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Mary Vrljic is a digital asset and metadata specialist with over twenty years’ experience across photography, production, and digital content management. As Digital Asset Coordinator at the Powerhouse Museum, she leads the ongoing development of a user-centred digital archive that supports large-scale collection digitisation and long-term preservation.

Jonathan Stokkland is the Digitisation Coordinator at the Powerhouse Museum, where he manages the capture of an extraordinarily diverse collection of objects that spans from the microscopic cultures of penicillin to the monumental power of the Apollo F-1 rocket engine. He brings a unique cross-disciplinary expertise to this role, combining over a decade of experience in high-end commercial production with a Master of Photomedia and a foundation in software development.

Nick Kleindienst is a dynamic leader in the cultural sector, driving strategic transformation across Australia’s most iconic institutions. With deep expertise in collection operations, digitisation, and stakeholder engagement, Nick has led large-scale infrastructure projects, built high-performing teams, and delivered innovative digital access solutions. His career spans museums, galleries, and publishing, blending operational precision with creative vision.

With over 25 years of proven success leading major Digital Asset Management (DAM) initiatives for clients such as Tourism Australia, Austrade and Museum Victoria, Geoff Byrne is a trusted authority in delivering complex, high-impact solutions. Valued for his expertise and personal approach, Geoff builds lasting partnerships, providing strategic guidance and ongoing support that help clients achieve their goals with confidence and clarity. 

Andrew Swinand is currently CEO of ITG—the world’s leading, independent, AI-enabled agile content company. ITG’s Content Marketing Platform (CMP), Storyteq, is a Gartner Leader in both CMP and Digital Asset Management (DAM). With over 250 global clients and 2,100 employees, ITG is helping brands realize the promise of AI by simplifying the complicated, automating the tedious, and creating the beautiful. 

Bal leads Digital Works Group’s Content Supply Chain practice. A strategic leader and executive consultant with over 20 years’ experience across content operations, marketing technology and business model modernisation, he helps organisations connect people, process, partners and platforms to drive efficiency, scalability and measurable value.

Dr. Caroline Morris is the Managing Director of Content at Heritage Werks, the heritage agency of record for major companies, brands and professional sports teams. An academic by training, she spent the first part of her career in history as a professor and scholar, working at the College of William & Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University and Winona State University.