All times are in AEDT: Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT +11)
Day 1: November 2025
- 9:00 – 9:30 am
Opening and welcome
Distinguished Professor Saeid Nahavandi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Keynote: Human-centric design in public safety systems
Professor Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne, Australia - 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Human centric activity recognition
A/Prof. Hailing Zhou, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch break - 2.00 – 5.00 pm
AI for Autonomy in Aerial Robotics – the past, the present and the future
Dr. Archit Krishna Kamath, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Day 2: November 2025
- 9:00 – 9:30 am
Opening and welcome
Distinguished Professor Saeid Nahavandi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Keynote: Human-Centric Generative and Geospatial AI for Urban Digital Twins
Professor Soheil Sabri, University of Central Florida, USA - 10:30 am – 12.00 pm
Human-Centred Testing and Understanding of Intelligent Software Systems
Dr. Huai Liu, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 12:0 pm – 1.00 pm Lunch break
- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
System Architecture and Safety Considerations for Autonomous Vehicles
Dr. Adetokunbo Arogbonlo, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 2:00pm – 3.00 pm
Industry Speaker: THE CONTINUING TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION – WIRELESS TOWARDS 6G
Edwin Li, Rhode & Shwarz Australia - 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Keynote:
Day 3: November 2025
- 9.00 – 10.00 am
- Keynote: Human-Centric AI for Sustainable Agriculture: Bridging Robotics, Digital Twins, and Farmer Needs
Professor Gerry Lacey, Maynooth University, Ireland
- 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Keynote: —
Professor —, The University of —- 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- AI-empowered advanced manufacturing techniques
Professor Jinchuan Zheng and Hao Zhang
Day 4: November 2025
- 9:00 – 9:30 am
Opening and welcome
Distinguished Professor Saeid Nahavandi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia- 9:30 – 10:30 am
Keynote: High-fidelity motion simulators for virtual vehicle prototyping and driver performance analysis
A/Professor Houshyar Asadi, Australia - 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Vehicle dynamics, path tracking controller, comfort improvement, trajectory prediction, and actuation for autonomous driving
Dr. Mohammad Reza Chalak Qazani, Sohar University, Oman - 12:00 pm – 1:00pm Lunch break
- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Keynote: Empowering Aerial Robots through Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Professor Mir Feroskhan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Perception, Deep Learning, Decision Fusion Programmatic Control for Autonomous Systems
Dr. Parham Kebria
- 9:30 – 10:30 am
Day 5: November 2025
- 9:00 am
Opening and welcome
Distinguished Professor Saeid Nahavandi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 9:00 am -10:00 am
Keynote: Reward Design for Reinforcement Learning: From Autonomous Control to Large Language Model Development
Professor Thanh Thi Nguyen, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Industry Speech: Bringing Order to Chaos: Innovation Management for the Modern Age
Dr. Soo Beng Khoh, PMO Innovations - 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Keynote: Autonomous Data-based Learning Systems: Design and Development
Professor CP Lim, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - 12:00 pm – 1:00pm Lunch break
- 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Lab visits and wrap up