Henning Soller

Henning is a Partner from the McKinsey Office in Frankfurt. He is leading the quantum technology work of McKinsey globally.

Dr Cathy Foley

Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM became Australia’s ninth Chief Scientist in January 2021 after an extensive career at CSIRO.

Dr Philip Intallura

Philip is a quantum physicist and fintech leader with a PhD from Cambridge University and leads Quantum Technologies at HSBC.

Dr Larry Marshall

Dr Larry Marshall is the Lead Independent Director of Fortescue and serves on multiple innovation and finance boards.

Matthew White

Matthew White is a cybersecurity leader with over 14 years of experience at Thales. As Vice President of Cyber Security Specialists for the APJ region, he drives strategic initiatives to deliver advanced data security and cryptographic solutions. His current focus is guiding organisations to the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC).

Ville Tavio MP

Flavia Tata Nardini

Flavia Tata Nardini is Co-Founder and CEO of Fleet Space, a rocket scientist and former propulsion test engineer at the European Space Agency. She led Australia’s first LEO satellite constellation and now delivers real-time 3D imaging and AI for mining.

David Rivas

David Rivas was appointed Chief Technology Officer of Rigetti in February 2023. Prior to this role, he served as Rigetti’s Senior Vice President, Systems and Services since March 2019. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and M.S. in computer engineering, both from the University of California, San Diego.

Major General Hugh Meggitt AM CSC

After completing an undergraduate degree and working for a number of years as a scientific officer, Major General Meggitt joined the Australian Regular Army in January 1996, graduating from the Royal Military College - Duntroon in 1997. He has served in a variety of Army regimental positions including command at troop, squadron and regimental level in Infantry, Combat Engineer and Special Operations units respectively

Andrew Seedhouse

Defence Science and Technology Group | Chief of Space, Intelligence, National Security and Cyber

Dr Daniel Howell

Professor Allison Kealy

Bill Bartee

Bill is currently the co-founder and Managing Partner of Main Sequence. Prior to Main Sequence, he was a co-founder of Blackbird Ventures. He has supported founders building disruptive, science-led companies for over 20 years.Bill’s particular focus includes quantum technologies, AI, chemistry, and synthetic biology. Some of the startups Bill has funded and assisted include Q-CTRL, Diraq, Culture Amp, Seek, Altium, Morse Micro, Quintessence Labs, Prospection, and Karbon. He holds Bachelor of Science, MBA, and Juris Doctorate degrees.

Peter Rossdeutscher AM

Katie Scott

Dani Couger

Clare Kelly 

Dr Cedric Weber

Prof Rob McLaughlin

Prof Nicola Phillips

Professor Nicola Phillips is the Vice Chancellor and President of Adelaide University. She is a distinguished scholar in global political economy with 30 years of experience in the higher education sector, including senior leadership positions at the University of Melbourne and King’s College London.

Martin Friák, Ph.D

Martin Friák, Ph.D., is a solid-state physicist leading a group focused on theory-guided materials design using quantum-mechanical calculations enhanced by AI tools. As classical supercomputers offer limited computing power, Friák focuses on quantum computers, for which he is developing algorithms in cooperation with MIT, Caltech, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Dr. Erja Turunen 

Dr. Erja Turunen is the executive vice president of one of VTT’s three business units: Digital technologies. As the leader of the unit, Erja’s work involves strategic planning, engaging stakeholders and representing VTT in different organisations. Erja is also a member of VTT’s executive committee. Erja’s current responsibility area is Digital technologies covering microelectronics, quantum, flexible electronics, sensing solutions, connectivity and cyber security.

Prof Stephen Bartlett

Professor Nicola Phillips is the Vice Chancellor and President of Adelaide University. She is a distinguished scholar in global political economy with over 30 years of experience across higher education and senior leadership roles.

Serina Kaye

Diana Keenan

Diana Keenan serves as a Director in IQT Australia. Ms. Keenan joined IQT in 2022 as a Senior Associate on the Investment team, supporting investments across IQT’s practice areas with a focus in Enterprise Technologies. Prior to IQT, Diana worked at Amazon where she held product management and finance roles across both the Amazon Retail and AWS businesses. Ms. Keenan began her career in investment management at Franklin Templeton Investments, where she was an equity research analyst covering the Technology sector for the Franklin Global Growth fund. Diana earned her MBA from NYU Stern and is a CFA Charterholder. She earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics and English from Vanderbilt University, where she was a Division I Lacrosse player and Ingram Scholar.

Dr Anne Curtis