AI@MQ
Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence
AAI@MQ

Workshop and End-of-Year Gathering

7 November 2025

Sponsors:

AWS    SystemEthics     AIP     IntelliConsult     CLAI



Date: 7 November 2025
Venue: AWS
Address: Level 37, 2 Park Street Sydney


Registration: CLICK HERE

The event is fully booked, and registration is now closed. Stay tuned for future updates.
(Contact: AI@mq.edu.au)


Photos

Click Here to Download the Workshop Photos



 

PROGRAM

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


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


9:00-9:05 - Acknowledgment of Country
- Zoran Taleski (Account Executive at Amazon Web Services (AWS))
- Prof. Jian Yang (Deputy Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

9:05-10:00 - Opening (Sponsors)
- Zoran Taleski (Account Executive at Amazon Web Services (AWS))
- Alexis Giral (Founding Director, Systemethix)
- Mike Simpson (CEO, trUUth)
- Hossein Khosravi (CTO, IntelliSoftware)

10:00-10:30   - Keynote Address: Agents, Algorithms, and Ambition: Reimagining Jobs in the GenAI Era
- Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, Center for Applied AI Macquarie University)

10:30-10:45  -  2025 Awards Presentation
- Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, Center for Applied AI, Macquarie University)
- Prof. Jian Yang (Deputy Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)
- Prof. Jia Wu (Research Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)


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


11:15-11:30 - Macquarie University
- Prof. Jia Wu (Research Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)
- Prof. Jian Yang (Deputy Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence AI@MQ, Macquarie University)

11:30-12:00 - Alumni Panel [Skills 2030: What to Teach When AI Knows the Manual]

This panel features our Centre's recent graduates.

Panel Chair: - Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, Center for Applied AI Macquarie University)

Panelists:
  • Dr. Samira Ghodratnama (Staff AI Scientist @ Google) - xPhD Graduate
  • Anthony Shaw (Python & AI Advocacy Lead @ Microsoft) - xMRes Graduate and Currently PhD Candidate
  • Dr. Nasrin Shabani (Data Scientist @ Cuscal Limited) - xPhD Graduate
  • Dr. Ambreen Hanif (Generative AI Engineer @ Macquarie University) - xPhD Graduate
12:00-12:15    - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Karthik Murugan (ANZ Public Sector Lead for Data and AI, AWS)

12:15-12:30 - Fujitsu
- Dr. Shun Takeuchi (Fujitsu. Japan)


12:30-12:45 - Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW)
- Matthew Warner-Smith Manager, Business Intelligence and Information Systems at CINSW


12:45-14:00 - Lunch - Networking - Poster Presentation (PhD Students)


14:00-14:15 - Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
- Dr. Masako Dunn (Head and Neck Cancer Research and Innovation Manager, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse)

14:15-14:30 - Domain Group
- Dr. Pooyan Asgari (Chief Data Officer, Domain Group)

14:30-14:45 - UNSW - Biomedical Lab
- Dr. Hamid Alinejad-Rokny (Director, UNSW - Biomedical Lab)

14:45-15:00  - Prospa
- Jin Foo (Head of Data & Analytics, Prospa)

15:00-15:15  - Smartizer
- Dr. Davood Dehestani (CEO, Smartizer)

15:15-16:00 - Panel [Future of Work in the Age of Generative AI]

Panel Chair: - A/Prof. Xuyun Zhang (Director of Industry and External Relations, Center for Applied AI, Macquarie University)
Panelists:
16:00-17:00 - Coffee - Networking - Poster Presentation (PhD Students)

What is Next?

The 23rd International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC) -

Centre's AIPA'25 Workshop | December 1-4, 2025 - Shenzhen, China

Workshop Program: CLICK HERE