I've given the same room an AI update three times.
2023: is this even allowed? 2024: should we be worried? 2026: how do we actually do this well? I speak about technology as someone who has to make it work on Monday, not as someone predicting the future from a safe distance.
What you get if you book me.
Someone who does this job rather than consults on it. I lead digital, data and AI across 77 Queensland councils, I run a technology company on the side, and every example I use on stage is something I have actually had to deliver, defend or clean up after.
That means fewer futuristic predictions and more honest conversation about what leaders should be doing now. It also means I will tell your audience which things have not worked, which tends to be the part they remember.
It isn't only AI. I've spoken on data maturity, cyber, deepfakes, XR, Web3, digital literacy, careers and leadership, to council chambers, industry conferences, university labs and International Women's Day audiences.
For what it is worth externally: Women in Digital Executive Leader of the Year in 2021, and iTnews Government Technology Leader of the Year in 2026. Not to humble brag, but to show I know what I am talking about.
And no techno-babble. I have a long-standing preference for explaining complicated things without making them sound complicated.
AI can't replace humans, yet. But it can't provide creativity, empathy, critical thinking, or replicate your experience.
Said on stage in 2023. I've been updating that scorecard in public ever since.I keep score in public.
Most technology speakers make predictions and never return to them. I go back to the same conference, in front of the same people, and mark my own homework.
It makes for a better talk, because the audience can see which bits of the hype survived contact with reality. It is also mildly terrifying, which keeps the standard up.
Topics
Each of these can run as a keynote, a shorter conference slot or a workshop. I'll tailor to your audience rather than deliver the same deck twice.
The AI update
What's changed, what's next and what you need to know. Rebuilt every time, because it has to be.
AI without the theatre
Moving past pilots and licences to governance, capability and adoption that actually sticks.
Governance that makes you faster
Why good governance is an accelerator, not a list of things you are not allowed to do.
Nice doesn't change things
High satisfaction scores are not safety. Being loved is not the same as being necessary.
Transformation that transforms
Replacing the technology is the easy part. The organisation is the actual project.
Teams that thrive through change
Curiosity, culture and capability, from building a Commonwealth Games team to a startup.
Formats I'm comfortable with.
Where I've spoken
Council chambers, industry conferences, university labs and the odd metaverse debate.
Earlier talks, 2024 back to 2021
What people say.
“As a speaker at Dreamforce, she was extremely effective.”
“A genuine thought leader, and one of the few that really understands its potential and use in real world applications.”
“Very knowledgeable and open to experimentation, but with an effective eye for the risk management required in government.”
For organisers.
- Based on the Gold Coast. Brisbane, regional Queensland and interstate are all easy.
- Bio, headshot and a one-line intro available to download.
- Happy to do a pre-event call to tailor the content to your audience.
- Slides supplied in advance if you need them for AV.
Got a room that needs a decent conversation?
Tell me who's in the audience, how long you've got and what you want them to walk out thinking. I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.
Speaking enquiries