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Opening Keynote from Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy

7 July 2026 · 09:30 am–09:45 am · Refectory

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Speaker

Andrew Charlton
Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Australian Government
The Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP is Cabinet Secretary, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, and federal Member for Parramatta. Since May 2025 he has led development of Australia's National AI Plan and the Expectations of data centres and AI infrastructure developers, and has represented Australia at the AI Impact Summit in India.

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