Putting artificial intelligence to work in the heavy vehicle industry - HVIA Executive Club: AI Briefing
Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, Chief Research Consultant at CSIRO, brings a practical and evidence-based perspective to one of the most pressing questions facing business leaders: where is AI creating genuine value, how quickly is the capability changing, and what should organisations be doing now? As the architect of Australia’s National AI Roadmap and AI Ethics Framework, Stefan has spent much of his career translating emerging technology into practical strategy for boards, governments and business leaders.
For Australia’s heavy vehicle industry, that conversation has a particular edge. Much of the sector is low-volume, highly customised and engineering-intensive, so the opportunity is not simply about automation or reducing headcount. It is about productivity, knowledge, engineering and service capability, smarter investment and better decision-making — all while considering how AI can help Australian manufacturers respond to increasingly capable lower-cost international competition and strengthen, rather than erode, our sovereign manufacturing and technical capability. Stefan’s expertise in decision-making under uncertainty, technology strategy and foresight makes him particularly well placed to explore those choices with industry leaders.
