CIO ANZ Live Series - August Edition 2022

Overview

How has the modern digital economy transformed the role of a CIO from IT management to Business Management?

Various studies showcase how every business took giant leaps in restructuring IT capabilities in the last two years. Whether it is about driving innovation or implementing creative digital strategies the role of a technology leader has transitioned to include organisational change and business outcomes.

Join us during this edition of the CIO Series as we dive into:

How to explore through the disruptive technologies and trends

Cloud migration strategies, and not mistaking technology for innovation

Cloud and Operations Management, best methods to cut costs

Delivering the right work models with resilience and flexibility in mind

What to expect

• Speakers 20+
• 2 CIO Roundtables Executive Sit-Downs
• Interactions 1:1
• Attendees 200+
• 20+ Sessions Full day program

What we will cover

• Disruptive Technologies & Trends How to explore through the disruptive technologies and trends
• Cloud Migration Strategies Cloud migration strategies, and not mistaking technology for innovation
• Enhancing capabilities for strengthening and scaling Cloud and Operations Management, best methods to cut costs
• Reinventing the IT strategy to promote stronger collaboration Delivering the right work models with resilience and flexibility in mind

Agenda

• 8:30 am Striking the Right Balance between Security and your Customer’s Digital Experience(CIO ANZ) Whether your business is just getting started or well on its way, your online presence will play a vital role in how customers experience your business. Delivering a perfect balance of a great user experience along with the highest level of security will be key to gaining your customers’ trust and helping protect your business. Join us for this session, where we will cover topics such as: Why should digital customer experience matter now more than ever before? What are some of the most common or significant cyber threats for organisations? Keeping up with demanding compliance mandates Navigating the cybersecurity skills gap
• 8:50 am Demonstrating Automation Values and Why it Can be Your Key to Success(CIO ANZ) Automation, leveraging process Management and other technologies, has opened up new possibilities. The pace of adoption has been rapid. Institutions of all sizes globally are leveraging automation to drive value. When done right, automation has proven to deliver real benefits, join this session to explore the power of automation and why it could be your key to success: • Distinctive insights • Faster service • Increased flexibility and scalability • Ability to operate 24/7 and scale up or down with demand • Improved quality • Increased savings and productivity
• 9:10 am Evolve: How to Become an Authority and Global Leader in your Field(CIO ANZ) Join us for an interactive interview with Ahmad Imam , International Influencer of the Year 2022. and Founder of elite social media agency ‘The Executive Brand’. If you are an expert in your field, not only is your personal brand critical, but you should be receiving the online recognition you deserve!! Learn how to gain a competitive edge on social media so you can: 1. Leverage your success 2. Amplify your brand visibility 3. Be the authority in your field 4. Become a recognised, global leader Ahmad has built a LinkedIn community of over one million professionals in under three years, averages 2 million views per month, but most importantly, uses his platform to leverage real world opportunities, and gain access to his ideal client profile.
• 9:30 am Integrating and Digitising to Improve Social Impact(CIO ANZ) We are in the middle of a great upheaval driven by computing and digitisation. The pace of new technology advancements places organisations that are slow to respond on the back foot. Social sectors, whose core objective is to improve social impact, are facing challenges with: COVID, Inflationary conditions, Low workforce retention rates, Sector skill shortages, Aged applications, Diminished funding steams. The sector faces increasingly difficult circumstances with workforce members, who have become bound to administrative process, now having little time left for staff to focus on core organisational objectives. Today that story has reversed. Technology is viewed as a means to give time back to practitioners and in doing so focus on delivering on the outcomes we are working to achieve for the children, young people and families in our care. The technologies we are building are embedded in almost all aspects of our lives and has the potential to change society for the greater good. While we are all grappling with information and data, the need to create tech for good has magnified giving the social sector ample room for harnessing a positive impact. Join Mark in his journey as he shares how he and his IT team are riding the digital wave amidst the growing challenges in the social sector.
• 9:50 am Morning Tea & Networking Break(CIO ANZ)
• 10:20 am Driving Successful Innovation Delivery(CIO ANZ) Everyone wants innovation. It drives above trend success for many organisations. Some say innovation thinking is the key. It certainly is the start. Innovation delivery is ultimately what counts. Without that, the feel good moments and the initial investments won't last. So, what components make up innovation delivery of digital technology, and how do you ensure your investment generate results. Specifically discover: How enterprise platforms, cloud technologies and SaaS create the opportunity to accelerate innovations, and fast-track adoption of new innovations such as data analytics, AI and other advanced technologies. How to build culture through effective governance, operating models, and sound financial management to gain advocates, reduce blockers, mitigate delivery risks, and increase success. Focus on building the right capabilities within your organisation, and where they should be built, to drive successful innovation delivery.
• 10:40 am Why XDR should be part of your Cloud Security Strategy(CIO ANZ) You would have heard the saying “You can’t protect what you can’t see”. With the ever-increasing threat landscape combined with attacks that continue to make headlines, the role of the CIO, CTO and CISO has never been so challenging. In this session, we will share with you the importance of cloud visibility and security, and the role XDR will play in helping with reducing risk, driving business value, increasing reaction and response times to threats and maximising the value of your current security investments.
• 11:00 am Managing Multi-Cloud Deployments for Policy Enforcement and Compliance(CIO ANZ) Organizations are facing increasing complexities of managing secure multi-cloud deployments and decentralizing risks, securing sensitive data, while centralizing visibility for compliance. A Unified framework for security and compliance including centralized authentication, authorization, and audit control is needed to reduce both risk and operational overhead. Hear from Drew Romeo, Director for North American Sales from the Multi-Cloud Security Center of Excellence at Entrust, as he shares how automating compliance, securing enterprise data and virtual workloads, and preventing misconfigurations can position your organization to be positioned against malicious and negligent actions in your virtual and container infrastructure.
• 11:20 am Characteristics of a Purpose Driven Workplace(CIO ANZ) The churn and the attrition rate are off the charts and there is no one particular reason behind this. It boils down to what is vitally crucial for organisations and whether they can create a sense of loyalty before compensation. The workplace environment is almost an extension of your personal self and hence values and ethics could be the long term game for retaining teams. What is that hook and how do you get that right? We can agree that Leadership plays the most crucial part. We are all about relationships and connections and workplace happiness. Organisations that focus only on productivity and profitability without adopting measures to protect wellbeing risk having disengaged workers. Join Nadene as she shares her passionate journey on how companies can invest in wellbeing initiatives to prevent adverse outcomes. Creating a culture where employees have the mindset and energy required to drive successful outcomes. Mentoring and coaching for personal development The impact of adopting a long term vision on employee retention
• 11:40 am Lunch Hour & Networking Break(CIO ANZ)
• 0:40 pm Leading with DevOps and Compliance to Drive Transformation(CIO ANZ) Every technology leader must harness high velocity data and software delivery to enable digital transformation. Product innovation with speed and quality is mission critical for organisational survival. DevOps supports these goals, with key principles of automation and shift left. Organisations must also ensure they are fuelling DevOps efforts with high quality and compliant data. Many organisations have proven that when managing data effectively, they can transform software delivery and meet their compliance obligations. In this session, Delphix will share how the leaders of multiple global organisations have devised strategies and best practices for achieving digital transformation via DevOps.
• 1:00 pm The Future is Digital, Powered by Constant Innovation in Digital, Cloud and Data Capabilities(CIO ANZ) In this session Jacqui shares how we can align business and technology, invest in cloud based platforms and cultivate change to accelerate growth in this digital era. Organisations have been investing in digital transformation for close to a decade. Cloud-based platforms have accelerated the pace of change and investment. To win in Digital, alignment across business and technology is critical; supported by an operating model and governance structure of innovation and operational excellence . Strive for a deliberately simple and scalable cloud architecture, which uses native services and integrations. Mindset, culture and curiosity are the secret sauce to teams who win in the digital era Change is a constant (people, process, tools, technology, data and governance).
• 1:20 pm Innovation in a Hybrid World(CIO ANZ) Today innovation requires security and resilience. A system that isn’t secure can’t be relied on for mission critical workloads. A new app or service that doesn’t load quickly will be abandoned by users. An innovative business process that leaks confidential data or customer information will put the organization at unacceptable risk. An organization that spends its time fighting fires doesn’t have the bandwidth to innovate.
• 1:40 pm Bridging the Diversity Gap in Tech and ICT(CIO ANZ) Information Technology needs women. The rising demand for tech skills have been has been on a upward spiral in the last two years which means a career track in technology should be given the necessary weightage. Which also means organisations need to rethink and restructure the inclusion of women in their tech teams. The foundation of a great leadership team begins with the creation of a diverse and inclusive workplace by supporting women to build a career trajectory in technology. In this session Simona touches on how leadership mindset be more focussed on bringing more women into their technology teams. How can organisations bridge the gender gap and inspire women technology enthusiasts to feel empowered and motivated. How should HR and leadership teams align themselves towards How can Tech Team leaders support the continuous reskilling and retraining for women to take up leadership positions in technology How can organisations represent themselves while recruiting?
• 2:00 pm Afternoon Break & Networking(CIO ANZ)
• 2:30 pm Panel: Technology Value vs. Tangible Business Value(CIO ANZ) What strategies can CIOs implement to guarantee technology quality across the enterprise? How can tech teams ensure that the proposed technology delivers the desired value and avoid being a cost centre to the business? How are CIOs and IT Heads forecasting and managing disruptive technologies and trends? Join us in this panel session to learn more from our experts.
• 2:50 pm Reimagine your Learning Ecosystem(CIO ANZ) In our haste to meet the demands of a remote or hybrid workplace in the last few years, many of us have responded by replacing our face-to-face programs sometimes with e-learning and other times with virtual workshops. While this may have been a point in time need in the early days, it is time for us to be more strategic in our approach to designing a learning ecosystem to support our workplace needs. Organisations today have multifaceted talent needs and our employees are integral to business performance. It is our responsibility to create experiences that support performance needs in a highly digitised work environment. This session will help you consider: WHY do you need to have a learning ecosystem strategy, WHAT are the components of a learning ecosystem, and HOW to design one.
• 3:10 pm Digital Innovation for Performance(CIO ANZ) This talk will discuss the following points around leading, executing and adapting digital innovation for performance outcomes and impacts. Digital innovation Digital innovation strategy and business model Digital innovation performance model Digital innovation culture and maturity Digital innovation model Case study examples
• 3:30 pm The Tale of Two Worlds(CIO ANZ)

Speakers

• Asif Gill · Associate Professor / Director DigiSAS Research & Innovation Lab, UTS Asif Gill is a result-oriented academic and practitioner with extensive 20+ years experience in IT in various sectors including banking, consulting, education, finance, government, nonprofit, software and telecommunication. He is A/Professor & Director of the DigiSAS Lab at the UTS School of Computer Science. He is certified as a Data Vault Data Modeler (Mastery Level) for information/ data architecture, Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt) for lean business process architecture, applied business architecture (EA), ITIL (Foundation) for service architecture, TOGAF 9 (Level 1 & 2) for enterprise architecture and CISM for information security. He has also PhD Computing, MSc Computing and Master of Business. He is also ACS Certified Professional and Senior Member.
• Nadene Serman · Group Head IT Transformation, Virgin Australia I am a seasoned IT executive with global experience in technology and business transformation across multiple industries (retail, airline, high technology, financial, FMCG, Telecommunications, Government), billion-dollar organisations and across more than 10 countries. I am a strategic partner focused on building and delivering IT strategies and solutions that align with business goals. I drive commercial value through innovation, digital transformation and solving complex business challenges. I have a proven track-record of using my global leadership experience to deliver a positive impact to the bottom line and am a recognised leader in executing major transformational IT change initiatives. As an acknowledgement of my achievements, I won the WeQual Asia Pacific 2021 Technology Category. I am a people person and have the capability, determination and experience to successfully manage significant, strategic technology roles.
• Simona Dimovski · Head of Security and Technology, Genworth Visionary and driven executive with over 20 years of leading industry expertise in building of Digital Technology Strategy, Digital Transformation, PMOs, Portfolios, Service Management, Delivery, and bringing Agility to practice, throughout top tier brands within the Finance, Aviation and Energy industries. Facilitator and builder of world class digital and data strategies to optimise the business strategy and drive innovation and reform of the business models promoting current and emerging digital and data capabilities. Visionary creator of high performing teams (in excess of 100 staff) through transforming the organizational culture, into one that embraces change and innovation, continuous development and improvement, structure and governance and collaboration and trust. Humanistic designer of solutions, setting the futurist strategy for Customer Experience via digital enablement, I am a leader with extensive passion and knowledge of how technology enables the customer and provides business value and growth. Trained information scientist with a passion for data, I am passionate about the ethical use of data as a strategic asset to create a unique value proposition for the ogranisation.
• Anand Tamboli · Author, Anand Tamboli Anand is an award-winning author, innovator, professional speaker, and futurist. A highly sought-after thought leader. He helps people leverage technology, and transform with the power of creativity and innovation. Anand specializes in areas that intersect with technology and people. As a technology, innovation, and transformation specialist, he is well- known for bringing ideas & strategies to life. Being a polymath, Anand can often shed new light on a topic you think is "done to death" and help you connect the dots. Having worked with several Fortune 500 multinationals for the past two decades, he has cross-industry and multi-cultural experience.
• Mark Metcalf · Head of Technology, Barnardos Australia Mark is a business focused IT executive with over 20 years of management experience whose sole purpose in life at work is to make peoples lives better and support the achievement of the organisations objectives for its major stakeholders. Mark is currently working to support Barnardos Australia's digital transformation efforts targeted at improving its own practice and delivering on the desired outcomes of our disadvantaged children, young people and families. Mark is passionate about change in the NFP sector using technology to free up practitioners to focus their time on those most in need.
• Chris Ellis · Director, Pre-Sales, Nintex Chris Ellis, Pre-Sales Director at Nintex, gained invaluable experience in SharePoint, Office 365 and the Nintex Platform as a pre-sales solution specialist within the partner network. Hailing from Aberdeen in Scotland, his work with the Nintex Platform exposed him to the full lifecycle from analysis and requirement gathering to delivery, support and training, contributing across a spectrum of projects in various industries and in some interesting places
• Annie Gibbins · CEO ~ Success Coach ~ Speaker ~ Author ~ Podcast Host, Annie Gibbins Global As a highly sought after Global Women’s Success Catalyst, Fempreneur, Podcast Host, Speaker and #1 Best Selling Author, Annie is prominently positioned as a leading voice for women in business and leadership. Since Founding the Women'sBiz Tribe, Annie has coached thousands of women from around the world to achieve success, balance and happiness by calling out limiting beliefs, clarifying purpose and constructing strong business practices to grow and succeed.
• Lorri Manfredi · Regional Head of Managed Security Services, NCC Group Lorri Manfredi is NCC Group Regional Head of Managed Security Services in APAC and heads up the APAC Security Operations Centre. Lorri has extensive experience applying Security Operations, Architecture, Design and Risk Management across Financial and Defence industries in Australia. Lorri continuously works with organisations to ensure their threat detection and response capabilities are delivering on their business outcomes.
• Mark Nicholls · Partner and Chief Executive, Information Professionals Group, AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION A member of the Australian Information Industry Association Board, Mark is at the forefront of technology transformation. Known for his ability to engage people at every level, he is adept at honing in on client priorities and finding the right formula to help organisations grow their way. Mark understands and has seen first-hand the challenges around technology that organisations face today. He is dedicated to helping IPG clients find a way through these, helping them to do what they need to do, within their capabilities to achieve whatever success might look like for them. He believes that just because you have less money, haven’t started or don’t have the same capability, doesn’t mean you should be left behind. There is always a way to catchup and compete successfully.
• Sampanna Baidya · .., Entrust

Partners

• Okta Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, and the Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to both secure and manage their extended enterprise, and transform their customers’ experiences. With over 5,500 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely adopt the technologies they need to fulfill their missions. Over 5,600 organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to securely connect their people and technology.
• Entrust Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted identities, payments and data protection around the globe. Today more than ever, people demand seamless, secure experiences, whether they’re crossing borders, making a purchase, or accessing corporate networks. With our unmatched breadth of digital security and credential issuance solutions, it’s no wonder the world’s most entrusted organizations trust us.
• Delphix Delphix is the industry leader for DevOps test data management. Businesses need to transform application delivery but struggle to balance speed with data security and compliance. Our DevOps Data Platform automates data security, while rapidly deploying test data to accelerate application releases. With Delphix, customers modernize applications, adopt multi-cloud, achieve CI/CD, and recover from downtime events such as ransomware up to 2x faster. Leading companies, including Choice Hotels, J.B.Hunt, and Fannie Mae, use Delphix to accelerate digital transformation and enable zero trust data management. Visit us at www.delphix.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
• Nintex Nintex is the global standard for process intelligence and automation. Today more than 10,000 public and private sector organisations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimising business processes. Learn more by visiting www.nintex.com and experience how Nintex and its global partner network are shaping the future of Intelligent Process Automation (IPA).
• NCC Group · Event Partner NCC assesses, develops and manages cyber threats across increasingly connected societies. NCC advises global technology, manufacturers, financial institutions, critical national infrastructure providers, retailers and governments on the best way to keep businesses, software and personal data safe.
• Splunk Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) turns data into doing with the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk technology is designed to investigate, monitor, analyze and act on data at any scale, from any source over any time period. The Data-to-Everything platform removes the barriers between data and action, so our customers -- regardless of size or business -- have the freedom to deliver meaningful outcomes across their entire organization. Our unique approach to data has empowered companies to improve service levels, reduce operations costs, mitigate risk, enhance DevOps collaboration and create new product and service offerings.

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