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SUMMARY:NSW iAwards Ceremony 2026
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(AEST)\n[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”eveminialign” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nKPMG Australia, Level 38, Tower Three, International Towers Sydney, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney NSW 2000\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”eveminialign” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]Events Team | events@aiia.com.au[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”eveminialign” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]1300 665 145[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ 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custom_padding=”||29px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nJoin us in celebrating finalists in the NSW State iAwards Ceremony, a great showcase for New South Wales innovations with winners and merit recipients from the NSW State iAwards across ten categories progressing to the National iAwards later this year.\nEnjoy networking with industry peers and presentations by Dr. Suresh Sood is a Chief Data Scientist, Strategic AI Advisor and Murray Hurps, Director of Entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).\nWhile attendance is free for members, finalists and their teams, each attendee must have a valid ticket.\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” 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src=”https://aiia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Suresh-headshot.jpeg” title_text=”Suresh headshot” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nDr. Suresh Sood\nChief Data Scientist, Strategic AI Advisor, Industry Fellow\nAustralian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII), UTS\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” 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Suresh has spent over three decades refusing to separate technology from its consequences, always going beyond capability to ask not what AI can do, but what it should do, for whom, and why it matters.\nHis UTS PhD was the first dissertation to publish Python code to extract human behaviour patterns from social media big data. He has worked at Reuters as Senior Vice President, Solutions and as Australia’s first data scientist at Chartered Accountants ANZ (CAANZ). Suresh has consistently chosen impact over novelty, co-creating the Master of Data Science & Innovation at UTS, embedding AI into Western Sydney University’s business curriculum, and mentoring the next generation of data scientists to ask harder questions about purpose, governance, and consequence. At AIIA, his talk will be making the case for exactly that.\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”manrope||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”24px” header_3_font=”Poppins Semi||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#c41917″ header_3_font_size=”26px” header_3_line_height=”32px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-40px||-11px|||” custom_padding=”0px||13px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nSpeaker\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”207.1px” custom_padding=”1px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://aiia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Murray-Hurps-portrait-medium-Guy-Degen-HIGH-RES.jpg” title_text=”Murray-Hurps-portrait-medium-Guy-Degen HIGH RES” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nMurray Hurps\nDirector of Entrepreneurship\nUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS)\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-16px|||||” custom_padding=”0px||42px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nMurray Hurps is the Director of Entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), where he leads the University’s work to inspire and support technology-enabled entrepreneurs.\nAustralia’s recovery needs job-ready graduates, productivity-boosting research, and new entrepreneurs spreading innovations, creating new jobs and driving our recovery. Murray’s work is enabling this critical third pillar of work at UTS. \nThrough UTS Startups, Murray has helped build one of the largest communities of student-launched startups in Australia, supporting thousands of founders and strengthening the role universities play in driving innovation and economic growth.\nBefore joining UTS, Murray was CEO of Fishburners, Australia’s largest startup community. During his tenure he expanded Fishburners from a 100-desk coworking space into a 750-desk community across Sydney, Brisbane and Shanghai, supporting more than 500 startups. \nHe is also the founder of Startup Muster, which for six years, produced the largest annual survey of the Australian startup ecosystem, analysing thousands of startups to better understand and strengthen the sector.\nMurray previously founded FUELD, Westpac’s data-focused accelerator program, and has held numerous leadership roles supporting the Australian innovation ecosystem. These include serving as a Director of the Australian Information Industry Association and WorkVentures, Chair of Spark Festival, and Chair of the R&D Incentives Committee under Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA), advising the Australian Government on the Research and Development Tax Incentive.\nMurray’s interest in entrepreneurship began early. At the age of 16 he founded Ad Muncher, an ad-blocking startup that operated for 14 years and reached a peak of 100 million active users. That experience shaped his mission to help more Australians understand and pursue the opportunities created by technology-enabled entrepreneurship, and for Australia to realise the benefits of this as well.\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nThank you to our Host Sponsor\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://aiia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/KPMG_NoCP_RGB_279.jpg” title_text=”KPMG_NoCP_RGB_279″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||25px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”-60px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”5px|20px|20px|20px|false|false” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#c41917″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\nTerms and Conditions\nBy purchasing tickets to this event you agreed to the capture, storage and use of your data as detailed in the AIIA Privacy Policy, a link to which is provided here https://aiia.com.au/privacy.\nAttendees consent to their filming and sound recording as members of the audience. By entering this event you agree to being filmed or photographed which may be used for marketing or promotional purposes.\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]\n
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