Conference Day One- Wednesday 14 June
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08:15 | Registration and welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the chair
Mary Sharp, Head Information Technology and Communications, UTS:Insearch
LEVERAGING INSPIRATION TO ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
09:00 | OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Building the core skills of tech executives of the future
- Overview of the evolution of technology roles and what the future looks like
- Assessing the landscape of opportunities in tech
- Developing your skillset – if you are going to lead you need to be able to walk the walk
Hilda Clune, Chief Information Officer, PwC
09:40 | INSPIRATIONAL SESSION: Mentoring the next generation of women and encouraging young rising stars to build a great career in tech
- Growing from the bottom up
- Embracing diversity as a competitive advantage strategy
- Building skills and competencies to achieve your career goals
- Achieving professional success whilst fulfilling your personal objectives
Lucy Lloyd, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Mentorloop
10:20 | 
SPEED NETWORKING: Take this opportunity to build, expand and strengthen your technology network. Remember to bring lots of business cards!
10:40 | Morning tea
ENGAGING YOUR TEAM TO KEEP PACE WITH A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING SECTOR
11:10 | 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
Angela Coble, Director Business Technology Leader, Johnson & Johnson
11:40 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Why facilitating career progression by taking advantage of diversity is a competitive advantage strategy
- Is there a glass ceiling in ICT?
- What are the challenges for career advancement in ICT and how can they be overcome?
- How can leaders in ICT leverage the skills of their teams to create a holistic and capable department?
- How do you know if you have what it takes to move to top roles?
Panel moderator:
Mary Sharp, Head Information Technology and Communications, UTS:Insearch
Panellists:
Angela Goodsir, Chief Technology and Systems Operations Officer, Multi Channel Network
Beth Patterson, Chief Legal & Technology Officer, Allens
Julie Chivers, Head of Global IT Capability, Lend Lease
12:30 | Networking lunch
FOSTERING AN AGILE MINDSET TO HELP DRIVE INNOVATION
13:30 | Enabling transformation for ICT to become more agile and business aligned
- Re-designing business to increase agility, collaboration and productivity across the organisation
- Developing operational models based on organisational structure
- Establishing and delivering a strategic ICT roadmap in alignment with business strategies
Tracey Evans, Head of Enterprise Applications, SEEK
14:00 | CASE STUDY: Strategies to enable the successful digitalisation of Australia Post
- Change management strategies to bring about an agile culture into your organisation
- Identifying opportunities to make the most out of a digital transformation journey
- How to accelerate infrastructure provisioning through cloud, automation and orchestration
- Strategies to support bi-modal delivery and implement an IT service model that provides levers to the business
Claire Bourke, General Manager Technology - Chief Customer Office & Trusted Services, Australia Post
14:30 | Afternoon tea
CHAMPAGNE ROUNDTABLES:
These interactive roundtables provide the opportunity for attendees to divide into groups and discuss niche ideas, practical tips and work through challenges faced by other executives from across industries. Each round table will begin with a brief presentation by the moderator, who will then open the discussion to the table. On the day, you will be able to attend all of the roundtables below. Each roundtable will run concurrently over three time slots:
1st round: 15:00 – 15:30
2nd round: 15:30 – 16:00
3rd round: 16:00 – 16:30
Roundtable 1: Digital transformation and keeping pace with change
Moderator:
Rachel Byrne, Program Lead – Digital Transformation, BUPA
Roundtable 2: Encouraging rising starts to continue careers in tech
Moderator:
Karen Taylor-Brown, Co-Founder and CEO, Refraction Media
Roundtable 3: Challenges and benefits of artificial intelligence
Moderator:
Michelle Mannering, Hacker in Residence, Carlton Connect Initiative, University of Melbourne
16:30 | Closing remarks from the Chair
16:40 | End of Day One and networking drinks
18:10 | Official event dinner