On 24^th July, CIRES Centre Director, Professor Shazia Sadiq and the UQ Centre for Enterprise AI hosted the Kingston AI Group meeting at the The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.

The meeting allowed members to come together and strategise their advocacy for Australian AI sovereign capability, discuss emerging AI fields, and identify the clearest, most effective ways to drive the group’s engagement and advocacy with the federal government, including the Prime Minister.

Mike Bareja, Director of Digital Technologies, AI, Cyber and Future Industries at the Business Council of Australia (BCA) was in attendance, leading an informative discussion on BCA’s take on the role of AI in Australia’s corporate landscape. He also provided an overview of “Accelerating Australia’s AI Agenda,” a BCA report released in June that has been enthusiastically endorsed by the Kingston AI Group.

Much of the meeting was spent discussing AI’s impact on the economy as well as ways to increase investment in AI R&D in Australia. Members also discussed the importance of protecting Australian culture and values in AI, and increasing awareness of Australia’s burgeoning AI industry while raising the skills and capabilities of those working within it.

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Photo caption: Participants and visitors to the 24 July Kingston AI Group meeting in Brisbane, (L-R) Dr Nisha Schwarz, PhD, Dr Rocky Chen, Prof Shazia Sadiq, Dr Joel Mackenzie, Dr Kathy Nicholson, Prof Shane Culpepper, Dr Sue Keay, Dr Paul Dalby PhD GIA (Affiliated), Prof Michael Milford, Prof Simon Lucey, BCA’s Mike Bareja, Prof Anton van den Hengel, Prof Benjamin Rubinstein, Prof Stephen Gould, Prof Ian Reid, Prof Ajmal Mian, and Prof Marta Indulska at the Kingston AI Group meeting 24 July in Brisbane.

Not pictured but in attendance: Prof Joanna Batstone, PhD, Prof Dana Kulic, and Prof Toby Walsh FAA FTSE FRSN