Navin Keswani is CPTO and co-founder at TANK, where he’s building tools and methods to end burnout, grounded in peer-reviewed research from neuroscience, organisational psychology and performance science.
Navin holds a PhD in pure mathematics and draws on two decades of engineering leadership to bridge the gap between how teams actually work under pressure and what the research says about sustainable performance.
He has presented on achieving sustainable performance while defending against burnout at Sydney Tech Leaders, REA and /New conference.
Shannon Hartley is an Enterprise Architect, currently managing architecture at the Catholic Education Network (CEnet). Shannon’s career spans from providing hands-on IT support in local high schools to leading enterprise-level cybersecurity strategies.
Shannon’s work is driven by a protective, human-centric goal: ensuring that the digital landscapes our students and communities rely on are safe, empowering, and built to serve the users.
Drawing from two decades of helping people interact with technology, Shannon is a passionate advocate for architecting systems that prioritise human dignity and protect the most vulnerable among us.
Dr Ben Shelton is a Human–Computer Interaction researcher specialising in human-centred design and Senior Manager, User Experience & Business Improvement at the University of Newcastle.
His work bridges cognitive science and applied UX practice, exploring how Cognitive Load Theory can be used to measure interface effectiveness and reduce digital noise.
Ben’s research spans higher education user experience, ubiquitous computing, and workload measurement, with a focus on designing systems that support attention rather than compete for it.
Elena is a seasoned IT and cyber security professional with over 20 years of diverse experience across technical and non-technical roles in the public sector, academia, commercial enterprises, and Defence domains. A key architect of the CyberCX Academy curriculum, Elena has been instrumental in advancing cyber security education and workforce capability in Australia.
Holding a Master’s degree in Cyber Security, for which she was awarded the prestigious Postgraduate Medal for academic excellence, Elena combines academic rigour with practical expertise. She has extensive experience in conducting Cyber Security Incident Response exercises, engaging both technical and executive audiences to enhance preparedness and resilience.
Her passion for demystifying cyber security fuels her commitment to empowering individuals and organisations to navigate the ever-evolving challenges of the digital landscape.
Her dedication to upskilling the Australian workforce reflects her vision of fostering a robust and resilient cyber community capable of addressing the complex demands of a digitised world.
Michelle Sandford is a global developer relations leader and proud Microsoftie who speaks at conferences worldwide on Trustworthy AI, GitHub Copilot and coding.
A passionate advocate for STEM and gaming, Michelle mentors future technologists through programs like SheCodes, Girls Programming Network, and Nuevo Foundation.
Michelle combines technical expertise with a commitment to diversity and inclusion, inspiring developers to build innovative, human-centered technology.
Callum Whyte is a x6 Microsoft MVP and x8 Umbraco MVP specialising in building robust scalable solutions on Azure and the .NET stack, as well as websites with the open-source Umbraco CMS.
By day he heads up the award-winning team at Bump, across the UK and Australia.
Away from his desk you can find him organising community events; from local meetups and hackathons, to global conferences and roadshows.
He’s an active contributor to open source projects, and a regular speaker at events all over the world.
Jovana is a Software Engineer and a Technical Evangelist with a strong background in performance & scalability, DevOps, and platform engineering. At Atlassian, she played a key role in optimising Jira for large enterprise migrations, enhancing performance and scalability for major cloud tenants.
Later, she joined the cloud infrastructure team, focusing on scaling internal platform services and improving their reliability and security. She now focuses on driving adoption of AI in the SDLC.
Recognised for her contributions, she was a finalist for Software Engineer of the Year at the 2022 Australia Women in Digital Awards, a finalist for Developer category for the Women Leading Tech Awards in 2025, and a finalist for Marketing category for the Women Leading Tech Awards in 2026.
She continues to mentor junior engineers internally at Atlassian and externally through lectures and panels, and she passionately advocates for continuous innovation by organising global hackathons at Atlassian.
I make developers, operators, and workers as a whole more productive and empowered.
Liz is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with over two decades of experience. She is currently a Technical Fellow at honeycomb.io, and previously was an SRE working on products ranging from the Google Cloud Load Balancer to Google Flights.