Mary-Anne has a passion for design led innovation. She works with her research team in the Magic Lab to bring science fiction to reality

Public Speaker: Space · KSP-CKAN · Ethics · Emerging Tech · Psychology · Automation · Feminism · Social/Global Justice. Adventuretarian; World famous in NZ.

Leila Alem is a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks, specialist in AR & VR, Wearable computing and Natural User Interfaces for innovation in business.

Nic Hodges is a technologist with a focus on media, brands and culture.

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison builds games and apps for mobile devices, including the award-winning ABC Play School iPad games, and the Qantas Joey Playbox.

Coder. Tinker. Maker. Thinker. Activist. Interested in work, innovation, technology, privacy, and security.

Jacinta is a software engineer, trainer and technical writer, with a passion for learning everything and then distilling it into interesting Cliff-notes editions for other people.

Donna Benjamin is the daughter of a futurist. In 1996 she participated in a futures forum called 2121. 20 years later, it is time to revisit that work.

Lilly is a software developer, digital rights activist, and recovering historian from Melbourne. She is definitely not a hologram.

Stephanie works at the intersection of art and technology, in 3D graphics including virtual reality, modelling, rendering, motion capture, programming, and interactivity design.

Designer of things that combine web, mobile, physical computing & lots of data.

Andy is a researcher and consultant in machine learning specialising in neural networks. He is currently puzzling over how to teach computers to think about thinking and other meta-physical machinations.

Hacker At Large

Linux systems administrator and developer, scout leader, and Open Knowledge Australia ambassador

Mel is an Australian educator passionate about contemporary learning and students centred learning and uses technology to develop global connections, collaborate and create.

Ducky is a university student in the final stages of her degree, with a passion for accessibility, mental health, and the future of augmented reality

Nick is a science fiction enthusiast who is trying to get to the future before he is too old to enjoy it.

Adam is creator who loves to learn and share – whether that be in electronics, robotics, software development, music or painting.

For years Lachlan had the hobby of turning his wildest daydreams and fantasies into tangible experiences through the miracle of modern technology

Leading Teacher. Code the Future Co-Founder, Evernote Ambassador. 2013 DET Vic Primary Teacher of the Year. Apple Distinguished Educator.

Michael Ensly has been working both professionally and recreationally with Kinect and mobile since graduating with a degree in astrophysics.

CMO at successful Australian health education company, Ausmed and co-founder of Code the Future, a not for profit organisation that’s putting coding education in schools.

Valberg & Soley are a father daughter team of Mincrafters and game makers. Their company Tinarastic Game Studio is only an extension of their passion of gaming.