MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE

The Hon. Danny Pearson MP
Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Minister for Finance

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE

Isabel Sabadi
Managing Director,
22@Network Barcelona

Paul Kelly
Founding Partner, OneVentures & Advisory Board Member, Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA)

Lauren Morrey
Chief Operations Officer,
Breakthrough Victoria

Petra Andren
Chief Executive Officer, Quantum Australia

Prof. Russell Harrison
Chief Executive Officer,
Western Health

Ingrid Marsh
Group Executive – Commercial, Cicada innovations

Professor Sharath Sriram
Chief Scientist of Western Australia, Professor, RMIT University, Co-Founder, lubdub.ai and Fragment BioTech

Tim Regan
Executive Director, Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct

Dr Jane Leong
Director Development, Australian Centre for AI in Medical Innovation (ACAMI), La Trobe University

Dr Ingmar Wahlqvist
Acting Chief Commercialisation Officer & Senior Director New Ventures & Investments, Monash University

Prof Alastair Sloan
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration), University of Melbourne

Hediyeh Vahdat
CEO and Co-Founder,
Linéaire Projects

Meredith Sussex AM
Deputy Chancellor,
La Trobe University

Prof Trent Munro
General Manager, Boggo Road Innovation Precinct & Industry Professor University of Queensland

Peta Magee
Executive Director Development (Health & Medical Sciences),
The University of Sydney

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

Professor Mark Cassidy
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Melbourne

Professor Kevin Pfleger
Director, Biomedical and Health Innovation, The University of Western Australia and WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub, Chair, Biodesign Australia and Perth Biodesign

Dean Breckenridge
Chief Policy Officer, Ramsay

Dr Felicia Pradera,
Director, Regional Research Centre and Strategic Alliances, Moderna, Australia

Craig Rowsell
Director, Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct

Chris Smith
General Manager – Healthcare Property, Australian Unity

Bronwyn Le Grice
CEO & Managing Director, ANDHealth

Richard Roos
Co-Head, Australia and New Zealand, Northwest Healthcare Properties Management

Dr Heather St John
Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Partnerships and Translation, RMIT University

Clare Shiell
Executive Director, Portfolio Delivery, Plenary

Eleni Naude
Lead Heath Advisory and Infrastructure, Lineaire Projects

Vanessa Campbell
Director Innovation Precincts, The University of Melbourne

Melanie Schmidke
Director, Northern Adelaide Health & Wellbeing Partnership

Professor Shonali Krishnaswamy
Associate Dean (Innovation) and Director, Monash AI Institute, Monash University

Michelle Irving
Principal Policy Officer – Precincts, Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Health

Tim O’Meara
Director Government and Research Strategy, 4DMedical

Dr Nicholas Boyd
Head of Biology, Celleo

Carmela Sergi
CEO, Care Economy CRC

Diane Dixon
State Innovation Places Lead, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of SA

Dr Loren Sher
Director of Victorian Virtual ED, Paediatric Emergency Physician, The Northern Hospital

Hayden Welsh
Senior Investment Manager – Precincts, Department of Transport and Planning – Victorian Government

Maya De Mattia
Project Lead, Murrumbidgee Health and Knowledge Precinct

Ben Vivekanandan
Senior Director, Government Relations, Precincts and Policy, Monash University

Grant McArthur AO
Chief Executive Officer, VCCC Alliance

Damien Augustinus
Group Head of Infrastructure, Plenary

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

Claire Borg
Associate Director, R&D Partnerships, Moderna Australia

Dr Bev Menner
CEO, Cell Therapies

Tam Nguyen
Director Research and Innovation, Monash Health

Phoebe Dunn
Chief Executive Officer,
mRNA Victoria

Stephen Palmer
Acting Executive Director, Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct

Sam Shepherd
Founder & Director, BellRinger

Tracy Lord
Principal, Health Sector Lead,
Billard Leece Partnership

Simone Proft
CEO, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research

Simon Radmore
Executive Director, Strategy & Office of the Chief Executive, Northern Sydney Local Health District

Dr Joy Francisco
Chief Commercial Officer, Sydney Local Health District

Luke Garner
COO, UNSW Canberra City Precinct

Zoe Terpenning
Pro Vice-Chancellor Precincts, UNSW

Rob Pepicelli
Head of Portfolio (Healthcare and Education), ISPT

Vanessa Rebgetz
Principal, Queensland Academy for Health Sciences

Dion Obst
Head of Department Global Connect, Queensland Academy for Health Sciences

JiaYee Lee
Director Strategy & Alliance, BioNTech Australia

Metani Rooms
COO, BioCurate

Chris Hocking
AEA Priority Manager – Enabling capabilities, Australia’s Economic Accelerator

Dr Patrick Silvey
Director, Herston Health Precinct

Prof Guillaume Lessene
Associate Director, Therapeutics Discovery, Head – New Medicines and Diagnostics, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Councillor Andrew Rowse
Portfolio head for Innovation and Education and Portfolio Deputy for City Economy and Business,
City of Melbourne

Michael Helmer
Chief Risk Officer, NEXTDC

Allison Howell Quinton
Senior Director of Advancement, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS), University of Melbourne

Lance Chia
Executive Director, Ellenjay Asia Pacific Pty Ltd

Camille Shanahan
General Manager, Jumar Bioincubator

Gerard Blood
Executive Director, La Trobe University City, La Trobe University

Carlie Rogers
Commercialisation Lead, HASS and Social Purpose Ventures, University of Melbourne

Lance Chia
Nithya Solomon
Director, Health Transformation Lab, RMIT University

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

Akeel Feroz
Manager, Partnerships & Innovation, UNSW Canberra City

Alison Angleton
Director Strategic Partnerships and Research Precinct, La Trobe University

Julie Martin
Manager Strategy and Investment, Policy and Innovation, Strategy and Policy Division, Suburban Rail Loop Authority

Marita Walmsley
Director Major Initiatives and MRFF, University of Melbourne

Srimathi Iyengar
Portfolio Manager, Barwon Investment Partners