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Dr. Ian Oppermann is co-founder of ServiceGen, an Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and member of the board for multiple deep technology start-ups. Ian is also the Chair of the Commonwealth\u2019s Data Standards Committee and an Advisor to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. From 2015 to 2023, Ian was the NSW Government\u2019s inaugural Chief Data Scientist (CDS) and was the founding CEO of the NSW Data Analytics Centre (DAC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data Standards Chair, Australian Government<\/strong> | Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9769,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-9768","our_team","type-our_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDr Ian Oppermann - PSG Conference 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Protective Security and Government (PSG) Conference 2025 marks the 8th annual gathering of leaders in protective security, risk management, governance, and national resilience.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/our_team\/dr-ian-oppermann\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Ian Oppermann\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Protective Security and Government (PSG) Conference 2025 marks the 8th annual gathering of leaders in protective security, risk management, governance, and national resilience.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/our_team\/dr-ian-oppermann\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PSG Conference 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PSGConferenceAU\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-09T04:18:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ian-Oppermann.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@psgconference\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/our_team\/dr-ian-oppermann\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/our_team\/dr-ian-oppermann\/\",\"name\":\"Dr Ian Oppermann - 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