Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence

PROGRAM

MC: Prof. David Orsmond (Director of Policy and Communications, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

8:30-9:00 - Check-in, Registration, Coffee

9:00-9:05 - Welcome to Country
- Melanie Brock (Head of Education & Research (Public Sector) Google Cloud )
- Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

9:05-9:45 - Opening
- Alexis Giral (Founding Director, Systemethix)
- Prof. Michael Sheng (Head, School of Computing Macquarie University)
- Max Kaye (Head of Data & Analytics ANZ, Google)
- Dr. John McMahon (Director of Science, Navigator Group)
- Katrina Avery (Director Partnerships, Macquarie University )

9:45-10:30 - Keynote Address and 2023 Awards Presentation: The Age of Generative AI
- Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

10:30-10:45 - Google PhD Fellowship Winner 2023
Mahdieh Labani (PhD Student, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

10:45-11:15 - Coffee Break - Networking - Poster Presentation (PhD Students)

11:15-11:30 - Google
- Jasper Wang (Customer Engineer, Google)

11:30-11:45 - Navigator Group
- Dr. John McMahon (Director of Science, Navigator Group)

11:45-12:00 - Fujitsu
- Sohan Domingo (Head of Innovation, Fujitsu)

12:00-12:15 - Cancer Institute NSW
- Dr. Jamie Gabriel (Chief Data Officer, Cancer Institute NSW)

12:15-12:30 - Yirigaa
- Steve Elbourn (Director and CTO, Yirigaa)

12:30-12:45 - Prospa
- Jin Foo (Head of Data & Analytics, Prospa)

12:45-13:00 - Domain Group
- Pooyan Asgari (Chief Data Officer, Domain Group)

13:00-14:00 - Lunch - Networking - Poster Presentation (PhD Students)

14:00-14:15 - Macquarie Universtiy
- A/Prof. Jia Wu (Research Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

14:15-14:30 - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
- Arun Kannan (Head of Innovation - BFSI, ANZ, Tata Consultancy Services)

14:30-14:45 - trUUth
- Mike Simpson (CEO, trUUth)

14:45-15:00 - Pearson
- Richard George (CEO, Faethm by Pearson)

15:00-15:15 - Macquarie University
- Dr. Brian Ballsun-Stanton (Solutions Architect (Digital Humanities), Macquarie University)

15:15-16:00 - Panel [Genetarive AI: Innovation with Care]

Panel Chair: - Prof. Jian Yang (Deputy Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

• Max Kaye (Head of Data & Analytics ANZ, Google)
• Dr. John McMahon (Director of Science, Navigator Group)
• Pooyan Asgari (Chief Data Officer, Domain Group)
• Prof. David Orsmond (Director of Policy and Communications, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)