About this Event
OJW Room, Level 12, S-Block 4:30-7pm 23 November 2026
Proceedings:
4:30-5:00pm Networking & light refreshments
5:00pm – Welcome to Country
5:05pm – Ms. Karina Hogan – MC & First Nations journalist (Opening remarks & introductions)
5:10-5:25pm – Dr. Rose Barrowcliffe (2026-27 Visiting Fellow, Indigenous Australian Research Strategy, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology; Research Fellow, Centre for Critical Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University) – Foregrounding data sovereignty and Indigenous perspectives in metadata to support discoverability and access of records for Indigenous Australian peoples.
5:25-5:40pm - Dr. Ivan Ingram – (2026-27 Visiting Fellow, Indigenous Australian Research Strategy, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology; Managing Director, Regional Economic Solutions) What happens when our legal records are exposed to machine learning and GenAI: an Indigenous Data sovereignty perspective on the National Native Title records
5:40pm 5:55pm– Dr. Tegan Cohen (Lecturer, School of Law, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology) - Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Emerging Technologies: examining the intersections, key challenges, limitations and opportunities for Indigenous Data Sovereignty and AI regulation.
5:55-6:20pm – Facilitated Q&A led by Becki Cook (PhD Candidate, Centre for Data Science)
6:20-6:25pm – Ms. Karina Hogan - Closing remarks & thanks
Spearker Bios:
Dr. Rose Barrowcliffe (2026-27 Visiting Fellow, Indigenous Australian Research Strategy, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology; Research Fellow, Centre for Critical Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University). Rose Barrowcliffe is Butchulla and a post-doctoral research fellow at Macquarie University. Rose’s research examines the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in archives and her postdoc specifically focusses on embedding Indigenous perspectives in metadata to support discoverability and access of records for Indigenous peoples.
Dr. Ivan Ingram (2026-27 Visiting Fellow, Indigenous Australian Research Strategy, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology; Managing Director, Regional Economic Solutions). Ivan Ingram is a Wiradjuri and Filipino man and distinguished QUT Law alumnus. Ivan's career spans legal practice, academia, consulting and executive leadership; areas of interest include native title, Indigenous governance, human rights and more recently in truth-telling and healing.
Dr. Tegan Cohen (Lecturer, School of Law, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology) Tegan Cohen is a Wiradjuri woman and Lecturer in the QUT School of Law. Tegan's research focuses on the governance of data, platforms and artificial intelligence, privacy law and surveillance, and democratic participation in the digital age.
Discussant: Ms, Becki Cook (PhD Candidate, Centre for Data Science) Becki Cook is a proud Nunukul Aboriginal woman, educator, and researcher currently undertaking a PhD at the QUT Centre for Data Science. Her research explores Indigenous data literacy through Indigenous Research Methodologies, with a focus on elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and priorities in the field of data science. Alongside her doctoral studies, Becki works as a Research Assistant in Indigenous Data Science and serves as the Early Career Researcher Co-Leader for the Data Science and AI in Society theme within the Centre for Data Science.
MC: Ms. Karina Hogan is an Aboriginal and South Sea Islander journalist, producer and governance leader who grew up in Woodridge and has worked across Australian public, community and First Nations media since 2010. Karina's work has been widely recognised and has a substantial impact (Incarceration Nation, Bloodlines to Country). Karina has a substantial amount of board/governance experience (Chair, Children's Health Queensland; BlakDance; non-Executive Director Brisbane ATSICHS; Children’s Hospital Foundation Board).
About the Faculty of Business and Law Indigenous Australian Research Strategy: Formulated by Indigenous Australian HDRs and ECRs, the strategy centres Indigenous Australians to drive research of importance to them and provide guidance to the work of the Faculty of Business and Law.
Strategy key initiatives focus on:
Research pathways providing paid research experiences (VRES+, write-up scholarships, HDR internships) to fostering culturally safe pathways to HDR study at QUT.
Partnerships: working collaboratively internally and externally to develop long-term partnerships with Indigenous Australian-led business and organisations.
Indigenous Australian-led scholarship, research and practice: initiatives to enabling Faculty of Business and Law Academics to deepen their engagement with Indigenous Australian-led scholarship, research and practice
About Faculty of Business and Law Priority Research Area: Technological Transformation in Business, Work and Society.
Addresses the core global opportunities of technological acceleration and disruption. Our research provides important insight into how new technologies, such as platforms, AI, and robotics, are transforming businesses, leadership, ways of working, production, markets, regulation and society and examines digital marketing, cybersecurity and privacy, block chain, social media dynamics, how regulators are responding to emerging technologies, AI and the management of data, trust in AI, AI and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in the context of broadcast media, and economic assessment of a new technology.
About Centre for Justice:
The Centre for Justice vision is for fair, inclusive, sustainable and accountable societies where people and communities are recognised, represented and able to participate as equals. Four interconnected themes provide the platform for interdisciplinary collaboration and major research initiatives: Gendered, Sexual and Institutional Violence; Global Justice; Social and Environmental Justice; Young People and Justice.
Event venue & nearby stays
OJW Room, Level 12, S-Block, QUT Gardens Point, Gardens Point Road, Brisbane City, Australia
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