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.
Edna Addai
CEO – CLEAN-PILL
Preetham Akula
Founder and CEO – Akula Tech
TBC
Kim Antonio
Manager, Food Industry Innovation – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Janelle Baily
Assistant Director, Data Science & Analytics – Western Australia Police Force
Felipe Barria
Senior Development Consultant, Food Industry Innovation – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
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
Managing Director – Stirling & Rose
Rick Brooks
Regional Manager (Southern Perth, Goldfields and Esperance) – AusIndustry
Keith Bulfin
CEO – Dunedin Capital Markets; CEO – Monitors Foundation
Glenn Callow
CTO – Austal; Former Chief Advisor (Digital Integrated Mine) and Manager (Mine Automation) – Rio Tinto
Dr S. Kate Conroy
Wing Commander, Responsible AI Lead, Jericho Disruptive Innovation – Royal Australian Air Force
Leanne Cunnold
CEO – AROSE (Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth)
Paul Daly
Superintendent and Officer in Charge – Police Air Wing, Western Australia Police Force
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
Bennett Frerck
Technical Lead – Digital Mission Engineering (DME) – LEAP Australia (working with Ansys, PTC, nCode, Flownex, Moldex3D)
Gavin Gillett
Solutions Architect, Autonomous Systems – Nova Systems; Former Specialist Integrated Operations – Rio Tinto
Ted Goranson
Chief Scientist –
Sirius-beta
Gary Hale
Director, National Resilience & Security (NRAS) – Curtin University; Former Director, Cyber Security and Innovation – CISCO; Former Royal Australian Airforce
James Healy
Managing Director - The Behaviour Boutique; Former Principal – Human Capital Consulting at Deloitte
Alex Jenkins
Director – WA Data Science Innovation Hub; Board Member – WA State Government’s AI Advisory Board; Chair – Curtin AI in Research Group (CAIR)
Renu Kannu
National Robotics and Innovation Lead – Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct
Michelle Keegan
Director – Mining and Space
Sudheer Kumar N
Former Director, CBPO – ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
Rod Lazarus
Head of Cyber Security – Squadron Energy
Ed Lewis
Head of AI, Data and Automation – Unearthed
Roberto Lujan Rocha
Co-Founder and Director – Squadrone; Senior Research Officer and Laboratory Manager – UWA
Mark McDonald
Gemini/AI Developer Relations – Google DeepMind
Dr Mark Micire
Former Robotics Group Lead and Research Scientist – NASA; Former Program Manager – DARPA; Former Head of Technology Development – Woodside Energy
Rajeeshwaran Moorthy
Managing Director & Chair of the Space Sector – The Chart Think Tank
Hirokazu Mori
CEO – Warpspace
Alex Murphy
Director & Head of Engineering – Ausco; Former Systems Integration Engineer – Fugro; Winner: AMDA INDO PACIFIC 2022 Young Innovator Award
Ankur Omar
Director & CEO – Farmonaut
Jeannie Marie Paterson
Professor of Law; Co-Director – Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE), The University of Melbourne
TBC
Dr Thierry Peynot
Associate Professor – Queensland University of Technology (QUT); Chief Investigator – QUT Centre for Robotics (Space Robotics and Mining Robotics) activities
Venkat Pillay
CEO – LC60 AI
Professor Ganna Pogrebna
Executive Director – AI and Cyber Futures Institute at Charles Sturt University
Rueben Rajasingam
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder – LC60 AI
Sakthikumar Ramachandran
Founder & Chief Executive Officer – OrbitAID Aerospace
Arvind Ramana
Director, Space Programs Technology Uplift – Australian Space Agency
Nicci Rossouw
Chief Executive Officer - Robotics Australia Group
Renae Sayers
Director, Strategic Initiatives for Earth and Planetary Sciences – Curtin University; Former Deputy Director, Space Science and Technology Centre – Curtin University
Jon Sciortino
Portfolio Manager, Autonomous & Intelligence Systems – Nova Systems
Shahmeer Amir
CEO – Speeqr; Entrepreneur of the year 2024 – GiSec Global | 3rd Ethical Hacker | 40 under 40 CyberSec
Carl Solder
Chief Technology Officer – Cisco (Australia & New Zealand)
Dario Stefanelli
Senior Research Scientist and Lead of the Fruit and Perennial Crops Program – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Jonathan Stock
Chief Scientist for Innovation – NASA AMES; Former Director – US Geological Survey (USGS) National Innovation Center
(TBC)
Sandeep Taileng
Chief Information Security Officer – State Trustees; Co Chair, National Committee for Information Access & Protection requirements; Member at IEEE
Tadashi Takano
Director – Space Solar Power Systems Society; Chairman of the Board – Society for Space Travel
Lynette Tan
CEO – Space Faculty (Singapore)
Natasha Teakle
National Coordinator – GRDC's Grain Automate Program; CEO – Agristart
Joe Urli
Global Aerospace Advisor; Former Head of Regulatory Affairs – Hypersonix
Aude Vignelles
Former Chief Technology Officer – Australian Space Agency; Senior Advisor – BryceTech
Pradyumna Vyshnav
Co-Founder & CEO – Uncharted AI
Dr Holly Yanco
Director – New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center at UMass Lowell
David Matrai
Committee Chair – IPRAAC; Joint Managing Director – MySecurity Media / Space and Earth Partners and Advisory
Chris Cubbage
Director & Executive Editor – MySecurity Media / Space and Earth Partners and Advisory
Erin Victor
Events and Partnerships Manager – 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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