AI in Society Committee
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Society Committee within the Australian Computer Society (ACS) serves as a leading voice in examining the profound and far-reaching impact of AI on individuals, organisations, and communities. Bringing together experts from academia, industry, government, and civil society, the committee is dedicated to fostering a balanced, informed, and responsible approach to the development and deployment of AI technologies across Australia.
Artificial Intelligence has rapidly evolved from a specialised research domain into a foundational technology shaping nearly every sector, including healthcare, education, finance, public services, and creative industries. While AI offers significant opportunities to enhance productivity, innovation, and decision-making, it also raises critical questions around ethics, bias, accountability, privacy, and the future of work.
The primary mission of the ACS AI in Society Committee is to promote awareness, understanding, and thoughtful engagement with AI. Through research, policy development, and collaborative initiatives, the committee seeks to explore both the opportunities and challenges of AI, supporting the creation of frameworks that ensure its safe, transparent, and equitable use.
By convening diverse stakeholders, the committee acts as a platform for dialogue and collaboration, enabling the exchange of ideas and the development of practical solutions to complex societal issues. From addressing algorithmic fairness and governance to exploring AI’s role in shaping digital inclusion and economic resilience, the committee works to ensure that AI technologies are aligned with community values and public interest.
The ACS AI in Society Committee is committed to advancing ethical, inclusive, and sustainable AI practices. Through advocacy, education, and leadership, it aims to guide the responsible integration of AI into society—ensuring that its benefits are widely shared while risks are carefully managed in support of a fair and trustworthy digital future.
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Baker Tamory
Member
Baker “Becker” Tamory is a Senior Data & AI Specialist at Microsoft with a passion on delivering citizen-impacting outcomes. Baker has accumulated 24 years of experience in various sectors, with a focus on technology sales since 2007. Specialising in Data since 2010, Baker is passionate about empowering organisations make better decisions with their data. In his present role, he is responsible for leading the Data & AI Strategy between Microsoft and the largest NSW Government Clusters including TfNSW, DCS, Treasury, Emergency Services, and Health. Over the past 7 years, Baker has been directly involved in helping NSW Government stand up Modern Data Analytics platforms and is a member of the NSW Home of Digital, Data & AI Government Taskforce
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Dr Mark Pedersen
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Dr Mark Pedersen is the CTO at KJR, one of Australia’s leading Software Quality Engineering Consultancies and a leading practitioner in Responsible AI implementation. With a PhD in AI focusing on natural language processing and a background in safety critical systems, Mark has been working at the confluence of AI and software quality, reliability and safety for the majority of his career. He has extensive consulting experience across a range of industry sectors, including government, health, finance, telecommunications, transport, and utilities. Mark has a deep commitment to continuous improvement across the technology sector, having developed and delivering a wide range of professional training courses for the software quality industry, as well as chairing leading industry conferences and forums.
As the CTO at KJR, Mark works closely with both technical and business stakeholders to identify and enable the adoption of new technologies while a minimising risk and maximising benefit. And, as a world-class software risk analyst and advisor, he thrives on the satisfaction of bettering lives with technology that actually works.
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Angela Kim
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Angela is the founding chair of AI4APAC Consortium connecting APAC and EMEA, US and Canada academic and industry AI professionals to launch collaborative research project to advance AI application for Healthcare and Smart Cities.
She is currently working on the research project in collaboration with RIT University in Dubai and PathoAI AI solution for Healthcare Co on AI solution for detecting Cervical Cancer setting up digital pathology lab in the Technology University in Dubai.
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Lynn Warneke
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Lynn is a full time Chair and Non-Executive Director, specialising in the enterprise governance of strategic digital and data transformation, innovation, AI and emerging technologies. She is a Director for a number of private, listed and government organisations, and also holds strategic advisory and start-up industry mentor positions. Formerly an award-winning COO and CIO, her multi-sector executive career encompassed leadership roles for a diverse range of organisations, from tech start-up to state government through to major commercial enterprise. Lynn has consistently worked at the intersection of business strategy, customer experience, and digital and emerging technologies, including Internet-of-Things, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and AI. She has planned, built and run a number of major digital transformation and innovation programs, and was awarded #7 in the 2020 CIO50 recognising Australia’s most innovative CIOs. In 2023 she was made a Fellow of the ACS for distinguished contributions to the ICT sector, including advocacy for women in technology. Lynn’s qualifications include a Master of Laws (Hons) with a New Technologies Law specialisation, and she is a GAICD and FACS
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Associate Professor Ana Hol
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Associate Professor Ana Hol, PhD, Winner of the University Medal, is an Associate Dean, International at the School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences at the Western Sydney University. She previously held positions of the Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, Lead Director of the Academic Program – Computing and Deputy Dean. Her research interests are in the areas of Information Systems, Information Technology use, acceptance, and adoption; Business Transformations which are driven by new technological advancements across industries within developed and developing countries. Ana authored over 70 publications. She is a co-editor of the International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions and a program committee member and the reviewer for 13 international conferences. Ana is a keen educator and innovator. She is a member of ACPHIS (Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems) and a member of the Australian Computer Society. Ana was also an elected member of ACS NSW BEC 2019 – 2022. Her teaching interests are in the areas of Business Transformation, Information Systems Deployment and Management and Emerging Trends in Information Systems. She received a Vice Chancellor Excellence Award for the excellence in leadership in 2016. She is a winner of both 2018 Australian Computer Society Digital Disruptor ICT Educator of The Year Award and 2018 SEARCC Global ICT Educator of the Year Award.
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Lisa Qu
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Lisa Qu is General Manager, Group Growth at NextEd Group (ASX:NXD), where she leads product, go-to-market and commercial strategy, including enterprise AI capability programs and workforce-focused AI initiatives.
She is also a Digital Taskforce Member with the Future Skills Organisation, contributing to national workforce strategy for an AI-enabled economy. Lisa advocates for practical, responsible, and equitable AI adoption, with a focus on frontline workforce capability and access beyond knowledge-based roles.
Her work bridges industry, government, and education to translate policy into scalable outcomes. She has led the rollout of a free AI foundations program to over 7,000 students at NextEd and works with organisations to deploy AI responsibly at scale. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, two-time founder, tech startup adviser, and Liverpool Chambers of Commerce Board Member, Lisa represents a new generation of executive leadership focused on ensuring AI expands opportunity rather than deepens inequality.
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Theresa Anderson
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I am a data and information ethicist passionate about shaping future digital and data infrastructure. Building consensus through gaining and maintaining community trust and implementing good practice to advance socially-just data policies is embedded in my work. My award-winning work as an educator and as a researcher for the past twenty years engages with the ever-evolving relationship between people and emerging technologies. As inaugural Director of the Master of Data Science and Innovation program at UTS from 2014-2018, my research guided the development of a uniquely transdisciplinary and human-centred curriculum. My current work engages with data and AI ethics at both theoretical and practice levels and the connections between people and technologies in the knowledge discovery practices associated with data science. I am a Sydney Ambassador for Stanford's Women in Data Science Program and also actively contribute to international work on data sharing for resilience and healthy cities. I am an Australian Expert on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32/WG 6 contributing to an international standard for data sharing.
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Alessio Bonti
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Alessio Bonti is an Associate Professor at RMIT University and former AI Lead at IBM. In his industry role, he worked with all major Australian banks and led notable innovations including the first commercial AI for Oncology and a pioneering multimodal blockchain tracking system for China’s One Road One Belt initiative. He holds honorary positions with leading global universities, including advising Università Bocconi on the redesign of Milan’s Digital Municipality. Alessio remains passionate about shaping the future of education and preparing students for the world ahead.
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Andrew Collins
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An internationally experienced ICT senior leader with 23 years of experience in the commercial, government and health care sectors. A strong drive to use technology to improve peoples lives and business has seen my leadership of numerous transformation programs throughout my career establishing new business capabilities and transforming others.
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Anthony Wong
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Anthony Wong is a multidisciplinary technology lawyer and former CIO with deep expertise at the intersection of technology, law, and the societal implications of emerging technologies. His work spans AI, data stewardship, digital transformation, and the development of global frameworks for trustworthy and responsible technology.
He is Past President of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and Immediate Past President of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).
As Director of AGW Legal & Advisory, Anthony leads a multidisciplinary practice advising governments, corporates, and institutions on many aspects of technology and the law, including AI, risk, data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, IP and regulatory compliance. He is also an Industry/Professional Fellow at the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (UTS).
Anthony has been appointed to the UN Data Governance Working Group, where he contributes to the development of a global framework for data governance, interoperability, equitable benefit‑sharing mechanisms, and trusted cross‑border data flows.
He holds degrees in Computer Science and Law from Monash University, an LLM in Media, Communications & IT from UNSW, and a Master of Intellectual Property from UTS. Widely recognised as a leading voice on AI, data stewardship, and digital transformation, Anthony regularly presents and advises in national and international forums on responsible innovation and the governance of complex digital systems.
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Dunja Lewis
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Dunja Lewis brings nearly 20 years’ experience across multiple industries, with roles across both large-scale transformation programs and corporate improvement projects. She is the founder and Principal Consultant of Mollitiam Consulting Ltd, a certified ICF ACC coach and the Chief Innovation Officer at AIUC Global, enabling the advancement of responsible AI usage and building AI literacy in workplaces and social settings, and is also a member of the Main Branch of the Australian Institute of Transformation and AI ensuring she maintains an understanding of the technical AI evolution first hand.
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Matthew Lammi
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Matt is a distinguished technologist and doctoral researcher with over 25 years of experience across the global information technology landscape. His career spans executive leadership, technical architecture, and business ownership, with a proven track record of delivering complex digital transformations for some of the largest organisations in the ANZ region and beyond.
Currently, Matt is a PhD candidate focused on the intersection of Eudaimonia and Artificial Intelligence. His research aims to develop a unified ethical framework for human flourishing during the transition to a post-work society, addressing the critical societal impacts of emerging technologies. This academic pursuit is backed by a Master of Cybersecurity and Forensics and extensive field experience in high-stakes technical environments.
An accomplished global leader, Matt has managed diverse international teams and has served as a strategic lead for global vendors, where he was responsible for driving innovation in product streams, services, and customer interaction. A recognised voice in the tech community, he is a technical blogger and a distinguished presenter at premier industry and government conferences.
Matt remains deeply committed to mentoring and training, having delivered technical education across the APJ region. At the heart of his work is a passion for aligning advanced technical systems with ethical governance to ensure technology serves the collective well-being of society.
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Dr Stephanie Black
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Dr Stephanie Black brings a multidisciplinary perspective to AI ethics, drawing on a background in physics and human factors, with a focus on workforce and organisational impacts. She is Policy and Programs Manager at the Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREEA), where she leads national programs and manages industry advisory boards and working groups spanning workforce strategy portfolios, including AI, for Australia’s resources and energy industry. She also leads research on workforce trends across generational change, leadership, megatrends and the evolution of work, with current work focused on AI themes – particularly capability, governance and implementation challenges. Stephanie's career spans the resources sector, consulting, government and professional services, and includes leadership of geophysics, IT and QHSE projects, with two workplace wellbeing initiatives recognised at the Western Australian Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards. She holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia and is a Senior Member and Certified Professional of the Australian Computer Society and a Certified Human Factors and Ergonomics Professional. She is a co-convenor of the Australasian Research Management Society’s AI SIG.