2025 Speakers

Sally Stannard
Director-General, Department of Transport and Main Roads

Bob Gee
Director-General, Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support

Kathy Parton
Deputy Director-General, Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism

Steve Gollschewski
Commissioner, Queensland Police

Dr Deborah Hume
Deputy Director-General, Translink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads

Lauren Eastaughffe
Innovation Director, Department of Veterans' Affairs

Chris Fechner
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Agency

Tania Porter
Deputy Director-General, Early Childhood, Department of Education

Tess Bishop
Deputy Secretary & Chief Operating Officer, Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Andrew Bennett
Deputy Director-General, Queensland Government Procurement, Department of Energy and Climate

Danielle McAllister
Deputy Director-General, Policy, Performance and First Nations, Department of Housing and Public Works

Jarrod Cowley-Grimmond
Deputy Director-General, Water Resource Management, Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers

Amy Rosanowski
Deputy Director-General and Registrar of Titles, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development

Matt Hodder
Chief Technology Officer, Department of Transport and Main Roads

Rachel Chay
Deputy Director-General & Chief Biosecurity Officer, Biosecurity Queensland

Joanne Greenfield
Chief Operating Officer, Australian Digital Health Authority

Laura Poidevin
Chief Digital Officer, Queensland Police

Kirstine Harvey
General Manager Strategic Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Housing and Public Works

Debbie McNamara
Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Queensland

Alex Jenkins
Director; Chair & Founder, WA Data Science Innovation Hub; Curtin AI in Research Group

Stephen Case
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development

Rachel Vagg
Auditor-General, Queensland Audit Office

Joanne Kummrow
Queensland Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner, Queensland

Jelena Nikolic
Chief Digital Officer, Department of Sport, Racing, Olympic and Paralympic Games

Silven Simmons
Chief Human Resources Officer, Department of Primary Industries

Mike Dudarenok
Chief Information and Digital Officer, NSW Education Standards Authority

Peter Floyd
Chief Digital Officer, Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers

Cameron Bunkum
Chief Human Resources Officer, Department of Youth Justice

Dr John Reilly
Executive Director, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch, Clinical Excellence Queensland

Erin Earle
CIO/Senior Executive Director, Digital Transformation, Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety

Gillian Gardiner
Executive Director, Innovation Operations, Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Wendy Ah Chin
Chief Superintendent, First Nations, Queensland Corrective Services

Rhett Miller
Queensland Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Greater China, Trade and Investment Queensland

Lee Stevens
Head of Business Technology, Brisbane 2032

Professor Matt Burke
Chair, Transport Academic Partnership & Chair, Transport Innovation and Research Hub, Griffith University

Kathy Benson
Director, Behavioural Economics and Research, Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Jodi Hallas
A/Deputy Director-General, Clinical Planning and Service Strategy, Queensland Health

Julia Smith
Chief Human Resources Officer, Queensland Building and Construction Commission

Greg Watts
Chief Information Officer, Public Trustee of Queensland

Rachel Beswick
Director - First 2000 Days, Reform Office, Department of Health / Co-Chair, Queensland Child and Youth Clinical Network, Clinical Excellence Queensland

Gemma Hodgetts
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Health and Wellbeing Queensland

Rebecca Lamoin
Executive Director, Experience, State Library of QLD

Jeremy Janes
Chief Information Officer, Queensland Building and Construction Commission

Naomi Hebson
Executive Director, People and Governance,, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

Linda Colley
Former Special Commissioner Equity and Diversity, Queensland Public Sector Commission

R.Krishna Kumar
Vice President and Geography Head for ANZ, Newgen Software

Matt Walsh
Chief Customer Officer, Customer Delivery, Fibre & Support, Vocus

Mark Williams
Senior Client Partner, Federal Government Lead, Publicis Sapient