ACS Half-Day Summit: Young Professionals

Unlock your potential to break into and thrive in the Australian tech industry.

Registration End Date: Fri, 17 Jan, 05:00 PM

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Kirribilli Club
11 Harbourview Crescent
Lavender Bay NSW 2060

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Event Start: Tue, 21 Jan, 08:30 AM
Event Finish: Tue, 21 Jan, 01:00 PM

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******THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. The next Half Day Summit will be held in April 2020. Event details will be posted soon.***** Our Young Professionals Half-Day Summit includes three sessions hosted by accomplished industry professionals who share their expertise in what it takes to stand out as an emerging tech professional. As the next generation of leaders in our industry, this event improves your interpersonal skills to network, undertake mentoring and get that dream job you've been looking for. Agenda <ul><li>8:30am - 9:00am: Registration and networking</li><li>9:00am - 9:20am: Late Registration (attendees who arrive after 9:20am will not receive any of the 6 CPD hours).</li><li>9:00am - 10:10am: Session 1: Develop your networking skills with Steve Jensen, Managing Director, Impact Training Corporation </li><li>10:20am - 11:20am: Session 2: Talking Tech with Gavin Conway, Founder & Delivery Lead, Tech Insite</li><li>11:20am - 11:50am: Light snack and networking</li><li>11:50am - 12:50pm: Session 3: Insights to landing your ideal role with Rachel Chong, Principal Consultant - Technology, The MitchelLake Group </li><li>12:50pm - 1:00pm: Event conclusion</li></ul> Dress Code Business Casual. CPD Points Members of the Professional Year program attending the half-day conference will account for all 6 CPD hours provided all three sessions are attended in full. CPD hours cannot be split per session i.e. if you only attend one or two sessions you cannot receive 2 or 4 CPD hours. Prior to the event you will be sent an email confirming your registration, which will have a QR Code that looks like this: <img alt="User-added image" src="https://id.acs.org.au/servlet/rtaImage?eid=7010o0000019o7d&feoid=00N9000000EVCh7&refid=0EM90000001Ey5E"></img> (Please note the above is an example only, and is not your QR Code for this event). It is your responsibility to ensure you are marked as attended by scanning your QR code with an ACS staff member. If you are unable to scan in with your code for any reason, you must still have your name marked off.

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Speaker	Rachel Chong Rachel is a Principal Consultant at MitchelLake, where she partners with and advises startups, scale-ups and high growth technology businesses in talent acquisition and attraction. She specialises in first time leadership hires, software engineering team builds, engaging passive talent and navigating ambiguity in challenging engagements. Originally from Malaysia, Rachel has spent eight years in Australia and has gained a deep understanding of the Australian working culture. She’s passionate about helping internationals assimilate and thrive in this environment. Show More
Speaker	Steve Jensen Steve Jensen is the founder and CEO of Impact Training Corporation, specializing in teaching people cutting edge sales, communications, leadership and public speaking skills. Steve has been involved in and building businesses for over three decades and is regarded as a world leader in sales and communication training, mentoring and implementation strategies and has helped to positively influence people’s lives and their business profits. Steve is also the founder the National Sales Academy & My Mentor Coach, and recently The Sales Authority Club & Podcasts which has helped boost the profits of thousands of people, businesses and Corporate companies in Australia and around the world. Steve was voted the best presenter in sales, sale management & communication in 4 countries over the years & was the one the guest speakers at the coveted Speakers Master Class Event for the National Speakers Association. Steve was awarded Presenter of the Year at the Australian Filex Convention & has presented regularly at many of the Global Les Mills Summit & IHRSA Convention in Los Angeles USA and many other countries globally and teaches people how plan & deliver memorable presentations. Steve was also recognised by Fitness Australia for his service to that Industry by being given into The Honour Roll Award was for his training in sales & communications skills as well as for his innovation & revolutionising of the sales processes & techniques globally for nearly 2 decades and has now been inducted into the Hall of Fame & put on the Fitness Australia Honour Roll. At the Filex Convention Steve was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australian Network. The Life Time Achievement Award made only to Professionals who have dedicated their lives to working in the industry & making a difference to the people that work in sales & management. Steve was recognised for his contribution to sales & communication and to businesses in general. Setting new trends in training and evolutionary ways to ensure people know that the art of selling and to communicate effectively has changed and in an ever changing marketplace, he has developed ways that teach you how to inspire people to take action. He says, “Gone are the days of pushy hard closing selling” and Businesses must evolve if they want to maximise every opportunity. Steve also says “Selling and Customer Care skills can be learnt and when implemented correctly, will increase sales dramatically”. When a sales person has learnt skills that are easy to use they are excited to use them. You really only have one chance to close the sale – Make The Most Of It. Show More
Speaker	Gavin Conway Founder and Head of Engineering @ Tech Insite Tech Insite designs and builds scalable and reliable software that places the needs of people above technical constraints. We deliver a high-quality result with the utmost consideration for the problem at hand and the needs of the business. We also invest in startups. Gavin is an accomplished and pragmatic software engineer who has delivered world-class solutions on a global stage at Rovio Entertainment (creator of Angry Birds), Nokia, Barclays Bank, Australian Passports, Amer Sports, Optus, and Commonwealth Bank to name a few. Back when neural networks were just beginning to recognise cats on YouTube, Gavin was already leveraging machine learning on the development of the "Wilson X Connected Basketball" for real time shot prediction combined with computer vision to recognise individual basketball players during a live match. Today Gavin heads up Tech Insite where he leads and mentors a small but elite team of software engineers focused on delivering high-quality software. The team specialises in building scalable, reliable and maintainable solutions for startups and small-medium sized businesses and enterprises in Australia and across the world. Show More

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