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Trust & Safety Festival Sydney 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 8:00 AMPullman Sydney Hyde Park · Darlinghurst
Description
Two days in Sydney for people shaping trust and safety, online safety, AI governance, privacy, digital rights, policy, research, product and civil society.
Line-up
- Ben Au, Head of Public Policy for Australia and New Zealand, SnapFollow
- Catherine Fitzpatrick, CEO & Founder, Flequity VenturesFollow
- Colm Gannon, CEO, ICMEC AustraliaFollow
- Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen OAM, University of CanberraFollow
- Dr Lorraine Finlay, Australian Human Rights CommissionerFollow
- Dr Venessa Paech, Head of Community for Digital Rights WatchFollow
- Jeff Wu, Co-Founder of k-IDFollow
- Jenny Duxbury, Interim Managing Director at Digital Industry Group Inc.Follow
- John Livingstone, Digital Policy Lead at UNICEF AustraliaFollow
- Jon Rouse, APM, Professor of Practice at AiLECS Labs Monash University and Childlight Hub UNSWFollow
- Joël Kalmanowicz, Head of Trust & Safety Product, Operations, & Policy, CanvaFollow
- Madeline Shepherd, Director, Digital Safety Asia, MicrosoftFollow
- Michael McDonald, Co-Founder and CTO, 3 Steps DataFollow
- Michael do Rozario, Partner, Corrs Chambers WestgarthFollow
- Michelle Yao, Co-founder, CyberliteFollow
- Nina Bual, Co-founder, CyberliteFollow
- Sean Lyons, Chief Online Safety Officer, Netsafe New ZealandFollow
- Sophie Murray-Farrell, Executive Director, Delivery Social and Community, NSW Premier's DepartmentFollow
- The Hon. Victor Dominello, CEO, Future Government InstituteFollow
- Zoe Jay Hawkins, Co-Founder and Deputy Executive Director of TPDiFollow