
Sydney 2026
Theme: Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into our Lives
Preface by Emeritus Professor Greg Whateley
This Symposium invites colleagues to consider the application (inclusion) of AI into their everyday lives - work, home and 'play'. The presentations will explore how AI can be embraced and incorporated in meaningful and appropriate ways.
Draft Program
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
10.00 – Welcome Emeritus Professor Greg Whateley (Melbourne) – F2F
10.30 – Associate Professor Christopher McLeod (Melbourne) – Online
11.00 – Adjunct Professor Dimitri Kopanakis (Macau) - F2F
11.30 – Break
12.00 – Jotsana Roopram (Sydney) – F2F
12.30 – Anna Rushmer (Sydney) – F2F
13.00 – Emeritus Professor Clive Smallman (NSW) - F2F
13.30 – Lunch
14.00 – Taha Mohammed (Melbourne) – Online
14.30 – Associate Professor Robert Ellis-Geiger (Hong Kong) – Online
15.00 – Anurag Kanwar (Sydney) - F2F
15.30 – Break
16.00 – Professor Julia Mihyun Kho (Seoul) – Online
17.00 – Book Launch - Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our lives
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
10.00 – Emeritus Professor Jim Mienczakowski (Melbourne) – F2F
10.30 – Dr Andrew West (Sydney) – F2F
11.00 – Adjunct Professor Issac Chung Lee (Sydney) – F2F
11.30 – Break
12.00 – Mordechai Katash (Melbourne) – Online
12.30 – Lankani Croos (Melbourne) – F2F
13.00 – Adjunct Professor Jamie Rigg (Sydney) – F2F
13.30 – Lunch
14.00 – Professor Craig Ellis (Sydney) – F2F
14.30 – Associate Professor Tom O'Connor (Melbourne) – Online
15.00 – Irene Mendoza (Melbourne) – Online
15.30 – Break
16.00 – Professor Michael Wladskowsky (Paris) – Online
16.30 – Professor Aleksander Szram (London) – Online
17.00 – Dr Cyril Jankoff (Melbourne) – Online
17.30 – Associate Professor Arts Phillips – F2F
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
10.00 – Associate Professor Zawar Shah (Sydney) – Online
10.30 – Sir Gerard Newcombe (Sydney) – F2F
11.00 – Associate Professor Elizabeth Jones (Sydney) - F2F
11.30 – Break
12.00 – Adjunct Professor Om Huvanandana (Bangkok), Jenny Dang (Ho Chi Min),
Associate Professor Sutheera Alawongsa (Changrai) – Online
13.00 – Chang Hong (Singapore) – F2F
13.30 – Lunch
14.00 – AMPA Student Performance
14.30 – Professor Ian Bofinger (Sydney) - F2F
13.00 – Wrap Emeritus Professor Greg Whateley



