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Biography

Professor Tania Sourdin BA, LLB, LLM, PhD FAAL Professor Sourdin is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle. She is the author of more than 160 publications including books, articles and papers, that are focussed on justice reform issues. She has presented on a range of topics including justice innovation, AI and technology and law. She has had a number of projects that have explored the use of AI in the justice system since 2003 and the role of a human judge. Her book “Judges, Technology and AI” was published in 2021. She has recently focussed on regulation and AI with a number of articles that consider governance as well as risk assessment and she is retained by a number of professional organisations and often presents her work to judges and lawyers internationally and within Australia. She is currently an expert advisor on the Victorian Law Reform Commission Artificial Intelligence in Victorian Courts and Tribunals project and has also been involved in the Human Rights Commission project on Neurotechnology and Human Rights. She has maintained a busy practice and undertakes work for both the Commonwealth and State governments as a mediator and adjudicator. Since 2014, she has also been the NBN Industry Dispute Resolution Advisor and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney.