Mobility 2032: Fast Tracks & Future Hacks

In just over 3000 days Brisbane Australia will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games.  This is the first time the city has hosted an Olympics and there are high expectations not just for the event itself, but what opportunities it represents for the city and surrounding regions.  In particular, the organising committee has recognised that "hosting the Games in 2032 would align with South East Queensland's long-term strategy to improve local transport infrastructure" (IOC Feasibility Assessment- Brisbane, 2021).

Join Professor Rowena Barrett, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Entrepreneurship), at an event to discuss the future of transportation and mobility into 2032 and beyond. Hear from an inspiring keynote speaker and join the discussion with our expert panel featuring thought leaders in the field of transport and mobility.

Keynote Speaker 

Prior to becoming a quadruple amputee, Matthew Ames was an executive in the energy and resources sector, an industry in which he worked for almost 20 years as an environmental engineer and safety professional. His most recent position was Group Manager, Health Safety & Environment at Origin Energy. Much of Matthew's time is currently spent focusing on rehabilitation and maximising what he can do. He shares his story in the hope that it inspires positive attitudes towards adversity and disability. Matthew was the recipient of the 2013 Queensland Pride of Australia (Courage) Award. 

Panellists

Jenny is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer for Optimus Ride, an MIT spinout, whose mission was to deploy inside of geofenced communities safe, sustainable, and equitable autonomous mobility solutions through shared and electric vehicle fleets.  Jenny also partnered with others in the MIT community to co-found and advise limeSHIFT, a socially-driven creative agency, working at the intersection of business, community, and art. Prior to this Jenny led operations teams at Zipcar, Flexcar, and Hertz.

Prof Muratovski is an award-winning innovation specialist working with a wide range of universities, Fortune 500 companies, and various governments from around the world. Prior to joining Deakin University as a Director of the government-funded program, Digital Futures, he was the Director of the Ullman School of Design in the USA where he established a Future Mobility Centre and worked with major industry partners such as Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Toyota, Hankook, and others.

Michael conducts interdisciplinary research at the boundary between robotics, neuroscience and computer vision and is a multi-award-winning educational entrepreneur. His research models the neural mechanisms in the brain underlying tasks like navigation and perception to develop new technologies in challenging application domains such as all-weather, anytime positioning for autonomous vehicles. He is also passionate about engaging and educating all sectors of society around new opportunities and impacts from technology including robotics, autonomous vehicles, and artificial intelligence.

Event MC

David Fagan is a journalist, author and business adviser. He has a decades-long association with QUT where he wrote two books on technology change and the loss of trust while serving as an adjunct professor of business. He edited The Courier-Mail for a decade, currently advises some major corporates and sits on boards of three organisations involved in the food, property, disability and health sectors of the economy.