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Aurelie is a member of the NSW Government AI Advisory Committee and the Australian Computer Society’s AI Ethics Committee. She also works on leading global initiatives for the implementation of Responsible AI. To cite a few: • Chair of the standards committee representing Australia at the international standards on AI; • Co-chair of the first accredited global certification program for AI developed under the Global AI Action Alliance for the World Economic Forum; and • An expert for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) working with them on various AI standards initiatives.

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Professor Kimberlee Weatherall is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney Law School. Her research spans intellectual property law, the relationship between law and emerging technologies, and international trade law. Her research program has a strong interdisciplinary focus, having included projects with economists, cognitive psychologists, and, currently, social scientists and data science. She has been a member of assorted government advisory committees including the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property, and is a past winner of Linux Australia’s Rusty Wrench award for contributions to the open source community for her work on law reforms consequent on the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

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​Andrew is a Data and Architecture professional who has over 20 years of industry experience designing and managing large Business Intelligence and line of business solutions. Andrew is passionate about empowering businesses to make fast, accurate and creative decisions backed by data. Andrew's background as a solicitor and programmer enable him to educate people on the importance and implications of security and the law when establishing and running a data practice. For the past 13 years Andrew has focused on the public and utilities sectors and is currently the Initiative Lead, Data Engineering and Delivery at Essential Energy.

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Angela Kim, Head of Analytics and AI at Teacher's Health and Women in AI Ambassador for Australia and WAI Global Chief Education Officer. Angela is an AI Professional specialised in Ethics, Explainability, Diversity & Inclusion in AI and recipient of Top 5 Analytics Leaders 2020 from Institute of Analytics Professional Australia (IAPA). She also sits on the Founding Editorial Board of Springer's new & timely AI and Ethics Journal and Better Images of AI working group with BBC Angela hosted Women in AI camp for young girls with Macquarie Group, IAG, DXC technology, Microsoft and Salesforce to provide AI outreach programs for high schools and Technology Literacy programs for USYD, UNSW, UTS and Macquarie University Business female students for 100 Girls 100 Futures project. In 2018, Angela and her team won the Data Science & AI National Industry Innovation Awards for “Best Industry Application of AI for AI & Data driven Underwriting Engine” through ANZ Wealth (Zurich Insurance) & University of Technology of Sydney collaboration. Angela is the founder of est.ai start-up promoting Diversity and Inclusion in technology, which is a part of WaiACCELERATE program based in Netherlands She is also a co-author of AI for Gender Equality research collaboration between Women in AI and Vinnova Swedish Innovation agency..

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Experienced General Counsel and Company Secretary with a demonstrated history of working in healthcare and AI in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Deep technical knowledge in machine learning, blockchain technology and software development. Solicitor, qualified patent attorney and trade mark attorney. Forward-looking, commercially minded trusted business partner who regularly takes the initiative to anticipate and solve problems, and manage risk at both a strategic and operational level.

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Dr Kelvin Ross has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and enterprise IT applications. Kelvin started his IT career in safety critical software engineering in defence, working on FA-18 airborne radar systems. After completing his PhD in safety critical systems engineering and several years in consulting in defence and transportation systems, he moved over to the commercial sector and founded KJR, specializing in software testing and assurance, which now has over 100 consultants in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. Kelvin is recognized as expert in testing and assurance of software applications across a broad range of industry domains, including e-health, public administration, finance, insurance, retail and telecommunications. Kelvin is now non-executive Chairman of KJR, and now engages in broader IT and advisory roles, including technology founder of IntelliHQ, a Healthcare AI innovation hub. He has broad interests in Machine Learning, which he sees as a dominant technology driver for the next several decades. He is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Intelligent and Integrated Systems, Griffith University, organiser of Young Women Leaders in AI program, and has held several roles in national technical working groups (NATA and ACS).

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• Author of “Spiritual Journey of an Entrepreneur” • Currently a mentor on A.I Australia, on the Australian Computer Society A.I Ethics Technical Working Committee. • Worked at NSW Govt. running the Innovate NSW in DoI, as well as the NSW DAC. Data and A.I , start-up and Innovation & commercialisation specialist. Consultant to Government, corporate, research, academia and start-up experience. Khimji was the CEO and co-founder of Solar-Gem. Khimji was awarded the Australian Innovator of the Year and Australian International Design award in 2010, the Powerhouse Museum Award 2010, and the Tech23 Innovative company award 2010. Solar-Gem achieved initial sales in 18 countries for its innovative solar lighting technology. • Director of Innovation Partnerships at Westpac – created major alliances with corporate partners for joint projects. • Director from 2003-2008 of Smart Internet Technology centre. • Founder of TiE-Sydney chapter (The Indus Entrepreneurs) • Award winning lecturer. Teaching includes Executive MBA, & MBA

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Professor Maurice Pagnucco is Deputy Dean (Education), Engineering and the Head of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW. Maurice graduated with a BSc (Hons I) and PhD from the University of Sydney. He has held academic positions at the University of Sydney, Macquarie University, the University of Toronto and the University of New South Wales. His research interests lie in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Cognitive Robotics, Belief Change and Reasoning About Actions.

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Peter Leonard is a data and technology business lawyer and principal of Data Synergies. Peter was a founding partner of Gilbert + Tobin. He has worked as a legal and commercials adviser to global and Asia Pac data, communications and technology businesses for over thirty years. Following his retirement as a G+T partner in 2017 he continues to assist G+T as a consultant. Peter chairs the Australian IoT (Internet of Things) Alliance’s Data Access, Use and Privacy work stream, the Law Society of New South Wales Privacy and Communications Committee and the Australian Computer Society’s Artificial Intelligence and Ethics Technical Committee. He serves on a number of advisory boards, including the NSW Data Analytics Centre, and a number of boards of directors. He is a former global chair of the International Bar Association's Technology Committee, former global vice-chair of the IBA's Communications Committee, and former director of iappANZ.

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Professor Simeon Simoff is the Dean of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics at Western Sydney University. Prior to this, he was a Professor of Information Technology at UTS. He has held academic positions at the University of Sydney, University of Bolzano-Bozen and Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes. He is known for his transdisciplinary research, which links data science, human-machine interaction, design computing and intelligent virtual reality. His current research and development interests are in visual analytics, insights and discoveries, cognitive algorithms, and believability in AI.

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Professor Toby Walsh is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence (AI). He was recently named by the Australian in the inaugural Knowledge Nation 100, the one hundred ‘rock stars’ of Australia's digital revolution. He is the Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales and leads a research group at Data61, Australia's Centre of Excellence for ICT Research. He is currently a Guest Professor at TU Berlin. He has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and of the Association for the Advancement of AI for his contributions to AI research. He has won the Humboldt research award and the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in ICT and Engineering. He has previously held research positions in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Sweden.

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