Speakers
We’re excited to announce our lineup of incredible key industry speakers and panellists – stay tuned for more speaker announcements still to come.
Confirmed speakers for IPRAAC 2025
Stay tuned for more speaker announcements. Speakers are listed in alphabetical order by surname.
Principal Consultant & Director – LA.ONE Economics & Consulting Pty Ltd – myFARMSMART & The SMARTBEEF Project
Manager, Food Industry Innovation – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Senior Development Consultant, Food Industry Innovation – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Cognitive Scientist / Emergency Response Consultant – Blitz Solutions; Former Senior Research Scientist – US Air Force Research Laboratory; Former Program Manager – DARPA
CTO – Austal; Former Chief Advisor (Digital Integrated Mine) and Manager (Mine Automation) – Rio Tinto
Director of Strategic Growth – Innovative Mining Services; Previous Global Lead for Mobile Equipment – Anglo American
Wing Commander, Responsible AI Lead, Jericho Disruptive Innovation – Royal Australian Air Force
Minister for Regional Development; Ports; Science and Innovation; Medical Research; Kimberley
Development Manager for Research Innovation; Senior Research Fellow – Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University
CEO – ILEWG LUNEX EuroMoonMars; President – Space Renaissance International; Chief Scientist – QOSMOSYS; Former Chief Scientist – European Space Agency
Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)
Technical Lead – Digital Mission Engineering (DME) – LEAP Australia (working with Ansys, PTC, nCode, Flownex, Moldex3D)
Director, Strategic Engagement and Comms – Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, Department of Defence
Solutions Architect, Autonomous Systems – Nova Systems; Former Specialist Integrated Operations – Rio Tinto
Director, National Resilience & Security (NRAS) – Curtin University; Former Director, Cyber Security and Innovation – CISCO; Former Royal Australian Airforce
Managing Director - The Behaviour Boutique; Former Principal – Human Capital Consulting at Deloitte
Avionics Engineer and Project Manager – Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems
Professor in Cyber Security – Edith Cowan University; Former CEO and Research Director – Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
Director – WA Data Science Innovation Hub; Board Member – WA State Government’s AI Advisory Board; Chair – Curtin AI in Research Group (CAIR)
Assistant Director – National Office of Cyber Security, Australian Department of Home Affairs
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
Co-Founder and Director – Squadrone; Senior Research Officer and Laboratory Manager – UWA
Director of Cyber Security Strategic Responses and Coordination – National Office of Cyber Security
Space Systems Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)
Cyber Innovation Principal – Cyber Security, Security & Operations, Global Networks & Technology – Telstra
Director & Head of Engineering – Ausco; Former Systems Integration Engineer – Fugro; Winner: AMDA INDO PACIFIC 2022 Young Innovator Award
Assistant Secretary, Strategy & Operations – Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), Department of Defence
Space Systems Engineer and Strategic Partnerships Lead (Asia Pacific) – Fugro SpAARC
Professor of Law; Co-Director – Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE), The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor – Queensland University of Technology (QUT); Chief Investigator – QUT Centre for Robotics (Space Robotics and Mining Robotics) activities
Chair – Women in Technology WA (WiTWA); Senior Legal Counsel – Capgemini Australia; WA State Govt AI Advisory Board Member
Optus Industry Fellow & Capability Database Coordinator – Space Industry Association of Australia
Director, Strategic Initiatives for Earth and Planetary Sciences – Curtin University; Former Deputy Director, Space Science and Technology Centre – Curtin University
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
Principal – Joseph Banks Secondary College and the Western Australian Space Science Education Centre
Senior Research Scientist and Lead of the Fruit and Perennial Crops Program – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Chief Scientist for Innovation – NASA AMES; Former Director – US Geological Survey (USGS) National Innovation Center
Information Security Leader at State Trustees & member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Director – Space Solar Power Systems Society; Chairman of the Board – Society for Space Travel
Air Commodore (Retired); Vice President, Strategy, Director – DroneShield Defence Services
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering – University of Massachusetts
Director – NASA Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI) – NASA Ames Research Centre
Committee Chair – IPRAAC; Joint Managing Director – MySecurity Media / Space and Earth Partners and Advisory
More speakers to be announced
Our speaker roster is still evolving – just like the tech they represent! We’re processing a swarm of speaker applications, and several international keynotes are currently navigating the thrilling world of internal travel approvals. Stay tuned as we make more speaker announcements.
Speaker applications
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