2021 SPEAKERS
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Mrs Meriel Chamberlin
Founder
Full Circle Fibres
Australia
Dr Jyotika Virmani
Executive Director
Schmidt Ocean Institute
United States of America
A/Prof Reece Clothier
President
AAUS
Australia
Mr Joshua Brookes-Allen
Chief Remote Pilot
Airview Drone Services
Australia
A/Prof Catherine Ball
Associate Professor In The Practice Of Engineering
Australian National University
Australia
Dr Allison Crook
General Manager Animal Biosecurity And Welfare And Chief Veterinary Officer
DAF
Australia
Prof Katherine Daniell
Professor, School Of Cybernetics
Australian National University
Australia
Ms Jules McMurtrie
Manager
Gateway to Industry Schools Program for Advanced Manufacturing, QMI
Australia
Ms Kylie Walker
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
Australia
Mrs Jackie Dujmovic
CEO
Hover UAV
Australia
Dr Zena Assaad
Lecturer
ANU School of Cybernetics
Australia
Prof Hugh Possingham
Queensland Chief Scientist
Queensland Government
Australia
Ms Isabelle Nyroth
Head of Drones
GLOBHE
United States of America
Dr Georgina Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Farmers' Federation
Australia
Captain Don Redmond
Captain Support Operations
Chula Vista Police Department, USA
United States of America
Dr Justin Perry
Research Manager
NAILSMA
Australia
Miss Kate Zambelli
Inventor
Zambelli Imagineering Pty Ltd
Australia
A/Prof Felipe Gonzalez
Associate Professor
QUT
Australia
Dr Sharna Glover
CEO
Imvelo
Australia
Mr Marty Gibson
Acting Superintendent
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Australia
Mr Kristian Cruickshank
Chief Technology Officer
Revolution Aerospace
Australia
Mrs Jane MacMaster
Chief Engineer
Engineers Australia
Australia
Dr Michael Richardson
Senior Research Fellow
Unsw Media Futures Hub
Australia
Mr Andrew Crowe
Director | Defence and National Security
Mirragin Consulting
Australia
Hon Stirling Hinchliffe MP
Minister for Tourism, Innovation and Sport and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympics and Paralympics Sport and Engagement
Queensland Government
Australia
Mr Alan Jones
Managing Director
AML Advisory
Australia
A/Prof Pauline Pounds
Associate Professor In Mechatronics
The University Of Queensland
Australia
Dr Sue Keay
CEO
Queensland AI Hub
Australia
Dr Brad Evans
Group Leader Littoral Sensing and Processing Group
Defence Science And Technology Group
Australia
Mr Adam Keens
Solutions Manager
Motorola Solutions
Australia
Mr Leigh Kelson
Program Director
Firetech
Australia
Mr Scott Duffy
Manager RPAS Operations
CASA
Australia
Ms Maree Wilson
Branch Head Of National Earth And Marine Observations
Geoscience Australia
Australia
Mr Kenneth Laws
Technician
DAF
Australia
Mr Stephen Rodan
President
Beyond Coral
Australia
Mr Robert Sutton
Managing Director
Mirragin RAS Consulting
Australia
Prof Max Ortiz Catalan
Professor of Bionics
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
Dr Ruchi Saxena
Director
Caerobotics
India
Ms Rachel Horne
Assurance of Autonomy Activity Lead
TASDCRC
Australia
A/Prof Marta Yebra
Associate Professor
ANU
Australia
Ms Dayle Stevens
Executive - Cloud, Data & Shared Technology
Telstra
Australia
Dr Kate Devitt
Chief Scientist
TASDCRC
Australia
Dr Reuben Strydom
Chief Engineer - UAS Management Unit
Department of Defence
Australia
Mr Keirin Joyce
Chief Engineer Rpas
Royal Australian Air Force
Australia
Mr Tom Putland
Director Of Autonomy Accreditation - Air
TASDCRC
Australia
Mr Saurav Kataria
Head of Innovation, Transformation & strategic Alliances
Airservices Australia
Mr Ed Husic
Shadow Minister For Industry and Innovation
Parliament of Australia
Australia
Mr Duncan Kerslake
Program Manager - Deadly Innovation
DTIS
Australia
Mr Aero Coorong Leplastrier
Marine Geoscientist
Geoscience Australia
Australia
Mrs Maaike Vanderkooi
Director
Vanderkooi Consulting
Australia
Prof David Lloyd
Director of Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering
Griffith
Australia
Dr Lauren Sanders
Managing Director / Senior Research Fellow
IWR / UQ
Australia
Dr Eve Massingham
Senior Research Fellow
University Of Queensland
Australia
Mrs Louisa Warren
Executive Manager
CSIRO
Australia
Dr Andrew Hoskins
Research Scientist
CSIRO
Australia
Mr Philip Binks
Head Of Atm
Altitude Angel
United Kingdom
Ms Melissa Nugent
Business Development Manager
ARM Hub
Australia
Dr Robyn Stokes
CEO
Bionics Queensland
Australia
Dr Dimity Dornan AO
Founder and Chair
Bionics Queensland
Australia
Mr Patrick Munsey
Co-founder and Partner
Aivia Group
Australia
Mr David Inggs
Head of Ground Robotics
DroneDeploy
New Zealand
Ms Hema Sridhar
Chief Advisor Industry And Science
New Zealand Ministry of Defence – Manatū Kaupapa Waonga
New Zealand
Prof Katia Bazaka
Lead, Aerospace Engineering
Australian National University
Australia
Mr Steve Liddell
Founder
Street Science
Australia
Prof Peter Corke
Distinguished Professor| Centre Director
Queensland University of Technology
Australia
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