About
As the Australia Director of Global Shield Australia, I lead policy advocacy with the Australian government on all-hazards global catastrophic risk, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence policy. Prior to Global Shield, I worked in the Commonwealth Government, including with the Attorney-General's Department and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with a focus on international disputes, treaty negotiations, and trade law and policy.
Speaking at AI Safety Forum 2026
The Case for Mandatory AI Monitoring & Incident Reporting
Transparency into AI companies and the impacts their products are having is key to informing effective regulatory responses. This presentation will survey how other jurisdictions (including the EU, California, New York, and Vietnam) have instituted AI monitoring and reporting obligations to provide visibility on AI-related incidents and near misses (including AI-enabled harms (such as from cyber or biological misuse) and incidents arising from issues within the AI model itself (such as misalignment or loss of control)). It will then explain why Australia should institute a similar mechanism, so that our policymakers and regulators can be fully informed of the rapidly evolving risk environment.
Office Hours
There isn't time for everyone to meet every speaker one-on-one, so several have set aside time to sit a table and take questions. Pull up a chair, ask what you've been wanting to ask, or just listen in as others do — the format is informal and the conversation goes where the room takes it. A good chance to follow a thread from a talk, test an idea, or get a direct answer on something the schedule didn't cover. Come and go as you like.
AI and Biological risk: What the Evidence Says and What We Should Do
AI systems can now troubleshoot virology experiments better than human experts, design novel genomes, and lower barriers that have historically kept dangerous capabilities out of reach. This panel will examine what the latest evidence tells us about AI-enabled biological risk, who the most concerning threat actors are, and what Australia and the international community can do about it — from DNA synthesis screening to biosurveillance to broader national security preparedness.