Speaker Hall of Fame.

Core to all the Something Digital Events are the epic speakers and panellists to take to the stage to share and impart their digital wisdom and knowledge. Since May 2018 we are proud to have worked with the following digital legends - many of whom are frequent flyers on the Something Digital stage.

From day one we have committed to and achieved gender equality amongst our speakers and we are proud to be able to say that 52% of the 231 speakers below are female.

Headliners + International Speakers

Berit Anderson
CEO & Editor-in-Chief
Scout
Angela Bassa
Senior Director of the the Data Science and Analytics Centre of Excellence  iRobot
Genevieve Bell
 Director of the School of Cybernetics and the 3A Institute (3Ai) 
Australian National University
Adam Bonnifield
VP Artificial Intelligence
Airbus
Mazzy Cameron
 Global Director - People & Organizational Development eBay and Stubhub
Bryony Cole
CEO
Future of Sex
Mariana Dahan
Founder and CEO
World Identity Network
Chris Dowsett
Head of Decision Science & Analytics
Instagram
Davey Gibian 
White House Presidential Innovation Fellow and Founder, Calypso AI
Sonja Gittens Ottley
Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Asana

Justin Hendrix
Executive Director
NYC Media Lab
Tim Hwang
Former Director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics & Governance of AI Initiative
Juan Ortiz Freuler
Affiliate
Berkman Klein Center
Christina Lee Storm
VP of Emerging Technology, Strategy & Business Operations
DreamWorks Animation
Mathana
Tech ethicist and interplanetary philosopher
Tea Uglow
Creative Director for Google's Creative Lab 
Caroline Sinders
Digital Anthropologist, Machine Learning Researcher and Artist
Convocation Design
Fiona Tan
Global Head of Customer and Supplier Technology
Wayfair
David A.M. Wallerstein
Chief eXploration Officer (CXO) + Senior Executive Vice President 
Tencent
Matt Wallaert
Head of Behavioural 
Science
Frog
Jen Wong 
Chief Operating Officer 
Reddit
Jillian C. York
 Director for International Freedom of Expression  Electronic Frontier Foundation

Local + Interstate Speakers

Luke Abercrombie
Head of Technology
Transurban
Fiona Armstrong
Customer Experience Director
Liquid Interactive
Jannah Baker
Innovation, Research & Development Program Officer
Urban Utilities
Dan Barr
Director 
Better Cities Group
Sheryl Batchelor
Founder & Director
Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation 
Denis Bauer
Head of Cloud Computing Bioinformatics
CSIRO
Chris Beaumont
Endeavour Foundation
Stephen Bergin
Head Producer
Vmation
Paul Bertsch
Queensland Chief Scientist
Mic Black
Founder
Mic's Labs
Stephen Bornstein
CEO
Cyborg Dynamics Engineering
Joel Bowerman
GM for Strategic Marketing  Multicap
Ben Bradford
Head of Animation
Vmation
Vanessa Brennan
 Chief Brand & Customer Officer
Michael Hill
Marley Brown
CEO and Co-founder
Conpago 
Scott Brown
Director, Research and Advice  Queensland Council of Social Service
Michael Burke
Managing Director
Liquid Interactive
David Burson
General Manager / Head of Product & Growth
Canva
Nathan Bush
Founder
12High
Michael Bye
Senior Design Consultant
Telstra Purple 
Josh Callaghan
COO
The REIQ
Laura Campbell
Partner 
Deloitte Digital
Margarita Camus
Digital Innovation Lead
Urban Utilities
Jess Caire
Queensland Executive Director 
Property Council of Australia
Holly Cardew
Founder
Pixc
Catherine Caruna- McManus
Co-Founder and Director 
Meshed
Mervin Chiang
Head of Market Development
Procensol
Jase Clamp
Senior Product Manager
Clipchamp
Tim Cochrane
Head of Experience & Marketing  Goodstart Early Learning
Kate Cook
Director + Forensic Marketing Consultant SPT Agency Pty. Ltd
Natalie Cook
 President of the Queensland Olympic Council
+
Executive Director of Elite Success and Partnerships Queensland Academy of Sport  
Isaac Coonan
Founder
ProptechBNE
Audrey Courty
Lecturer, School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences
Griffith University
Danielle Cronin
Editor
Brisbane Times
Ben Crothers
Principal Design Strategist
Atlassian
Brett Dale
Group Chief Executive
Motor Trades Association of Queensland
Sam Daley
Head of Design Liquid Interactive 
Renee Davidson
General Manager Marketing & Digital
RACQ
Dr Marianne de Pierres
Sci-fi Author
Hayden Delaney
Partner + Head of IP & Technology Team
HopgoodGanim
S. Kate Devitt
Social & Ethical Robotics Researcher, Defence Science & Technology group and Adjunct Fellow, Co-Innovation Group
University of Queensland
Michael Dezuanni
Associate Director, Digital Media Research Centre
QUT
Cassandra Diamond
A/Executive Manager - Business Operations / Education and Outreach and Founder 
CSIRO / Young Indigenous Women's STEM Academy
Jo Dillon
Chief Creative Officer
Screen Queensland
Katrina Donaghy
Co-CEO and Co-Founder
Civic Ledger
Louise Denoon
Executive Director
Public Libraries and Engagement State Library of Queensland
Dr Paula Dootson
Senior Research Fellow
QUT Chair in Digital Economy
Dimity Dornan
Executive Director & Founder
Hear and Say / Bionics Queensland
David Douglas
Postdoctoral Fellow (Responsible Innovation in Robotics and AI)
CSIRO 
Kate Drew
Market Director - Urban Communities  SMEC Australia
Alexander Dreiling
CEO
Clipchamp
Elliot Duff
Principal Robotics Research Consultant
CSIRO
Andrew Duval
Creative Director
Liquid Interactive
Majella Edwards
Founding CEO
Sortal
Peta Ellis
Entrepreneur in Residence
QUT
Dan Etiel
Chief Marketing Officer
Tanda
Geoff Fabila
Acknowledgement of Country
Randall Fernando
Specialist Data Scientist | Advance Queensland Digital Champion
BHP
Pauline Fetaui
General Manager
River City Labs 
Simon Fielke
Research Scientist
CSIRO
Dan Fischer
Head of Digital Transformation and Design
Virgin Australia
Susan Forde
Director, Centre for Social & Cultural Research
Griffith University  
Katharine Gelber
Head of School, Professor of Politics & Public Policy The University of Queensland 
Eloise Gillespie
Head of Personalisation Entain
Michael Gillespie 
Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Domino's Group
Dr Judith Glover
Design Researcher, Industrial Design Program
RMIT University
Nic Gomez 
Lead Game Designer 
Deloitte Digital
Katherine Grace 
Digital Optimisation Manager 
QSuper Group
Jeff Greenhill
Manager, Private Sector Partnerships, Innovations Division  Queensland Government
Philip Green
Privacy Commissioner
Office of the Information Commissioner 
Nigel Greenwood
Founder/CEO  The MachineGenes Group
Paula Guino
COO
Build-Apps
Conor Hagan
Co-Founder
Explorate
Edda Hamar
Co-Founder & CEO
Lána
Paul Harapin
Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific Japan
Domo
Jeremy Hastings
Founder
Hutly  
Emily Haydon
Founder
The Talent Connective
Andrew Hertsch
Digital Services Partner
Telstra Purple
Andy Hill
Founder 
Planet Price
Rob Hudson
Founder
SpoutLogic
Jessie Hughes
New Media Artist and Technologist
Jane Hunter
CEO
Tritium
Bernadette Hyland-Wood 
UQ Global Change Scholar @ University of Queensland
Georgina Ibarra
Product & Design Lead
CSIRO's Data61
Sue Isbell
HOD eLearning
Kelvin Grove State College
Katie James
Senior Digital Manager
flybuys
Brooke Jamieson
Experience Lead
PlaceOS
Sue Johnson
 Marketing Director Spicers Retreats
Zach Johnson
Executive Producer  Josephmark
Ben Johnston
Co-founder
Josephmark
Llew Jury
Executive Chair and Director
Advancer
Melissa Kaplan
Chief Digital Advisor
Microsoft
Fareed Kaviani
 Doctoral Researcher, Monash Sustainable Development Institute Monash University 
Tracey Kay
Co-founder
Axalon
Sue Keay
Research Director, Cyber-physical Systems
CSIRO's Data61
Leanne Kemp
Queensland's Chief Entrepreneur
Fiona Kerr
Founder and CEO
The NeuroTech Institute
Mehdi Khalili
Head of Software Development
Telstra Purple 
Rachel Khoo
Head of Digital
Amart Furniture
Andrew Kolb
Strategy Director
VMLY&R
Steward Koplick
Service Delivery Learning Leader
Endeavour Foundation
Anne Kovachevich
Australasian Foresight + Innovation Leader 
Arup
Marek Kowalkiewicz 
Chair in Digital Economy
QUT
Lucie Krahulcova
Policy Analyst - APAC
Access Now 
Ben Kraal
Director, Experience Design 
Symplicit
Justine Lacey
Responsible Innovation Research Leader
CSIRO
Peter Laurie
Founder. Mentor. Adviser. Investor.
Thuy Lam
Founder and CEO Blackbook.ai
Dominque Lamb
CEO
National Retail Association
Julie-Ann Lambourne
Senior Consultant
Tagai Management
Sarah Leach
Principal Coordinator - Smart Connected Brisbane Office
Brisbane City Council
Brett Leary
Creative Director Visual Songlines
Wendie Lee
Chief Information Officer
Morgans Financial  
Daniel Leeman
Senior Experience Designer
Telstra Purple
John Lee
Director General Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport
Brigid Leishman
Chief Operating Officer
CUA
Rebecca Levingston
Journalist + Morning Show Host
ABC Radio Brisbane 
Deon Liebenberg
Vice President of Innovation & Strategy
Optus Business
Ruth Luscombe
Mathematician 
Quantal AI
Darryl Lyons
Indigenous EIR
James Cook University
Chris Macaulay
Co-Founder & CEO
Advvy
Josephine Marsh
Director Government Recordkeeping
Queensland State Archives
Marcello Massi
General Manager TalkVia

Brett Matheison
General Manager
Watkins Steel

Lee Mathers 
General Manager TalkVia

Cat Matson
Manager, Economic & Community Development
Ipswich City Council 
Scott McDougall Commissioner Queensland Human Rights Commission
Gullara McInnes
Student
CSIRO Indigenous Women's STEM Academy 
Karishma Mendiratta
Head of Customer Experience & Digital
Sunsuper  
Louise Mercer
Chief Experience Officer
Everledger
Antonia Mercorella
CEO
The REIQ
Michael Metcalfe
Founder
Kynd 
Michael Milford
Chief Investigator
Australian Centre for Robotic Vision
Scott Millar
Chief Trouble Maker
BOP Industries
Liz Minchin
Executive Editor
The Conversation Australia & New Zealand
Madison Missina
Sexologist + Sex Educator
Kathryn Modecki
 Senior Lecturer Psychology Griffith University & Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Centre for Internet & Society
Martijn Mooij
Senior User Experience Designer
CSIRO's Data61
Nick Murray
Data Scientist  VALD
Anthony Murfett
Deputy Head
Australian Space Agency 
Juliette Murphy
CEO & Co-Founder
FloodMapp
Erin Musk
Manager Digital, Integrated Gas
Origin 
Crighton Nichols
Research Impact Nexus Manager Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
Kim Osman
Senior Research Associate 
Digital Media Research Centre, QUT
Brad Parsons
CEO & Founder
MOVUS
James Pateras
Managing Director
Modular Farms Australia
Sarah Pearson
Deputy Director General of Innovation
Advance Queensland  
Andrea Peters
Chief Growth Officer
LGIA Super 
Stephen Phillips
CEO
Mawson 
Lucy Poole
Head of Government Digital Experience
Australian Government Digital Transformation Agency
Jarrod Price
Head of Brand & Product Marketing 
RACQ
Shae Quabba
Design Anthropologist & Manager Digital Innovation
Suncorp
Anna Raunik
Executive Director, Content and Client Services
State Library of Queensland
Lisa Renneisen
Co-Founder
Something Digital
Benjamin Richards Executive Producer
Apothecary Films
Andrew Robinson
Co-Founder  QuestaGame (Earth Guardians Pty Ltd)
Cathy Robinson
Principal Research Scientist 
CSIRO
Kirsty Robinson
Head of Experience - Brisbane
VMLY&R
Sue Robson
Chief Operating Officer
Fusion Sport
Rahul Roy
Manager Digital Experience and Creations 
RACQ
Chris Rozic
Co-Founder and CEO 
Datisan
Rob Ryan
Head of Marketing
Vmation
Kshira Saagar
Chief Data Officer
Latitude Financial 
Karen Sanders
General Manager Real Serious Games & Lead, XR Hub
Kurt Sanders
Director of Strategy
The Content Division
Carla Scott
CEO & Co-founder Populace
Threads
Eva Sheliukhin
Founder
Bravi
Ella Shellshear
Diversity and Inclusion Expert
Metro South Health
Evan Shellshear
Head of Analytics
Biarri
Kieran Shirey
Managing Director
LOGiT Australia
Sally Shrapnel
Research Fellow
University of Queensland
Alexandra Sloane
Head of Marketing - ANZ
Facebook
Elliot Smith
Founder
Maxwell Plus
Tom Sowerby
Head of Strategy Datisan

Angela Stengel
Head, Content Ideas Lab
ABC

Verity Stone
Senior Associate - Intellectual Property and Technology
HopgoodGanim
Cori Stewart
CEO
ARM Hub
Morgan Strong
Digital Transformation Manager  Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
Lisa Summer-Hayes
Head of Marketing
Queensland Ballet
Malcolm Thatcher 
Chief Technology Officer  Australian Digital Health Agency
Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry
CEO & Co-founder Max Kelsen
Rachel Thomas
Co-founder / Professor of Practice 
Fast.ai / QUT
Jason Titman
Advisory Board Member
Neto E-Commerce Solutions
Matthew Tobin
Co-Founder and Managing Director
UAP
Dani Townsend
Head of People, Culture and Operations
Everledger
Ally Tutkaluk
Digital Marketing Specialist Leukaemia Foundation 
Victor Vicario
CEO
Arc Hardware Incubator/Accelerator  
Russ Vine
Executive Director for Marketing & Communications Cross River Rail Delivery Authority
Simone Vrabac
 Director | Digital Platforms Branch ACCC
Lynne Walker
Chief Orchestration Officer 
Goodstart Early Learning

Sophie Walker
Executive Manager Community and Stakeholder Engagement, QLD
NBN Co.

Marielle Wallin
Director, Marketing 
TAFE Queensland
Professor Toby Walsh
Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of NSW 
Leesa Watego
Managing Director
Iscariot Media
Tracey Whitelaw
Chief Digital Officer
Local Government Association Queensland
Michael Webb
Founding CEO  Microba Life Science
Rick Wingfield
GM Innovation
Australia Post
Melissa Wiscicki
Regional Digital Practice Leader
Aurecon
Brett Wiskar
Chief Future Officer
Wiley
Melissa Witheriff
Head of Digital Innovation
CUA
Gavin Wood
Chief Information and Digital Officer
Newcrest Mining
Lily Woodhouse
Manager 
Deloitte Digital
Ides Wong
COVID-19 Data Strategy at Queensland Health
Dalene Wray
Managing Director at
OBE Organic
Waveney Yasso
Acknowledgement of Country
Sarah Yip
Managing Director
KEASE International
Jenny Zou
Head of Business Improvement
Super Retail Group
Nadine Zrinzo
Co-Founder
Something Digital
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