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OPENING KEYNOTE Speaker

Genevieve Bell

Vice-Chancellor and President of The Australian National University (ANU)
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BIOGRAPHY

Ph.D., (Stanford University)

Born and raised in Australia, Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell was appointed the 13th Vice-Chancellor of ANU in January 2024. She completed her tertiary education in the United States where she studied cultural anthropology. Bell spent nearly 20 years in Silicon Valley working for technology company Intel. She is best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice and technology development and for being an important voice in the global debates around artificial intelligence and human society. She is widely published, holds 13 patents and has held a number of appointments, including a Non-Executive Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Board and is currently a Member of the Prime Minister’s National Science and Technology Council. Genevieve has been recognised across three Australian learned Academies and is an Officer of the Order of Australia.

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KEYNOTE ABSTRACT

Through the stories of Australia’s Overland Telegraph Line, Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell will explore what we can learn from a historical large-scale system and how we can use it to understand the complex systems of contemporary AI. Interwoven with other human, technical, and ecological systems, the OTL transformed our experiences of time, distance, knowledge, mobility, and social relationships. Genevieve will use insights from the OTL to encourage different conversations about current and future human and technical systems—including those shaping the future of mobility.

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