{"id":2365,"date":"2026-01-22T04:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iim-africa.org\/au\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:13:21","slug":"2026-iim-australia-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iim-africa.org\/au\/2026-iim-australia-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;; font-size: 50px; text-transform: capitalize;\">IIM AUSTRALIA 2026 SPEAKERS<\/span><br>\n\n\n\n\n\nMEET OUr SPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;\">Welcome to the<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;\">Speakers Page<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;\">for the<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;\">2026 IIM Australia Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: large;\"><font face=\"Poppins\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Our speakers<\/strong> represent a distinguished mix of national and international leaders across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data governance, public policy, academia, and industry. Together, they bring authoritative insight, practical experience, and strategic foresight aligned with the conference theme:<\/span><\/font><span style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#e60000;\"><strong>Theme: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI-Driven Transformation: Strengthening Public Trust, Ethics, and Data Resilience in a Digital Australia<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p><font face=\"Poppins\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Speaker <\/strong>at&nbsp;<strong>IIM Australia 2018 Conference.<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h3>2026 Keynote Speakers<br><\/h3>\n<p><font face=\"Poppins\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Our keynote speakers are globally and nationally recognised thought leaders who will set the strategic tone of the conference. 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