Meet the Speakers

John Shepherd
John Shepherd
First Assistant Secretary, Digital Id and Data Policy Division
Australian Government Department of Finance
Australian Government Department of Finance
Ian Oppermann
Ian Oppermann
Commissioner
ACCC
ACCC
Greg Wells
Greg Wells
Chief Executive Officer
Service NSW
Service NSW
Arun Singh
Arun Singh
Chief Information Security Officer
Tyro
Tyro
Jonathon Thorpe
Jonathon Thorpe
Chief Customer Officer
Services Australia
Services Australia
Crispin Blackall
Crispin Blackall
Chief Technology Officer
VicRoads
VicRoads

2026 Speakers


Laura Christie
Laura Christie
Government Chief Information and Digital Officer, Deputy Secretary
NSW Department of Customer Service
NSW Department of Customer Service
Jeremy Johnson
Jeremy Johnson
Executive Director Policing Information and Checking Services
ACIC
ACIC
Lindsay Deguara
Lindsay Deguara
Digital ID Policy and Regulation
ACCC
ACCC
Joe Varkey
Joe Varkey
Security Practice Lead
AIA Australia
Vanessa Gale
Vanessa Gale
Head of Identity and Access Management
Latitude Financial
Latitude Financial
Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner
Head of Cyber Security Engineering
Downer EDI Ltd
Downer EDI Ltd
Cassandra Meagher
Cassandra Meagher
Head of Policy and Transition
Austroads
Austroads
Siddharth Rajanna
Siddharth Rajanna
Head Chief Information Security Officer, Cyber Security
BINGO Industries
BINGO Industries
Rick Iversen
Rick Iversen
Head of ConnectID
AP+
AP+
Brian Lee
Brian Lee
Principal Solution Architect, Digital Identity and Verifiable Credentials
Service NSW
Service NSW
Gopal Arun
Gopal Arun
Principal Identity Security Architect
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Reema Roche
Reema Roche
Assistant Director - Customer Identity and Access Management
Australian Government
Australian Government
Eugene Choo
Eugene Choo
Strategic Growth Lead for ANZ
Sumsub
Sumsub
Moh Rezaee
Moh Rezaee
Engineering Lead - Identity
AGL Energy
AGL Energy
Krishna Bagla
Krishna Bagla
Manager, Cyber Security Operations & Implementation
NSW Government
NSW Government
Adnene Guabtni
Adnene Guabtni
Principal Research Scientist/Engineer
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Neil Howell
Neil Howell
Senior Systems Administrator (Identity Access Management)
University of Sydney
University of Sydney