Cassandra Sedran-Price1, Riley Taitingfong2, Keolu Fox3, Stephanie Russo Carroll4, Maui Hudson5 1University of Sydney, Lismore , Australia, 2Indigenous Data Alliance, , United States, 3University of California, San Diego, United States, 4University of Arizona, , United States, 5University of Waikato, Hamilton,...
- September 9, 2026
Abstract: Start at your desk, build and experiment locally, Scale when science demands it. This is a half-day, hands-on technical briefing about what it takes to move AI from a researcher’s desktop into a university environment. It follows the journey...
- September 8, 2026
Abstract: Panel Discussion – AI is moving beyond assisting researchers to participating directly in scientific workflows. Today’s AI agents can search and reason across scientific literature, interrogate research data, generate and execute analysis code, invoke models and simulations, orchestrate computational...
- September 8, 2026
Mahesh Krishnan Abstract: Designing on-premises HPC is no longer simply an infrastructure decision. It is a strategic investment in an organisation’s future research capability. With AI, accelerated computing and increasingly data-intensive research reshaping demand, leaders must make decisions today that...
- September 2, 2026
Andrew Beattie Biography: Andrew is a Senior Technical Specialist at IBM Australia and New Zealand, helping organisations build the data and AI infrastructure needed to support modern research, high-performance computing and data-intensive workloads. With more than 25 years of experience...
- September 2, 2026
Dr Anthony Dona1 1Digital Science Biography: Anthony Dona is Vice President, Government and Funders APAC at Digital Science, bringing a unique dual background in academic medical research and an understanding of analytics and infrastructure to support the research ecosystem. Anthony...
- August 27, 2026
Jake Caroll1 1The University of Queensland Biography: Jake Carroll is the Director of the Research Computing Centre (RCC) at The University of Queensland. He leads a team that designs and operates UQ’s high-performance computing, AI and research data storage services,...
- August 27, 2026
Kurt Sterzl1, Robert Shen2, Sam Doherty1, Jaden Dzubiel1, Justin Middler3 1AWS, 2RMIT, 3YUMA IT Proposed Leaders: Dr Carina Kemp, AWS (Moderator) Gabriel Noeje, NVIDIA (Moderator) Proposed Speakers: Kurt Sterzl, Solution Architect and Research Specialist, AWS. Prof Robert Shen, Professor and...
- August 27, 2026
Biography: Bio to come Abstract: Starting at 9:30 am, we will begin with an introduction to Ceph, covering: What Ceph is Core architecture and concepts Common use cases How organisations are using Ceph today Then, from about 10:00 am to...
- August 26, 2026
Biography: Bio to come Abstract: Start at your desk, build and experiment locally, Scale when science demands it. This is a half-day, hands-on technical briefing about what it takes to move AI from a researcher’s desktop into a university environment....
- August 26, 2026