KEYNOTE SPEAKER - LEON FURZE
Leon Furze, PhD is a best selling author and consultant with 15+ years' experience in secondary and tertiary education. His PhD focused on the implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence for teachers.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has continued to disrupt many industries, including education. Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, education providers have been coming to terms with increasingly capable, multimodal GenAI like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. This session explores the practical and ethical implications of GenAI in education, and how we might adjust our teaching and learning to remain valid in the face of the technology.
Gold Sponsor Speaker - Snowy Hydro
The "Intelligent Future" isn't just code; it's kilowatts. Well more like Megawatts. As Artificial Intelligence reshapes our careers and classrooms, it brings a hidden challenge: a massive surge in energy demand. Every AI-generated insight or AI chat-bots question starts with a surge of electricity. With data centre capacity predicted to skyrocket to support AI, the Australian energy landscape on its journey to Net Zero is also at a turning point. This presentation explores how the rise of global data centres is shifting Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM). We’ll dive into the mechanics of "base load" vs. "peak demand" and explain why Snowy Hydro’s flexible portfolio from hydro to gas and diesel is the critical backbone needed to keep our intelligent future powered, stable, and resilient.
Presented by Waz Peel from Amrop Carmichael Fishe
Warwick 'Waz' Peel is a Partner at Amrop Carmichael Fisher, appointing Executives, Board Directors and AI Advisory Board members. He is a decade-long board director of the UN Association in Victoria, co-chairs its national climate committee, and co-founded the Global Responsible AI Assembly after studying ethical AI governance at MIT-Sloan.
Presented by Vinojini Nair, PhD
Dr Vinojini Nair is a Melbourne-based AI strategy leader helping large organisations use AI responsibly. A former trauma surgeon, she now advises banks, government, infrastructure companies and film studios. She holds a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry and medical degrees from the University of Melbourne, sits on boards, and mentors others.
Presented by Nick Foord from CFive AI
Nick Foord is a co-founder of CFive AI based in Melbourne, evolutionising customer engagement with AI-powered voice agents that replace traditional call centres.
Dr Ruwangi Fernando from STEM Sisters
Dr Ruwangi Fernando is an award-winning STEM leader and advocate for diversity and inclusion. She founded STEM Sisters, supporting over 15,000 women and girls in STEM, and contributes to national advisory groups on STEM education and gender equity.