AFR Innovation Summit - Australia 2017 | Informa | 19 September 2017 | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000

Thriving and surviving the 4th Industrial Revolution

The innovation agenda has failed to impress disgruntled voters. Yet technological disruption appears to be gaining pace as it transforms the business landscape. As well as dealing with the competitive threats, how can Australian government and business exploit the opportunities this fourth industrial revolution throws up?

Senator Arthur Sinodinos
Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science

The Hon Ed Husic MP
Shadow Minister for Employment Services, Workforce Participation and Future of Work; Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy

Bill Ferris AC
Chair, Innovation & Science Australia

Dr Alan Finkel AO
Chief Scientist, Australian Government

Dr Alex Zelinksy
Chief Defence Scientist

Dr Larry Marshall
CEO, CSIRO

Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons
ARC Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology – UNSW Australia

Adrian Turner
Chair Australian Cyber Security Growth Centre & CEO CSIRO, Data61

Pip Marlow
CEO, Strategic Innovation, Suncorp

Maureen Dougherty
President, Boeing Australia, New Zealand

Rob Marcolina
Group Executive Strategy, Transformation & IT, Qantas Airways

Professor John Pollaers
Chair, the Australian Industry and Skills Committee, Member of the Prime Minister’s Industry 4.0 Taskforce

Dr Tia Kansara
Director, Replenish Earth Ltd, UCL Bartlett Ambassador

Professor Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist, Telstra

Kaila Colbin
NZ Ambassador, Singularity University

Paul Shetler
Expert in Residence, Stone & Chalk

David Whiteing
Group Executive & CIO, Commonwealth Bank

Professor John Mattick AO FAA
Executive Director, Garvan Institute

Dr. Mirjana Prica
Managing Director, Food Innovation Australia Ltd

Dominic Price
Head of Research and Development and Work Futurist, Atlassian

Professor Peter Shergold AC
Chancellor, Western Sydney University

Mike-Aitken
Professor Michael Aitken AM
CEO & Chief Scientist, Capital Markets CRC

Abdullahi Alim
Head of Practice, Lighthouse Strategies 2017

Matt Barrie
CEO & President Escrow CEO & Chairman Freelancer.com

Tim Reed
CEO, MYOB

Nick Kaye
CEO, Sydney School of Entrepreneurship

Dr Ian Oppermann
NSW Chief Data Scientist, NSW Data Analytics Centre

Niki Scevak
Managing Director, Blackbird Ventures

William D. Confalonieri
Chief Digital Officer, CIO & Vice-President, University Deakin University

Dr Larry Lopez
Director of Accelerating Commercialisation Strategy, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Kathy Connell
Senior Director New Ventures, Australia & New Zealand at Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Audrey Lobo-Pulo
Senior Advisor, Commonwealth Treasury

Miranda Taylor
CEO, NERA

Dr Charlie Day
CEO, Office of Science & Innovation Australia

Alan Machet
Managing Director & Head of Cards & Consumer Lending, Citi Australia

Ric Gros
CEO, METS Ignited

Karen Lawson
CEO Slingshot

Dr Catriona Wallace
Founder & CEO, Flamingo

Professor Attila Brungs
Vice-Chancellor, The University of Technology

Petra Andrén
CEO, Cicada Innovations

Dr Jens Goennemann
Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, AMGC

Dr Alastair Hick
Director, Monash Innovation, Monash University

Sue MacLeman
Chief Executive Officer, MTP Connect

Dr Amantha Imber
Founder and CEO of Inventium

Andrew Lai
Entrepreneur, Accelerator Director, Sprout X

Ed McManus
CEO Powershop & Meridian Energy Australia

Scott Middleton
CEO, Terem Technologies

Talal Yassine OAM
Managing Director, Crescent Wealth

Dr Raphael Arndt
CIO, Future Fund

Professor Katina Michael
School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong

Dr Simon Longstaff AO
Executive Director, The Ethics Centre

Michael Brett
CEO, QxBranch

Justin Brown
Founder & CEO Ideapod

Jo Burston
Founder, Inspiring Rare Birds & Founder & Managing Director Job Capital

Jeremy Cooper
Chairman, Retirement Income, Challenger Limited

Kat Dunn
Founder F-OFF (Fear of Failure Forum)

Daniel Flynn
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Thankyou

Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Biofoundry

Michael Stutchbury
Editor In Chief, The Australian Financial Review

Paul Smith
Technology Editor, Australian Financial Review

John Meacock
Chief Strategy Officer, Australia and Asia Pacific, Vice Chair, Global Board, Deloitte Australia

Andy Bateman
National Lead Partner Innovation Strategy Monitor, Deloitte Australia

Michael Rath
National Lead Partner, Energy & Resources, Deloitte Australia

Jason Bender
Partner, Head of Innovation, Deloitte Australia

Peter Williams
Chief Edge Officer, Centre for the Edge, Deloitte Australia

Platinum:
CSIRO
Industry Centres

Glod:
myob