Voices from the stage.

Chris Picton is South Australia’s Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy and Minister for State Development. His responsibilities span industry, investment, innovation, science and the information economy. He represents Kaurna in the South Australian Parliament and previously served as Minister for Health and Wellbeing.

One of the world’s leading voices on AI, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. On where AI is actually heading, and what it means for Australian business.

CEO and Founder of Ellipsis Mining. Bridges the gap between capital and operators building with AI. Investor, advisor and operator across technology, venture capital and emerging industries.

Founder & CEO of Be Fit Food and Telstra Victorian Business Award winner. Dietitian-turned-entrepreneur scaling a health business with data and AI.

Founder of Norg.ai, the AI visibility platform helping businesses get found by AI search engines. On building the infrastructure for how businesses appear in the age of AI answers, not links.

CEO, international keynote speaker, and AI strategist helping organisations turn emerging technologies into real business value. Co-Founder of Natural Velocity, building an ecosystem that enables practical, responsible AI adoption across enterprises, startups, and researchers.

Georgie hosts In the Blink of AI and writes Attention Is All I Need. A former engineer, she previously launched and led Google’s AI First Accelerator. Her work explores AI, the future of work and technology culture.

Dr. Khizer Khaderi founded Stanford’s Human Perception Lab. A Stanford HAI faculty affiliate, his work spans AI, spatial computing and human performance. He has advised Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, the NBA and the International Olympic Committee.

Jeremy Cabral is co-founder and former COO of Finder, and co-founder of AI Search Leaders. He helps business leaders master LLMs and GEO, build autonomous AI workflows, and turn agentic commerce into practical business growth.

Richard Welch represents North-Eastern Metropolitan in Victoria’s Legislative Council and is Shadow Minister for AI and the Digital Economy. His background spans financial services, international technology projects and entrepreneurship. He developed patented motion-tracking technology using sensors and neural networks before entering Parliament in 2024.