Plenary Speakers

Theme: Plasma Science

Marcela Bilek is Professor of Applied Physics and Surface Engineering at the University of Sydney. Her research comprises fundamental science and practical applications in materials physics and engineering, plasma processing, and cross-disciplinary research in biointerfaces. She holds a B.Sc. (Hons I) from the University of Sydney, a PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has published over 350 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 book, 6 book chapters and 15 patents. She has trained 35 PhD students, and mentored 25 post-doctoral fellows and early career researchers. Honours and prizes include the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year (2002); ARC Federation Fellowship (2003); Australian Academy of Science Pawsey Medal (2004); Australian Innovation Challenge Award (2011); ARC Future Fellowship (2012); Plasma Surface Engineering Leading Scientist Award (2018) and ARC Laureate Fellowship (2019-2024). She was elected to the Fellowships of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Vacuum Society (AVS) the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) in recognition of her work on plasma processes for materials modification and synthesis. She was honoured with Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the King’s Birthday Honours of 2023 for significant service to physics and biomedical engineering.

Presentation: Brain Computer Interface in Augmented Reality and Metaverse

Theme: Neurotechnology

Chin-Teng Lin received the B.S. degree from the National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan in 1986, and the Master and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He is currently a Distinguished Professor, Director of UTS Human-centric AI Center, Co-Director of Australian AI Institute, and Director of CIBCI Lab, FEIT, UTS. He is also invited as the International Faculty of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) from 2012 to 2020 and Honorary Professorship of University of Nottingham from 2014 to 2021.

Prof. Lin’s research focuses on machine-intelligent systems and brain computer interface, including algorithm development and system design. He has published over 450 journal papers (H-Index 94 based on Google Scholar), and is the co-author of Neural Fuzzy Systems (Prentice-Hall) and author of Neural Fuzzy Control Systems with Structure and Parameter Learning (World Scientific).  Dr. Lin served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems from 2011 to 2016, and has served on the Board of Governors of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.  He is the Chair of the 2022-2023 CIS Awards Committee. Dr. Lin is an IEEE Fellow, and received the IEEE Fuzzy Pioneer Award in 2017.

Presentation: SYNAPSE – Mapping the Human Brain neuron-by-neuron

Theme: Neurotechnology

Yeu-Kuang Hwu is a Distinguished Professor, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)). Achievements include patents for novel phase contrast radiology; invention of novel x-ray synthesis methods for nanoparticles; development of ultrahigh resolution x-ray microscopy.The founder of SYNAPSE, a  coalition of synchrotron facilities including Pohang Light Source (Korea), Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, SPring-8 (Japan), Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, Taiwan Photon Source and THE Australia Synchrotron under the Asia Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research (AOFSRR), with support from the local synchrotron, neurobiology, and computing communities.

Theme: Quantum Computing

Dr Maja Cassidy is a Senior Lecturer, ARC DECRA Fellow and Scientia Fellow in the School of Physics, University of New South Wales in Sydney. Her research focuses on developing new technologies that will be integrated into future quantum computing and sensor systems.

Theme: Energy (Fusion)

Managing Director of HB11 Energy, Warren McKenzie, PhD (Materials Science / Nanotechnology) is a science entrepreneur, materials scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. He has held two post-doctorate research positions, at Trinity College in Dublin and at the University of NSW.

Theme: Energy (Fusion)

Prof. Satoshi Konishi co-founded Kyoto Fusioneering in 2019. With a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Satoshi brings four decades of expertise in R&D, specialising in fusion technology, advanced nuclear system design, and tritium engineering, including significant contributions to the ITER project. He holds dual roles as Chief Fusioneer, overseeing technology development, strategic planning, and execution, and as CEO, a position he has held since 2023.