From the team that brought you the Indo-Pacific Space & Earth Conference

Bringing together leaders from across the
Indo-Pacific and beyond for opportunities in

robotics, autonomy, AI and cyber

Bringing together leaders from across the Indo-Pacific and beyond for opportunities in robotics, autonomy, AI and cyber

7-8 October 2025

Conference & exhibition

9 October 2025

Technical tours

Join us in October 2025

From the team that brought you the Indo-Pacific Space and Earth Conference (IPSEC)

After a resounding success of IPSEC in 2023 and 2024, we are proud to announce the launch of the Indo-Pacific Robotics, Autonomy, AI and Cyber Conference (IPRAAC) in 2025.

Following the same format of IPSEC, the conference is aimed at bringing together leading minds, thought leaders and industry experts from around the globe for opportunities 
in robotics, autonomy, AI and cyber. Through interactive sessions, workshops and discussions, the conference provides a unique platform for attendees to explore the infinite possibilities of robotics and related technologies and their impact around the world, forging collaborations that will drive innovation in various sectors.

Join us in October 2025 for the new installment of IPRAAC for invaluable opportunities to share knowledge, collaborate and network among key industry leaders.

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Join speakers and delegates from across the Indo-Pacific and beyond

Extensive business networking opportunities

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Anticipated audience based on previous events:

Australia

Canada

France

Germany

Hungary

India

Japan

Kenya

Malaysia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Switzerland

Taiwan

UK

USA

Vietnam

Official IAC 2025 Adjacent Event

Are you travelling to Australia for IAC Sydney 2025?

Make the most of your travels to Australia

Extend your stay to WA and join us at IPRAAC 2025

Space and Earth – Partners and Advisory and MySecurity Media are proud to be media parters to IAC and IAF global events.

We look forward to welcoming you to Western Australia

Speakers & panellists

We’re excited to announce our lineup of incredible key industry speakers and panellists – stay tuned for more speaker announcements still to come.

We have gathered an exceptional lineup of speakers and panellists from around the world including key industry players, NASA delegates, government officials, CEOs, educators, researchers and more.

Edna Addai
Edna Addai

CEO – CLEAN-PILL

Preetham Akula
Preetham Akula

Founder and CEO – Akula Tech

Christian Andersen
Christian Andersen

Director of Research – Pisces Hawaii

Lucy Anderton
Lucy Anderton

Principal Consultant & Director – LA.ONE Economics & Consulting Pty Ltd – myFARMSMART & The SMARTBEEF Project

Kim Antonio
Kim Antonio

Manager, Food Industry Innovation – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)

Shaun Azimi
Shaun Azimi

Robotics Technical Discipline Lead, Software, Robotics and Simulation Division – NASA Johnson Space Center

Janelle Baily
Janelle Baily

Assistant Director, Data Science & Analytics – Western Australia Police Force

Felipe Barria
Felipe Barria

Senior Development Consultant, Food Industry Innovation – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)

Katherine Bennell-Pegg
Katherine Bennell-Pegg

Australian Astronaut

John Blitch
Dr John Blitch

Cognitive Scientist / Emergency Response Consultant – Blitz Solutions; Former Senior Research Scientist – US Air Force Research Laboratory; Former Program Manager – DARPA

Natasha Blycha
Natasha Blycha

Managing Director – Stirling & Rose

Rick Brooks
Rick Brooks

Regional Manager (Southern Perth, Goldfields and Esperance) – AusIndustry

Keith Bulfin
Keith Bulfin

CEO – Dunedin Capital Markets; CEO – Monitors Foundation

Glenn Callow
Glenn Callow

CTO – Austal; Former Chief Advisor (Digital Integrated Mine) and Manager (Mine Automation) – Rio Tinto

Kenneth Cheung
Kenneth Cheung

Principal Investigator for the Coded Structures Laboratory – NASA

Matt Clements
Matt Clements

Director of Strategic Growth – Innovative Mining Services; Previous Global Lead for Mobile Equipment – Anglo American

S. Kate Conroy
Dr S. Kate Conroy

Wing Commander, Responsible AI Lead, Jericho Disruptive Innovation – Royal Australian Air Force

Leanne Cunnold
Leanne Cunnold

CEO – AROSE (Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth)

Matthew Curnow-temp
Matthew Curnow

Head of DataOps, Artificial Intelligence and GenAI Operations – WOOD

Paul Daly
Paul Daly

Superintendent and Officer in Charge – Police Air Wing, Western Australia Police Force

Linda Dawson
Linda Dawson

Head of the Office of Defence Industries – Department of Premier and Cabinet WA

Stephen Dawson
Hon Stephen Dawson MLC

Minister for Regional Development; Ports; Science and Innovation; Medical Research; Kimberley

Paulo de Souza
Paulo de Souza

Executive Dean, School of Engineering – Edith Cowan University; Former Science Director and Chief Research Scientist – CSIRO; Collaborating Scientist – NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Program

Scott Elson
Scott Elson

Director of Business Development – L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems Australia

Shawn Fernando
Shawn Fernando

Head of Technology – Woodside Energy

Bernard Foing
Professor Bernard Foing

CEO – ILEWG LUNEX EuroMoonMars; President – Space Renaissance International; Chief Scientist – QOSMOSYS; Former Chief Scientist – European Space Agency

Samuel Forbes
Samuel Forbes

Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)

Erik Franks
Erik Franks

Founder and CEO – Cislune

Bennett Frerck
Bennett Frerck

Technical Lead – Digital Mission Engineering (DME) – LEAP Australia (working with Ansys, PTC, nCode, Flownex, Moldex3D)

Jesse Gane 2
Jesse Gane

General Manager ​– Adisyn

Rachel Geddes
Rachel Geddes

Director, Strategic Engagement and Comms – Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, Australian Defence Force

Gavin Gillett
Gavin Gillett

Solutions Architect, Autonomous Systems – Nova Systems; Former Specialist Integrated Operations – Rio Tinto

Ted Goranson
Ted Goranson

Chief Scientist –
Sirius-beta

Gary Hale
Gary Hale

Director, National Resilience & Security (NRAS) – Curtin University; Former Director, Cyber Security and Innovation – CISCO; Former Royal Australian Airforce

James Healy-2
James Healy

Managing Director - The Behaviour Boutique; Former Principal – Human Capital Consulting at Deloitte

Harry Hubert
Harry Hubert

Director and Chief Operations Officer – Greenroom Robotics

Roger Hunter
Roger Hunter

Program Manager, Small Spacecraft Technology Program – NASA Ames Research Center

Amber Imai-Hong
Amber Imai-Hong

Avionics Engineer and Project Manager – Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems

Bindi Isbister
Bindi Isbister

Precision Agriculture Consultant – Agrarian Management

Helge Janicke
Professor Helge Janicke

Professor in Cyber Security – Edith Cowan University; Former CEO and Research Director – Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre

Alex Jenkins
Alex Jenkins

Director – WA Data Science Innovation Hub; Board Member – WA State Government’s AI Advisory Board; Chair – Curtin AI in Research Group (CAIR)

Matt Jones
Matt Jones

Director and Co-founder – elttam

Renu Kannu
Renu Kannu

National Robotics and Innovation Lead – Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct

Michelle Keegan
Michelle Keegan

Director – Mining and Space

Serena King
Serena King

Assistant Director – National Office of Cyber Security, Australian Department of Home Affairs

Nathan Kirchner
Dr Nathan Kirchner

Founding Team & Head of Product – Zabidou; Mission Director, Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics – Arena Mars; Founder and Chief Evangelist – Presien; Founding Director – Robotics Australia Group; Founder and Director – Grey Wall Advisory; Venture Partner – Melt Ventures; Silicon Vandal’s Chief Evangelist

Sudheer Kumar N
Sudheer Kumar N

Former Director, CBPO – ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)

Evan Laske
Evan Laske

Lunar Terrain Vehicle Ground Test Project Manager – NASA

Roger Lawes
Dr Roger Lawes

Principal Research Scientist – CSIRO Agriculture Flagship

Dave Lawie
Dave Lawie

Chief Geoscientist & Chief Technologist – Mining – IMDEX

Ed Lewis
Ed Lewis

Head of AI, Data and Automation – Unearthed

Artur Lugmayr 2
Professor Dr Artur Lugmayr

Director – UXMachines

Roberto Lujan Rocha
Roberto Lujan Rocha

Co-Founder and Director – Squadrone; Senior Research Officer and Laboratory Manager – UWA

Mark McDonald
Mark McDonald

Gemini/AI Developer Relations – Google DeepMind

Dawn McIntosh
Dawn McIntosh

Space Systems Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)

Colin McIvor
Dr Colin McIvor

Cluster Manager – Subsea Innovation Cluster Australia

Hannah McKelvie
Hannah McKelvie

Cyber Innovation Principal – Cyber Security, Security & Operations, Global Networks & Technology – Telstra

Mark Micire
Dr Mark Micire

Space Systems Principal Engineer – Fugro SpAARC; Former NASA, DARPA, FEMA/DHS

Rajeeshwaran Moorthy
Rajeeshwaran Moorthy MRAeS

Strategic Advisor – Maldives Space Agency

Hirokazu Mori 2
Hirokazu Mori

Group CSO and CEO of USA - Warpspace

Dan Moss
Dan Moss

Defence Industry Advisor – Defence Australia – Office of Defence Industry Support (ODIS)

Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller

IEEE Volunteer

Alex Murphy
Alex Murphy

Director & Head of Engineering – Ausco; Former Systems Integration Engineer – Fugro; Winner: AMDA INDO PACIFIC 2022 Young Innovator Award

Vasyl Myroshnychenko
His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko

Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia

Danielle Nardini
Danielle Nardini

Sustainability Principal – Sandfire Resources; Former APAC Business Line Manager – Automation, Sandvik

Emma O'Neil
Emma O’Neil

Director – CyberWest Hub – WA Cyber Security Innovation Hub

Ankur Omar
Ankur Omar

Director & CEO – Farmonaut

Tibor Pacher
Dr Tibor Pacher

CEO – Puli Space

Siddharth Pandey
Dr Siddharth Pandey

Space Systems Engineer and Strategic Partnerships Lead (Asia Pacific) – Fugro SpAARC

Jeannie Marie Paterson 2
Jeannie Marie Paterson

Professor of Law; Co-Director – Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE), The University of Melbourne

Thierry Peynot
Dr Thierry Peynot

Associate Professor – Queensland University of Technology (QUT); Chief Investigator – QUT Centre for Robotics (Space Robotics and Mining Robotics) activities

Venkat Pillay
Venkat Pillay

CEO – LC60 AI

Janie Plant
Janie Plant

Chair – Women in Technology WA (WiTWA)

Ganna Pogrebna
Professor Ganna Pogrebna

Lead for Behavioural Data Science – The Alan Turing Institute

Rueben Rajasingam
Rueben Rajasingam

Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder – LC60 AI

Sakthikumar Ramachandran
Sakthikumar Ramachandran

Founder & Chief Executive Officer – OrbitAID Aerospace

Arvind Ramana
Arvind Ramana

Director, Space Programs Technology Uplift – Australian Space Agency

Hale Reynolds
Hale Reynolds

Managing Director –
All-Star Agency

Gohar Rind
Gohar Rind

Founder / Managing Director – Intaris

Zamara Rodriguez
Zamara Rodriguez

Optus Industry Fellow & Capability Database Coordinator – Space Industry Association of Australia

Nicci Rossouw
Nicci Rossouw

Chief Executive Officer - Robotics Australia Group

Renae Sayers
Renae Sayers

Director, Strategic Initiatives for Earth and Planetary Sciences – Curtin University; Former Deputy Director, Space Science and Technology Centre – Curtin University

Jon Sciortino
Jon Sciortino

Portfolio Manager, Autonomous & Intelligence Systems – Nova Systems

Maxwell Scott
Maxwell Scott

Senior Program Manager, Office of Responsible AI – Microsoft

Muhammad Bilal Shaikh
Dr Muhammad Bilal Shaikh

Chair – IEEE Signal Processing Society Western Australia Section; Ambassador on Entrepreneurship – IEEE Region 10 Adjunct Faculty, School of Science, Edith Cowan University; AI Researcher – Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CAIML), Edith Cowan University

Liz Smith
Liz Smith

Principal – Joseph Banks Secondary College and the Western Australian Space Science Education Centre

Pablo Sobron
Pablo Sobron

Founder and Inventor, Space and Climate Tech – Impossible Sensing

Carl Solder
Carl Solder

Chief Technology Officer – Cisco (Australia & New Zealand)

Dario Stefanelli
Dario Stefanelli

Senior Research Scientist and Lead of the Fruit and Perennial Crops Program – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA

Veronika Stihler
Veronika Stihler

Managing Director – GTD GmbH

Jonathan Stock
Jonathan Stock

Chief Scientist for Innovation – NASA AMES; Former Director – US Geological Survey (USGS) National Innovation Center

Sandeep Taileng
Sandeep Taileng

Information Security Leader at State Trustees & member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Tadashi Takano
Tadashi Takano

Director – Space Solar Power Systems Society; Chairman of the Board – Society for Space Travel

Lynette Tan
Lynette Tan

CEO – Space Faculty (Singapore)

David Taylor
David Taylor

Senior Cyber Security Advisor – Bunnings Group Limited

Natasha Teakle
Natasha Teakle

National Coordinator – GRDC's Grain Automate Program; CEO – Agristart

Shaun Thomas
Shaun Thomas

Defence Industry Adviser (Contractor to Defence) – Office of Defence Industry Support

Petra Trinke
Petra Trinke

Strategic Programs and Community Impact Lead – Women in Technology WA (WiTWA)

Shana Uhlmann
Shana Uhlmann

General Manager Technology – Perth Airport

Terry van Haren
Terry van Haren

Air Commodore (Retired); Vice President, Strategy, Director – DroneShield Defence Services

Vivek Varadharajan
Vivek Varadharajan

CTO and Co-Founder – Unchartered AI; Lecturer on Swarm Intelligence

Aude Vignelles
Aude Vignelles

Former Chief Technology Officer – Australian Space Agency; Senior Advisor – BryceTech

Dave Vosnakes
Dave Vosnakes

Director – National Office of Cyber Security, Department of Home Affairs

Pradyumna Vyshnav 2
Pradyumna Vyshnav

Co-Founder & CEO – Uncharted AI

Joshua Wigley
Joshua Wigley

CEO – Hyperion: Deployable 3D printing units for rapid, large-scale manufacturing

Jo Wilkie
Jo Wilkie

Global Marketing Director – Arbortech

Holly Yanco
Dr Holly Yanco

Director – New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center at UMass Lowell

Bruce Yost
Bruce Yost

Director – NASA Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI) – NASA Ames Research Centre

Tully Young
Tully Young

Founder and Managing Director – Blue Tongue Skills

Erin Victor
Erin Victor

Events and Partnerships Manager – Space and Earth Partners and Advisory

David Matrai
David Matrai

Committee Chair – IPRAAC; Joint Managing Director – MySecurity Media / Space and Earth Partners and Advisory

Chris Cubbage
Chris Cubbage

Director & Executive Editor – MySecurity Media / Space and Earth Partners and Advisory

Economic Diversification Partner
Foundation Sponsor
National Partners
Opening Plenary Partner
AI Power Partner
Regional Knowledge Partner
Regional Knowledge Partner
Industry Knowledge Partners
Organisations you’ll meet at the exhibition
Community Partners
Media Partners

Technologies and industries represented

Robotics
Autonomy
AI
Cyber security
Space
Mining
Defence
Agriculture
Oil & Gas
Education
Investment
Emergency Services
Remote operations
Data Analytics
Venture Capital
Government
Finance
Energy

Visitors – international & interstate

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