MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Hon Andrew Powell MP
Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation, Queensland Government

Michele Bauer
Deputy Director General, State Development, Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, Queensland Government

Ron Calvert
Chief Executive, Gold Coast Hospitals and Health Service

Professor Carolyn Evans
Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University

Councillor Stephen Cowan
Leader of the Council, Hammersmith & Fulham Council

Prof Scott Bell
Chief Executive Officer, Translational Research Institute

Dr Joey Man
Investment Analyst,
Tenmile

Prof Emeritus Geoff Tansley
Senior Director of Product Development and General Manager, BiVACOR Australia

Debbie McNamara
Chief Executive Officer, EDQ

Prof Fabienne Mackay
Director and CEO, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Diane Dixon
State Project Lead Lot Fourteen, State Innovation Places Lead, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia

Mark Middleton OAM
CEO, Icon Group

Hugh McGonagle
Chief Operating Officer, Proto Axiom

Tara Veldman
Managing Director, Billard Leece Partnership

Dr Diana Siew
Strategic Partnerships Director, Medtech-iQ Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland and Chair, Medtech-iQ Aotearoa Stewardship Group

Michelle Williams
Strategic Partnerships Lead at the Translational Science Hub, Sanofi

Alex Belcastro
Senior Vice President, Development and Precincts, Northwest

Charles Wheeler
Vice President Site Development, GenesisCare

Ashlie Hartigan
Associate, Science & Innovation, Wentworth Capital

Lance Chia
Director, Investment & Innovation, Liverpool Innovation Precinct

Barry Woollam
Director, Genus Advisory

Vanessa Campbell
Director Innovation Precincts, University of Melbourne

Petra Andren
CEO, Sting Advisory

Teena Pisarev
CEO, Nucleus Network

Nick Smith
CEO & Co-Founder, Kurraba

Hayden Welsh
Senior Investment Manager – Arden & Parkville Precincts, Strategy and Precincts, Department of Transport and Planning – Victorian Government

Ingrid Marsh
Group Executive- Commercial, Cicada Innovations

Julio Ribeiro
Co-Founder & CEO, Inventia Life Science

Sam Shepherd
Founder & Director, BellRinger

Mick O’Driscoll
Head of Infrastructure Development, Calvary

Georgie Huxley
Vice-President, Leasing, Northwest

A/Prof Shona Blair
Precinct Director, St Vincent’s Sydney Health Innovation Precinct

Dr Leong Mar
Head of Commercialisation, University of Sydney

Professor Keith McNeil
Commissioner, Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH)

Damon Roast
Construction Economist, WT

Craig Rowsell
Director, Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct

Claudio Pizzolato
Senior Lecturer | School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Member of Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering, Griffith University

Professor Evelin Tiralongo
Director Clinical Trial Unit, Griffith University

Shannon Willoughby
Executive Director Strategic Partnerships – Government and Industry, University of Queensland

A/Prof Daya Shankar
Dean, School of Sciences, Woxsen University, India

Glenda Colburn
Industry Development and Tenancy Manager, Translational Research Institute Australia

Samuel Jesuadian
Director, BD & Research Partnerships, ARM Hub

Professor Trent Munro
Senior Group Leader Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland

Dr Jason Wang
Site Head, Resolian Bioanalytics Brisbane

Tim Hoffmann
Director Redevelopment, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

Hediyeh Vahdat
Managing Director, Linéaire Projects, Non Executive Director, Karitane, Academic, School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Academic, School of Population Health and Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Royal North Shore Hospital

Ben Rowe
Project Director, Riverlee

Byron van Vugt
Investment Manager, Movac, New Zealand

Craig Scroggie
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, NEXTDC

Professor David Waugh
Pro Vice Chancellor: Health and Medical Research and Engagement, University of South Australia

Kathy Kruger
Manager Investment and Engagement, Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct

Linda Lodge
National Director, WT

Sam Gill
Head of Life Sciences, ANZ, Unispace

Mark Luhovy
MD, Digital Health Manager, Australia R&D Lab, Stryker Digital Robotics and Enabling Technologies

Quentin Bracquart
Head of Payer, Provider and Government Services, IQVIA Australia & New Zealand

Associate Professor Tam C. Nguyen
Deputy Director Research,
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

Taeri Kim
Senior Researcher, Science Cooperation Department, Daejeon Institute of Science & Technology for Enterprise & People (DiSTEP), Daejeon, South Korea

Melanie Schmidtke
Director, Northern Adelaide Health and Wellbeing Partnership

Vy Nguyen
Executive Director Precinct Development, Property and Development NSW, NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Maya Smitran
Director Healthcare Improvement and Innovation, Central Coast LHD

Tamanna Monem
Head of Growth & Partnerships, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Sam Biggins
Partner, National Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Knight Frank

Leisl Harris
Executive Director, Urban Development, Economic Development Queensland

Prof Annemarie Hennessy
Deputy Executive Dean (Westmead), University of Sydney

Prof Julie White
Executive Director, Office of Research and Innovation, Clinical Planning and Service Strategy, Queensland Health

Fiona Hinchliffe
Executive Director Health Integration and Community Services, Mater Health

Dean Breckenridge
Chief Policy Officer, Ramsay

Lawson Katiza
Partner, Life Sciences, Healthcare & Consulting Brisbane, Knight Frank

Debbie Cowan
Director Strategic Partnerships, Metro South Health

Tom Bentley
Vice President, Strategy and Community Impact, RMIT University

Jarod Belcher
Director – Partnerships, MTP Connect

Peter Kambouris
Commercialisation Lead – Digital, National Facilities and Collections (DNFC) Sector, CSIRO

Lindy Johnson
Director, Lindy Johnson Creative Agency

Jolein Reid
Head of Clinical Operations Translational Science Hub, Sanofi