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In collaboration with IPA
The voices shaping the Global Information Summit 2026
Hon Chris Picton MP
South Australian MP
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy
Dr Teresa Crea
Senior Researcher, Narrative Sensemaking and Information Processing
UNSW
Vice Admiral Justin Jones
Chief of Joint Operations
Australian Defence Force
Dr Andy Whiskyman
Co-Founder and CEO
JASSA Professional Servics
Group Captain Michael Burgess-Orton
Director
Information Advantage Centre of Excellence
Dr Rebecca Green
Lecturer
University of New South Wales
James Jabinal
Director for Strategy & International Partnerships,
Information Operations Policy, SO/LIC
Office of the Secretary of War for Policy
Wing Commander Carolyn Pezaro
Deputy Director Information Warfare Integration, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Heather Nicoll
General Manager, Workforce, Innovation & Culture | Defence Trailblazer
University of New South Wales
Jen Stockwell
National Security & Geopolitical Risk Principal
Telstra
Nathaniel Hill
Chief Strategist
M&C Saatchi World Services
Major General (Ret’d)
Dr Marcus Thompson, AM
Strategic Advisor
M&C Saatchi World Services
Nathan Morelli
Head of Cyber Security & IT Resilience
SA Power Networks
Dr Rebecca Connolly
CEO & Founder
SpaceCyT Institute
Anthony Allen
Director
Information Power Institute Australia
Dr Daniel Floreani
Chief Executive Officer
Cyber Ops
Carrick Longley
CEO & Founder
Zenith Flow
Allan Dundas
Founder, Chair & CEO
DEWC Services
Matt Delahunty
Managing Director,
Indo-Pacific
M&C Saatchi World Services
Sean Lloyd
Senior Director, Asia Risk
McKinsey & Company
Dr Sharon Mascall - Dare
LTCOL
Information Advantage Centre of Excellence
Shane Sarlin
Managing Director
Buzzworks
Ian Cope
Executive VFX ProducerRising Sun Pictures
Laura Mabikafola
Skills Lab
SAGE Group
Dr Irvana Stradner
Research Fellow
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dr Rick Bennet
Chief Strategy Officer
ZenithFlow
Meg Tapia
MAJOR
Information Advantage Centre of Excellence
Tim Wilford
Director Community Consultation
ANU National Security College
Phil Barrenger
VP of Creative Operations
Rising Sun Pictures
Dr Ben Ward
Machine Learning Supervisor
Rising Sun Pictures
Olivia Henry
Media Officer
Australian Science Media Centre
Mark Shariat
Founder
IoT Consultants
Valeria Kovtun
Founder
Resilience Lab
Dennis Jones
VFX Supervisor
Rising Sun Pictures
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Professor Carolyn Semmler
Lead, Applied Cognition and Experimental Psychology (ACEP) Group
School of Psychology, Adelaide University
Dr Aaron Matthews
Principal EW Consultant
DEWC Services
Clément Briens
Recorded Future
Andrew Jensen
Senior Advisor
Headquarters, US Marine Corps
Mr Bannister Nicholas
Senior Cyber Consultant
DEWC Services
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