The World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment 2019 | Conway Events | 16 June 2019 | Hyatt Regency, 161 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Topics to include Rise of the Robots, Workforce Development & Talent Acquisition, The New Global Disorder: Brexit, Trump, China & Global Risk, The Investor Perspective: Where is Investment Going & Why?, Cybersecurity: Opportunities & Obstacles, plus more!

WHO ATTENDS?
The World Forum attracts Ministers and State Politicians, Presidents, Chairmen, CEOs, MDs, COOs, CFOs, Directors, GMs and Heads of Department from:

Multinationals and Corporate Investors
Ministries of Trade and Investment
Trade, Investment, and Economic Development Agencies
Special Economic Zones, Free Ports and Science Parks
Real Estate, Relocation and Site Selection Advisories
FDI Consultancies
Legal, Regulatory, Taxation, Advisory Firms

2019 Speakers

Kalif Auditore
CEO, Joeycrowd

Raghu Bala
CEO, Netobjex

Adam Beck
Executive Director, Smart Cities Council, Australia and New Zealand

Alastair Bor
Chief Technology Officer, Ecofibre Limited

Lukas Bower
Managing Director, Industrie & Co Australia

Doyle Buehler
CEO, Dept.digital

Mark Bunger
Managing Director, Innovationlab

Dr. Aniss G.e. Chami
CEO & Co-founder, Vitex

Bonnie Cheung
Venture Partner, 500 Startups

Mike Chinoy
Non-resident Senior Fellow, University of Southern California

Carine Clark
CEO, Banyan

Louise Collins
Chief of Operational Planning, Pacific National

Mary-jode Leeuw
Executive Director, Platform Internet of Toys

Chris Deeble
Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Grumman

Patrick Fiel
Svp, Edgeconnex

Ankur Gopal
CEO, Interapt

Jon Gustafson
Director Workforce Partnerships & Incentives, Lockheed Martin

Guy Hudson
Executive Director, Sparklabs Cultiv8

Tom Humphrey
Venture Partner, Access Ventures

Sally Illingworth
Director of Branding & Digital Strategy, Illingworth Media

Neha Jetley
Founder & Director, Ezspend Prepaid Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Shailendra Kumar
Chief Evangelist, Sap

Simon Lacey
Vice President, Huawei Technologies

Maren Lesch
Managing Director, Startup Colors

Jeremy Liddle
Founding Partner, Sdgx

Guido Magrin
CEO & Co-founder, Teiacare

Guillermo Mazier
Vice President of Global Innovation, Conway, Inc.

Spandana Palaypu
CEO, Zoeasy

Sanjeet Pandit
Head of Smart Cities, Qualcomm Inc.

Mark Peebles
Managing Director, Alltech Lienert Australia

Richard Quest
Anchor & Correspondent, Cnn

Vanessa Ronan-pearce
Director of Cfo Forum, Gartner

Upkar Sharma
Founder & CEO, Crea

Arran Stewart
Chief Visionary Officer, Job.com

Cecelia Tham
Social Technologist, Alpha

Ben Waters
Senior Managing Director | Head of Agribusiness, Fti Consulting

Emma Weston
Co-founder & CEO, Agridigital

Peter Zeihan
Geopolitical Strategist & Author, Zeihan on Geopolitics

2019 Sponsors

SUPPORTED BY:
• NSW Government

SPONSORS:
• PASCO County Florida
• PASCO EDC
• South Africa
• Trade & Investment
• Northern Cape
• South Africa Northern Cape
• LED
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government
• British Columbia Canada
• Dubai FDI
• Dongyung Econonomic & Technological Development Zone
• Bureau Van Dijk
• Invest Victoria Australia
• Invest Saudi
• Fiji Consulate General
• KDIPA
• Australian Government
• Colorado
• ANAPI
• Queensland Government Australia
• Huzhou China
• Embassy
• Dacono Colorado
• Scotland Is Now
• Guateng
• GGDA
• Hipa

PARTNERS:
• PM&P
• IAMIC
• Iorasis Capital
• Conference Locate
• The Investor
• ABCSA
• RIA
• Polyglot
• Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Altios International