MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE

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

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE

Jodie Eastwood
CEO,
Knowledge Quarter, London

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

Rod Bristow
Chief Executive 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

A/Prof Elizabeth Koff
Managing Director, Telstra Health, Chair, Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct Council

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

Dr Alastair Hick
Chief Commercialisation Officer, Monash University

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

Hediyeh Vahdat
CEO and Co-Founder, Linéaire Projects

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

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

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

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

Alex Belcastro
Senior Vice President, Development and Precincts, NorthWest

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

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

David Kneen
CEO & Head of Commercial, Celleo

Carmela Sergi
CEO, Care Economy CRC

Diane Dixon
State Innovation Places Lead, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (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

Tara Veldman
Managing Director, 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

Anne O’Neil
Director, Commercialisation and Strategic Partnerships, Office for Health & Medical Research, NSW Health

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