Forum Agenda

Chairperson's Address

Themes: Self-determination in data governance; respect and responsibility

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO

Associate Provost; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Keynote: AI and the Indigenous Data Future — Who Decides What the Machine Learns?

How artificial intelligence can exploit or misrepresent cultural knowledge without proper safeguards, and how First Nations governance can shape an Indigenous data future in which AI serves, rather than undermines, our rights as Indigenous peoples.

Themes: AI and Indigenous data challenges; self-determination in data governance

Professor Peter Anderson

Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous; Chair, Indigenous Data Network Advisory Group, University of New England

Indigenous peoples, the United Nations and the International Data Governance — Pathways to Progress program

Themes: AI and Indigenous data challenges; self-determination in data governance

Anthony Wong

Senior Technology Lawyer, AI Commercial Counsel — Digital Transformation & Governance, AI, Data & Cybersecurity, United Nations Advisor

Panel discussion

Themes: AI and Indigenous data challenges; self-determination in data governance

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO

Associate Provost; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Professor Peter Anderson

Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous; Chair, Indigenous Data Network Advisory Group, University of New England

Anthony Wong

Senior Technology Lawyer, AI Commercial Counsel — Digital Transformation & Governance, AI, Data & Cybersecurity, United Nations Advisor

The Framework for the Governance of Indigenous Data: HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons

The ARDC-published Framework as a foundation for national practice: what it requires of institutions, researchers and infrastructure providers, and the pathway toward an Indigenous NCRIS facility under the forthcoming NCRIS Roadmap.

Themes: Self-determination in data governance; policy alignment, partnerships and shared decision-making

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO

Associate Provost; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Robert McLennan

Program Manager, Language Data Commons of Australia, University of Queensland

Associate Professor Kristen Smith

Research Director, Indigenous Studies Unit, Onemda; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

The Indigenous Data Commons

The design, governance and operation of the Indigenous Data Commons, with users of the Commons discussing community-controlled deposit, access and benefit in practice.

Themes: Indigenous data infrastructure and control; community-led data priorities and benefit

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO

Associate Provost; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Casey Haseloff

Research Assistant, Indigenous Data Network

Associate Professor Kristen Smith

Research Director, Indigenous Studies Unit, Onemda; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Panel discussion: Indigenous Data Commons Users

Joined by an Indigenous Data Commons Users Representative.

Themes: Indigenous data infrastructure and control; community-led data priorities and benefit

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO

Associate Provost; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Casey Haseloff

Research Assistant, Indigenous Data Network

Associate Professor Kristen Smith

Research Director, Indigenous Studies Unit, Onemda; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Keynote: The Closing the Gap Strategy and our data rights

The Productivity Commission as a custodian and steward of Indigenous data: ethical data collection, sharing and reporting.

Themes: Ethical data stewardship and accountability; policy alignment, partnerships and shared decision-making

Selwyn Button

Indigenous Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Panel discussion: Ethical data stewardship and accountability

Themes: Ethical data stewardship and accountability; policy alignment, partnerships and shared decision-making

Selwyn Button

Indigenous Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Professor Tom Calma AO

National Coordinator, Tackling Indigenous Smoking, Tackling Indigenous Smoking

Cultural Data at Scale: Repatriation, Digital Return and the Future of Indigenous Knowledge Infrastructure

Themes: Ethical data stewardship and accountability; policy alignment, partnerships and shared decision-making

Professor Gaye Sculthorpe

Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University

Professor Eun Jung Holden

Digital Innovation, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne

Deakin Distinguished Professor Andrea Witcomb

Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University

Indigenous futures and artificial intelligence

Themes: Ethical data stewardship and accountability; ethics and responsibility; Closing the Gap in health disadvantages; community-led data priorities and benefit

Dr Kyle Turner

Paul Ramsay Fellow, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Closing the Gap Strategy and how data represents us: What needs to be done?

Leading practitioners in Indigenous data governance address the status of Indigenous health data in the government policy and reporting system. They explore the origins of the Closing the Gap Strategy and its development as a national tool for measuring our progress — from the 2005 Social Justice Report and the campaign for health equality, to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and the data challenges of shared accountability and Indigenous data capability.

Themes: Ethical data stewardship and accountability; Closing the Gap in health disadvantage; community-led data priorities and benefit

Selwyn Button

Indigenous Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Dr Fadwa Al Yaman

Head of First Nations Health and Welfare Group, Australian Institute of Health & Welfare

Raymond Branker

Director, Human Services, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service

Themes: Community-led data priorities and benefit; a curated showcase of new and little-known developments in Indigenous data infrastructure, reporting platforms and community dashboards.

Robert McLennan

Program Manager, Language Data Commons of Australia, University of Queensland

Lauren Reed

Director, AIATSIS Centre for Australian Languages; Honorary Lecturer, School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics, The Australian National University

Professor Emeritus Linda Barwick

Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney

Chairperson's closing remarks

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO

Associate Provost; Co-founder, Indigenous Data Network, The University of Melbourne

Community Networking Event