Professor Jon McCormack

Professor Jon McCormack works at the nexus of art, technology and society. His experimental practice is driven by an enduring interest in  computing and incorporates generative art, sound, evolutionary systems, computer creativity, physical computing and AI. 

He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Monash University, an Honours Degree in Applied Mathematics (Monash) and a Graduate Diploma of Art (Film&Television, Swinburne University). He is currently full Professor at Monash University, working across the Faculties of Information Technology and Art Design & Architecture. 

McCormack’s artworks have been widely exhibited at leading galleries, museums and symposia, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), Tate Gallery (Liverpool, UK), ACM SIGGRAPH (USA and Asia), Prix Ars Electronica (Austria) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Australia). He is the recipient of over 20 awards for new media art and computer science research including prizes at Ars Electronica (Austria),  Nagoya Biennial (Japan), the 2012 Eureka Prize for Innovation in Computer Science and the 2016 Lumen Prize for digital art (still images).  

Professor McCormack is also the founder and director of SensiLab, a trans-disciplinary research space dedicated to the future of creative technology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. SensiLab’s collective research explores the untapped potential of technology, its impacts on society and the new possibilities it enables. Its dedicated research space encourages enthusiasm, curiosity, seamless collaboration and unrestricted experimentation. 

Professor Takashi Kiriyama

Takashi Kiriyama is a Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts and Dean of the Graduate School of Film and New Media. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1991. His work focuses on interactive media as an artistic practice that integrates technology and creative expression. He has led project-based educational programs in game development and interactive art, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration between art and engineering. As part of the collaborative project “Arts-Based Communication Platform for Co-creation to Build a Convivial Society,” he advances initiatives that promote well-being through technology.

Professor Timothy Laurie

Timothy Laurie is an Associate Professor and Higher Degree Research Coordinator in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney. He is also managing editor for Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies and co-organiser of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia annual conference in 2026. Timothy is an interdisciplinary scholar who works between cultural studies, gender studies, and philosophy. His teaching areas at UTS include global cinemas, streaming television, and popular music. He is currently the Acting Higher Degree Research Coordinator for the School of International Studies and Education.

Professor Liam Viney

Professor Liam Viney is a performer and scholar with interests in piano performance, especially duo pianism, and new music. As a performer Liam has collaborated with dozens of composers, ensembles, and symphony orchestras. He is a member of two ensembles in residence at The University of Queensland – UQ Chamber Players, and Viney-Grinberg Duo. Each group explores existing bodies of literature while also commissioning numerous new works. He is a leading authority on Australian duo piano music, with a focus on the collaborative creation of new musical practice and thought. As a solo performer Liam has performed with a number of symphony orchestras, in concertos ranging from those of Mozart and Beethoven to Prokofiev and Ligeti. His approach involves producing new artistic works while also translating artistic practice and musical thinking into scholarly contexts. Liam  has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works for piano, two pianos, and chamber ensembles from composers in Australia and the United States with funding from sources such as the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Fromm Foundation, Harvard. In recent years his work has been nominated for Australian Music Centre/APRA Awards for Excellence. Liam has been featured on eight commercial CDs on labels such as ABC Classics, Tall Poppies, and Naxos. Liam has served on the keyboard faculty of California Institute of the Arts. He is currently Professor and Head of School at the School of Music, University of Queensland.