EVENT SPONSOR

www.ceda.com.au

Artificial intelligence and ethics: the effects of bias

Thursday, 11 April 2019, 12.00pm to 2.00pm

The Westin Perth

agenda

11.45am Registrations

12.00pm Welcome Paula Rogers State Director, CEDA

12.05pm Presentation Emma Bennison Chief Execuive Officer, Blind Citizens Australia

12.15pm Presentation Wayne Hawkins Director of Inclusion, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network

12.25pm Presentation Kirstin Butcher Chief Executive Officer, GenVis

12.35pm Lunch

1.05pm Introduction Paula Rogers State Director, CEDA

1.10pm Facilitated discussion and questions with David Masters, Corporate Affairs Director & Disability and Accessibility Lead, Microsoft

Emma Bennison, Chief Executive Officer, Blind Citizens Australia Wayne Hawkins, Director of Inclusion, Australia Communications Consumer Action Network Kirstin Butcher, Chief Executive Officer, GenVis

1.55pm Closing comments Paula Rogers State Director, CEDA

2.00pm Event close

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sponsor

Event sponsor

Microsoft

Twitter: @Microsoft

Human ingenuity amplified by intelligent technology

You don’t have to be a technology expert – or even more than a casual observer

of the field – to know that the hottest topic in technology today is artificial

intelligence.

AI combined with human ingenuity is already helping people to do amazing

things. Thanks to AI advances, we can communicate more easily across multiple

languages and even discover more personalized cancer treatments. And that’s

just the beginning. We are in the nascent stage of AI breakthroughs, and we can

only imagine the possibilities of what people and technology will be able to do

together.

Despite all this potential, AI is probably one of the least understood technological

breakthroughs in modern times. That makes sense. After all, anyone can tap on

a smart phone screen, pick up a gaming controller or slip on a HoloLens and

immediately understand why it is something people will use, love and come to

rely on.

By contrast, AI isn’t something you can see or touch, and you may not even

realize you are using it. In fact, most of us are probably relying on technology

that uses AI every day, without even knowing it.

Microsoft also uses AI to help doctors and biochemists better understand,

prevent and treat the world’s deadliest and most confounding diseases, by

analyzing vast amounts of medical data to look for useful patterns. Those

breakthroughs wouldn’t be possible without the combination of data, the AI

algorithms that can analyze data, the cloud computing to process it -- and the

human experts who can apply those results to make medical breakthroughs.

Business leaders, policymakers, researchers, academics and representatives of

civil society must work together to ensure AI based technologies are designed

and deployed in a manner that will earn the trust of the people who use them

and the individuals whose data is being collected.

The Partnership on AI, an organisation co-founded by Microsoft, is one vehicle

for advancing these discussions. www.partnershiponai.org

www.microsoft.com.au

speaker

Emma Bennison

Chief Executive Officer, Blind Citizens Australia

Twitter: @au_BCA

Emma Bennison is the CEO of Blind Citizens Australia, the national

representative voice of Australians who are blind or vision-impaired.

A passionate advocate for the rights of people with disability to lead full and

productive lives, Emma takes every opportunity to challenge the myths and

misconceptions which too often hinder people with disability from reaching their

full potential. Prior to joining Blind Citizens Australia, Emma spent five years as

CEO of Arts Access Australia, the peak national body for arts and disability. The

first person with disability to be appointed to the role, Emma spearheaded a

successful campaign which saw the Australia Council for the Arts provide

dedicated funding to artists with disability for the first time and built the capacity

of people with disability to take on leadership roles across the arts and cultural

sector.

Emma is also a singer and song-writer whose work often focuses on her

experiences as a person with a disability and as an advocate.

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speaker

Kirstin Butcher

Chief Executive Officer, GenVis

Twitter: @KirstinButcher

Kirstin is the CEO and Head of Product for GenVis, a visual AI company making

video analytics solutions accessible to organisations of all sizes.

A four-time Founder, building companies in Australia, Hong Kong and Indonesia,

Kirstin has expertise in seeing market opportunities and developing great

products and teams to execute on them.

Kirstin is passionate about giving those most vulnerable in our communities,

access to tech that keeps them safe. In March, GenVis launched Safe with Milli,

an initiative to help victims of family violence be safe at home through the use of

home security cameras and GenVis technologies.

speaker

Wayne Hawkins

Director of Inclusion, Australian Communications

Consumer Action Network

Wayne Hawkins is Director of Inclusion with the Australian Communications

Consumer Action Network (ACCAN). Wayne joined ACCAN in 2010 as Disability

Policy Advisor, and has led ACCAN’s work on telecommunications access for

consumers with disability, telecommunications affordability and emergency

services.

Prior to joining ACCAN Wayne was National Policy officer with Blind Citizens

Australia. Wayne is a doctoral candidate at Sydney University researching

Australian telecommunications and disability policies. Wayne has a Master in

Public Policy from Sydney University and a Bachelors of Business Administration

from City University of New York. Wayne has been blind since 2005 as a result

of Retinitis Pigmentosa.

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facilitator

David Masters

Corporate Affairs Director & Disability and Accessibility

Lead

Twitter: @mastersofdavid

David Masters is Corporate Affairs Director for Microsoft Australia. In this role,

David leads Microsoft Australia’s public policy and government engagement in

areas including accessibility, procurement, privacy, cybersecurity and cloud

services. He is also Microsoft Australia’s Disability and Accessibility lead.

David has been a senior public servant and an adviser on a range of ICT policy

issues; advising three Australian Government Ministers in the Communications,

Information Technology and the Arts portfolio on ICT industry development,

broadband, whole of government use of ICT and Internet regulation. Prior to

joining Microsoft, David led Public Sector Business Strategy for HP Enterprise

Services in Australia; and was the ICT Practice Director for public affairs

consultancy Parker & Partners.

corporate tables

CEDA would like to thank the following members for hosting a corporate table

at today’s event.

Microsoft The University of Western Australia

Woodside Energy

Please note attendee names are provided to aid networking and should not be added to mailing lists without permission from the individual.

attendees

Simon Adams Global Enterprise Group Microsoft

Kristy Alderson Legal Counsel Woodside Energy

Jacqueline Alderson Sport Biomechanics The University of Western Australia

Maree Arnason CEDA Individual Trustee

Peter Balding Principal Technology Integration Rio Tinto

John Barrington AM Managing Director Barrington Consulting Group Pty Ltd

James Baxter Head of Artificial Intelligence Woodside Energy

Emma Bennison Chief Executive Officer Blind Citizens Australia

Tristan Berentzen Head of Energy RAC (WA)

David Beros Head of Product DigitalX

Kerryl Bradshaw Director Industry, Resources Microsoft

Mark Busani Digital Analytics Manager Bankwest

Andrew Campbell APAC Regional Managing Consultant - Advanced Analysis Advisian

Lindsay Campbell Major Accounts Manager Microsoft

Sheryl Carmody Executive Director Mission & Culture MercyCare

Donella Caspersz Lecturer, Management and Organisations The University of Western Australia

Ying Cheng Data Engineer Bankwest

Karan Clayton HR Manager Community Vision

Jason Clifton SVP Finance & Treasury Woodside Energy

Paul Collings Manager, Industry Engagement, Business Development & Innovation The University of Western Australia

Lucy Cooke Project Manager Mountain Ash

Fran Cotton Commercialisation Consultant Landgate

Tracey Curtis Membership Coordinator, WA CEDA

Michael Custance Manager Workforce Management WA Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage

Jessica Dawson PCI Business Partner WA Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage

Branden Dekenah Managing Director Interfuze

Fred Du Plooy Analytics Manager Bankwest

James Edwards Head of Strategic Innovation RAC (WA)

Pascal Felix Intelligent Transport Executive WSP

Sarah Finniecome Graduate Digital Analyst Woodside Energy

Janice Gardner General Manager RiskCover Insurance Commission of Western Australia

Anna Gee Industry Engagement Manager The University of Western Australia

Karl Hackett Manager, Technology Integration Rio Tinto

Jenni Harrison Director of Strategic Projects and Engagement Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

Wayne Hawkins Director of Inclusion Australian Communications Consumer Action Network

Chris Holloway Management Assistant Woodside Energy

Aidan Hughes Software Specialist Silver Chain Group

Antoinette Jago Modern Worplace Specialist Microsoft

Puneet Jandu Walia Senior Campaign Analyst Bankwest

Michelle Jenkins Chief Executive Officer Community Vision

Riaan Jonker Project Manager WSP

Shelley Kalms Chief Digital Officer Woodside Energy

Parwinder Kaur Research Associate - PGB The University of Western Australia

Carl Kopke General Manager, Resources West WSP

Brenda Lee Project Consultant MercyCare

Terry Lee Company Director Terry Lee Financial Planners

Nilesh Makwana Chief Executive Officer Illuminance Solutions

David Masters Corporate Affairs Manager Microsoft

Philip Matthews Acting Dean, School of Philosophy and Theology The University of Notre Dame Australia

Janelle McFralane Service Manager Mercy Health

Fiona McGaughey UWA Law School The University of Western Australia

Colin Meeking Principal Arup

Elaine Meighan Group Manager HR Services Silver Chain

Joshua Monkhouse Data Scientist Bankwest

Donna O'Hara CEDA Individual Non Member

Jason Pearce General Manager Downer Digital

Geoff Pereira Manager - Infrastructure and Property Cardno

John Poulsen Principal People, Passion & Performance

Paula Rogers State Director, WA CEDA

Stephanie Rowton Event Coordinator, WA CEDA

John Simpson President Blind Citizens Australia

Ryan Smyth Executive - Business Development Coffey Environments Australia Pty Ltd

Suresh Subramaniam Executive Sous Chef Pan Pacific Hotels Group

Sheryl Tan Senior Manager Risk Projects Bankwest

Jessica Thomas Strategy, Planning and Performance The University of Western Australia

Leigh Travers Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director DigitalX

Brett Van der Mescht Finance Manager Group Reporting Woodside Energy

Marco Van Staden Citizen Data Science Manager Woodside Energy

Leena Vo HR Manager Mercy Health

Lauchlan Wallace General Manager Data Science Woodside Energy

Gordon Wallace Regional Manager, State Plus First State Super

Robyn Waltl People Architect Synergy

Peter Watkins Strategy & Performance Manager Woodside Energy

Neil Webster Data Scientist Bankwest

James Williamson Assistant Director General Clinical Excellence WA Department of Health

Ben Wood Membership and Marketing Services Advisor, WA CEDA

Andy Wood Executive Director, Corporate Services WA Department of Finance

Elliot Wood Azure Development Engagement Lead Microsoft

Graeme Woods Head of Product Development iCetana

Joseph Wooltorton Consultant Hudson

Bruce Wright Executive Manager Bankwest

Sepidah Zarkoob Cognitive Solution Architect Woodside Energy

Nicolo Zingales Deputy Director University of Sussex

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CEDA WA: May 2019

SHAPING WA: THE BUSINESS OF TOURISM

DATE Wednesday 1 May 2019, 12.00pm – 2.00pm

VENUE Riverview Room 1, Optus Stadium

SPEAKERS Rebecca Brown, Director General, WA Department of Jobs,

Tourism, Science and Innovation; John O’Sullivan, Managing Director

Tourism Australia

EVENT OVERVIEW CEDA welcomes influential industry leaders to share their

ideas as we look at WA’s tourism infrastructure priorities and how changing

tourism demand patterns are transforming industry business models.

Sponsored by CEDA member: Churchill Consulting

INFRASTRUCTURE IN AUSTRALIA: SETTING THE WA AGENDA

DATE Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 12.00pm – 2.00pm

VENUE TBC WA

SPEAKERS Romilly Madew AO, Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure

Australia

EVENT OVERVIEW CEDA welcomes for the first time to Western Australia

incoming Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Officer, Romilly Madew AO

as she sets the agenda for the organisation’s focus on delivering better

outcomes for people across transport, energy, telecommunications, water

and social infrastructure across Australia.

Sponsored by CEDA member: ARUP and City of Swan

CEDA contact:

Stephanie Rowton, Events Coordinator

Phone: 08 6104 7104 Email: stephanie.rowton@ceda.com.au

about CEDA

CEDA is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation. CEDA identifies

policy issues that matter for Australia’s future and pursue solutions that deliver

better economic, social and environmental outcomes for Australia. CEDA's cross-

sector membership spans every state and territory and includes more than 780 of

Australia's leading businesses, community organisations, government departments

and academic institutions.

Membership

Organisations join CEDA because CEDA delivers exposure to high level thought

leadership, timely briefings on issues of economic importance, access to

networking and brand reach through sponsorship and hosting opportunities. In

addition to high profile public events, CEDA also delivers regular member only

events for employees of member organisations and exclusive Trustee only

boardroom briefings for senior executives from member organisations. These

provide a unique opportunity for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and for

speakers and attendees to talk candidly on issues.

Research and policy

CEDA’s only agenda is to pursue good public policy to progress Australia’s

economic and social development. Since 1960 CEDA has produced more than

3000 publications, research reports and articles highlighting emerging issues and

directions in a diverse range of policy areas. Research in 2019 will focus on

Australia’s long-term budget position, the effects of temporary migration, a survey

of Australian businesses on their approach to economic development, and new

approaches to addressing entrenched disadvantage.

For more information on CEDA membership, research and events please contact:

Paula Rogers, State Director 08 6104 7101 paula.rogers@ceda.com.au Ben Wood, Membership Advisor 08 6104 7105 ben.wood@ceda.com.au Tracey Curtis, Admin & Membership Coordinator 08 6104 7103 tracey.curtis@ceda.com.au

Kwai Steinohrt, Associate Director 08 6104 7102 kwai.steinohrt@ceda.com.au Stephanie Rowton, Events Coordinator 08 6104 104 stephanie.rowton@ceda.com.au

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