Registration, Badge Collection & Refreshments

30min

Master of Ceremonies, Main Plenary

Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network

Anthony Caruana, Chief Executive Officer, Media-Wize

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

Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network

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

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:

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

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

Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network

• 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

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