IAW Great Debate | The Future of IM – Where Do Professionals Stand in an AI-Driven World?

Tatiana Antsoupova

Director - Government Records Assurance, National Archives of Australia

Tatiana Antsoupova is the Director of the Government Records Assurance team at the National Archives of Australia. In this role, Tatiana is responsible for the team that works with Australian Government agencies to ensure they implement best practice in information management and governance.

She has been working at the National Archives since 2005 and before that worked for a number of years at the Noel Butlin Archives Centre of the Australian National University working with companies, trade unions, and professional organisations on archiving their records.

For several years Tatiana was a member of the National Archives’ own information governance team and on many occasions acted as the Chief Information Governance Officer. She has been leading her current team since 2020.

Sallyanne Wissmann FHIMAA, AFCHSM, CHIM, CHIA

CEO, HIMAA

Sallyanne Wissmann is the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA). Sallyanne has over 30 years’ experience as a leader in health information management in the public and private not-for-profit healthcare environments in Australia and New Zealand. Sallyanne is a fellow and life member of HIMAA, a Certified Health Informatician Australasia, and an Associate Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management.

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallyanne-wissmann-529
: @@SallyanneWissmn

Trish Hepworth

Deputy CEO, Australian Library and Information Association

As Deputy CEO for the Australian Library and Information Association, Trish leads on the peak body’s education and policy priorities for the sector, including emerging technologies. Trish is on the Steering Committee for the Attorney-General’s Copyright and AI reference group, and the ALIA representative for the Australian Libraries and Archives Copyright Coalition, Australian Media Literacy Alliance and Books Create Australia.

: https://www.alia.org.au/
: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trish-hepworth/

Stephen Clarke

AI/ML, Data & Information Management Consultant, RIMPA Global

Stephen Clarke RIMPA Global Ambassador and J. Eddis Linton Award winner 2012, is an Information Management and AI Consultant. Stephen has had many senior roles in Information and Data Management, been a Chief Data Officer, and was previously Chief Archivist of Archives New Zealand, a career highlight of 20 years as senior NZ Public Sector.

Stephen has been a strong advocate of standards for may years working with IT-021 since 2007, on ICA for the ICA-Req Suite, and with ISO/TC46/SC11 as a former Head of Delegation and Working Group Chair Stephen has co-developed standards such ISO 15489, ISO 13028, ISO 16175, and the ISO 30300 series.

: https://www.vedarc.cloud/Blog/
: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffclarke/

Alysha Connor MA

Variable Media Archivist, ASA

Alysha is the Variable Media Archivist for Powerhouse, Sydney, where her work involves the documentation, preservation, digitisation and long-term storage of time-based media objects. Alysha is a PhD researcher at Deakin University. Her research explores the relationship between Museums, video games and the gaming community. She has written papers and spoken at numerous conferences on the issues surrounding digital preservation and object obsolescence. Currently Alysha is working on a grant with Deakin University, exploring AI use and Museums.

: https://experts.deakin.edu.au/63446-alysha-connor
: linkedin.com/in/alysha-connor-b73932259

Jon Gray

Lead Partner, Enterprise Data & Information Management, Anchoram Consulting

Dr Jon Gray has 30 years of computing experience in industry and academia both in Australia and the UK.  Jon’s research interests have encompassed parallel and distributed systems design, database technologies, information modelling, software engineering methods and tools, organisational capability development, and business process improvement. 

From 2006-2013, Jon led a research initiative for National ICT Australia Limited (NICTA) in Canberra focused on software methods and tools for the improvement of business processes in government.  From 2013-2017, Jon ran Performance Assurance, a spin-out company from NICTA, specialising in predictive modelling and risk management. 

Andrei Chalnev

IT, National Archives of Australia (NAA)

Andrei Chalnev is an Assistant Director in the Government Records Assurance section at National Archives of Australia. He has a background in programming and provides technical input to the work of the section.