AI-NATIVE NETWORKS FOR AUSTRALIA’S 6G FUTURE
27 & 28 OCTOBER 2026
Discover what’s next for Australia’s connected future, with leading voices from industry, government and research exploring the road from AI-native networks to 6G.
Sri Amirthalingam
Chief Technology Officer
Optus
Lucky by design: What Australia must do to succeed in the new world of connectivity
Dr Ian Oppermann
Commissioner
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Hot topics in telecommunications: One regulator’s perspective
Emilio Romeo
Chief Executive Officer
Indara
Shane Fitzsimmons
Board Chair
Connectivity Innovation Network
Facilitator emergency services panel: Challenges and opportunities in the era of AI
Andrew Kaszubski
General Manager, Network Systems
nbn
Dr Rajiv Shah
Managing Director
MDR Quantum
What will quantum have to do with future 6G networks?
David Everingham
Standards and Industry Lead Asia Pacific
Ericsson Inc.
From AI networks to networks for AI: The road to 6G
Distinguished Professor Jay Guo
Director
Connectivity Innovation Network
Physical AI beyond robotics and automation
Luke Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Telecommunications Alliance
Jeff Owen
Head of Wireless Strategy
TPG Telecom
The geography of intelligence: where AI will live beyond 5G
Chief Superintendent Matthew Wormald
Operational Communications
NSW Fire and Rescue
Emergency services panel: Challenges and opportunities in the era of AI
Distinguished Professor Dikai Liu
Director
ARC Research Hub for Human-Robot Teaming for Sustainable and Resilient Construction
Intelligent robots in the AI era
Professor Jinhong Yuan
Head of School, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of NSW
Dr Ming Ding
Group Leader, Privacy Technology Group
CSIRO
Federated customisation of large AI models
Stephen McRobert
Director, Information and Communications Technology and CIO
NSW State Emergency Service
Emergency services panel: Challenges and opportunities in the era of AI
Kent Wu
Executive General Manager Network Strategy & Architecture
Optus
Beyond 5G: Innovating the intelligent networks of 6G
Professor Nan Yang
Lead, Information & Signal Processing Cluster
Australian National University
Terahertz communications: Unlocking the wireless frontier for 6G and beyond
Matthew Ingersole
Chief Information Officer
Surf Life Saving NSW
Emergency services panel: Challenges and opportunities in the era of AI
Professor Andrew Zhang
Wireless Communications and Sensing
University of Technology Sydney
ISAC and 6G standardisation
Dr Chentao Yue
ARC DECRA Fellow
University of Sydney
Semantic error control coding: when foundation models meet channel coding
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Our Vision
The vision of the Connectivity Innovation Network is to enhance Australia’s connectivity for Emergency & government services and communities, by leveraging academia, industry, and government expertise to drive technical innovation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to solve connectivity challenges and bridge the digital divide to deliver improved outcomes for the people of NSW.