B. Public Hearings

B. Public hearings

Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra

Expert panel

  • Dr James Curran, Chief Executive Officer, Grok Academy
  • Professor Nicholas Davis, Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co‑Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology
  • Professor Leslie Loble AM, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
  • Associate Professor Julia Powles, Director, University of Western Australia Tech and Policy Lab, University of Western Australia

Wednesday, 13 September 2023

Committee Room 1R2, Parliament House, Canberra

Commonwealth Department of Education

  • Mr Chris Davern, Acting Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy Branch
  • Ms Julie Birmingham, First Assistant Secretary, Teaching and Learning

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Committee Room 1R5, Parliament House, Canberra

Universities: Peak Bodies Roundtable

  • Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, Group of Eight
  • Catriona Jackson, Chief Executive, Universities Australia
  • Luke Sheehy, Executive Director, Australian Technology Network of Universities
  • Professor Rowena Harper, Deputy Vice Chancellor Education, Edith Cowan University

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

  • Sharon Foster, Executive Director, Curriculum
  • Kim Vernon, Senior Manager, Curriculum

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

  • Dr Mary Russell, Acting Chief Executive Officer
  • Dr Helen Gniel, Director, Higher Education Integrity Unit

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Committee Room 1R5, Parliament House, Canberra

Australian Research Council

  • Dr Richard Johnson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  • Dr Chris Curren, Acting Branch Manager, Research Policy Branch

Centre for Digital Wellbeing

  • Ms Carla Wilshire, Director
  • Ms Ine Beerens, Senior Manager

Office of the eSafety Commissioner

  • Ms Kelly Tallon, Manager, Regulatory Policy & Strategy
  • Mr Paul Clark, Acting Executive Manager, Education, Prevention, Inclusion

Australian Human Rights Commission

  • Mrs Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Committee Room 1R5, Parliament House, Canberra

Tech Council of Australia

  • Mr Ryan Black, Head of Policy and Research

Independent Education Union of Australia

  • Mr Brad Hayes, Federal Secretary
  • Ms Veronica Yewdall, Assistant Federal Secretary

National Tertiary Education Union

  • Mr Kieran McCarron, Policy Officer

Thursday, 2 November 2023

Committee Room 1R5, Parliament House, Canberra

Australian Education Union

  • Kevin Bates, Federal Secretary

Australian Academy of Sciences

  • Professor Phil Poronnik, Chair, Academy of Science National Committee for Biomedical Sciences
  • Professor Ian Reid, Fellow, Academy of Science
  • Dr Hayley Teasdale, Acting Director, Science Policy, Academy of Science

Thursday, 9 November 2023

Monash University, Room 201, June Hearn Room, Level 2, Chancellery Building

27 Chancellor's Walk’ Clayton, Victoria

Deakin University

  • Dr Jeanette Fyffe, Director, Researcher Development and Training
  • Professor Phillip Dawson, Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning

Monash University

  • Professor Allie Clemans, Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education)
  • Dr Ari Seligmann, Academic Lead for AI in Education within the portfolio of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Education

University of Melbourne

  • Dr Leah Schwartz, Director, Academic Strategy
  • Professor Gregor Kennedy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic
  • Professor Raoul Mulder, Professor of Higher Education

Blockchain Innovation Hub Researchers, RMIT

  • Dr Darcy Allen, Deputy Director
  • Dr Aaron Lane, Senior Research Fellow

Research for Educational Impact Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University

  • Professor Margaret Bearman, Co-Lead Learners in a Digital World
  • Dr Lucinda Knight, Research Fellow

School of Education, La Trobe University

  • Professor Miriam Tanti, Associate Dean Partnerships
  • Dr Alexia Maddox, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy and Education Futures, School of Education

Monash University

  • Professor Ann Nicholson, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
  • Mr Nicholas Chan, Education Lead, Monash DeepNeuron
  • Ms Ying Sim, Committee Member, Monash DeepNeuron
  • Ms Merryn Cagney, Co-manager, Law and Ethics Committee, Monash DeepNeuron

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra

Evolved Reasoning

  • Dr Michael Kollo, Chief Executive Officer

Victorian Association for the Teaching of English

  • Associate Professor Joanne O’Mara, President
  • Ms Emma Jenkins, Education Officer
  • Mr Leon Furze, Council member

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra

AI Group – Centre for Education and Training (via videoconference)

  • Ms Megan Lilly, Executive Director

Amazon Web Services (in person)

  • Ms Sally Webster, K-12 Schools Industry Lead, Australia and New Zealand
  • Ms Min Livanidis, Head of Digital Trust, Cyber and Data Policy, Australia and New Zealand

Monday, 29 January 2024

Pymble Ladies' College, Avon Road, Pymble, New South Wales

Pymble Ladies' College

  • Mr Anthony England, Director – Innovative Learning Technologies

Copyright Advisory Group

  • Ms Delia Browne, Director, National Copyright Unit

Australian Copyright Council

  • Ms Eileen Camilleri, Chief Executive Officer

Copyright Agency

  • Ms Libby Baulch, Director Policy, Government and Member Relations

KomplyAi

  • Mrs Kristen Migliorini, Founder and CEO

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

University of Technology, Room 401, Level 4, Building 11, Faculty of Engineering and IT

81 Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales

University of Technology Sydney

  • Professor Simon Buckingham Shum, Director, Connected Intelligence Centre
  • Professor Glenn Wightwick, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students)
  • Professor Fang Chen, Executive Director, Data Science Institute

University of New South Wales

  • Professor Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality
  • Professor Alex Steel, Pro Vice Chancellor Education and Student Experience
  • Professor Lyria Bennett Moses, Professor

Australian Catholic University

  • Professor Mary Ryan, Executive Dean, Faculty of Education & Arts
  • Professor Anthony Whitty, Director of Centre for Education and Innovation
  • Dr Kim Rowston, Academic

The University of Sydney

  • Professor Joanne Wright, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)
  • Professor Adam Bridgeman, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Educational Innovation)
  • Professor Danny Liu, Academic Development and Leadership, Sydney Business School

Charles Sturt University

  • Professor Janelle Wheat, Pro-vice Chancellor – Division of Learning and Teaching
  • Dr Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade, Senior Research Fellow, Responsible AI lead, AI and Cyberfutures Institute
  • Mr Carlo Iacono, AI Strategy Development Adviser

University of Technology Sydney, Centre for Research on Education in a Digital Society

  • Dr Simon Knight, Associate Professor and Centre Director

Education Futures Studio/Sydney Policy Lab, The University of Sydney

  • Professor Kalervo Gulson, Education Futures Studio
  • Dr Teresa Swist, Co-lead, Education Futures Studio
  • Dr Kate Harrison Brennan, Director, Sydney Policy Lab
  • Dr José-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automatic Decision Making and Society

Australian Council of State School Organisations

  • Dianne Giblin, Chief Executive Officer
  • Peter Garrigan, Project Officer.

National Catholic Education Commission

  • Anna Howarth, Director of Strategy, National Catholic Education Commission
  • Danielle Cronin, Director of Education Policy, Catholic Schools NSW

Tech for Social Good

  • Vincent Zhang, Chief Executive Officer
  • Abby Shen, Chief Operating Officer

University of Technology Sydney

  • Raphaella Revis, Student
  • Leo Shchurov, Student

Monday, 5 February 2024

Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra

South Australia Department of Education

  • Professor Martin Westwell, Chief Executive
  • Julia Oakley, Executive Director, System Performance
  • Mr Daniel Hughes, Chief Information Officer

Northern Territory Department of Education

  • Mr Saeed Amin, Deputy Chief Executive, Regional Services
  • Ms Rachel Fox, Acting Director, Digital Strategy and Relationships
  • Ms Kerry Hudson, Executive Director, Teaching and Learning Services

Griffith University

  • Professor Elizabeth Burd, Provost

Queensland University of Technology

  • Associate Professor Kate Thompson, Associate Professor of Digital Pedagogies, School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering (ATSE)

  • Ms Kylie Walker, Chief Executive Officer
  • Professor Shazia Sadiq, ATSE Fellow

School of Cybernetics, the Australian National University

  • Associate Professor Andrew Meares, Deputy Director
  • Dr Matthew Holt, Associate Director (Education)
  • Mrs Maia Gould, Cybernetic Engagement Lead
  • Dr Hannah Feldman, Research Fellow

Australasian Academic Integrity Network

  • Professor Bernie Marshall, National Coordinator
  • Dr Lynn Gribble, Associate Professor
  • Dr Christine Slade, Member
  • Dr David Morgan, Compliance, Quality and Risk Manager

Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra

Commonwealth Department of Education

  • Ms Julie Birmingham, First Assistant Secretary, Teaching and Learning Division
  • Mr Chris Davern, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy Branch

Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Resources

  • Mr Lucas Rutherford, Assistant Secretary, Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Wednesday, 13 March 2024

The Grange P–12 College, Deloraine Drive, Hoppers Crossing, Victoria

The Grange P–12 College Students

  • Amy, Year 12 student
  • Deshnysri, Year 10 student
  • Ean, Year 10 student
  • Janisha, Year 11 student
  • Leo, Year 11 student
  • Liam, Year 8 student
  • Maeve, Year 12 student
  • Rubeina, Year 12 student
  • Samidha, Year 12 student
  • Zainab, Year 10 student

The Grange P–12 College Staff

  • Meredith Clencie, Principal, Primary
  • Teagan Snowling, STEM Learning Specialist, Primary
  • Tracey Hart, Digital Tech Learning Specialist, Secondary
  • Dylan Phraphone, Maths/Robotics Teacher, Secondary
  • Anna Skeljo, Maths Leading Teacher, Secondary
  • Roshni Varma, Teacher, Secondary
  • Ajay Eapen, Science Teacher, Secondary

The Grange P–12 College Council

  • David Smillie, College Principal
  • Jim Williamson, College Council Community representative and Director of Community Development Solutions

Wyndham Tech School

  • Gail Bray, Executive Director, Digital Transformations and Quality Learning
  • Sam Nikolsky, Director

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra

Expert panel

  • Dr James Curran, Chief Executive Officer, Grok Academy
  • Professor Nicholas Davis, Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co‑Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology
  • Professor Leslie Loble AM, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
  • Associate Professor Julia Powles, Director, University of Western Australia Tech and Policy Lab, University of Western Australia

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