DAY ONE

WEDNESDAY 2ND AUGUST

DAY TWO

THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST

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8:00am – 8:30am

Registrations. Tea & Coffee on Arrival. Exhibition.

8:30am

Welcome, Housekeeping & Acknowledgements

Hans Boehm, Conference MC

8:35am

“Empowering Customer Understanding with AI”

Rimma Shafikova, Virtual Gaming Worlds

9:00am

“Lessons from the Field: Achieving ROI in AI”

Adam Howe, Insight & Craig Cullum, Microsoft

9:25am

“Scaling Data to Improve Business Insights: Behind the Scenes at Canva”

Jonathan Neo, Canva

9:45am

“How to be a Great Data Storyteller in an Era of Message Saturation”

Grant Dusting, McCrindle

10:35am

Morning Tea & Exhibition

11:00am

Breakout Sessions

Choose from three sessions:

Breakout 1 (Ballroom)

11:00am – 12:00pm

“Developing Engaging Corporate Communication that Instructs, Informs and Inspires with Data” (60mins)

Grant Dusting, McCrindle

Breakout 2 (Level 2)

11:00am – 11:30am

“AI in Health and Future Health Research & Innovation (FHRI) Fund”

Nasir David, Office of Medical Research & Innovation

11:30am – 12:00pm

“Scaling AI products in a low-code world”

Chris Hui, Tracked

Breakout 3 (Level 1)

11:00am – 11:30am

“How Organisations can Navigate the Internship Space”

Andrew Bell, Innovation Central Perth

11:30am – 12:00pm

 

“Pathways to Data Science: Practical Tips for Building Skills, Portfolio & Networks”

 

David Smith, CERI

12.05pm

“Will AI Solve the Biggest Challenges Facing Industry?”

Justin Strharsky, Humyn.ai

12.30pm

“The Power of Many: Celebrating Diversity in STEM through Mathematics”

Lily Serna, Presenter

1:15pm – 2:00pm

Lunch & Exhibition

2:00pm

Breakout Sessions

Choose from three sessions:

Breakout 1 (Ballroom)

2:00pm – 2:30pm

“Ensuring Your Data is Cyber Secure”

 

Cecily Rawlinson, CyberWest

2:30pm – 3:00pm

“AI in Venture Capital”

Glenn Butcher, FundWA

Breakout 2 (Level 2)

2:00pm – 2:30pm

“Digital Health and Healthy Connections by Curtin (Pilbara Health Challenge)”

Dr Susannah Soon, Optus-Curtin Alliance

2:30pm – 3:00pm

“My Journey to a Career in Machine Learning; All My Mistakes You’ll Hopefully Avoid”

Philipp Bayer, Minderoo

Breakout 3 (Level 1)

2:00 – 3:00pm

“Future-Proof Engagement: Nurturing Talent for Tomorrow” (60mins)

Jilly McIlchere, People Bank and Howard Ng, Chandler Macleod Consulting

3:05pm

“Need for Speed: How Akkodis Helped Mercedes EQ to Win Races Using AI”

 

Parijat (Roy) Roychowdhury, Akkodis Australia

3:25pm

Panel: “The Positive Impact of Data & AI Across Industry, Government and Academia”

Moderator: Tina Ambrose, WiTWA

Ivana Deng, Gerard McCarthy, Vanessa Robinson, Dr Leah Riungu-Kalliosaari

3:55pm

Prize Draw, Acknowledgements & Closing Remarks

Hans Boehm, Conference MC and Alex Jenkins, WADSIH

4:00pm

Event Close

Agenda current as of 2nd August 2023. Subject to change.