Showcase speakers
Hear from APS leaders, AI practitioners, policy experts, researchers and Australian innovators helping shape the responsible adoption of AI across government.
The 2026 speaker line-up includes keynote presentations, panel discussions, practical use cases and breakout sessions.
Featured speakers
AI thought leaders
Head of AI Delivery and Enablement (AIDE), Department of Finance
Executive Director, Australian National AI Centre (NAIC)
Research Director, CSIRO
Chief Data Officer, Department of Education
Commissioner, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)
AI Branch Manager, Digital Transformation Agency (DTA)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Stone & Chalk
Industry Program Manager, National AI Centre (NAIC)
First Assistant Secretary, Digital ID & Data Policy Division, Department of Finance
Industry Growth Manager, National AI Centre (NAIC)
Director, GovAI, Department of Finance
Assistant Secretary, GovAI, Department of Finance
AI Accountable Officer and General Manager, Telecommunications Modernisation, Automation and Architecture, Services Australia
Chief AI Officer and General Manager, Automation and AI Strategy and Delivery, Services Australia
Chief Data Officer, Services Australia
Australian Information Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
AI Workforce Planning Taskforce Lead, Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)
General Manager, Census and Population Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Co-Director of the Human Technology Institute, and Industry Professor, Responsible Technology at the University of Technology Sydney
First Assistant Secretary, Technology, Digital and Data Division, Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Acting First Assistant Secretary Personnel and Protective Security, Department of Home Affairs
Acting Director, AI Capability, Australian Public Service Commission
Director of Business Operations, Patents Examination Group at IP Australia
Director of Business Operations, Patents Examination Group at IP Australia
Australia’s Commissioner of Patents and General Manager of the Patents Examination Group at IP Australia
Director of the AI Factory at IP Australia
Assistant Director-General, IRONBARK FRONTIER, within the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)