Prof Dan Johnson, Macquarie University, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Enterprise)  

Chair: A/Prof Rita Matulionyte 

• Elizabeth Tydd – Australian Information Commissioner, ‘AI and government transparency’
• Paul Miller – NSW Ombudsman, ‘Increasing visibility of the machines ‘helping’ the public sector’ 
• Prof Kimberlee Weatherall – University of Sydney, ‘Accountability gap: Does all the apparent policy activity address government automation failures?’
• Katelyn Cioffi – New York University, ‘Integrating AI with the data infrastructures of the welfare state: human rights opportunities and risks’ 
• Q&A  

10.40 -11.00 Coffee break 

Chair: A/Prof Rita Matulionyte 

• Tracey Duffy – Therapeutic Goods Administration, ‘AI medical devices: A regulator’s perspective’ 
• Prof Farah Magrabi – Macquarie University, ‘Ensuring safe and responsible use of generative AI in health care’ 
• Prof Stacy Carter – University of Wollongong, ‘Participatory and deliberative governance of artificial intelligence in health’ 
• Q&A

Chair: Dist Prof Bronwyn Carlson 

• Dr Terri Janke – Terri Janke and Company Pty Ltd, ‘AI and Indigenous cultural and intellectual property’
• Prof Natalie Stoianoff – University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 'AI, Copyright and Traditional Cultural Expressions: Inspiration or Infringement?”
• Dr Tamika Worrell – Macquarie University, ‘Uncle Chatty Gee: Exploring Generative AI and the potential harms to Indigenous Sovereignty'
• Q&A

13.20-14.00 Lunch 

Chair: Prof Niloufer Selvadurai 

• Dr Ryan Webb – Australian Attorney-General's Department, ‘AI and copyright policy in Australia’  
• Angus Lang – Tenth Floor Chambers, ‘To what extent do the proposed Mandatory Guardrails on AI in high risk settings pre-empt copyright law reform?’  
• Prof Jyh-An Lee – Chinese University of Hong Kong, ‘Copyright and other property interests in training data’ 
• A/Prof Rita Matulionyte – Macquarie University,  ‘AI and creative industries: reconceptualizing the right of reproduction under copyright law’ 
• A/Prof Sarah Bankins, Prof Paul Formosa – Macquarie University, ‘Can ChatGPT be an author? Generative AI creative writing assistance and perceptions of authorship, creatorship, responsibility, and disclosure’ 
• Q&A

15.50-16.10 Coffee break 

Chair: Prof Niloufer Selvadurai 

• Prof Amin Beheshti – Macquarie University, ‘Revolutionizing business process management with generative AI: The journey from ChatGPT to ProcessGPT’ 
• Prof Alain Strowel – Catholic University of Louvain, ‘The AI Act and digital Europe: too much regulation, too little innovation?’  
• Prof Chris Marsden – Monash University, ‘AI co-regulation in Europe: critical reflections on the role of the AI Pact and the GPAI Code in (re)shaping algorithmic governance’ 
• Prof Kathryn Henne – Australian National University, ‘Rethinking AI regulation and risk: A new legal realist reflection on harmscapes’ 
• Q&A

17.30 – 19.00  Reception - Level 3 Balcony

Day Two Friday 14 February

8.50 – 9.00 Welcome to Day 2

Chair: Prof Jyh-An Lee

• Prof Ryan Abbott – University of Surrey and UCLA, ‘Protection of AI-generated output’
• Prof Niloufer Selvadurai – Macquarie University, ‘Inventions without inventors: Recognising AI systems as inventors’
• Dr Ping Xiong – University of South Australia, ‘Trade secrets protection and public health in the context of the emergence of artificial intelligence’
• Q&A

Chair: Prof Stacy Carter

• Prof Catherine Mills, Dr Molly Johnson – Monash University, ‘Recommendations for the ethical implementation of machine learning in assisted reproduction’
• Leo Meekins-Doherty, A/Prof Adrienne Sexton – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dr Lisa Dive, Prof Alison McEwen – UTS, ‘The ethical use of generative AI in the profession of genetic counselling’
• Dr Miles Yang – Macquarie University, ‘Impact of Explanation Styles and Visuals on Health Coach Adoption in Generative AI’
• Tatiana Aranovich – Macquarie University, ‘Detangling AI Transparency in the Medical Regulation Space’
• Q&A
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Coffee break 11.20 – 11.40

Chair: Dr Marie-Eve Loiselle

• Prof Lyria Bennett Moses – University of New South Wales, ‘Discrimination and how to approach the regulation of artificial intelligence’
• Dr Eugenia Georgiades – UniSQ, A/Prof James Birt, Matin Pedram – Bond University, ‘Privacy concerns about Third-Party Images hosted by Deepfake Technologies’
• Dr Ali Furkan Kalay – Macquarie University, ‘Generating synthetic data with locally estimated distributions for disclosure control’
• Ha Thanh (Taylor) Chu, Prof Babak Abedin, Prof Olivera Marjanovic – Macquarie University, ‘Exploring views on mandating AI transparency: An automated thematic analysis of public consultations’
• Q&A

Lunch 13.00 – 13.40

14.10 – 15.20 Parallel sessions 4-5

Chair: Prof Kate Henne

• Kara Hinesley – Canva, ‘From atoms to algorithms: Why nuclear frameworks fall short for AI Governance’
• Prof Michael Guihot – Queensland University of Technology, ‘Walking with Salvador Dali: Life in an AI mediated world’
• Prof Kieran Tranter – Queensland University of Technology, ‘AI imaginaries and the regulatory target’
• Dr Ivan Ho – Macquarie University, ‘The role of review bodies in AI contestation in building customer trust’
• Q&A

Chair: Dr Marie-Eve Loiselle

• Prof Shiri Krebs – Deakin University, ‘Algorithms and avatars in preventive counterterrorism’
• A/Prof Niamh Kinchin – University of Wollongong, ‘The human in the feedback loop: Predictive analytics in refugee status determination’
• Dr Jenna Imad Harb – Australian National University, ‘Repair work, resistance, and the invisible labour of automating Lebanon’s humanitarian infrastructures’
• Q&A

15.20 – 15.40 Coffee break

15.40 – 17.00 Parallel sessions 6-7

Chair: A/Prof Sarah Bankins

• Dr Juan Diaz-Granados – Australian Catholic University, ‘Reframing legal liability in the age of autonomous AI: Considerations from the private and public divide’
• Dr Catherine Hastings – Macquarie University, Art Cotterell – Australian National University, Farzana Choudhury – Canberra Community Law, ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the ‘shop front’ legal assistance service: the promise and pitfalls of meeting legal needs through technology’
• Dr Lachlan Robb, Prof Michael Guihot – Queensland University of Technology, ‘AI and the legal profession: Australia’s adoption of generative AI in legal services’
• A/Prof Scott Donald – University of New South Wales, ‘Artificial intelligence and trusteeship’
• Q&A

Chair: Prof Kate Henne

• Prof Robert Sparrow, Dr Gene Flenady – Monash University, ‘Bullshit universities: The future of automated education’
• Dr Robert Chalmers – Flinders University, ‘AI-enabled educational technology: A new ‘diamond age’ or a threat to rights and values?’
• Dr Lisa Archbold – Queensland University of Technology, ‘Children's privacy and artificial intelligence’
• Q&A

17.00 Closing remarks