EXECUTIVE LUNCH EVENT | 17 NOVEMBER | BRISBANE 2025
Solving Safety & Risk Challenges
Locally Built, Globally Relevant Solutions
Join us at this executive lunch event where we will showcase how AI innovations built here in Australia are setting new standards globally for risk management, legislative compliance, hazard identification, and continuous safety improvement.
WHEN:
Monday
17th November 2025
Arrive 11:45am
Lunch 12pm - 2pm
WHERE:
UQ Brisbane City
308 Queen St,
Brisbane QLD
TICKETS:
REFRESHMENTS:
Buffet Lunch:
Warm Lunch Selection
Cold Salads
Tea & Coffee
Soft Drinks
Mineral Water
DETAILS:
EVENT OVERVIEW:
Join us at UQ Brisbane City Campus for an executive lunch showcasing breakthrough AI use case that has been developed right here in Queensland.
The University of Queensland’s Causal Network Topology Analysis (CaNeTA) and Libero AI’s expertise combine to tackle one of industry’s toughest challenges - mapping complex risk landscapes and uncovering causal relationships that traditional methods miss.
This practical showcase demonstrates how these innovations, augmented by IBM watsonx, set new standards in:
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risk management
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legislative compliance
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hazard identification, and
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continuous safety improvement.
Event program includes:
Demonstrations
See how UQ's CaNeTA and Libero AI's solutions transform risk registers for mining and heavy industry.
Case Study Session
Hear from Josh Bryant of Mitchell Services on their journey applying this technology for smarter hazard control.
Real-life Use Cases
Learn some of the practical use cases for AI-powered compliance tools like Risk Register Quality Assessment and AskSafety. Plus Q&A's.
Networking
Opportunities to network with fellow executives and safety leaders who are shaping the future of operational safety.
If you’re ready to lead change with locally developed IP and practical innovation,
this is the event you can’t miss.
MEET OUR SPEAKERS:
Josh Bryant
Mitchell Services
General Manager -
People, Risk and Sustainability
Josh has over 20 years’ experience in geology, operations, and safety innovation. Awarded for safety advocacy, he champions human and organisational performance and drives critical control management to enhance risk systems and wellbeing.
Richard Marshall
Libero AI
Founder & Principal Consultant
As principal consultant and an engineer, Richard has been applying AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and data visualisation to mining solutions for over 10 years.
Leigh Staines
The University of Qld
Industry Advisor - Commercial.
RTCM Trailblazer
Leigh has held operational and commercial leader roles with ExxonMobil, Santos and Rio Tinto. With global energy and mining expertise with a sustainability focus, Leigh is passionate about supporting researchers to take their ideas from invention to industry implementation.
Dr Ben Seligmann
The University of Qld
Research Fellow
(Risk Management) Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre Sustainable Minerals Institute
For 10+ years, Ben has specialised in applying new frontiers of risk management and risk assessment in practice across mining and heavy industry.
Annette Henry
Libero AI
Founder & Director
Co-founder of Libero AI, Annette has a background in advanced technologies and business strategy with a 30 year career in software solutions for large corporations and government.
Landon Ronay
Independent Consultant
Landon has held senior asset management, operations, and engineering roles with BlueScope Steel and Dyno Nobel/Incitec Pivot (where he was VP Asset Management Global). His focus has been operational excellence, risk management and transformation, capital efficiency, often with a process safety and explosives safety context.
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