Professor Joanna Batstone, PhD, DEng, FTSE is a leading global expert on AI. She has more than 20 years’ experience in top executive roles in the USA, Europe and Australia, helping universities, companies and government use technology to meet their goals. Joanna is Joanna is a Professor of Practice in the Faculty of IT at Monash University, supporting industry engagement. She was the inaugural Director of Monash Data Futures Institute, supporting government, companies and organisations in using AI, data analytics and insights to develop governance and policy for social good. She built a global reputation for the institute’s ground breaking work, along with a digital ecosystem to foster collaborative research and build industry engagement. Joanna joined Monash after a range of technical and business leadership roles in IBM’s Research and development laboratories, including work with IBM Watson.

Professor Joanna Batstone is a leading global expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics and technology. She has more than 20 years’ experience in top technical and business executive roles in the USA, Europe and Australia with IBM, leading research and development teams to bring innovative products to market. Professor Batstone is the inaugural Director of Monash Data Futures Institute at Monash University, with responsibility for research in data science and AI “for social good” across the university. Her experience with leadership roles in Industry and Academia and her support for diversity initiatives will enable significant advancement of ATSE’s goals.