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Accelerating research and development in NSW Thursday 20 February, 12.00pm to 2.00pm Rydges World Square, 389 Pitt Street, Sydney EVENT SERIES SPONSOR EVENT SUPPORTING SPONSOR www.ceda.com.au agenda 11.30am Registrations 12.10pm Welcome David Bowtell Associate Director, NSW/ACT, CEDA 12.15pm Introduction Colin Dominish Australian Digital Leader, GHD Digital 12.20pm Keynote address The Hon. Gabrielle Upton MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, NSW Government 12.35pm Lunch 1.05pm Moderated discussion The Hon. Gabrielle Upton MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, NSW Government David Gonski AC Chair, NSW Accelerating R&D Advisory Council Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Member, NSW Accelerating R&D Advisory Council 1.40pm Q&A session 1.55pm Vote of thanks The Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC Chair, ANSTO 2.00pm Close David Bowtell Associate Director, NSW/ACT, CEDA . sponsor Event series sponsor GHD Digital GHD is one of the world's leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Established in 1928 and privately owned by our people, GHD operates across five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America – and the Pacific region. GHD employs more than 10,000 people in 200+ offices to deliver projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics across the entire asset value chain. GHD Digital builds on GHD’s deep expertise in engineering, environmental, and construction services to help clients achieve unprecedented value by unlocking the potential of digital technologies. Delivering a suite of professional services including digital strategy and transformation, smart technology solutions, digital innovation, cybersecurity and digital risk, and data and analytics, GHD Digital helps clients to redefine their digital futures through new customer engagement models, products, business models, work definitions and organisational structures. During moderated discussion CEDA will take online questions. Go to At GHD Digital, we help clients to leverage growth and transformation ceda.pigeonhole.at/NSWRND opportunities of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ and generate value for their CEDA will be tweeting from this businesses. event using #ResearchandDevelopment www.ghd.com/digital Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news sponsor Major sponsor ANSTO ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes. We partner with scientists and engineers and apply new technologies to provide tangible benefits. Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment. ANSTO, home of Australia’s expertise in nuclear and accelerator science and technology and landmark infrastructure, plays a leadership role in transformative science and innovation in Australia. With a track record in nuclear medicine production, enhancements to industrial materials and support to the resources industry, as well successful spin-off technologies, we are a unique partner. ANSTO’s convening power for engagement with major international science and research projects, includes technologies to deliver advanced cancer therapies and next generation radioisotopes and radiotracers. We open doors to strategic international collaborations with world-leading research institutes and universities. Our innovation accelerator, the ANSTO Innovation Precinct puts science to work— building on our 70 year history of scientific achievement and contributions to industry. The three-tiered development will increase knowledge-based jobs in Southern Sydney and connect industry with our resources. The deep technology incubator, nandin, and a graduate centre are open for business. A high tech industry component is planned. The opportunities for innovation are waiting. Please join us to contribute to a more sustainable world and Australia’s economic prosperity. keynote speaker The Hon. Gabrielle Upton MP Parliamentary Secretary to the NSW Premier, NSW Government Gabrielle was re-elected for a third term as the Member for Vaucluse at the March 2019 NSW Election and on 2 April 2019 was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the NSW Premier. Gabrielle previously held the positions of Minister for the Environment, Local Government and Heritage, served as the first female NSW Attorney General, as Minister for Family and Community Services, as Minister for Sport and Recreation and as Parliamentary Secretary for Tertiary Education and Skills. Gabrielle’s career began as a banking and finance lawyer with legal firms Freehill, Hollingdale & Page and Philips Fox, after being admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia in 1988. She then worked as a banker with Deutsche Bank and Toronto Dominion Bank in New York financing the energy sector. She served as a member of the Corporate Markets and Advisory Committee to the Federal Government and as Legal Counsel from 2000 to 2010 at the During moderated discussion CEDA Australian Institute of Company Directors. will take online questions. Go to ceda.pigeonhole.at/NSWRND Gabrielle held the position of Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South CEDA will be tweeting from this Wales from 2006 until 2009. From 2005 to 2011 she was Deputy Chair of the event using Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards in Australia and a board member of Neuroscience #ResearchandDevelopment Research Australia, one of Australia’s largest research centres on the brain and Join the conversation and follow us nervous system, from 2007 to 2011. on Twitter @ceda_news Gabrielle has a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Business Administration (Finance & Management) from New York University’s Leonard Stern School of Business. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. panelists David Gonski AC Chair, NSW Accelerating R&D Advisory Council David Gonski is Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. David is also Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, President of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust, and Chairman of the UNSW Foundation Ltd. He is a Director of the Sydney Airport Corporation board, a member of the board of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a Patron of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and Raise Foundation and a Founding Panel Member of Adara Partners. David chairs the Accelerating R&D in NSW Advisory Council. Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Member, NSW Accelerating R&D Advisory Council Hugh Durrant-Whyte is the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer. He consults widely with academia, industry and government to ensure that knowledge and research can be adapted and used to encourage prosperity for NSW, its people, industry and environment. Previously, Hugh was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence, and CEO of National ICT Australia, now CSIRO’s Data61. Hugh is a world-leading authority on machine learning and robotics, and its application in areas including cargo handling, mining and defence. He has published over 300 research papers, graduated over 70 PhD students, and has won numerous awards for his work, including being named the 2010 NSW Scientist of the Year. Hugh is a member of the Accelerating R&D in NSW Advisory Council. chair Colin Dominish Australian Digital Leader, GHD Digital Colin is the Australian Digital Leader for GHD Digital. Colin and his team focus on bringing the best value digital solutions and expertise from across GHD globally and applying them to local projects. This involves closely monitoring investments by federal, state and local council levels, and private enterprise, in the development and operations of infrastructure assets. His team are engaged in delivering large projects that are reshaping Australia, using digital transformation to enhance the customer experience and increase the operational efficiency of infrastructure assets. He has more than 30 years' experience in general management, project leadership, business development, client relationship management and delivering strategic outcomes across multiple continents and industries. As a strategic thinker and planner, Colin enjoys working together with clients to deliver lasting community benefit. He is passionate about leading change initiatives that improve client service, especially where they rely on enhanced employee diversity, empowerment and satisfaction. During moderated discussion CEDA will take online questions. Go to Colin is a proud CEDA trustee. ceda.pigeonhole.at/NSWRND CEDA will be tweeting from this event using #ResearchandDevelopment Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news vote of thanks The Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC Chair, ANSTO The Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC is Chancellor of Bond University and formerly a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. She now practises as a consultant Senior Counsel, a mediator and an arbitrator. Dr Bennett previously led the Australian Government’s medical research funding body as the Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council. She was also a member of the Council of the Australian National University and served for over a decade as Pro Chancellor, as well as on the Advisory Council for Questacon. Dr Bennett is a member of the Board of Directors of the Garvan Institute and President (part-time) of the Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW. In 2019, Dr Bennett was made a Companion