Event Agenda

8:00AM Morning

8:00 AM

Registration & Exhibition Open

9:00 AM

Opening Address

Speakers:
Professor Attila Brungs
9:10 AM

Welcome Address

Speakers:
Dr Christine Burns
Professor Verity Firth
9:20 AM

Keynote: Workplace 2040: AI Colleagues and the Rise of Hybrid Humans

Speakers:
Adjunct Professor Catherine Ball
10:00 AM

In AI we Trust? What to Expect in our Technological Future

Speakers:
Scientia Professor Toby Walsh
10:30 AM

Panel Discussion - The Human Edge: Empathy, Ethics, and Emotional Intelligence in an AI World

Speakers:
Professor Mary-Anne Williams
Professor Lyria Bennet-Moses
Christian Wood
Michelle Davey
11:10 AM

Morning Tea

11:40AM Midday Short Talk Series

AI-companions Who Fill the Gap in Support for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Speakers:
Jill Bennett
Gail Kenning

From UNSW Student to Global Founder

Speakers:
Pasha Rayan
David Burt

Hear Me Out: Legal AI Assistant Empowering People to Take Action

Speakers:
Dean Moutopoulos

MapAI: City Futures and Urban Design

Speakers:
Professor Christopher Pettit

The Role of AI in Protecting Our Ecosystem

Speakers:
Professor Will Cornwell

The Impact of AI in Creative Industries

Speakers:
Associate Professor Oliver Bown
1:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:30PM Afternoon

1:45 PM

Keynote: Conversational AI as Thinking Partners in the Age of Polycrisis

Speakers:
Professor Simon Buckingham-Shum
2:25 PM

Panel Discussion - AI in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Speakers:
Associate Professor Linda Corrin
Associate Professor Negin Mirriahi
Professor Alison Beavis
Omar Al Zeidat
Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic
3:10 PM

Hackathon Lightning Presentations

3:40 PM

Closing Remarks