Speakers 2026

The SlashNEW 2026 speaker lineup features experts in a broad range of technology fields, representing the diverse community in Newcastle and nationally.

Inside the Conference

Conference Keynotes

Jovana Dunisijevic

Senior Technical Evangelist, Atlassian

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Liz Fong-Jones

Technical Fellow, honeycomb.io

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Conference Presenters

Andrew Cresp

Chief Information Officer, Newcastle Greater Mutual Bank

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Bec Gallen

IT Technical Specialist, Australian Taxation Office

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Callum Whyte

Technical Director, Bump Digital

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Carolyn Breeze

CEO, Scalare Partners

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Charlotte-Fleming

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Dan Godden

Founder & Principal, SolveSimple

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Daniel Bartosiewcz-Clements

Daniel Bartosiewcz-Clements

Senior Security Operations Manager, nib

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Dr Ben Shelton

Senior Manager, User Experience & Business Improvement, The University of Newcastle

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Jacqueline Bailey

Dr Jacqueline D Bailey

Lecturer/HunterWiSE Representative, University of Newcastle

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Elena Scifleet

Cyber Security Consultant, CyberCX

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Fadila Fidina

Senior Software Engineer, Atlassian

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Jack Skinner

CTO For Hire, Your CTO For Hire

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James Macdonald

James MacDonald

Managing Director, NTP Talent

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John Brøndum

Enterprise Architect / Principal Consultant, brøndum.au

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Josh Doolan

Managing Director for APAC, Endava

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Katherine Squire

Katherine Squire

Program Advisory, SET Strategies

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Margareta Studdert

IT Leader,

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Maria Padisetti

CEO, Digital Armour

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Matt Goldman

Innovation Consultant, Arinco

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Michelle Mei-Ling Sandford

Michelle Mei-Ling Sandford

Developer Engagement Lead, Microsoft

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Navin Keswani

CPTO, TANK

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Nick Williams

Principal Consultant, Equal Experts

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Shannon Hartley

Shannon Hartley

Enterprise Architect, CEnet (Catholic Education Network)

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Simone Bennett

Product Manager, Buildkite

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Theresa Payne

Head of Engineering, The Iconic

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Victoria Aspden

Victoria Aspden

Executive General Manager Digital & Transformation, Ampcontrol

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