Move TV - Episode 6

In our final Episode of Season 1 of MOVE, Host Stephanie Bendixsen asks us to travel far into the future with special guest, Greater Sydney Chief Commissioner, Lucy Turnbull AO. What’s coming far into the future, and what does it look like? Who’s involved? Stephanie invites guests Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of New South Wales, Toby Walsh and Aileen Gemma Smith, CEO of Vizalytics Technology to delve into the unexpected disruptions, the future visionaries stretching us far into the future and beyond our own earthly boundaries. If we’re going there we’re also going to need more than a Google Map, so what does the world’s best transport tech team look like? Our resident reporter Josh Phillips goes on mission to find out the secret to great collaboration at the Future Transport Digital Accelerator.

Guests

Chief Commissioner, Lucy Turnbull AO Greater Sydney Commission

Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO is an urbanist, businesswoman and philanthropist with a longstanding interest in cities, and technological and social innovation. She chaired the Committee for Sydney from 2012 to 2015. In 2015 she was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission, tasked by the NSW state government to assist in delivering strong and effective strategic planning for the whole of metropolitan Sydney. Mrs Turnbull was the first female Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney from 2003-4 and in 2011 she became an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the community, local government and business. In 2012 Mrs Turnbull was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business by the University of NSW, and in 2016 was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Built Environment, University of NSW. In 2017 Mrs Turnbull was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Western Sydney University which she received for her substantial and sustained service and contribution to the University and the Greater Western Sydney region.

Toby Walsh, Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of New South Wales

Toby Walsh is a leading researcher in Artificial Intelligence. He was named by the Australian newspaper as a "rock star" of Australia's digital revolution. He is Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW, leads the Algorithmic Decision Theory group at Data61, Australia's Centre of Excellence for ICT Research, and is Guest Professor at TU Berlin. He has been elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and has won the prestigious Humboldt research award as well as the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Engineering and ICT. He has previously held research positions in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland and Sweden.

Aileen Gemma Smith, CEO, Vizalytics Technology

Aileen is the CEO of Vizalytics Technology. Together with her team, Vizalytics creates business intelligence and data analytics solutions for public and private sector clients. She puts a strong emphasis on listening and building relationships. Aileen is focused on deeply understanding data and context in order to push the boundaries of what is possible. She also mentors and supports high school and university students.