Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses

Appendix 2Public hearings and witnesses

Monday 20 May 2024

1R0, Main Committee Room

Australian Parliament House

Canberra

CSIRO

Ms Stela Solar, Director, National Artificial Intelligence Centre CSIRO Data61

Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, Chief Research Consultant, CSIRO Data61

Australia's Chief Scientist

Dr Catherine Foley

Australian Electoral Commission

Mr Tom Rogers, Electoral Commissioner

Mr Jeff Pope, Deputy Electoral Commissioner

Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, Private capacity

Australian Human Rights Commission

Mrs Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner

Gradient Institute

Mr Bill Simpson-Young, Chief Executive

School of Cybernetics, ANU

Associate Professor Andrew Meares, Deputy Director and Associate Professor

Associate Professor Matthew Holt, Associate Director (Education)

Mrs Maia Gould, Cybernetics Engagement Lead

Centre for Public Awareness of Science, ANU

Dr Ehsan Nabavi, Head of Responsible Innovation Lab

Tech Policy Design Centre, ANU

Ms Zoe Hawkins, Head of Policy Design

Tuesday 21 May 2024

The Grace Hotel

77 York St

Sydney

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Mr Joe Longo, Chair

Ms Calissa Aldridge, Executive Director, Markets

Mr Graham Jefferson, Digital and Legal Transformation Lead

Centre of the Public Square, Per Capita

Mr Peter Lewis, Convenor

Mr Jordan Guiao, Director of Responsible Technology

Human Technology Institute, UTS

Professor Edward Santow, Director, Policy and Governance

Professor Sally Cripps, Director, Technology

Professor Nicholas Davis, Director, Strategy and Operations

Australian Information Industry Association

Mr Simon Bush, CEO

Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, UTS

Distinguished Professor Jie Lu AO, Director

AI Institute, UNSW

Professor Toby Walsh, Chief Scientist

Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)

Mr Vince Caughley, NSW Division Secretary

Mr Bernard Smith, NSW Branch Secretary

Mr Joseph Mitchell, Assistant Secretary

Mr Sunil Kemppi, Senior Legal and Industrial Officer

Mr Jack Boutros, Campaigner

Tech Council of Australia

Mr Ryan Black, Acting CEO

Ms Erika Ly, Policy Manager

Tuesday 16 July 2024

Main Committee Room 1R0

Parliament House

Canberra

Professor Anton van den Hengel, Private capacity

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance

Mr Paul Davies, Campaigns Director

Dr Rod Davies, Musicians member

Mr Cooper Mortlock, Equity member

Mr Matt Byrne, Political Lead

Ms Tawar Razaghi, Media member

Digital Rights Watch

Ms Lizzie O'Shea, Founder and Chair

Adobe

Mr John Mackenney, Director, Public Sector Strategy APAC

Human Rights Watch

Ms Hye Jung Han, Children’s Rights and Technology Researcher and Advocate

Human Rights Law Centre

Mr David Mejia-Canales, Senior lawyer

Ms Kimberly La, Secondee Lawyer

Associate Professor Alysia Blackham, Private capacity

Professor Kevin Sanson, Private capacity

ARC Centre of Excellence on Automated Decision-Making and Society

Professor Julian Thomas, Director

Law Council of Australia

Dr Fabian Horton, Chair, Futures Committee

Mr Angus Lang SC, Assistant National Chair, Intellectual Property Committee

Professor Peter Leonard, Member, Media and Communications Committee, Business Law Section

Ms Olga Ganopolsky, Chair, Privacy Law Committee of the Business Law Section

Mr John Farrell, Executive Policy Lawyer

Ms Claire Pullen, Private capacity

The Australian Association Of Voice Actors

Mr Simon Kennedy, President

Ms Teresa Lim, Vice President

Ms Lesley Chambers, Industry Liaison

Wednesday 17 July 2024

Main Committee Room 1R0

Parliament House

Canberra

Trellis Data

Mr Michael Gately, CEO

Mr Timothy McLaren, Head of Communication

Nuvento

Mr David Hohnke, CEO

Mr David Sheard, Founding Director, Chief Technology Officer

Xaana.Ai

Mr Dan Saldi, Founder and CEO

Castlepoint

Mrs Rachael Greaves, CEO

Haast

Mr Liam King, CTO, Co-Founder

QuintessenceLabs

Mr John Leiseboer, Chief Technology Officer

Atlassian

Mr David Masters, Head of Global Public Policy

Ms Anna Jaffe, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Ethics

Parks Australia

Mr Sean Sullivan, Deputy Secretary

Dr Rebecca Pirzl, Branch head, Science and Australian National Botanic Gardens, Parks Australia

Dr Renee Bartolo, Director, Office of the Chief Remote Pilot

Dr Dylan McConnell, Private capacity

RMIT University

Dr Ascelin Gordon, Senior Lecturer

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre and Curtin Institute for Data Science

Mr Mark Stickells AM, CEO

Professor Enrico Coiera, Private capacity

Professor Farah Magrabi, Private capacity

Professor Keith McNeill, Private capacity

Dr Sandra Johnson, Private capacity

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Associate Professor Micah DJ Peters, Director, National Policy Research Unit

Ms Annie Butler, Federal Secretary

Australian Medical Association

Professor Steve Robson, President

Dr Michael Bonning, Federal Counciler

Friday 16 August 2024

Senate Committee Room 2S1

Australian Parliament House

Canberra

Amazon

Ms Nicole Foster, Director, Global AI/ML Public Policy

Mr Matt Levey, Head of Public Policy, Australia and New Zealand

Google

Ms Tulsee Doshi, Director, Product Management, Google DeepMind

Ms Lucinda Longcroft, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Australia and New Zealand

Microsoft

Mr Steven Worrall, Corporate Vice President

Mr Lee Hickin, AI Technology and Policy Lead Asia

Ms Sarah Carney, National Technology Officer

Mr John Galligan, General Manager, Corporate External and Legal Affairs

Good Ancestors Policy

Mr Greg Sadler, CEO, Good Ancestors Policy, Coordinator, Australians for AI Safety

Harmony Intelligence

Mr Soroush Pour, CEO

Digital Transformation Agency

Mr Chris Fechner, CEO

Ms Lauren Mills, Branch Manager, Digital Strategy, Policy and Engagement

Ms Lucy Poole, General Manager, Digital Strategy, Planning and Performance

Attorney-General's Department

Ms Jenna Priestly, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Courts, Tribunals and Commercial Division

Ms Catherine Fitch, Assistant Secretary Privacy Reform Taskforce, Integrity Frameworks Division

Mr Stephen Still, Assistant Secretary, Transparency and Administrative Law Branch, Integrity Frameworks Division

Ms Ayesha Nawaz, Assistant Secretary of the Human Rights Branch

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Ms Helen Wilson, Deputy Secretary Science and Technology Group

Mr Anthony Murfett, Head of Technology and Digital Division

Mr Daniel Quinn, General Manager Artificial Intelligence Policy Branch

Wednesday 11 September 2024

Committee Room 2S3

Australian Parliament House

Canberra