Keynote speaker: Liz Hallifax

Liz Hallifax, apa

Liz Hallifax is a Chartered Engineer and MIT Sloan Alumni. Fellow Governance Institute of Australia and lecturer for Governance Institute on Corporation Law, Cyber and Risk Control Framework. MIT Sloan Business School, executive MBA resident in Boston majored in ESG governance for TCFD and CDP reporting, leading edge supply chain platforms and digital transformation. 20 Years in Corporate Risk Control and Governance framework in Global Operational capacity and Australia, aaccountability across Responsible AI, ESG, EHS and Supply chain Operational risk.

Balance operations and EPC experience operating across multiple function in quality assurance, Asset Health, Operational risk and engineering in BP, Exxon, Sasol, Air Liquide and Unilever. Led multi-billion dollar offshore retrofit projects, Independent Risk Authority accountable for managing risk of $12B Asia Pacific LNG project. Act as deputy to company secretary governing operational risk. Built from the ground up a Global transformational Operational risk strategy for a $50 billion turnover Global FMCG company operating in over 190 countries, recognised within Gartner Top 25. Built diverse 250 Technically Strong Engineering talent across 45 countries managing diverse risk portfolio across 5 business units.

Delivered global digital transformation for Unilever across Azure and AWS platforms integrating responsible AI and digital twins, enabling frontline operations make sustainable, safe and reliable decisions (human in the loop) in 35 countries. ISO EC JSA 42 standards committee – Artificial Intelligence and Trustworthiness. Australian representative as operating partner in ISO 42 committee developing standards for the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence. My role simplification of Explainable of AI for high risk/compliance industry.

Thought leader and invited Chair and plenary speaker at Asia pacific and National conference on AI and digital transformation, Chair 2023 Tech in Government Summit Canberra focused on Responsible use of AI. Leader in building global technical talent in diverse cultures.  Balanced thought leader Corporate HSE(Health, Safety and Environment), Risk Major hazards, Climate Risk, decarbonisation, emission regulation and challenges of scope 1, 2 and 3 analytics.  Entrusted by global companies with governance.

Passion for advancing Chemical Engineers capability and competencies in industry 4.0, advanced analytics to work alongside data scientist to solving world challenging problems. Proud recipient of Innovation award for sustainability as a young engineer in early 2000 awarded by South African Institute of Chemical Engineers.