Program Schedule

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Registration 8:15-9:00am
Foyer, 2nd Floor

Register your attendance and collect your nametag

Conference Opening and Morning Keynote 9:00-10:30am
Plenary Theatre 2, Ground Floor

Welcome Remarks - Ben Lindsay, PSC 2026 Organising Committee Co-Chair

Welcome to Country with Wurundjeri Elder - Uncle Jason Tweedie

Official Opening - Ken Jefferd, PSC 2026 Executive Sponsor

UoM Senior Leader Address - Chancellor Jane Hansen AO

Morning Keynote - Naomi Simson OAM

Morning Tea 10:30-11am
Melbourne Room, Level 2

Enjoy some morning tea and mingle with colleagues

Concurrent Sessions 1 11:00-11:45am

Continuous Improvement: Small Changes, Better Outcomes
Elissa Whan, Pierre Villiers De Casanove, Andrew Dunstan

The Um Project - Find joy in story-telling and public speaking
Sebastian Cortes Lopez

From silos to synergies: a roadmap for building a thriving Community of Practice
Lauren Sanders, Lou Benson, Chloe Mackenzie, Rohan Jolly

GenAI@Work: Innovating with AI from opportunity to impact
Cory Dal Ponte, Rina Gao, Rahul Grover, Tom Cougan, Grace Pelchen

Mini Break 11:45-11:55am
10 minute break
Concurrent Sessions 2 11:55am-12:20pm

PSC sponsor-led session - Australian Institute of Management: From Legacy to AI-Ready: Lessons in Leading Transformation
Matt Stejer

Drained: Reduce your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More
Prof. Leah Ruppanner

A Staff-Led AI Framework to Build Your Own AI Support Tool
Michael Roldan

Internal Transfers as Secret Superpowers: Unlocking Careers, Growing Teams, Future-Proofing Your Workforce
Dale Baum, Tracey Holding

Lunch 12:20-13:15pm
Melbourne Room, Level 2

55 minute lunch break

Concurrent Sessions 3 13:15-13:40pm

What is Building Resilience through Movement?
Ange La Scala

Moving at the speed of relationship: Country-centred collaboration for future communities
Paul Paton

PSC sponsor-led session - UniSuper: Building a Resilient Financial Future
Derek Gascoigne

UoM partner-led session - AWS: Innovate Like Amazon: AI in Practice and the Culture Behind It
Elly Juniper

Mini break 13:40-13:50pm

10 minute break

Concurrent Sessions 4 13:50-14:15pm

PSC sponsor-led session - Nous: What does leadership look like in an AI world?
Zac Ashkanasy

Cultivating Cross-Border Communities: Intercultural Tools for Belonging
Emeline Gillingham

You can just do things: building a leading AI capability
David Mulholland

PSC sponsor-led session - Assure: Refocusing on the Human Side of Change
Simon Brown-Greaves

Mini break 14:15-14:25pm

10 minute break

Concurrent Sessions 5 14:25-14:50pm

The in-box is only the beginning: Building Meaningful Connections Across University Teams
Bernadette van Lunenburg

From Podcast to Practice: Creating Meaningful Wellbeing Conversations at Work
Kate Hatzopoulos, Sandra Macriyiannis

The Human Advantage: Thriving in an AI-Enabled Workplace
Cory Dal Ponte, Rina Gao

Beyond Productivity: Using AI to Think, Create and Innovate
Jacob McMahon, Cheryl George

Afternoon Tea 14:50-15:15pm
Melbourne Room, Level 2

25 minutes to enjoy some afternoon tea in the Melbourne Room

Conference Closing and Afternoon Keynote 15:15-16:40pm
Plenary Theatre 2, Ground Floor

Prestigious Sponsor Remarks - SmartGroup

Afternoon Keynote - Dr Olivia Ong

Official Closing - Ken Jefferd, PSC 2026 Executive Sponsor

Final Remarks - Nilmini Jayasuriya, PSC 2026 Organising Committee Co-Chair

Networking Drinks 16:40-17:30pm
Main Foyer, Ground Floor

A chance to network and share your thoughts with fellow attendees