9:05 am - 9:15 am

Opening Remark: Welcome to the WAI APAC Summit 2024

Yan Qian

WAI Australia Ambassador │ Deep Learning/Machine Learning Researcher, University of Wollongong Lecturer │ Machine Learning PhD │ Ethical and Responsible Data Practice Champion │ Public Speaker │ Consultant │ Women in AI APAC Committee

9:15 am - 9:30 am

Opening Keynote AI and The Outsiders

Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson

Senior Lecturer in Epistemics at Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW; Advisor at InferenceFrame

9:30 am - 9:50 am

WaiTalk 1: Women in data, tech and AI at ACS

Helen McHugh

ACS President | ICT Ambassador | Agile Methodologist | Heritage

9:55 am - 10:15 am

WaiTalk 2: Entrepreneurship in Robotics

Carol E Reiley

AI Robotics Entrepreneur │ Board Member │ Investor │ SF Symphony Collaborative Partner │ World Economics Forum YGL │ Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech │ Builds things that don't exist and makes humans superhumans

10:20 am - 10:50 am

Morning Tea

Speaker's Corner

Ganna Pogrebna

Keynote Speaker │ Professor, Behavioral Data Science Pioneer │ Exec Dir. AI & Cyber Futures Institute │ Lead, Behavioral Data Science at Turing │ TechWomen100 │ YouTube: Data-driven │ Author: "Navigating New Cyber Risks"

10:55 am - 11:35 am

From Data to Value: AI Foundation Model Pioneering a New Paradigm in Healthcare

Xiaomei Wang

Chairman, Global AI Inclusive Networks │ Founder & CEO at PathoAI │ Public Speaker │ Best Selling Author

Christina C.

Managing Director, Tigermed Australia Pty Ltd

Amani BATARSEH

Chief Scientific Officer │ BCAL Diagnostics

Moderator Vincent Koc, JP FIML

Executive Generative AI, Data & Technology Engineer │ Futurist │ Speaker & Lecturer │ Top 25 Analytics Leaders IAPA

11:40 am - 12:00 pm

WaiTalk 4: The role of the community in consent and deployment of AI solutions

Kimberlee Weatherall

Professor of Law; Researcher, ARC Centre of Excellence on Automated Decision-Making and Society

12:05 pm - 12:35 pm

WaiTalk 5: The Green Algorithm: Digital Twins and Generative AI Reshaping Sustainability

Ganna Pogrebna

Keynote Speaker │ Professor, Behavioral Data Science Pioneer │ Exec Dir. AI & Cyber Futures Institute │ Lead, Behavioral Data Science at Turing │ TechWomen100 │ YouTube: Data-driven │ Author: "Navigating New Cyber Risks"

12:40 pm - 1:20 pm

Lunch Break – Networking

1:20 pm - 1:50 pm

WaiTalk 6: Navigating the Challenges and Limitations of Implementing Generative AI Projects

Sze Chin Lee (SQ)

CEO & Co-founder ESSE PI │ Board Member Espressif │ #aiwhisperer │ #makeAIaccesible

Felicia Seah

CSO & Co-founder ESSE PI │ President SGBono │ #aiforgood │ #makeAIaccesible

1:55 pm - 2:15 pm

WaiTalk 7: (2) AI for Public Services:z

Bruce Bateman

Chair of WAI APAC Committee │ Co-founder 0cf.ai │ CEO Bateman Research │ Venture Builder at LITEON Technologies

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm

WaiTalk 8: Data Analytics and AI at Transurban

Artak Amirbekyan

Head of Data, AI and ML at Transurban

2:45 pm - 3:05 pm

WaiTalk 9: Quantum and the use cases

Dr. Eromanga Adermann

Quantum Algorithms and Applications Researcher CSIRO's Data61

3:10 am - 3:30 am

Arvo Tea

Speaker's Corner

Sinead Lynch

Partner │ Digital │ Data │ Cyber │ Regulated Business

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Panel Discussion

Sinead Lynch

Partner │ Digital │ Data │ Cyber │ Regulated Business

4:20 pm - 5:00 pm

Panel Discussion: Advancement in Quantum Generative AI Applications

Dr. Farina Riaz

Securing Quantum AI, Research Fellow at CSIRO- Scientist and a public speaker, Quantum Women Lead - Women in AI Australia

Fakhar Zaman

Senior Quantum Solutions Engineer at Q-CTRL