SPEAKERS & PANELLISTS
At Quantum Australia 2024 you can hear from leading Australian and international experts in quantum technology, across industry innovation, research, and ecosystem development. Here are just a few of the renowned speakers who have been confirmed for Quantum Australia 2024, with more to be added soon. See below for an outline of the program. Register now to secure your place or sign up for the Quantum Australia mailing list to stay updated as the program develops.
David Gunnarsson
Chief Technology Officer | Principal Scientist at Bluefors
Keynote Speaker

Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Professor, The University of Queensland; Director of Translational Research Program, ARC CoE for Engineered Quantum Systems; Deputy Director of ARC CoE for Quantum Biotechnology.
Speaker

Michael Biercuk
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Q-CTRL
Speaker

Peter Knight
Chair, Quantum Metrology Institute, National Physical Laboratory; Chair, National (UK) Quantum Technology Programme Strategic Advisory Board
Speaker

Andrea Morello
Scientia Professor of Quantum Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney
Chair

Andrew Seedhouse
Chief of Cyber Intelligence & National Security Divisions, Defence Science & Technology Group, Department of Defence
Panellist

Brant Gibson
Assistant Associate Dean (Physics), RMIT University; Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics; Deputy Director, Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence & Aerospace Centre
Chair

Dimitri Kusnezov
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panellist

Elanor Huntington
Executive Director-Digital, National Facilities and Collections, CSIRO
Chair

Giuseppina Dall’Armi-Stoks
Research Leader Electro Optics Sensing and Electromagnetic Warfare, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
Panellist

Jane Fitzpatrick
Chief Executive Officer, Australian National Fabrication Facility
Panellist

Michael Brett
Worldwide Go-To-Market Strategy Lead for Quantum Technologies, Amazon Web Services
Panellist

Sushmita Ruj
Faculty of Engineering Lead, UNSW Institute for Cybersecurity, IFCYBER; Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Panellist
