Join us at the 16th CIO Leaders Australia Summit Be part of this year's upcoming gathering where you will be able
to engage with the country's leading IT professionals on the
17th May 2023, Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Join us at the 16th CIO Leaders Australia Summit Be part of this year's upcoming gathering where you will be able
to engage with the country's leading IT professionals on the
17th May 2023, Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Summit Themes Key themes and topics are developed by our
standing committee and advisory board from
the country's most respected IT Leaders.
These will be addressed over the course
of the CIO Leaders Summit Australia.

 

Data Strategy &
Governance

 

AI & Machine
Learning

 

Cloud
Computing

 

Data Analytics
& Visualisation

 

Data Science
& Big Data

 

Digital
Transformation

 

Internet of
Things

 

Cyber Security

Join us at the 16th CIO Leaders
Australia Summit

BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S UPCOMING GATHERING
WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH
THE COUNTRY’S LEADING IT PROFESSIONALS ON THE
17th May 2023, Allianz Stadium,
Sydney

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ABOUT THE EVENT

The 16th CIO Leaders Australia Summit, Sydney will take place on the 17th of May 2023 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The Summit will once again become THE MEETING PLACE for more than 150 of the country's leading CIOs, Heads of IT, IT Directors and Technology Leaders, while providing unrivalled networking opportunities for all attendees.

This year's Summit theme will look at ‘Thriving In A Data-Driven Digital World’ and this message will be delivered via several keynotes, panels, workshops, and targeted roundtables discussions taking place throughout day.

Attendees will have the opportunity to personalise their own agenda and maximise their time out of the office by engaging in only the most relevant sessions for their business.

Our networking drinks function will provide the chance to interact face-to-face with peers in a very relaxed setting.

Whilst we are all adjusting to the 'new norm’ and adapting to the challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 brought for us all, we are committed to delivering a great event in a well-managed and safe environment.

We have introduced new event protocols to safeguard the health and well-being of all our sponsors, attendees and staff whilst continuing to deliver strong opportunities and engagements.

Our Safe Event Guidelines are available upon request.

SPEAKERS

David Bartlett
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David Bartlett

Former Premier Tasmania

Mary-Beth Hosking
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Mary-Beth Hosking

Global Chief Information Officer, PointsBet

Greg Cassis
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Greg Cassis

Chief Information Officer, Australian Financial Security Authority

Stephanie Chung
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Stephanie Chung

Chief Information Officer, Jonhson & Johnson Pacific

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PROGRAM

The summit program is a draft and is subject to change.

Registration, Badge Collection & Refreshments

30min

Master of Ceremonies, Main Plenary

Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network
CISO Track   
Anthony Caruana, Chief Executive Officer, Media-Wize
CIO Track   

15min

Opening Keynote Presentation – Building resiliency and adaptability in a post Covid work place

Mary-Beth Hosking, Chief Information Officer, PointsBet

Join Mary-Beth as she takes you on her own journey From Singer to CIO – A story of resiliency, transformation and recognising your value. As leaders, you must learn to respond and adapt to the challenges you face, and build resilience to help you bounce back in times of pressure.

In a post Covid world, leaders must build strategies to increase resiliency in the face of uncertainty, embrace an adaptive mindset to respond in times of adversity and provide guidance and strength in an ever-changing work environment.


30min

Keynote Panel Discussion – Building a resilient data driven enterprise

Panellists:

Fahad Najeeb, Head of Data Platforms and Engineering, Latitude Financial Services
Khurram Waheed, Principal Security Architect, ExtraHop
Indika Delpachitra, Associate Director, National Australia Bank
Moderator:
Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network
For today’s businesses, success means being data-driven. Generating value from vast amounts of data, engendering innovation and having agile and scalable business models necessitates the use of cloud technologies wherever possible. But adoption of new technologies creates risk which must be managed. Cybersecurity postures need to be transformed to ensure that enterprises have visibility across expanded attack surfaces and are able to minimize the damage caused by breaches. This session will discuss accelerated adoption of new technologies as businesses rapidly digitalize, as well as the new cybersecurity risks that are created. We will also discuss the best ways to manage these risks to build resilience into your organisation.  

35min

Fahad Najeeb

Fahad is a Technology Leader with 18 years experience in FSI, Startups, Telco, Government and Oil & Gas sectors. - Fahad is a regular [...]

Workshop 1 – CIO Track – Redefining Data Migration for the Modern Enterprise

Simon Mitrevski, Manager, Solutions Consulting, Carbonite + Webroot, OpenText Security Solutions

Migrating workloads for any environment can be a resource intensive and expensive exercise to perform. For many organisations that run on legacy, on-premise technology stacks; moving to the cloud or other environments can potentially drive complete overhaul of operations if complexities are not managed correctly; increasing costs and impacting business continuity in the process.

Now you can achieve agile migration in a secure, scalable and simple manner using automation and real-time byte-level replication.

Join Simon Mitrevski, Manager, Solutions Consulting at Carbonite + Webroot, an OpenText company, to discover a painless way to migrate your data with minimal risk and near-zero downtime.

In our session, we unveil:

  • Best practices and tips to reduce the complexity of migrating workloads to the cloud, or from cloud-to cloud environments
  • How to reduce costs by aligning a fit-for purpose infrastructure for your workloads
  • Strategies to increase agility of operations and how to migrate at scale

30min

Workshop 1 – CISO Track – IT Risk and Cyber Security Risk: Perspectives from the Board and the C-Suite

Peter Deans, Director, Notwithoutrisk Consulting
Peter Deans will provide insights and advice on how CIOs and CISO can effectively engage with the C-Suite and Board. The session will cover the role of the board, effective risk management, effective communication, and reporting. Peter will draw from his 32-year career spanning banking and finance and risk management. More recently, Peter has been advising a range of private and public companies on the development, implementation and embedding of effective risk management frameworks.

30min

Peter Deans

Peter has over 32 years’ general management, risk management and banking experience. Peter is one of the region’s foremost experts in the [...]

Workshop 2 – CIO Track – How the modern-day CIO affects change across the wider business for success outcomes

Karl Neubauer, Chief Information Officer, Global Retail Brands

This workshop will focus on how CIO’s influence and direct change. It will delve into:

  • Comparing the past
  • Challenges
  • The logical level head of the business (as opposed to BlueSky thinking)
  • Keeping 3rd parties and vendors accountable
  • Contributing to the bottom-line

  • 20min

    Karl Neubauer

    Karl Neubauer is an ICT Executive with 20+ years of experience designing and delivering ICT strategy, solutions and transformation to drive [...]

    Workshop 2 – CISO Track – Managing Digital Risk in an ‘Assume Breach’ World – Lessons from the Optus Breach

    Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network

    This workshop will focus on the need to shift to an 'assume breach' cybersecurity posture. It will discuss how more emphasis needs to be placed on detection and response as well as strictly controlling data held by organisations.

    Key discussion points will include:

    • Faster detection and response when breaches occur
    • Cybersecurity strategies
    • Involving the board in cybersecurity strategy and policy development
    • The need for tighter data privacy controls such as data minimisation and storage limitation
    • Lessons learned from the Optus breach.

    20min

    Networking Break

    20min

    One-to-One Meetings 1

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CISO Track – Perimeter Security is Dead: Addressing the Expanding Attack Surface

    Greg Newbegin, Security Lead, Lenovo
    Asbed Boymoushakian, Services Sales Manager, Lenovo

    The move to a hybrid working environment demonstrated that a mobile workforce was not just viable, but in many cases also beneficial. However, with users now outside of the protective borders of the corporate network, it also introduced a startling number of new threat vectors.

    In this session, we’ll take a look at several security concerns that are important to Australian businesses in modern times, including some less common considerations.

     

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – Responding to Ransomware – Tools to Build Your Threat Defense Architecture

    Daniel Tymkin, Senior Systems Engineer, Cohesity

    Organizations are increasingly at risk from skillful attackers and potent cyberthreats. The cost of cyberattacks could go beyond millions of dollars to fix breaches. The potential breach of secure data, loss of intellectual and personnel data, and extreme remediation also come at a high price. This session explores:

    • The rise and the evolution of ransomware attack
    • How modern data protection capabilities can enhance an organization's security posture
    • Building a Threat Defence Architecture that brings SecOps and IT Ops together.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – Driving continuous innovation in times of austerity, skill shortage and security threats

    Richard Davies, Director of Digital Transformation, OutSystems
    Martin Cooperwaite, Co-Founder/Director, Kiandra

    When budgets are unconstrained, skilled resources are abundant, any digital transformation can be funded and  innovation comes thick and fast. Not every idea makes it but as long as one or two does, then it's deemed a success.

    Faced with budget cuts, challenges with talent and constant security threats, businesses have to be much more selective about what innovation they invest in.

    So, how can IT leaders drive continuous innovation and deliver impactful competitive advantage?


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CISO Track – Top 5 Cloud Threats and how to Identify them

    Tarek Ibrahim, Enterprise Solutions Engineering, APJ, WIZ

    Cloud adoption is expanding rapidly, and with that expansion comes new complexities, such as an exploding number of technologies, architectures, and cloud users. The speed of growth and change in the cloud creates an ever-changing threat landscape.

    Wiz is on the forefront of the threat landscape in the cloud, as we are behind the discovery of vulnerabilities like ChaosDB and OMIGOD.

    At this roundtable, we will cover the top 5 cloud threats seen in the wild, from supply chain risks to data exposure, and give practical tips on how to protect your environment against them.


    30min

    Workshop 3 – CIO Track – Big Things Have Small Beginnings

    Alex Ji, Chief Information Officer, New Aim

    Join Dr Alex Ji, Chief Information Officer at New Aim, Australia’s largest and fastest-growing private ecommerce company. Speaking from personal experiences at NAB and Vocus Group, where he respectively built artificial intelligence models of automated capability and data science teams from scratch, Alex will address the tough questions including, ‘what should a CIO focus on first’.

    Irrespective of industry – finance, telecommunications or ecommerce – Alex will share how the highest-performing digital and analytics teams approach business decisions in exactly the same way. It all comes down to starting with something small but critical.

    Alex will delve into specific applications of this mental model and why measurable value from beginning to end is also crucial.


    20min

    Alex Ji

    Alex Ji brings more than a decade's experience in data and information technology to Australian ecommerce enabler New Aim. A proven leader in [...]

    Workshop 3 – CISO Track – Security Conscious Corporate Culture

    Ellis Brover, Independent Advisor, Former Chief Information Officer of Toyota, Brover Advisory

    Ellis is an experienced IT advisor and seasoned technology executive, supporting organisations to deliver superior business value through a modern technology function. He utilises his extensive lived experience to provide pragmatic advice in the areas of cyber strategy, digital capability, IT operating models and technology leadership advice.

    Ellis is a recognised IT leader with a track record over three decades of building and leading world-class IT organisations, driving transformational change, and delivering tangible business value. His experience spans a range of roles and industries, across a range of organisational scales from start-ups to multi-nationals.

    Most recently Ellis was CIO of Toyota Australia, where he led a transformation of the IT function from an internally focused service provider to a strategic enabler, driver of digital innovation, and role model for outstanding customer service.

    In this session Ellis will cover the importance of culture in securing your organisation, the key success factors, real-life examples of what happens when they are not in place, and advice to improve them.



    20min

    Ellis Brover

    Ellis is an independent IT advisor, supporting organisations to deliver superior business value through a modern technology function. He utilises [...]

    Workshop 4 – CIO Track – Security And IT Ops Convergence Will Drive The Future Of Endpoint Management

    James Sillence, VP Technical Account Management, Tanium

    Security and IT operations are critical for enterprises, but up until now, most organizations have handled them separately. With remote and hybrid work here to stay, a constantly evolving threat landscape, and increased pressure to reduce costs, that needs to change.

    As organizations modernize their approach to endpoint management, they’re increasingly looking at new technologies and processes to manage and secure their environments.

    Strong collaboration between IT ops and security will prove essential to their success.

     

    20min

    Workshop 4 – CISO Track – Scaling Digital Twins

    Hind Benbya, Professor | Head of IS & Business Analytics, Deakin University

    Digital twins (DTs) combine multi-physics simulation, data analytics, AI/machine learning and other related digital capabilities to enable the continuous monitoring of systems and machines and the provision of predictive and prescriptive outcomes.

    Despite the increasing popularity of DTs and the diversity of problems they can address, very few companies have succeeded in progressing their digital twin projects to full scale and leveraging the full potential of this emerging technology.

    Daunting interrelated managerial challenges related to developing living learning models, introducing flexible processes, and scaling and integration impede progress.

    The workshop will introduce current and emerging uses of digital twins and detail the challenges faced and lessons learned in designing and deploying different digital twins from two mature cases.


    20min

    Hind Benbya

    Hind Benbya is a Professor and Head of IS and Business Analytics at Deakin University in Melbourne and Visiting Policy Fellow at the Oxford [...]

    Abbas Kudrati

    Abbas Kudrati, a long-time cybersecurity practitioner and CISO. In addition to his work as an Author and Advisor, he serves as an executive [...]

    One-to-One Meetings 2

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CISO Track – Perimeter Security is Dead: Addressing the Expanding Attack Surface

    Greg Newbegin, Security Lead, Lenovo
    Asbed Boymoushakian, Services Sales Manager, Lenovo

    The move to a hybrid working environment demonstrated that a mobile workforce was not just viable, but in many cases also beneficial. However, with users now outside of the protective borders of the corporate network, it also introduced a startling number of new threat vectors.

    In this session, we’ll take a look at several security concerns that are important to Australian businesses in modern times, including some less common considerations.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – Responding to Ransomware – Tools to Build Your Threat Defense Architecture

    Daniel Tymkin, Senior Systems Engineer, Cohesity

    Organizations are increasingly at risk from skillful attackers and potent cyberthreats. The cost of cyberattacks could go beyond millions of dollars to fix breaches. The potential breach of secure data, loss of intellectual and personnel data, and extreme remediation also come at a high price. This session explores:

    • The rise and the evolution of ransomware attack
    • How modern data protection capabilities can enhance an organization's security posture
    • Building a Threat Defence Architecture that brings SecOps and IT Ops together.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CISO Track – Top 5 Cloud Threats and how to Identify them

    Tarek Ibrahim, Enterprise Solutions Engineering, APJ, WIZ

    Cloud adoption is expanding rapidly, and with that expansion comes new complexities, such as an exploding number of technologies, architectures, and cloud users. The speed of growth and change in the cloud creates an ever-changing threat landscape.

    Wiz is on the forefront of the threat landscape in the cloud, as we are behind the discovery of vulnerabilities like ChaosDB and OMIGOD.

    At this roundtable, we will cover the top 5 cloud threats seen in the wild, from supply chain risks to data exposure, and give practical tips on how to protect your environment against them.


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – Driving continuous innovation in times of austerity, skill shortage and security threats

    Richard Davies, Director of Digital Transformation, OutSystems
    Martin Cooperwaite, Co-Founder/Director, Kiandra

    When budgets are unconstrained, skilled resources are abundant, any digital transformation can be funded and  innovation comes thick and fast. Not every idea makes it but as long as one or two does, then it's deemed a success.

    Faced with budget cuts, challenges with talent and constant security threats, businesses have to be much more selective about what innovation they invest in.

    So, how can IT leaders drive continuous innovation and deliver impactful competitive advantage?


    30min

    Networking Lunch

    40min

    Workshop 5 – CIO Track – Building and Maintaining a Data-Driven Organisation to Remain Competitive

    Shaheen Saud, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, RPS
    Organisations are largely well progressed in their efforts to introduce new and modernise existing data capabilities, by investing in data lakes, business intelligence solutions and experimenting with artificial intelligence and machine learning as part of a universal aspiration towards being data-driven businesses. Yet, with a plethora of data and platforms at their fingertips, why are most organisations still struggling to derive meaningful business insights to deliver their intended business outcomes?

    20min

    Kris Gardiner

    Kris is known as an expert in creating and managing highly functional teams that deliver and manage enterprise wide data solutions with a [...]

    Shaheen Saud

    Shaheen has extensive experience across a range of sectors including professional services, legal, banking and FMCG. He is currently leading the [...]

    One-to-One Meetings 3

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – How do you Protect your Company from Ransomware Attacks?

    Jason Mantell, Director of Sales Engineering APAC, Cloudian

    Ransomware is one of the most widely discussed threats in cyber security. However, not enough research exists about the experiences of organisations that have actually suffered from ransomware attacks.

    Is our Government approved “Essential 8” approach enough to keep us secure?

    Let’s talk data immutability that goes beyond protections available from any other on-premises object storage provider.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CISO Track – Understanding risk and the perils of not identifying your risk growth

    Damien Lewis, Sales Manager, ExtraHop

    The topic of risk is constantly on the forefront of security teams' minds, but as enterprises get more dynamic and hybrid in nature, the nature of risk changes. Add to that the evolving sophistication of cyber threat actors, and it becomes more important to continuously update your understanding of the risks you face, and the options available to mitigate those risks.

    A quantitative risk assessment is great for getting really precise about the potential financial impact, the actual dollars attached to any given risk. But most organizations don't need that, and shouldn't wait for it, to start understanding where their risk is growing most and the urgent risks they should work to mitigate.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – How do you implement a cyber resilient strategy as part of your digital transformation program

    Claire Nicol, Commercial Sales Director, Mimecast
    • How do you get your Exec team and Board to see the value of your CR strategy or the risk of doing nothing?
    • How do you create a cyber positive culture as part of this strategy?
    • How do you introduce automation into your environment to ensure you’re making the best use of APIs and ecosystem?

    30min

    One-to-One Meetings 4

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – How do you implement a cyber resilient strategy as part of your digital transformation program

    Claire Nicol, Commercial Sales Director, Mimecast
    • How do you get your Exec team and Board to see the value of your CR strategy or the risk of doing nothing?
    • How do you create a cyber positive culture as part of this strategy?
    • How do you introduce automation into your environment to ensure you’re making the best use of APIs and ecosystem?

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CIO Track – How do you Protect your Company from Ransomware Attacks?

    Jason Mantell, Director of Sales Engineering APAC, Cloudian

    Ransomware is one of the most widely discussed threats in cyber security. However, not enough research exists about the experiences of organisations that have actually suffered from ransomware attacks.

    Is our Government approved “Essential 8” approach enough to keep us secure?

    Let’s talk data immutability that goes beyond protections available from any other on-premises object storage provider.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – CISO Track – Understanding risk and the perils of not identifying your risk growth

    Damien Lewis, Sales Manager, ExtraHop

    The topic of risk is constantly on the forefront of security teams' minds, but as enterprises get more dynamic and hybrid in nature, the nature of risk changes. Add to that the evolving sophistication of cyber threat actors, and it becomes more important to continuously update your understanding of the risks you face, and the options available to mitigate those risks.

    A quantitative risk assessment is great for getting really precise about the potential financial impact, the actual dollars attached to any given risk. But most organizations don't need that, and shouldn't wait for it, to start understanding where their risk is growing most and the urgent risks they should work to mitigate.

    30min

    Panel Discussion – Attracting and Retaining IT Top Talent for the Future of Work

    Panellists:

    Amanda Bennie, Head of Technology, Cbus Property
    John Tait, Head of Technology, T2 Tea
    SAR Raheem, APAC Region Manager, Security & Compliance, The Access Group
    Moderator:
    Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network
    Recent shifts in talent, technology and work models transform the nature of work and reset expectations. CIOs who fail to adapt where, how and when work gets done – and who does it – will struggle to drive business performance, making it difficult to attract and retain top talent for the future of work.
    • Understand how to recruit, reskill and retain technology talent for the future of work
    • Build organizational resilience through a blended workforce of full-time equivalents
    • Discover how to provide flexible work experiences to be the employer of choice

    35min

    Amanda Bennie

    Responsible for the technology, knowledge and software development teams and their overall performance and growth, leading key initiatives to [...]

    SAR Raheem

    Raheem is an all-rounded Cybersecurity leader with several years of experience leading successful and sustainable IT & Cyber transformation [...]

    John Tait

    I have over 20 years’ experience in senior and executive IT leadership roles, including over 15 working in the Asia Pacific region working in [...]

    Closing Keynote Presentation – Attitude, Language & Approach – Keys to CIO Success

    Frank De Sa, Chief Information Officer, Just Group Limited
  • Technology has evolved from the domain of the geeky to the domain of everyone!
  • Have IT Departments really understood and embraced this fundamental shift?
  • Are vendors, marketers, and researchers controlling our destiny or do we use them strategically as inputs into decision processes for our businesses?
  • Why is IT/Business Alignment still on the agenda? Why is our language and attitude critically important to our success? Why do we still refer to 'the business' as 'the business' vs IT?
  • Is digital transformation simply the latest buzzword to sell more software and services or does it have meaning within IT departments?
  • After 18 years on the 'vendor' side of consulting and technology and now 12+ within a Retail IT Department, Frank's perspective of IT has changed quite considerably. Join Frank as he shares his journey within Just Group and provides a different perspective to the mainstream trends that seem to dominate our industry.


    30min

    Frank De Sa

    After 18 years on the vendor and consulting side of technology, Frank joined Just Group over 12 years ago to first lead new technology [...]

    Closing Remarks

    5min

    Networking Drinks

    60min

    Registration And Morning Refreshments

    45min

    Welcome & Introduction

    Tyron McGurgan, Chief Executive Officer, Focus Network

    5min

    Tyron McGurgan

    Tyron McGurgan is an accomplished entrepreneur, media specialist, and events professional with over 17 years of experience in the industry. He is [...]

    Master of Ceremonies

     

    5min

    Opening Keynote Presentation – Thriving In A Data-Driven Digital World

    No organisation has escaped disruption from the pandemic. Organisations need to become much more adaptable and resilient to thrive during the pandemic’s aftershocks. Deriving more value from data is core to this. Increasingly, business value is being generated by data. Data analytics is enabling leaders to make faster and more effective decisions. AI and automation are using data to drive further digital transformation.

    Key takeaways from this presentation will include an understanding of the technologies that are enabling companies to thrive in today’s world and examples of how the pandemic has led to data-driven transformation.



    20min

    Keynote Panel Discussion – Reinventing Hybrid Work, Based on Human- Centricity

    Work models at all levels around the world have been affected by the pandemic. Now is the time for CIOs to adopt a digital workspace model that is more human-centered. This requires leadership to rethink the culture, implement all working methods, select the right tools to use, and re-imagine the culture to drive innovation, better work-life balance, increased productivity, and, most importantly, improved business outcomes.

    Key discussion points in this panel will discuss how to evolve organisations to be more responsive to customer demand, more resilient to disruptions and more productive.


    30min

    Keynote Presentation – Enabling the Data – Driven Enterprise

    Synopsis coming soon

    20min

    Networking Break

    20min

    Roundtable Discussion – The Future Of The Hybrid Workplace

    Since the start of the pandemic, remote working has become the norm for many companies. It is now becoming more common for companies to encourage employees to blend home working with office working. This is leading to a re-think in what technology is used and how and where it is implemented. Key discussion points will include the role of technology in shaping hybrid working models and the changing needs of the hybrid workforce.


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – Building Resilience Without Damaging Digital Experience

    One of the major challenges of adding cybersecurity controls to build resilience is the impact on digital experience. Companies need to ensure that their cybersecurity controls create as little friction as possible. Otherwise, they lose customers.

    Key takeaways from this presentation include the potential impact controls have on experience and how to strike the right balance between security and experience.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – Managing The Technology Skills Shortage

    Technology skills shortages remain a major challenge for companies today. Training and education, offshore outsourcing and automation can all play key roles in addressing the shortage. Increasingly, companies are seeking to automate tasks wherever possible. Key discussion points will be how companies can attract and retain the best talent and what can be automated and offshored.


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion: How Much Can Robotics And Automation Replace People?

    Robots and automation are increasingly undertaking tasks previously done by humans. From manufacturing plants to utilities, the use of automation and robotics is transforming whole industries. Key discussion points include an analysis of the roles that can be replaced by robotics and automation and how new technologies can augment and enhance the contributions made by employees.


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – The Future Of The Hybrid Workplace

    Since the start of the pandemic, remote working has become the norm for many companies. It is now becoming more common for companies to encourage employees to blend home working with office working. This is leading to a re-think in what technology is used and how and where it is implemented. Key discussion points will include the role of technology in shaping hybrid working models and the changing needs of the hybrid workforce.


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – Building Resilience Without Damaging Digital Experience

    One of the major challenges of adding cybersecurity controls to build resilience is the impact on digital experience. Companies need to ensure that their cybersecurity controls create as little friction as possible. Otherwise, they lose customers.

    Key takeaways from this presentation include the potential impact controls have on experience and how to strike the right balance between security and experience.

    30min

    Roundtable Discussion – Managing The Technology Skills Shortage

    Technology skills shortages remain a major challenge for companies today. Training and education, offshore outsourcing and automation can all play key roles in addressing the shortage. Increasingly, companies are seeking to automate tasks wherever possible. Key discussion points will be how companies can attract and retain the best talent and what can be automated and offshored.


    30min

    Roundtable Discussion: How Much Can Robotics And Automation Replace People?

    Robots and automation are increasingly undertaking tasks previously done by humans. From manufacturing plants to utilities, the use of automation and robotics is transforming whole industries. Key discussion points include an analysis of the roles that can be replaced by robotics and automation and how new technologies can augment and enhance the contributions made by employees.


    30min

    Keynote Speaking Presentation: The Sustainable CIO Of Today

    People’s priorities are changing. Sustainability is emerging as a top priority in the 2023 CIO agenda as companies are being held more accountable for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives by customers, employees, shareholders, governments, and even regulators.

    This presentation will focus on how technology is critical for achieving sustainability goals and so, with this, it makes sense that the CIO is firmly involved as a way to fully integrate their technology and sustainability strategies. Key takeaways will include implementing a holistic, integrated data and insights program to measure and drive environmental sustainability, leveraging a sustainability-driven tech strategy and driving transparency and accountability in the value chain.


    20min

    Keynote Speaking Presentation: Keeping Customers Loyal By Optimising Digital Experience

    Digital engagement with customers brings its own challenges and opportunities. Opportunities include offering highly personalised experiences which can retain and attract customers. Challenges include inconsistent customer experience across channels and poor channel integration. Key discussion points will include the importance of offering the best digital experiences and best practices in keeping customers loyal.


    20min

    Keynote Speaking Presentation: Adopting AI to Enhance Your Data and Analytics Capability

    synopsis coming soon

    20min

    Networking Lunch

    40min

    Analyst Speaker session

    20min

    Speaking Session 1: The Benefits Of Edge Computing

    Edge computing can bring massive benefits to companies by enabling high performance business applications to run on connected devices.

    Fundamentally, it brings computing power closer to users and allows data to be processed remotely.

    Key discussion points of this roundtable include the benefits of edge computing and why edge computing is becoming more popular.


    30min

    Speaking Session 2: Managing Hybrid Cloud Environments

    The use of multiple public clouds together with private clouds and on-premises data centres is creating progressively more complexity. Often, there is little integration between workloads residing on separate platforms.

    Key discussion points from this roundtable include how to effectively manage hybrid cloud environments and the importance of greater integration between disparate workloads.


    30min

    Networking Break

    15min

    Keynote Speaking Presentation: Demystifying The Metaverse And Web 3.0

    20min

    Keynote Panel Discussion: Addressing Diversity And Digital Skills Deficiency In A Rapidly Changing Future

    Businesses need to have access to the right technology and skills in order to succeed now more than ever. After all, digital tools and technology are now necessary for any global business to be successful. However, there is a "digital skills gap" that many businesses have to deal with because they can't find skilled professionals who have the right knowledge and experience with new technologies. As a result, businesses are at a competitive disadvantage as they struggle to bridge the skills gaps between their current workforce and the digital economy's requirements.

    Key discussion points in this panel will touch on how to maximise the power of technology by leveraging on trained and capable digital talents, understanding how diversity help business transform and innovate, discovering new business opportunities by having a diverse voice and how citizen-led automation can optimize and support digital transformation strategy.

    30min

    Keynote Presentation – When now, means NOW! – Taking leadership lessons and pushing the realms of possibility

    Marybeth Hoskins, Chief Information Officer, PointsBet
    You have made it into a leadership role but are feeling that it isn't exactly where you want to be. What does the next step look like? How do you even get there? How do you bring joy into your role and build your pathway to the next level?
    If you are on the precipice and not sure of the next step, then this session is for you. Mary-Beth Hosking faced a steep climb on her way from being a professional singer to entering the C-Suite and she wants to show you how. Join her as she explains pushing the realms of possibility into the role you dream of.

    20min

    Mary-Beth Hosking

    Mary-Beth Hosking is a pragmatic and seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in organizational transformations and is currently [...]

    Closing Remarks From The Chair And End Of The Forum

    Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network

    5min

    Andrew Milroy

    Andrew Milroy is Focus Network’s Chief Research Advisor. He is a well-known technology thought leader and speaker in the APAC region. He has [...]

    Networking Drinks

    60min

    WHY ATTEND

    STAR KEYNOTES
    AND PRESENTERS

    We invite only the leading international and local experts to provide sessions on site, this allows for attendees to be taught by front-line executives that compress years of meaningful experience into a systematic, well organised learning program.

    NETWORKING
    OPPORTUNITIES

    Keeping in line with the main goal of the event in achieving new relationships, we provide a huge amount of networking opportunities for attendees through breakfast, luncheons, cocktails and informal introductions.

    1-1 PRIVATE
    MEETINGS

    Buyers and sellers can engage with one another onsite in a series of prearranged business meetings. These provide both parties with a great opportunity to build new relationships by interacting face-to-face.

    TARGETED
    SESSIONS

    Being able to experience different sessions is what makes this event unique; whether you are looking to attend an interactive workshop, roundtable, 1-1 meeting or panel discussion.

    NETWORKING
    LUNCH

    Interacting face-to-face is still one of the most effective ways to do business. During lunch hour you will have the opportunity to do just that in a very relaxed atmosphere.

    PERSONALISED
    PROGRAM

    The summit is personalised for YOU, this means that what is important to your business is important to us. We create personalised itineraries around sessions you want to attend, allowing for your time to be spent wisely while out of the office.

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    PURCHASE TICKETS

    Should you wish to attend this years upcoming 16th Australian CIO Leaders Summit on the 17th May 2023, Sydney, please purchase your tickets below

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    $1990

    • Access to onsite mobile APP
    • Meals and refreshments
    • Access to all presentation sessions
      and roundtable discussions
    • Access to all presentation
      slides and photos
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    Group Ticket (2 - 4)

    $1790

    • Access to onsite mobile APP
    • Meals and refreshments
    • Access to all presentation sessions
      and roundtable discussions
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      slides and photos
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    GROUP TICKETS (5+)

    $1500

    • Access to onsite mobile APP
    • Meals and refreshments
    • Access to all presentation sessions
      and roundtable discussions
    • Access to all presentation
      slides and photos
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