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image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-dave-lemphers-500px.jpg” alt=”Dave Lemphers” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dlemphers\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Co-founder and CEO, Maincode [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Greta Bradman” 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title=”Marina Yastreboff” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-marina-yastreboff-500px.jpg” alt=”Marina Yastreboff” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marinayastreboff\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]President and Chair, AUSCL[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Anton van den Hengel” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-anton-van-den-hengel-500px.jpg” alt=”Anton van den Hengel” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/antonvandenhengel\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Professor of Computer Science; Chief Scientist, AIML University of Adelaide[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”2560px” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_free_form=”selector {|| display: grid;|| grid-template-columns: repeat(8, 1fr);|| gap: 20px;||}||||@media (max-width: 980px) {|| selector {|| grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);|| }||}||@media (max-width: 767px) {|| selector {|| grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);|| }||}” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Rita Arrigo” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-rita-arrigo-500px.jpg” alt=”Rita Arrigo” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rarrigo\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Founder, AI Native Futures[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Alex Fischer” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-alex-fischer-500px.jpg” alt=”Alex Fischer” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” 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image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michele-levine-a5831\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]CEO, Roy Morgan Research[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Andrew Horton” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-andrew-horton-500px.jpg” alt=”Cori Stewart” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-horton-727735\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Managing Partner, The Horton Group[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Justine Lacey” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-justine-lacey-500px.jpg” alt=”Justine Lacey” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justine-lacey-18595a37\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Director, Responsible Innovation (Future Science Platform), CSIRO[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Matt Healy” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-matt-healy-500px.jpg” alt=”Matt Healy” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matt-healy-2035423\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Clare Brennan” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-clare-brennan-500px.jpg” alt=”Clare Brennan” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/clare-brennan-697927101\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Head of Policy, UTS Human Intelligence Institute[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Michael Outram” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-michael-outram-500px.jpg” alt=”Michael Outram” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” 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border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]CEO, Quantum Australia[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Hitesh Mehta” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-hitesh-mehta-500px.jpg” alt=”Hitesh Mehta” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hiteshjmehta\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Co-founder, Nutromics[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Sandra Davey” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-sandra-davey-500px.jpg” alt=”Sandra Davey” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sandra-davey\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” border_color_all_image__hover=”#000000″ child_filter_opacity__hover=”90%” child_filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|hover” filter_opacity__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”]Director, auDA and Screenrights and TACSI[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Lizzie O\u2019Shea” image=”https:\/\/digitalsovereigntyforum.com.au\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsf-2026-lizzie-oshea-500px.jpg” alt=”Lizzie O’Shea” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_icon_custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lizzieoshea\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all_image=”2px” border_color_all_image=”#EFBF04″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_color_all_image__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” 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