Program Day 1:
Wednesday 16 September 2026

Location
The National Communications Museum
375 Burwood Rd, Melbourne Victoria 3122

3:00 pm

Event registration / Explore the National Communications Museum

3:30 pm

Welcome and Introduction
The Hackathon opens by connecting the past with the future. On the opening afternoon – set amongst historical artefacts in the National Communications Museum – you will meet your team and hear from guest speakers on the topics of AI scams, identity verification and authentication challenges. There will also be a friendly AI detection quiz (with team points and fun prizes up for grabs).

3:40 pm

Guest Speakers

Alan Turing, the Imitation Game, and Beyond
Dominique Carlon
ADM+S Research Fellow
Swinburne University of Technology

Authentic Imitations and Imitated Authenticity in Practice
Ben Shaw
ADM+S & Swinburne University of Technology Alumni
Infoexchange/AskIzzy/Assembly Four

The Human and Machine in Scams
Dejan Tatić
Institute for Cognition and Behaviour
Vienna University of Economics and Business

4:25 pm

State of Detection – Video and Image Quiz
Hanxun (Curtis) Huang
ADM+S Research Fellow
University of Melbourne

Join your team and compete for points and prizes

4:45 pm

Hackathon briefing and Day 1 wrap up

5:00 pm

(Optional) Dinner
Join your team and talk with the guests speakers over a meal at the Hawthorn Hotel

7:00 pm

End of Day 1

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