WA IT Leadership 2023 | Business Insights APAC | 21 August 2023 | The Westin Perth, 480 Hay St, Perth WA 6000, Australia

The relationship between technology and leadership is intrinsically intertwined in business practices, collaboration, innovation and partnership, more so in a highly competitive and disruptive environment. As CEOs rely on IT leaders to shape growth and build the business of the future, this trust reiterates the important role IT leaders play in creating added value for businesses, workforces and customers. The decisions IT leaders make today will shape the future as they solve complex business problems, manage change and digital literacy, scale on-demand, and implement customer-centered and business-focused IT strategies to take their organizations into the future.

Key Topics:
• Leading the business through informed decisions, collaboration and innovation
• Building strong business and IT partnership
• Connecting technology meaningfully – dive into the key components for transformation
• Factors that will drive how the workforce will function in the near future
• A data-driven digital transformation – key mistakes to avoid
• Harnessing real-time data for competitive advantage in the digital world
• Making AI, human decisions and intervention work together to achieve more
• The need to rethink innovation and who drives it
• Investing in innovative technologies and skills for the future
• Identifying steps to foster diverse and inclusive IT cultures
• Shaping the future of decision-making and analytics through AI and human intervention
• Reflection and prediction – creating added value for businesses, workforces and customers

2023 Speakers

Andy Weir
Group CIO, Heritage & People's Choice Ltd

Jane Mitchell
General Manager of Information Technology Group, Water Corporation

Sameera Bandara
Head of IT, St Barbara Limited

Rebecca Ostergaard
Chief Digital Officer, CSIRO

Mark O'Brien
General Manager, Digital Technology & Innovation (CIO), CITIC Pacific Mining

Nam Lam
Country Manager, ANZ, SailPoint

Dr. Joe Sweeney
Advisor, IBRS

Matt Swinburne
CTO, Cloud Architecture, APAC, NetApp

Alex Evans
Manager Customer & Information Services, City of Wanneroo

Liam Dermody
Director of Red Team, Darktrace

Prashant Singh
State Branch Chair WA, IT Service Management Forum

Michelle Fitzpatrick
Head of Technology & Enterprise, St Mary's Anglican Girls' School

David Anthony
CIO, WesCEF

David Irecki
Director, Solution Consulting, APJ, Boomi

Chris Garford
Partner, Cyber Red Team, Deloitte Cyber

Mike Schuman
Principal Consultant, Sigmaphi

William Edmond
Distinguished Enterprise Architect, Oracle

Sonia Knox
Executive Manager Enterprise Agility, Portfolio & Ways of Working, Bankwest

Matt Curnow
Digital Transformation and Innovation Lead, APAC, Wood

Matt Turner
Principal Architect, Industrial, Google Cloud

Matthew Cheney
CTO, Western Power

Lindsay O'Sullivan
Chief Operating Officer, Keystart

Carl Solder
CTO, Cisco System Australia

Aaron Kelder
Chief Executive Officer, ES2

Joe Craparotta
VP IT Business, Strategic Customers & Segments, Schneider Electric

Nick Sone
Chief Customer Officer, Brennan

2023 Partners

PRINCIPAL PARTNER:
• SailPoint

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Rimini Street
• NetApp

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Oracle
• Boomi
• ManageEngine
• Deloitte
• Google Cloud
• Life Is On | Schneider Electric
• SMC
• Cisco
• DarkTrace

SUMMIT PARTNERS:
• Brennan
• Arctic Wolf
• Zetta
• ES2
• Forest Grove
• Ever Nimble Tech Experts
• Westcon
• Nokia
• Radlink Communications
• IBRS Analysis Insight Judgement