AI Australia Podcast eliiza

Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will showcase conversations with a number of thought leaders and subject matter experts across industry and academia in Australia and New Zealand on topics like career, the future of AI technologies and the responsible application of AI.
Our esteemed guests are all representing sponsors of the Women in AI Awards, which will be held on 16th June in Sydney for the APAC region.
Our next guest is Amanda Princi, Head of Data Enablement at Transurban.
Bio:
As the Head of Data Enablement, Amanda is responsible for driving data culture at Transurban.
Amanda leads a team that enables people to easily manage data, confidently employ data use and maximise data’s value in a safe, ethical way.

Amanda is passionate about a workplace free from data jargon, where teams have positive data
experiences and can embed data thinking into daily activities at any level of the organisation.
Prior to Transurban, Amanda’s career began as a Banker at National Australia Bank (NAB). Over 10 years, Amanda transformed her banking career into a data career, by leveraging data to help millions of customers and achieve significant impact. Amanda’s determination to learn all things data and evangelise data use, led to Amanda holding multiple senior data leadership positions specialising in data analytics and insight, data management and governance.
Links:
Amanda Princi on LinkedIn

Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will showcase conversations with a number of thought leaders and subject matter experts across industry and academia in Australia and New Zealand on topics like career, the future of AI technologies and the responsible application of AI.
Our esteemed guests are all representing sponsors of the Women in AI Awards, which will be held on 16th June in Sydney for the APAC region.
Our next guest is Kelly Brough, Managing Director, ANZ Applied Intelligence at Accenture ANZ.
Bio:
Kelly leads the Applied Intelligence Network for Accenture ANZ.
Responding to businesses increasingly turning to AI to enable their growth, productivity, and
creativity, Kelly leads a talented team of strategists, scientists, and value innovators to support
our clients in designing and executing data led transformations. She is passionate about the
opportunities for society being unleashed by AI technologies and committed to focussing
energy on the responsible application of AI to build trust and protect people and organisations
while delivering new value outcomes.
Kelly has over 25 years experience across both industry and consulting building digital and
data businesses in the Retail, Media, and Technology sectors. Prior to joining Accenture, Kelly
held executive roles including Chief Digital Officer at Sensis (Telstra), Global Digital Director at
Lonely Planet, CEO Allegran Online Dating (Daily Mail), and Director at AOL Europe.
Kelly has an MBA from INSEAD, an MS in Environmental Engineering from University of
Virginia, and completed her undergraduate degree in Engineering Science at Harvard
University.
Links:
Kelly Brough on Linkedin
 

Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will showcase conversations with a number of thought leaders and subject matter experts across industry and academia in Australia and New Zealand on topics like career, the future of AI technologies and the responsible application of AI.
Our esteemed guests are all representing sponsors of the Women in AI Awards, which will be held on 16th June in Sydney for the APAC region.
Our next guest is Kendall Jenner, Research Assistant at STELaRLab, Lockheed Martin's first research laboratory outside of the US.
Bio:
As a Research Assistant, Kendall performs research into Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning, investigating the latest developments in the field and how it can be applied to defence
applications.
Before entering the workforce, Kendall studied a Bachelor of Science in Theoretical and Experimental Physics at the University of Adelaide, followed by a Masters of Philosophy in machine learning for gravitational wave astrophysics (which is still currently ongoing) with OzGrav – the Australian Research CoE for Gravitational Wave Discovery. Since starting with STELaRLab and Lockheed Martin Australia in the Graduate Program early last year, Kendall has worked on a variety of projects. She has investigated using machine learning for prognostics and health management of aircraft, link prediction in knowledge graphs, creating simulated data for a variety of other projects in the lab, and processing of overhead imagery. She enjoys the variety of tasks that her and her team partake in, and find that the work she does at STELaRLaB is the perfect balance between interesting and exciting state-of-the-art research, and the applications and practicality of implementing new solutions.
Kendall's first introduction to machine learning was during a research internship with the University of Adelaide High Energy Astrophysics group, where the group was tasked with using a random forest classifier to classify blazars, which are a type of active galaxy. This project piqued her interest in AI, and so she pursued a career in it, leading to some extra-curricular activities with Adept at the University of Adelaide, work experience and internships, choice of topic for her postgraduate research degree, and now to her current role with STELaRLab.
Outside of work and university, Kendall is a professional footballer (soccer) for West Torrens Birkalla SC. She enjoys gardening, playing boardgames with friends, and generally doing outdoor activities.
Links:
Kendall Jenner on LinkedIn

This week in AI, Natalie and Kobi tackle some hefty potential societal impacts. 
 
They talk about the strange proposition of a young woman "cloning" herself via chatGPT to outsource her "girlfriend experience"; to celebrated American science fiction writer Ted Chiang writing about whether AI is set to become something of a consultant or third party for problem solving; to ex-DeepMind co-founder Moustafa Suleyman calling on governments to find solutions for people who lose their jobs to AI, and the links between all of these activities.
Links:
https://fortune.com/2023/05/09/snapchat-influencer-launches-carynai-virtual-girlfriend-bot-openai-gpt4/
https://www.newyorker.com/science/allans-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-28/stage-three-tax-cuts-to-scale/102268304
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/29/fully-automated-luxury-communism-aaron-bastani-review
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/give-us-fully-automated-luxury-communism/592099/

Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will showcase conversations with a number of thought leaders and subject matter experts across industry and academia in Australia and New Zealand on topics like career, the future of AI technologies and the responsible application of AI.
Our esteemed guests are all representing sponsors of the Women in AI Awards, which will be held on 16th June in Sydney for the APAC region.
Our next guest is Deborah Henderson, Data & Cloud Partner at KPMG Australia.
Bio:
Deborah is a Partner in KPMG Australia’s Data and Cloud practice and has significant experience in technology specialising in data and analytics. She has worked internationally and locally in Australia, helping organisations across multiple industries lift their data and analytics maturity to enhance the value of their data assets. Deborah combines her vast technical background and experience in leading large scale data transformation programs across the public and private sectors and multiple industries to provide a holistic perspective on how organisations can drive value from data. Deborah is KPMG Australia’s Data and Cloud Education sector lead,  and also heads up our ESG data offerings whilst continuing to deliver data services for clients in multiple industries.
Deborah is recognised as a leader in delivering successful business outcomes across the entire data value chain from strategy through to implementation and has delivered keynotes at conferences and presented as a guest lecturer at some of the top universities in Australia.  Deborah leverages her expertise in using modern cloud technology and human centred design to uplift and transform data and analytics capability for our clients, helping them navigate complexity to extract more organisational value from the investments they make and close the gap from data to impact.
She believes that organisations need to be data fit to be future smart and that those organisations poised to use evidence based practice to make informed decisions and inspire action will have a lasting and positive impact that enables people, organisations, and society to thrive.
Links:
Deborah Henderson on Linkedin
Deborah Henderson at KPMG Australia

Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will showcase conversations with a number of thought leaders and subject matter experts across industry and academia in Australia and New Zealand on topics like career, the future of AI technologies and the responsible application of AI.
Our esteemed guests are all representing sponsors of the Women in AI Awards, which will be held on 16th June in Sydney for the APAC region.
Our next guest is Dr Irini (Rena) Logothetis, Research Fellow at the Applied AI Institute at Deakin University.
Bio:
From software development in Melbourne to managing an island hotel in Greece, showing designs at Fashion Week in Athens, to biomechanical engineering to medical and assistive technology research at an AI institute; Rena Logothetis has had an unconventional career path.
Researcher - Deakin University’s Applied AI Institute (A2I2)
Specialising in system design and analysis, projects including:
TR&R trauma support system in The Alfred Hospital Melbourne Development of a multi-use Smart Lab designed to test assistive technology to allow older people to live better, safer, longer lives at home A world-first autonomous wheelchair system A world-first falls prevention research project  
PhD – Engineering Biomechanics
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Avioti Fashion Ed in Athens, Greece
Co-Founder & Managing Director of a hotel on the island of Lefkas, Greece
Links:
Dr Rena Logothetis on LinkedIn
Dr Rena Logothetis at Deakin University