UQ Sydney Connections

Come for the connections, stay for the fun! Catch up with fellow UQ alumni and meet new faces at our Sydney gathering

Alumni host: Shaun Treacy

Join us in March for our first UQ Sydney Connections event for 2026!

Join a discussion with Stephen Scheeler, one of Australia’s most authoritative voices on AI, technology, disruption and leadership as he presents “AI: Hope, Hype or Hallucination” in conversation with UQ alumni leader Shaun Treacy.

He is the former Facebook CEO for Australia and New Zealand, where he guided Facebook’s rise from quirky start up to media and technology titan. Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s Silicon Valley leaders, his tenure at Facebook saw the ANZ business – including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp – become one of the most successful Facebook markets in the world.

Today, Stephen is founder of The Digital CEO, Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, and Executive-in-Residence at the Australian Graduate School of Management. He is also co-founder and CEO of Omniscient – the world leader in using AI to decode the human brain. Omniscient is often called “the OpenAI of the brain”.

As a speaker, Stephen has appeared on the highest-profile keynote stages – including TEDx and SxSW Austin. He is a frequent media commentator on data, A.I., technology and the future of business & society, and a member of the Australian Prime Minister’s Knowledge Nation 100, top innovation leaders in Australia.

Thanks to our friends at UBS for providing the venue.

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