International Leaders
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Brian Forde (USA)
Former Senior Technology Advisor at the White House under Barack Obama’s presidency. Director of Digital Currency at the MIT Media Lab
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Neil Harbisson (USA)
Artist and cyborg activist; the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull and officially recognised as a cyborg by a government
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Patrycja Slawuta (USA)
NYC-based researcher and entrepreneur. Founder SelfHackathon
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Zenia Tata (India)
Executive Director, Global Development & International Expansion, XPRIZE
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Raymond McCauley (USA)
Scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur working at the forefront of biotechnology. Chair of the Biotech Track at Singularity University
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Hila Oren (Israel)
Founder and CEO Tel Aviv Global & Tourism; Founder Tel Aviv Startup City Vision; Smart Cities and urban development expert
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Scott Anthony (Singapore)
Disruptive innovation expert and Managing Partner of Innosight
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Aleksandra Przegalinska (USA)
Artificial Intelligence expert; Research Fellow at the Centre for Collective Intelligence at MIT
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Yvette Montero Salvatico & Frank Spencer (USA)
Principals at Kedge. Former founders of the Workforce Insights division (The Walt Disney Company)
Corporate & Government Leaders
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The Hon. Philip Dalidakis
Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade
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Richard Bolt
Secretary of the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
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Steve Vamos
Non Executive Director, Venture Investor, Business Advisor and Speaker
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Jane King
Deputy Commissioner, Design and Change Management Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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John Stanhope
Chairman Australia Post & AGL; Chancellor of Deakin University
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Dr Pradeep Philip
Partner, Deloitte Access Economics
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Peter Hunt AM
Investment Banker & Engaged Philanthropist; Chairman Greenhill Australia, Grameen Australia, So They Can, Founder Women’s Community Shelters
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Dr Charles Day
CEO of the Office of Innovation and Science Australia (OISA); Former Program Director for the Carlton Connect Initiative
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Jan Owen AM
CEO, Foundation for Young Australians
Incredible Innovators, Educators & Technologists
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Dr Alan Finkel AO
Australia’s Chief Scientist. Prior to becoming Chief Scientist, he was the Chancellor of Monash University and President of the ATSE
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Kim Rubenstein
Professor, Australian National University; Australia’s leading citizenship law expert
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Professor Rufus Black
Master of Ormond College; Deputy Chancellor of Victoria University
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Professor Svetha Venkatesh
Director, Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics (PRaDA) at Deakin University
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Doron Ben-Meir
Vice-Principal Enterprise of the Chancellery Executive of the University of Melbourne
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Sam Sterling
Executive Strategy Director, Isobar
Outstanding Creativity Connectors
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Tania de Jong AM
Founder Creative Universe, Creativity Australia & Creative Innovation Global
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Jean Kittson
Master of Ceremonies
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Anthony Barnhill
Composer in Residence
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Alex Wisman
Graphic Recordist and Artist in Residence
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Pot-Pourri
Performers
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With One Voice
Creativity Australia’s community wellbeing and social inclusion choirs
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Ricky Gopinath
Performer
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Janet Borg
Performer
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Ivano Guseli
Caricaturist
World Class Creativity Innovation & Leadership Experts
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Rachel Audigé
Experienced Intrapreneur, Systematic Inventive Thinking Facilitator and Innovation Architect. Delivers – with passion – a counter-intuitive mindset and toolset.
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Andrew & Gaia Grant
Directors of Tirian International Consultancy, they have assisted Fortune 500 companies for more than 20 years
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Yamini Naidu
The world’s only economist turned storyteller and is rated among the top three business storytellers globally.
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Jon Yeo
Executive Speaker coach, Licensee and Curator – TEDxMelbourne
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Stephen Scott Johnson
Expert in brand and culture transformation with 20 years’ experience in global business
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Christina Gerakiteys
Executive Strategy Director, Isobar
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Jessamy Gee
Executive Strategy Director, Isobar
