Presenter

Mark Stickells, AM, is the CEO of Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. Pawsey is critical national research infrastructure and hosts the exascale-class high performance computing (HPC) system Setonix — the Southern Hemisphere’s most powerful, energy-efficient research supercomputer. Pawsey is also Australia’s HPC/quantum computing research laboratory and a key partner in the global Square Kilometre Array Observatory project.

Mark is a member of Australia’s National Quantum Advisory Committee and a non-executive director of Science and Technology Australia Ltd, a peak body representing more than 200,000 scientists and technologists. Mark is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management, and a member of CEOs for Gender Equity.

In 2024, Mark was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to science, particularly information technology, and to the community.