Speakers
We’re excited to announce our lineup of incredible key industry speakers and panellists soon – stay tuned for more details.
Confirmed speakers for IPRAAC 2025
Stay tuned for more speaker announcements. Speakers are listed in alphabetical order by surname.
Edna Addai
CEO – CLEAN-PILL
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
Gavin Gillett
Solutions Architect, Autonomous Systems – Nova Systems; Former Specialist Integrated Operations – Rio Tinto
Ted Goranson
Chief Scientist – xDNA – A Downer Company
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)
Sudheer Kumar N
Former Director, CBPO – ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
Rod Lazarus
Head of Cyber Security – Squadron Energy
Roberto Lujan Rocha
Co-Founder and Director – Squadrone; Senior Research Officer and Laboratory Manager – UWA
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
Venkat Pillay
CEO – LC60 AI
Professor Ganna Pogrebna
Executive Director – AI and Cyber Futures Institute at Charles Sturt University
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
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)
Aude Vignelles
Former Chief Technology Officer – Australian Space Agency; Senior Advisor – BryceTech
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
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