Jenny Telford
General Manager, Census and Population Division
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Speaking sessionAMA with the Team Behind the 2026 CensusView event details
Canberra Data Week 2026
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Helen Robson
Program Manager, Strategic Projects Branch, Technology & Security Division
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Speaking sessionAMA with the Team Behind the 2026 CensusView event details
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Shannon Kenna
Program Manager, Communications Branch, Corporate Services Division
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Speaking sessionAMA with the Team Behind the 2026 CensusView event details
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Zohal Zahir
Founder and Principal Consultant
DATASANJ Analytics Consultancy
Speaking sessionData Detectives: A Hands-On Data Lab for KidsView event details
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Courtney Withers
Cloud & AI Leader
Microsoft
Speaking sessionEvent EmceeView event details
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Dr Matthias Wong
Senior Manager
35 South Advisors
Speaking sessionDemo: Turning Public Data Into Insights, Impact and OutcomesView event details
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William Gledhill
ANU Student
Australian National University
Speaking sessionDemo: Turning Public Data Into Insights, Impact and OutcomesView event details
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Heather Riley
Associate Director
KPMG
Speaking sessionDiscussion: Governance, Privacy and Guardrails for Trusted InnovationView event details
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Michael Amon
Director of Information and Data Management
Australian Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Speaking sessionDiscussion: Governance, Privacy and Guardrails for Trusted InnovationView event details
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Glynnis Barodien
Director, Data and AI Governance
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Speaking sessionDiscussion: Governance, Privacy and Guardrails for Trusted InnovationView event details
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Khin Kimber
Information Architect
Airservices Australia
Speaking sessionDiscussion: Governance, Privacy and Guardrails for Trusted InnovationView event details
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Jessica Barritt-Eyles
Director
Tourism Research Australia, Austrade
Speaking sessionPublic Sector ShowcaseView event details
Ross Garrett
Associate Principal, Architecture | Data, Analytics and AI
LTM
Speaking sessionDemo: Chief Minister of the DayView event details
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Nick Price
Data & AI Practice Lead
Speaking sessionPartner ShowcaseView event details
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Sarah Alam
Principal Data Architect
Speaking sessionPartner ShowcaseView event details
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Charmaine McGowan
Founder & Lead, Canberra Data Week
Solution Engineer - Data and Analytics, Microsoft
Speaking sessionDemo: Chief Minister of the DayView event details
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Henry Rooney
Senior Solutions Engineer, Data and Analytics
Microsoft
Speaking sessionWorkshop: Prep Your Data for & with AIView event details
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Tanya Smith
Cloud Solution Architect
Microsoft
Speaking sessionColourful Data Career Session with Tanya SmithView event details
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Jim McLeod
Senior Solutions Engineer, Data and Analytics
Microsoft
Speaking sessions Open Data Hackathon & Ideation Week and Data Chat Walk View hackathon details View walk details
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Richard Jones
General Manager, Federal Government
Databricks
Speaking sessionAI & Data Tools in GovernmentView event details
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Calvin Hung
Solutions Architect
Databricks
Speaking sessionAI & Data Tools in GovernmentView event details
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Fanpeng Kong
Solutions Architect
Databricks
Speaking sessionAI & Data Tools in GovernmentView event details
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Morgan Bell
Careers Session Speaker
Emanate Technology
LinkedIn profileSpeaking sessionData Careers with Emanate TechnologyView event details
Evie Martin
Careers Session Speaker
Emanate Technology
LinkedIn profileSpeaking sessionData Careers with Emanate TechnologyView event details
Mal Konfu
Careers Session Speaker
Emanate Technology
LinkedIn profileSpeaking sessionData Careers with Emanate TechnologyView event details
Tim Spence
Regional Sales Director - MuleSoft
Salesforce
Speaking session Context is Key: From Legacy Siloes to a Trusted Data Foundation View event details
Heike Schraeder
Data Foundations - MuleSoft, Account Executive
Salesforce
Speaking session Context is Key: From Legacy Siloes to a Trusted Data Foundation View event details
Daniel Hein
CTO, Data Foundations
Salesforce
Speaking session Context is Key: From Legacy Siloes to a Trusted Data Foundation View event details
Matt Lammi
Principal, Account Solution Engineer
Salesforce
Speaking session Context is Key: From Legacy Siloes to a Trusted Data Foundation View event details
Nathaniel Arthur-Ellis
Territory Account Executive
Salesforce
Speaking session Context is Key: From Legacy Siloes to a Trusted Data Foundation View event details
Jared Hill
VP | Head of Cloud & Customer Experience Solutions
Capgemini
Speaking session Context is Key: From Legacy Siloes to a Trusted Data Foundation View event details