GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY DAY
2025 Government and Industry Day
The Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AJCAI) is the leading annual forum for AI research and innovation in Australasia, recognised globally for its impact and breadth. The 2025 Government and Industry Day will convene top AI practitioners, policymakers, and industry leaders from across Australia's public and private sectors. This event provides a unique platform to explore cutting-edge advancements, address regulatory and ethical challenges, and share real-world case studies that demonstrate AI's transformative potential.
Whether your organisation is just beginning its AI journey or is at the forefront of deployment, the program offers invaluable opportunities to connect with thought leaders, technology innovators, academics, and research specialists.
Location: Manning Clark Hall & T2
Date: 4 December 2025
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Click here for Registration.
Keynotes
Navinda Kottege
CSIRO Data61 — Research Director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Program
Navinda is the Research Director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Program (Robotics, Computer Vision and Distributed Sensing Systems) at CSIRO's Data61. Navinda initiated and led legged robot research within CSIRO since 2011, an activity that grew into a world- class R&D capability within the organisation. Before stepping into the Research Director role, he led the Robotics and Autonomous Systems group and also conducted research in legged robot navigation, perception and control with multi-legged robots with a focus on navigation in complex unstructured environments.
Keynote: Human-Robot Teaming in Extreme Environments
Toby Walsh
UNSW — Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Toby Walsh is Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales, research group leader at Data61, adjunct professor at QUT, external Professor of the Department of Information Science at Uppsala University, an honorary fellow of the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University and an Associate Member of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW. He has won the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Engineering and ICT, the Humboldt Award, the Research Excellence Award of the Association for Constraint Programming and the IJCAI Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award. He has been Secretary of the Association for Constraint Programming (ACP) and is Editor of CP News, the newsletter of the ACP.
Keynote
Panel Discussion
Topic: AI Safety, Research Funding
Panellists: Prof Toby Walsh, Dr Navinda Kottege, Dr Nicholas Mattei, Prof Hanna Kurniawati, Prof Lexing Xie
Detailed Program
| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Morning Tea
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| 09:00 – 10:00 |
Keynote - Human-Robot Teaming in Extreme
Environments
Navinda Kottege
Location: Manning Clark Hall
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| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Break
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| 10:15 – 11:15 |
Paper presentations
Sahaj Vaidya, From Pilot to Policy: Why Government AI Projects
Fail to Scale - and What We Can Do About It
Dr Damian Copeland, The Functional Approach to the Legal Review
of Autonomous Weapon Systems
Dan Saldi: AI Adoption and Governance at Scale
Location: T2
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| 11:15 – 11:30 |
Break
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| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Paper presentation
Shima Farazmehr, Adapt or Perish: An AI-enabled Strategy for
Enhancing Emergency Response Networks Adaptation in Australia
Nakshathra Suresh, AI & Cybercrime
Nick Jensen, Avatar Conversational Training Simulations
Location: T2
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| 12:30 – 13:45 |
Lunch & Learn
Dr Thilina Ranbaduge and Dr Thierry Rakotoarivelo,
Tutorial on Privacy and Sovereign Data in AI Systems
Location: T2
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| 13:45 – 14:45 |
Keynote
Toby Walsh
Location: Manning Clark Hall
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| 14:45 – 15:20 |
Break
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| 15:20 – 16:00 |
Paper presentations
Adina Leu, AI in ACT Government
Ryan van Leent, The Road to Real-world Results with AI in
Government
Location: T2
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| 16:00 – 16:15 |
Break
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| 16:15 – 17:30 |
Panel Discussion
AI Safety, Research Funding, TranslationARC
Location: Manning Clark Hall
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| 17:30 – 18:30 |
Break and travel to Old Parliament House
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| 18:30 – 21:30 |
Banquet
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Attendance Modes
- Author and presenter: If you want to submit your research paper, please submit your 6-11 page short paper through EasyChair by 1st Aug 2025. 25 Aug 2025. The notification of paper acceptance will be sent by August 31st 2025. 15th Sept 2025. Please follow the main conference submission guidelines.
- Demonstration/Poster: If you want to showcase your work, please submit your 2-page paper through EasyChair by Aug 1st 2025, using the main conference paper template.
- Presenter only: Please fill your interest form by July 31st 2025 here.
- Networking only: Please fill your interest form by July 31st 2025 here.
Note: All the attendees need to register for the 1-Day Industry & Government Session or the full conference.