named amongst the Top 25 Analytics Leaders in Australia by the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia.

Dr. William Yeoh

Associate Professor,

Deakin University

Australia

With a background in Data&Analytics, Finance and Commerce, his career expands over several industries including Tourism, Energy and Retail.

OLEG KRAVETS

Global Head of Data and Analytics,

The Travel Corporation

Australia

With more than 15 years’ experience in the banking and insurance industry, Angela works with multiple organizations to promote diversity and Inclusion in technology and ethics, fairness and responsibility in AI.

Angela Kim

Head of Analytics and AI,

Teachers Health Fund

Australia

Prof. Gandomi has published over two hundred journal papers and seven books which collectively have been cited 20,000+ times and has been named as one of the most influential scientific minds and Highly Cited Researcher for four consecutive years, from 2017 to 2020.

Amir H Gandomi

Professor of Data Science,

University of Technology Sydney

Australia

He is a Fellow of US-based Institute of Digital Transformation and is also the Chairman of the ICT Committee of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, and Vice Chairman of the ICT Committee of the Management Association of the Philippines.

Rey Lugtu

Founder & CEO,

Hungryworkhorse

Philippines

He is an AWS Machine Learning Hero and has spearheaded and led the Machine Learning Zero-to-Hero online international events.

Joshua Arvin Lat

Chief Technology Officer,

NuWorks Interactive labs

Philippines

He leads a group of Scientists, Engineers and Software Professionals who develop and apply a diverse range of modelling and analytics techniques for urban and peri-urban environmental applications with a key focus on emergency and disaster management, resilience and climate adaptation.

Dr Mahesh Prakash

Senior Principal Research Scientist,

CSIRO Data61

Australia

Tane specialising in bridging the gap between innovative technologies, ideas, business & social good.

Tane van der Boon

Co-founder & Technical Lead,

MAUI63

New Zealand

McGirr has over 15 years of experience working with data as a practitioner across multiple industries, including doctorate-level training in applied statistics, consulting, and automotive.

Shaun McGuirr

AI Evangelist,

Dataiku