Conference Day Two - Thursday 15 June
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08:30 | Welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Jo Dalvean, National Congressional Representative, ACS
FIND INSPIRATION TO DEVELOP THE COMPETENCIES TO ACHIEVE A SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITION
09:00 | MEET THE BOSS: Insights on the critical experience up to now and career moves beyond senior management positions
This session is designed for you to get inspired by top level executives from tech organisations or with a tech background. If you are interested in strengthening your network, overviewing different models of achieving a senior management role – irrespectively of your gender – and setting the path to move beyond, then this session is designed for you. Remember to prepare your questions beforehand!
Panel moderator:
Jo Dalvean, National Congressional Representative, ACS
Panellists:
Jo Burston, Founder, Inspiring Rare Birds
Rebecca Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Launch Group
Lama Tayeh, Founder & CEO, LULUMPR
Cate Hull, Chief Executive Officer, FreightExchange
WHAT’S ON THE RADAR? TECH TRENDS IN 2017 AND BEYOND
10:00 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Analysing global trends on data – and how Australia can prepare
- Assessing global tendencies in data, big data analytics, data science and emerging technologies
- What the data industry will look like in the coming years – and what it means to Australia
- How cloud will evolve and what role it will play in new services and products development
Karen Lay-Brew, President, Australian Business Software Industry Association
10:30 | Morning tea
11:00 | Demystifying the principles of blockchain and harnessing the opportunities arising from it
- Examining the design challenges imposing barriers to widespread blockchain adoption
- Understanding how to classify accessorial liability for breach of trust
- Exploring fiduciary duties owed by digital currency exchanges, third parties and developers on blockchain networks
Dr Philippa Ryan, Lecturer & Barrister, University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law
11:30 | CASE STUDY: Increasing cyber security awareness and improving Australian Bureau of Statistics’ current practices
- Overview of lessons learned from breaches and the critical role it plays in increasing risk awareness
- Key considerations when tightening up ICT security strategies
- Strengthening Australian Bureau of Statistics’ cyber security in a rapidly changing and increasingly connected environment
Helen Robson, Branch Head, Technology Infrastructure Delivery, Australian Bureau of Statistics
12:00 | Networking lunch
13:00 | CASE STUDY: Integrating serverless computing into your Hybrid Infrastructure
- How it works and why Freightexchange has decided to make some of their infrastructure serverless.
- Transforming the way to operate the service
- Understanding the benefits and costs of integrating serverless computing in your infrastructure
- What are the differences in terms of cost for the company?
- How Freightexchange sees the future of the company with serverless computing
Martyn Hann, CTO, FreightExchange
UTILISING INNOVATION TO ENHANCE ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY
13:30 | Aligning ICT with organisational strategy to manage risks and enhance performance
- Ensuring ICT seamlessly harmonises with overarching business strategies
- Engaging and working alongside board, executives and non-ICT professionals to confirm its vision is incorporated into overall business
- Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to identify potential issues early and ensure outcomes are maximised
Margaret Cassidy, Deputy General Manager Technology, ABC
14:00 | CASE STUDY: How CBA is proving the use and effectiveness of the Blockchain technology
- How agile technologies and an innovation culture enabled CBA to build a blockchain for debt capital markets
- Using smart contract to eliminate manual processes, improve transparency and reduce settlement risks
- Overview of results so far and plans to improve security resilience and user experience through blockchain
Sophie Gilder, Head of Blockchain, Commonwealth Bank
14:30 | Afternoon tea
15:00 | Leveraging big data to improve business intelligence and harness competitive advantages
- Identifying and unlocking business opportunities through big data to support decision making and future positioning
- Increasing productivity and profitability by optimising predictive analytics
- Integrating monitoring tools and leveraging the importance of predicting data
Lesley Seebeck, Deputy Director Information Systems and Services, Bureau of Meteorology
HARMONISE ICT AND DIGITAL TO TRANSFORM BUSINESS INTO A CUSTOMER FOCUSED ENTERPRISE
15:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Maximising the value of customer insights to shape products, services and business strategy
- Key considerations on interpreting business needs, embracing the strategy and translating it to the team
- How can you use the customer to accelerate innovation across the organisation?
- What are the most successful ways to deliver enriched customer experience with digital transformation, innovation and strategy?
- Tips and hints into developing new and improved products and services to create high value customers, improve margins, uphold market share and manage shareholder expectations
- How can you build better platforms to enhance customer experience?
Panel moderator:
Jo Dalvean, National Congressional Representative, ACS
Panellists:
Kathleen Mackay, General Manager - IT Project Delivery, Boral
Rebecca Grant, Executive Director, icourts
Fiona Rankin, Director IT Management and Tech Services, University of Wollongong
16:15 | Closing remarks from the Chair and drawing of the lucky door prize!
16:25 | End of Day Two and close of conference