Agenda

9.00am - 9.15am
Welcome
MC Extraordinaire: Adam Spencer, Media Provocateur, Math Geek
9.15am - 9.30am
Keynote Address: Generative AI – Reinventing Tech, Innovation & Work
Stela Solar, Inaugural Director, National AI Centre, CSIRO
9.30am - 9.45am
Keynote Address: Gen AI Enters the Boardroom – Insights From the Top
Dr. Kellie Nuttall, AI Institute Lead & Strategy and Business Design Lead, Deloitte Australia
9.45am - 10.25am
THE CHIEFS: The CXO Leaders Panel
  • Generative AI – the chiefs’ perspectives on the future impact of AI generated audio, text, and synthetic data
  • Chief Information Officer, Chief Data Scientist or Chief Executive Officer: who will own the AI agenda?
  • Measuring AI: a board's perspective on the success metrics
  • Future Ready: what are the jobs that do not exist yet?
  • What's Next: the emerging tech that transform the world by 2030
Panellists:
  • Dayle Stevens, Executive Data & AI, Telstra
  • Jennifer Rebeiro, Chief Transformation Officer, Great Western Water
  • Cameron Pitt, Partner, Consulting, Deloitte
  • Stela Solar, Director, National Artificial Intelligence Centre
10.25am - 10.45am
Fireside Chat with…
Jonathan Dean, Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Defence, Federal Government of Australia & Kris Lovejoy, Security & Resiliency Practice Leader, Kyndryl.
10.45am - 11.15am
Morning Tea
11.15am - 11.30am
Fireside Chat with…​
Ashley Diffey, Head of Asia-Pacific and Japan, Ping Identity
11.30am - 11.45am
Keynote Address: The Future of Software is Codeless – the CIO’s Imperative
Gary Hoberman, Founder and CEO, Unqork
11.45am - 12.25pm
THE STAND-OUTS: Best Use Cases Panel
  • Standout case-studies and success stories to draw inspiration from
  • The [BIG] deal about Generative AI: how embracing AI-driven content is creating competitive points of differences
  • What tech should CXOs invest in today to progress their future AI journey?
  • 2030: the next generation of AI and how to navigate the new dawn of digital transformation
Panellists:
  • Fahed Mostafa, Head of Data and Analytics, CSL Behring
  • Nick Dean, Head of Technology Strategy & Transformation, Westpac
  • Steven Bonnici, Chief Information Officer, Ford Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
  • Rob Carruthers, Head of ValueOps APAC, Broadcom
  • Daniela Fernandez, Head of Information Security – AU, PayPal
12.25pm - 12.40pm
Keynote Address: Reimagining Work & the Jobs that Don't Exist Yet – a Futurist's Perspective
Steve Sammartino, Futurist, Entrepreneur and Business Technologist
12.40pm - 2.00pm
Lunch
2.00pm - 2.15pm
Keynote Address: The New Era of Generative AI
Anna Coniglio, Data Analytics Lead, Google Cloud, Australia and New Zealand
2.15pm - 3.00pm
THE CHANGE MAKERS: The Future of Work Panel
  • The standout companies that are embracing the future of work today!
  • From the front lines: the skills required for the emergence of AI in the workforce, including Generative AI
  • The impact of digital-first ways of working on productivity, creativity and wellness
  • The next wave: how emerging technologies will impact the future workforce
Panellists:
  • Hind Benbya, Professor, Head of IS & Business Analytics, Founding Director of the Centre for AI and the Future of Business, Deakin University
  • Kendra Vant, Executive General Manager of Data, Xero
  • Carina Parisella, Tribe Lead, Head of Tech Workforce, ANZ Bank
  • Dr Kim Oosthuizen, Innovation Principal: Customer Transformation Advisor, SAP Australia
3.00pm - 3.15pm
Keynote Address: Responsible AI in a Generative AI World
John Cox, Chief Technology Officer, Coles
3.15pm - 3.45pm
Afternoon Tea
3.45pm - 4.30pm
THE BRAINS TRUST: The Ethical Panel
  • The ethical implications of AI when accessing customer data; and why we need to get it right, now!
  • The customer data security threats of bots and social engineering and the ethical implications to consider
  • Why uncovering bias and 'techno chauvinism' is critical to enabling success
  • The buck stops with. ... the key stakeholders who need to sit at the 'ethics in AI' table
Panellists:
  • John Cox, Chief Technology Officer, Coles
  • Prof. Erwin Loh, Group Chief Medical Officer, St Vincent's Health Australia
  • Jon Whittle, Director, Data61
  • Karen Davis, Principal Technologist - Data and AI, Thoughtworks
4.30pm - 6.00pm
Networking Drinks & Canapes & Prize Giveaway