Day 1 – Symposium

Draft. Subject to change. Further information on the talks can be found here. 
TimeslotContent
0830-0840Welcome and housekeeping
0840-0920Opening address: How ML can assist with real-time control Overview of Past and Current Approaches to Decision Making Using Machine Learning (Prof. Dr. Amanda Barnard AM :: Australian National University)
0920-1000Keynote Domain 1: Additive Manufacturing Unlocking new approaches to autonomous real-time decision-making in additive manufacturing (Dr Stephen DeWitt :: Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
1000-1040Keynote Domain 2: Flow Chemistry (Prof. Richard Bourne :: University of Leeds)
1040-1100MORNING COFFEE/TEA BREAK
1100-1140Keynote Domain 3: Robotics Safe and collaboration-friendly perception and localisation for autonomous systems (Prof. Michael Milford :: Queensland University of Technology)
1140-1220Keynote Domain 4: Energy Scientific Machine Learning for Modeling and Control of Energy Systems (Prof. Ján Drgoňa :: John Hopkins University/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
1220-1300Keynote Domain 5: Space/Aerospace (Dr Nick Mule :: Boeing US)
1300-1340LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING @ Robert Leicester Room
1340-1355Short Talk 1 How quantum computing can supercharge machine learning Quantum Machine Learning – the melding of two technologies (Mr Michael Hall :: NEC Australia)
1355-1410Short Talk 2 Industry 4.0 applications AI in Industrial Software Development (Mr Justin Farrell :: Siemens)
1410-1425Short Talk 3 – ML: Outline of a case study on ML-assisted real-time control (Microsoft Australia)
1425-1440Short Talk 4 – Standards: Australian Standards that Impact AI-driven decision-making (Ms Alexandra Snelson :: Standards Australia)
1440-1455Short Talk 5Industry 4.0 in Australia Overcoming the Barriers to Industrial ML (Mr Steven Harding :: Optrix)
1455-1515AFTERNOON COFFEE/TEA BREAK
1515-1525Recap of the day so far based on the graphical recording of all talks: Ms Dayna Hayman (Dayna Hayman Design)
1525-1655Facilitated group discussions on identifying issues and drafting an R&D roadmap useful to private businesses and research organisations.
1655-1715Poster pitches by ECRs (3 minutes each maximum)
1715-1735Pitches by 2x Platinum + 2x Gold Partners (5 minutes each)
1735-1745Giving away of 3 prizes ($500, $300, $200) to ECRs for posters + Closing remarks
1745 onwardsCOCKTAILS + NETWORKING
Day 1 program