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Summit Speakers

Summit speakers play a pivotal role in shaping the overall experience and success of an event. The summit organising committee aims to choose individuals based on their experience, expertise, knowledge and ability to engage and inspire the audience. Speakers are chosen from various backgrounds, including industry leaders, academics, thought leaders and experts in the digital engineering field.

Please view all our confirmed speakers below. 

Information on their presentations can be found on the program page once available.

Professor
Emma Sparks

Rector and Dean | UNSW Canberra



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Mr Terry Saunder

Inaugural First Assistant Secretary, Engineering, Technology and Materiel Logistics | CASG

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Ms Lucy Poole

General Manager Strategy, Planning and Performance Division | Digital Transformation Agency

Dr Nigel McGinty

Chief of Human and Decision Sciences | Defence Science and Technology Group

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BRIG Jennifer Harris

COMD IPE25 | Headquarters Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2025


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Mr Jawahar Bhalla (JB)

Principal Systems Engineer | Shoal Group | The University of Adelaide

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Professor Sondoss Elsawah

Director and Professor Engineering | Capability Systems Centre | University of New South Wales at Canberra

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Commodore Andrew Macalister

Director General Navy Intelligence and Information Warfare | Royal Australian Navy

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Dr Barclay Brown

Senior Technical Fellow for AI Research | Collins Aerospace | RTX

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Dr Stephen Craig

Director | National Energy Analysis Centre | CSIRO 


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Mr Thomas A. McDermott

Chief Technology Officer | Systems Engineering Research Centre (SERC)

Mr Philip Swadling

Technical Director | Thales Australia

   

Mr Shuzo
Otani

Area Vice President, Aerospace & Defence APAC | ANSYS

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Summit Facilitators

Mr Allan
Dundas

Founder, Chair and Chief Executive Officer | DEWC Services

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Ms Heather Nicoll

General Manager, Workforce, Innovation & Culture | Defence Trailblazer

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Ms Rachel Hatton, CSM

General Manager - Technical, Advisory & Capability | Downer Professional Services

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Ms Kerry Lunney

Director of System Architecting & Engineering, Safety Assurance & Ecodesign | Thales Australia

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Summit Managers

Consec - Conference and Event Management

PO Box 3127
Belconnen Delivery Centre
BELCONNEN ACT 2617
Tel: +61 2 6252 1200
Email: adesummit@consec.com.au