Sydney Program – 22 June 2021
Preliminary Agenda – Sydney (local time, AEST)
Location: Virtual
| Time | Session |
| 9:30am – 9:35am | Welcoming Tomasz Bednarz Team Leader: Visual Analytics, Modelling and Simulation CCC Lead, CSIRO’s Data61. |
| 9:35am – 9:50am | Opening Address Gail Fulton Director, CSIRO Services The importance of collaboration for SMEsAbstract: The CSIRO SME Collaboration Nation initiative aims to double the number of SMEs that engage with publicly-funded R&D by 2025 by (i) amplifying existing facilitation programs and providing better connections between them; (ii) simplifying and removing barriers to collaboration; and (iii) helping businesses and researchers understand the value of collaboration for positive impact. This presentation will take a tour through CSIRO’s current collaboration offerings (e.g. through SME Connect), showcase some examples of SME impact through collaboration and introduce some of the recommendations from our research project with RMIT that asked 800 SMEs what the real and perceived barriers they found are to collaboration. |
| 9:50am – 10:25am | Keynote Liming Zhu Research Director, Software and Computational Systems Drive SME adoption of transformative AI/Cyber technologies – Data61’s approachAbstract: AI/Cyber technologies and success stories/approaches with SME and certainly pose questions on how we can do better and at scale. |
| 10:25am – 10:50am | Morning Break |
| 10:50am – 11:30am | Session Chair: Seyit Camtepe AI and Cyber for Government, Defence and Manufacturing David Liebowitz Abstract: Cyber Deception is increasingly valuable as a tool for breach detection, theft discovery and threat intelligence. The key to scalable, automated deception is realistic mimicry of the digital world. This talk describes Penten’s approach to deception using AI/ML to generate realistic content and behaviour. We’ll touch on some of our products, and reflect on our engagement with the research community. Hoa Khanh Dam Abstract: The rise of Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly transform the practice of project management. AI is potentially a game changer for project management in helping accelerate productivity and increase project success rates. This talk will present how AI technologies can assist project managers and teams through automating repetitive, high-volume tasks, enabling project analytics for estimation and risk prediction, providing actionable recommendations, and even making decisions. |
| 11:30pm – 12:10pm | Session Chair: Luc Betbeder-Matibet AI and Cyber for Culture and Society Lyria Bennett Moses Abstract: With the Europeans looking to introduce ‘regulation’ for artificial intelligence, it is worth stepping back to understand the many different ways in which law influences both artificial intelligence and cyber security practices. This paper will provide an overview of the ways in which law currently operates to regulate in these areas as well as an overview of the different approaches to reform. Deborah Lawler-Dormer Abstract: The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences sits at the intersection of the arts, design, science and technology and plays a critical role in engaging communities with contemporary ideas and issues. Established in 1879, the Museum is custodian to over half a million objects of national and international significance and is considered one of the finest and most diverse collections in Australia. The Museum is undertaking the Powerhouse Program which includes the creation of the new Powerhouse Parramatta, the establishment of the new dedicated collection stores in Castle Hill, the Collection Relocation and Digitisation Project, the renewal of Powerhouse Ultimo and the development of a Creative Industries Precinct. The Powerhouse Program is one of the largest cultural infrastructure projects currently being undertaken in the country. The project will transform and renew one of Australia’s oldest and most important cultural institutions and carry forward its legacy to reflect the changing needs of the contemporary communities of NSW. As part of this project the Museum will be focussing on AI driven technologies and digital innovations to enable recommender systems for online collection access, create immersive interactive experiences and enrich our collections’ digital assets. There will also be an acquisition program and eventual exhibition that helps explain and tell the story of the development and utilisation of AI across Australian industries. Within this, the Museum will engage with cultural, social and ethical considerations regarding the use of AI across its many applications within the institution. This research is being realised in collaboration with tertiary and industry partnerships that enable the expansion of our practices and understandings of this field. |
| 12:10pm – 12:50pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:50pm – 1:30pm | Session Chair: Tomasz Bednarz AI and Cyber for Immersive and Hybrid Analytics Pradeep Khanna Abstract: This session looks at the global Metaverse trend, examines four building blocks of metaverse, and describes some experience centers which are potential components of metaverse. It then looks at economic value in the metaverse, some of the major players in the metaverse ecosystem and AI and Cybersecurity perspectives in this journey. Leila Alem Abstract: In this talk I will present a range of enterprise solutions using emerging technologies including AI AR/MR/VR and wearables. I will provide a human computer interaction perspective with a emphasis on aspects of user experience in these hybrid environment where the virtual and the physical spaces are interwoven. I conclude my talk with a set of design principles for the next wave of computing . |
| 1:30pm – 2:10pm | Session Chair: Luc Betbeder-Matibet AI and Cyber for Digital Infrastructure and Digital Twins Professor Travis Waller Damien Cutcliffe Abstract: Digital Twins is a growing phenomenon across industry, for some developers, owners and operators this term means digital transformation of how assets are created and maintained – for others it means optimising complex operations and the testing/modelling of scenarios. The success of a digital twin strategy involves alignment of business processes and requirements, integration with a variety of existing systems, management of competing stakeholders, and often depends on a solid foundation of digital maturity in client organisations. This talk will describe some of our experiences on projects and some of the strategies that we have found successful, including the importance of partnering. |
| 2:10pm – 2:25pm | Afternoon Break |
| 2:25pm – 3:20pm | Panel Session Facilitator: Tamara Ogilvie Topic: Building a strong AI presence for SMEs to make the best of what technology can offer… securely Panelists: |
| 3:20pm – 3:40pm | Session Chair: Seyit Camtepe AI and Cyber for Industry Stefan Hajkowicz Abstract: Recent years have seen the rapid growth of Australia’s artificial intelligence and related digital technology industries. This presentation explores the use of location quotients to identify and characterise geographic clusters of digital industries in Australia. We examine and explore the growth of digital and artificial intelligence companies including SMEs and publicly listed companies. The analysis reveals several digital industry clusters in major capital cities where the concentration of digital (including artificial intelligence) workers is well above average. According to theories of economic geography these emerging geographic hotspots provide an opportunity for governments to catalyse further growth and development of Australia’s artificial intelligence and digital industries. |
| 3:40pm – 3:50pm | Closing Seyit Camtepe Team Leader: Autonomous and Application Security, CSIRO’s Data61 |