CIO Sit-Down ANZ | Brisbane | July 2024
Innovate, Adapt, Thrive: Navigating the Digital Frontier
Queensland Brisbane, Australia
Hosted by Factor
- 2 attendees
- 8 hours
Overview
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, CIOs play a pivotal role in driving innovation, fostering adaptation, and ensuring organisational resilience. This Sit-Down offers a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities inherent in digital transformation, equipping CIOs with the knowledge and tools needed to lead their teams effectively. From crafting unified data strategies to aligning IT initiatives with overarching business objectives, from managing risks associated with emerging technologies to future-proofing IT strategies in the face of evolving trends, this Sit-Down provides a platform for CIOs to gain invaluable insights, exchange best practices, and ultimately thrive in the digital age.
What we will cover
- Crafting Unified Data Strategies for Digital Transformation: Aligning digital priorities and crafting strategic data roadmaps.
- Aligning IT and Data Strategies with Business Goals: Integrating IT and data initiatives to drive overall business success.
- Managing Risks, AI Strategy, and Cloud Computing Evolution: Mitigating risks, formulating AI strategies, and maximizing cloud computing benefits.
- Future-proofing IT Strategies and Leveraging Emerging Technologies: Adapting to emerging tech trends, building resilient IT infrastructure, and fostering innovation.
Agenda
- Registration & welcome coffee(CIO Sit-Down)
- Welcome address & introduction(CIO Sit-Down)
- The State of Skills in Australia: Redefining Skills in the National Job Market.(CIO Sit-Down) The employment landscape is dynamically transforming, moving away from conventional roles towards emerging positions that incorporate AI, automation, and cybersecurity. Soft skills like executive presence, emotional intelligence, leadership engagement, and storytelling are also poised to gain prominence in the coming year. Our November 2023 survey, where we engaged with industry leaders across Australia, provided insights into their talent priorities for 2024.
- Proceed Wisely: Extend the Value of your IT Portfolio(CIO Sit-Down)
- The Future of Work: Remote Collaboration's Impact on Productivity(CIO Sit-Down) How Hybrid Work arrangements are impacting our IT teams: Adopting permanent remote work policies for organisational efficiency. Enhancing collaboration tools for higher employee retention. Addressing challenges and opportunities in remote work trends.
- Networking and morning tea break(CIO Sit-Down)
- Investing in Resilience: Learnings from a Year of Tech Outages(CIO Sit-Down) The past year has taught us a crucial lesson: incidents in technology are inevitable, regardless of an organisation's size or industry. From technical faults and cloud disruptions to cybersecurity threats, it's essential to be prepared. This session will uncover the five stages of the incident lifecycle, offering practical strategies for preparedness , and looking to how leaders are investing in solving these problems.
- Fireside Chat: Effective Communication Strategies for IT Leaders and Teams, and Stakeholder Engagement.(CIO Sit-Down) Importance of effective communication in aligning IT initiatives with organisational objectives and engaging stakeholders. Strategies for IT leaders to clearly articulate and communicate IT initiatives, ensuring a shared understanding across the organization. Effective communication techniques for engaging stakeholders and fostering collaborative relationships between IT teams and other departments. Importance of adapting communication styles to diverse audiences within and outside of the IT department for better engagement and understanding.
- IoT Unleashed: From Connectivity to Revenue(CIO Sit-Down) Leveraging the world of Internet of Things in Cloud environments Identifying opportunities for new revenue streams. Overcoming security challenges in IoT implementation. Managing data overload in the era of IoT.
- Lunch Break and Peer Connect(CIO Sit-Down) ORACLE Executive Roundtable (Invitation Only) 12.55pm to 2.10pm Pushing past the AI Hype, Innovating with Business first AI After a year of GenAI taking over every conversation, what are some pertinent and pragmatic use cases? How have these initiatives transformed the way we operate? The crucial aspect of Data Hygiene and preparing for the imminent surge of Enterprise AI. AI is here to stay so what are the learnings from pioneering orgs, from their AI pilot programs* Shifting the conversation from (public ChatGPT) to private Enterprise AI
- Beyond Defence: Leveraging IT for Strategic Advantage(CIO Sit-Down) Cybersecurity strategies for CIOs in the Digital Era. Integrating cybersecurity as a key business enabler. Fostering a culture of cyber resilience and risk management. Exploring innovative approaches to cybersecurity investment for business growth.
- Strategic Workforce Planning: Meeting IT Talent Demands(CIO Sit-Down) Key Discussion points include: Prioritising upskilling and reskilling efforts. Collaborating with HR for successful talent acquisition. Aligning technology trends with workforce development.
- Future-proofing IT Strategies: A Roadmap for CIO Success(CIO Sit-Down) Exploring key trends and how CIOs can prepare for the future Adapting to emerging technology trends for future success. Building a resilient and agile IT infrastructure. Fostering innovation and collaboration within the organisation.
- Closing Remarks By Sit-Down(CIO Sit-Down)
- Drinks & End of Day(CIO Sit-Down)
Speakers
Sanja Marais · Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Aspen Medical
Ben Dexter · Chief Innovation Officer, Newpath With 23 years’ experience in IT and digital solution design, Ben specialises in Innovation Strategy, Digital Solution Design, and Digital Product Commercialisation. Highly skilled in leading executive teams and boards to build visionary, viable and feasible technology roadmaps leading businesses to growth and profitability. At heart, Ben is a creative with deep, hands-on technical knowhow, a drive to execute, and deliver. Having consulted to the likes of HSBC, Dulux Group, Yamaha, Business Council of Australia, Victorian Government, Multiplex, Master Builders Association, Nufarm and more, he has broad exposure to diverse business models - from start up to enterprise - leading many successful transformation projects. Ben leads the team at Newpath as Chief Innovation Officer building refined and proven innovation, design and development strategy taking "ideas to commerce".
David Walker · Director of ICT, Dsdilgp
Andrew Daddow · Director of ICT and eLearning, Moreton bay College
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