About
Greg Sadler is CEO of Good Ancestors Policy, an Australian charity working to reduce catastrophic and existential risks, including from advanced AI. Greg has 15 years' experience in the Australian Public Service, including in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Attorney-General's Department, and the Department of Home Affairs. He also served as a senior national security adviser to the Home Affairs Minister. He holds a BA/LLB(Hons) from the Australian National University, majoring in philosophy.
Speaking at AI Safety Forum 2026
AI and Crisis Management
Australia’s new National AI Plan commits Australia to dealing with AI incidents in our existing crisis management framework. During this workshop, you’ll discuss what an acute AI incident, accident or emergency could look like, who would need to come to the table to manage it, and whether existing emergency planning is up to the task.
A Scientist, A Believer, a Sceptic and a Diplomat: What Should AI Safety Prioritise Now?
This panel is designed to unpack different perspectives on AI Safety priorities. For some, the greatest risks are immediate: bias, misinformation, labour disruption, surveillance, concentration of power, and threats to democracy and human rights. For others, the greatest danger lies ahead: increasingly capable frontier AI systems that may eventually exceed human capabilities and create catastrophic—or even existential—risks. Governments and decision makers cannot afford to focus exclusively on either. They must make decisions today under conditions of uncertainty, balancing immediate harms with longer-term risks, while recognising that resources, political attention and regulatory capacity are finite. Rather than asking who is right, this session will explore why reasonable people arrive at different conclusions, where genuine consensus exists, where disagreement remains, and what that means for Australia's approach to AI safety.
Closing Panel