Speakers

Introducing our confirmed speakers for ICRI2024.

Alan Duffy

Pro-Vice Chancellor of Flagship Initiatives at Swinburne University of Technology

Keynote speaker

Antje Keppler

Director of the Bio-Hub, Euro-BioImaging ERIC

Panellist

Antonio José Roque da Silva

General Director of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)

Panellist

Ash Dyer

Senior Process Engineer Deputy Facility Manager at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN)

Panellist

Ashley VanderLey

Senior Advisor for Facilities in the Division for Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Panellist

Ben Norton

Senior Technical Manager for Griffith Sciences at Griffith University

Panellist

Brett Sutton

Director of Health & Biosecurity at CSIRO

Panellist

Carina Kemp

Global Lead for Academic Research at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Panellist

Carthage Smith

Head of the OECD Global Science Forum (GSF)

Panellist

Cassandra Sedran-Price

Senior Research Manager at CSIRO

Panellist

Cathy Foley

Australia’s Chief Scientist

Speaker

Ceri Brenner

Director of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO) Centre for Accelerator Science

Moderator

Claire Brown

Director of Advanced BioImaging Facility (ABIF) at McGill University

Panellist

Charlotte Roehm

Acting Deputy Division Director for the Division of Biological Infrastructure in the Directorate of Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Panellist

Dan Stanzione

Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)

Panellist

Daniel Wilson

Lecturer at Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland

Panellist

Danielle Way

Director of the Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN)

Panellist

David Gottfried

Regents’ Researcher and Associate Director in the Institute for Matter and Systems at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Panellist

David Lye

Director of the Infectious Disease Research and Training Office at the National Centre for Infectious Disease, Singapore

Panellist

Debbie Eagles

Director of CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP)

Moderator

Dileine Amaral da Cunha

Coordinator of Negotiation, Advice and International Studies at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)

Panellist

Doug Hilton

Chief Executive Officer of CSIRO, Australia’s National Science Agency

Speaker

Edward Mitchell

Head of Business Development at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Panellist

Eija Juurola

Director General of ACTRIS ERIC, the Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure

Panellist

Elisabetta Barberio

Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne

Panellist

Emmanuel Salmon

Head of Strategy & International Cooperation at Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS)

Panellist

Ewa Deelman

Research Director at the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI)

Moderator

Fabio Biancat Marchet

Deputy Programme Manager and Programme Engineer of the European – Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)

Panellist

Fiona Whelan

Experienced research fellow at the University of Adelaide

Panellist

Fotis Psomopoulos

Senior Researcher at the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB)

Panellist

Frédéric Sgard

Project Administrator at the OECD Global Science Forum (GSF)

Moderator

Gary Miller

Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University

Moderator

Graeme Jackson

Clinical Director of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Panellist

Graham Wright

Director of the Research Support Centre within Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)

Moderator

Hank Loescher

Director of Strategic Development, Environment and Infrastructure at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

Panellist

Hilary Hanahoe

Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance (RDA)

Moderator

Ian Smith

Professor Emeritus at Monash University

Moderator

Inês Pinho

Coordination Manager at EMPHASIS

Panellist

Inmaculada Figueroa

Deputy Director General for International Consortia, Organizations and Research Infrastructures at the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities of Spain

Moderator

Izabela Rottmann

RadioNet – European Radio Astronomy Consortium Manager

Moderator

Jan Ellenberg

Director of SciLifeLab

Keynote speaker & moderator

Jan Hrušák

Senior Research Fellow at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Panellist

Jana Klánová

Director of RECETOX, the European Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences

Panellist

Jane Fitzpatrick

Chief Executive Officer at the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF)

Moderator

Jochen Mueller

Professor at University of Queensland

Panellist

Joe Shapter

Emeritus Professor at University of Queensland and Flinders University

Panellist

José Luis Martínez

ESFRI Chair

Moderator

Kimmo Koski

Chief Executive Officer at CSC – IT Centre for Science

Panellist

Laurence Lejeune

PhD candidate in Science, Technology, and Science (STS) at The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Panellist

Leo Chiloane

Manager of the Data Infrastructure Node (uLwazi) at the South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON)

Panellist

Lesley Wyborn

Honorary Professor at the Australian National University (ANU)

Panellist

Lisa Yen

Chief Executive Officer of Microscopy Australia

Moderator

Louisa Warren

Executive Manager of the Indigenous Engagement Office at CSIRO

Moderator

Maggie Walter

Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Tasmania

Keynote Speaker

Manish Parashar

Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute

Moderator

Marialuisa Lavitrano

Director of the Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures (EMMRI) at the Milano-Bicocca University

Panellist

Mark Stickells

Chief Executive Officer of the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre

Panellist

Matías Troncoso-Villar

Coordinator of the Cape Horn Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) Network

Panellist

Maui Hudson

Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato

Panellist

Merran Smith

Chief Executive of Australia’s Population Health Research Network (PHRN)

Panellist

Michael Arentoft

Head of Unit, Open Science, Directorate-General Research and Innovation at the European Commission

Panellist

Michael SanClements

Research Initiatives Lead for Battelle

Moderator

Michelle Heupel

Executive Director of Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing system (IMOS)

Panellist

Mohamad Nasser Eddine

Vice President of Programs and Planning for the Canada Foundation for Innovation

Panellist

Nicole Elleuche

Managing Director of European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH (European XFEL)

Panellist

Niklas Labba

Traditional Sami reindeer herder

Panellist

Ondrej Hradil

Research Infrastructures Manager at Masaryk University

Moderator

Patricia Nying’uro

Climate scientist and researcher at the Kenya Meteorological Department, Climate Change branch

Panellist

Paul Gauthier

Professor of Controlled Environment Agriculture

Panellist

Paula Mabee

Chief Scientist and Observatory Director of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

Moderator

Phil Quinlan

Professor of Digital Engineering and Health Informatics at the University of Nottingham

Panellist

Philip Diamond

Director General of the SKA Observatory in the UK

Panellist

Rafal Dunin-Borkowski

co-Director of the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons in Forschungszentrum Jülich

Panellist

Richard Dickmann

Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN)

Moderator

Roland Roberts

Deputy Chief Officer for Research Facilities at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Panellist

Rory Fitzgerald

Director of the European Social Survey, European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC)

Panellist

Rosie Hicks

Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

Panellist

Satoshi Matsuoka

Director of RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)

Panellist

Shelby Walker

Senior Advisor for Facilities, Directorate for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Panellist

Stephany RunningHawk Johnson

Executive Director of Local Contexts

Panellist

Stijn Dhondt

Head of the VIB Agro-incubator

Panellist

Sushil Kumar

Director of Research at the University of the South Pacific

Panellist

Sylvain Charbonneau

President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation

Panellist

Takata Masaki

President of the Photon Science Innovation Center, Japan

Panellist

Tim Hubbard

Director of ELIXIR

Panellist

Thomas Schulthess

Director of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)

Panellist

Tony Cook

Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Education

Speaker

Uracha Ruktanonchai

Executive Director of the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) within Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)

Panellist

Vyacheslav (Slava) Lukin

Program Director in the Division of Physics at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Panellist

Wei Guo

Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Panellist

Werner L. Kutsch

Director General of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS ERIC)

Panellist

Wojtek James Goscinski

Chief Executive Officer of the National Imaging Facility

Panellist

Yann-Hervé De Roeck

Director of the Euro-Argo European Research Infrastructure Consortium

Panellist

Yuri Demchenko

Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam

Panellist

Zhiming Cai

Director of the Scientific Satellite Institute at the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Panellist