Conference Day One - Wednesday 6 September
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08:15 | Registration and welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Sarah Hunter-Neale, Delivery Lead, REA Group
SCALING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENABLE COMPANY GROWTH
CASE STUDY:
09:00 | Upgrading infrastructure to face exponential growth – the case of Uber
Jodi Curtis is an IT Program Manager at Uber, San Francisco and is responsible for managing the build out of scalable infrastructure globally for the 580 cities Uber operates in.
Jodi has spent the last 2 and a half years at Uber pioneering innovative ways to solve for scalability within a hyper-growth environment. From helping build a global corporate network backbone to leading a build project for a company-wide chat solution on a 4 month timeline, she has learned the ins and outs of helping Uber mature as a start-up. Perhaps most importantly, Jodi has partnered with the teams she works with to move quickly, accept and learn from failures, while engineering plan Bs with speed and agility.
Jodi Curtis, Corporate Infrastructure Program Manager, Uber (USA)
PANEL DISCUSSION:
09:30 | The agile state of mind – implications when scaling infrastructure
- How to overcome the challenges of launching in a different country?
- How to train your staff to be more agile?
- What can corporates learn from start-ups?
Moderator:
Sarah Hunter-Neale, Delivery Lead, REA Group
Panellists:
Jodi Curtis, Corporate Infrastructure Program Manager, Uber (USA)
David Collien, Chief Technology Officer, Open Learning
Katherine Maree Pace, Chief Executive Officer, Elanation
10:15 | SPEED NETWORKING SESSION
Take this opportunity to build, expand and strengthen your technology network. Remember to bring lots of business cards!
10:40 | Morning Tea
GIVING MORE WITH LESS, OPTIMISING INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE RESULTS IN YOUR ORGANISATION
11:10 | Improving efficiency and reducing cost through automation
- Understanding the challenges of implementing automation in your infrastructure
- Facilitating operations within the organisation
- Evaluating the benefits of automation
- What are the key success factors of automation implementation in the organisation
Katerina Martianova, Commercial Manager for IT, Real-Estate.com.au
CASE STUDY:
11:40 | Cost management in AWS – how SEEK does it
- Decentralising decision making to empower staff and reduce costs of operating the cloud
- Understanding the benefits of cost management software
- Developing a new operation model to build new products and functionalities faster
Andrew Hatch, DevOps Manager, SEEK
PANEL DISCUSSION:
12:10 | Automation and organisational culture – the challenges of DevOps adoption in organisations
- Is there a right way to do devOps?
- What are the main challenges with devOps adoption?
- How to ignite the cultural shift in the organisation?
Moderator:
Sarah Hunter-Neale, Delivery Lead, REA Group
Panellists:
Theresa Neate, Senior Quality Analyst, realestate.com.au
Kris Croaker, DevOps Engineer, Safety Culture
Andrew Hatch, DevOps Manager, SEEK
John Murphy, DevOps Engineer, Redbubble
12:50 | Networking lunch
CASE STUDY:
13:50 | Improving infrastructure to help organisations develop new and improved products
- Building a set of platforms on the Cloud to allow Westpac to respond quickly to changing market conditions
- Having a robust, secure and standardised Cloud solution to be more agile in how the organisation meets customers’ needs.
- Improving delivery time to encourage innovation
- Insights into Westpac’s Hybrid Platform as a Service (HPaaS)
OPTIMIZING THE ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
CASE STUDY:
14:20 | 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, Chief Technology Officer, FreightExchange
14:50 | Business case for the cloud transformation model: key success factors to take into account
- Knowing how to select the right cloud model: success factors
- Unlocking the potential of the organisation by moving to the cloud
- Understanding the business adjustments needed to enable the cloud transformation
- Understanding the difference between good and bad CAPEX (capital expenditure)
Edward Burnes, Global IT Director, Treasury Wine Estates
15:20 | Afternoon tea
LEADING AND DEVELOPING CAREERS IN A CHANGING IT LANDSCAPE
15:50 | Identifying the biggest challenges and opportunities for progressing your career
- How to optimise opportunities, overcome challenges and achieve senior management roles in the tech sector
- Learning how cultural transformation supports leaders to embrace challenges and change
- Redesigning your beliefs and creating influence that reflects ever growing skills in yourself and your team
David Bolton, Head of Engineering, WooliesX
ROUNDTABLES SESSION:
16:20 | Igniting tomorrow’s infrastructure – skills to develop to become a future leader
During this session, participants will be divided into groups. The moderator will pose questions to the groups to discuss their thoughts on their table. After the group discussion, the moderator will turn to the tables for their responses.
Key discussion points:
- How IT professionals can engage more with their organisation to leverage business success
- How to anticipate business IT needs?
- How to select the best technologies responding to your organisation issues?
- Understanding the importance of cost management in the cloud
- How to liaise between IT teams and executives?
Martyn Hann, Chief Technology Officer, FreightExchange
17:10 Closing remarks from the Chair
17:20 End of Day One and networking drinks
18:45 Official event dinner