Conference

ACS Queensland State Tech Summit - ICT Professionals & Leaders

The ACS Queensland State Tech Summit has been developed to explore tech profession challenges and opportunities post-COVID, in addition to highly-relevant technical, leadership, business and soft-skill content.

The Rose Room, Cloudland, 641 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006
Fri 25 Mar 2022 08:00 AM AEST
Duration: 9.5 hours

Early Member $125.00

Register by Wed 23 Mar 2022 06:00 PM AEST
In Person
CPD Hours: 5
Skills Level: -

About this event

The ACS Queensland State Tech Summit has been developed to explore tech profession challenges and opportunities post-COVID, in addition to highly-relevant technical, leadership, business and soft-skill content. Designed with dedicated concurrent streams for ICT professionals/leaders; and emerging professionals/students, the program features an outstanding cast of industry speakers.

Morning tea and lunch provided.

8-9AM Registration and Networking

9-9:45AM Opening plenary 

Welcome Remarks
Chair: Beau Tydd, Chair, ACS QLD BEC

Vision for Innovation in Queensland
Presenter: Lea Diffey, A/Deputy Director-General at Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport

Taking Queensland to the world – acquisition of Dialog by NCS
Presenter: Bob Tisdall, Director, Dialog Information Technology

ACS Reflections and Directions
Presenter: Nick Tate, President, ACS

9.50-11AM ICT Leadership in the COVID new normal - reflections and directions
Featuring a panel of high-profile national ICT leaders, this session will discuss shared experiences, opportunities uncovered and the key technologies reshaping the ICT sector, along with how to position your tech company to take advantage of the ‘new normal.’

Panelists:
Jamie Wilson, Founder, Cryptoloc
Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann, Managing Director, ATech
Steve Denham, Associate Director Client Success, Datacom
Paul Mangano, Managing Director, Mangano IT
Jo Stewart-Rattray, CSO, Silver Chain; ACS Vice President - Communities Boards

MC - Johnny Serrano, Chief Digital Officer, Groundprobe; Treasurer, ACS Queensland Branch Executive Committee and Member, ACS Diversity and Inclusion Committee

11-11.15AM - Morning Tea and networking

11:15AM-12PM Legal, Financial and HR health checks for your tech organisation
Join the Active Law, Pitch Partners and JJP Talent Solutions teams for a Q&A around all of your legal, financial, HR and recruiting questions in relation to structuring, key legal and HR/recruitment considerations for your tech company. Questions in advance can be emailed to acs.qld@acs.org.au

Presenters:
Michelle Cowan, Senior Associate, Active Law
Nicola Steel, Founder, JJP Talent Solutions
Roxanne Chick, Manager, Pitcher Partners

MC - Beau Tydd, Chair, ACS QLD BEC

12-1PM HyperOne project
HyperOne will be the largest private, independent digital infrastructure project in Australia’s history, capable of carrying over 10,000 terabits per second – more traffic than every other national backbone built in Australia’s history combined. Hear an update on this exciting backbone project (the first built in almost two decades) and what this means for the tech sector in terms of jobs, regional connectivity and investment.

Presenter:
Bevan Slattery, Founder at SUB.CO, Cloudscene, Superloop, Megaport, NEXTDC and Co-Founder PIPE Networks

MC - Peter Yeates, Director of Technology Services, Somerville House
 

1-2PM Lunch

2-3PM Cyber security trends, reflections and directions
Following a huge spike in cyber incidents over the last 2 years including some notable examples such as TOLL and SolarWinds, this session will explore the latest cyber risks and considerations from a systems and education perspective for your organisation.

Panelists:
Jamie Wilson, Founder, Cryptoloc
Lani Refiti, Co-Founder, CyberMetrix
Jo Stewart-Rattray, CSO, Silver Chain; ACS Vice President - Communities Board
Sean Duca, Vice President and Regional Chief Security Officer, Palo Alto Networks

MC - Peter Maynard, Co-Founder and CEO, CyberMetrix, ACS Queensland Community of Practice Lead - Cyber

3.10-4PM Smart Cities Roundtable Discussion
Inviting active participation from our Summit attendees, this interactive round table discussion will canvass:

  • Smart place maturity and benchmarking
  • Standardisation and interoperability of smart technologies between jurisdictions,
  • Data sharing, AI and Data Governance,
  • IoT for Smart Places
  • Cyber security concerns
  • Access to key resources such as how to guides, maturity models, frameworks, case studies.

Following the discussion, a report will be prepared on high level discussion outcomes. This report will then provide the basis for the development of the next iteration of a Smart Australia feasibility study.

Panelists: 
Matthew Schultz, Director at Gravelroad Group; Member - ACS IOT Committee; Smart City & IoT Expert
Ian Oppermann, ACS Immediate Past President, NSW Government Chief Data Scientist and Industry Professor at UTS
Harman Singh, Smart Cities and Places Lead, GHD Digital
Genene Kleppe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Twinning Australia
Rupert Grayston, CEO, ACS
Mitch Miller, CIO, Bundaberg Regional Council

MC - Beau Tydd, Chair, ACS Queensland Branch Executive Committee

4-4.30PM Boston Dynamics Spot demonstration by Corematic Engineering 

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Closing remarks
 

Presenter: 
Beau Tydd, Chair, ACS Queensland Branch Executive Committee


4.30PM Summit networking drinks
Attendees are invite to join the ACS Queensland Branch Executive Committee for post-event networking drinks. One complimentary drink ticket will be provided as part of registration.

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*Disclaimer - Event format may change due to COVID conditions. All attendees will be provided information updates and the option to be refunded. 

Speakers

Speaker
Nicholas John Alexander Tate
Panellist
Mitch Miller
Panellist
Sean Duca
Panellist
Genene Kleppe
Speaker
Robert Tisdall
Speaker
Ian Oppermann
Speaker
Rupert Grayston
Panellist
Jamie Wilson
Panellist
Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann
Panellist
Steve Denham
Panellist
Paul Mangano
Panellist
Jo Stewart-Rattray
Speaker
Michelle Cowan
Speaker
Nicola Steel
Speaker
Bevan Slattery
MC
Peter Yeates
Panellist
Lani Refiti
MC
Peter Maynard
Panellist
Matthew Schultz
Panellist
Harman Singh
MC
Beau Tydd
MC
Johnny Serrano
Speaker
Lea Diffey
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Event Location

The Rose Room, Cloudland, 641 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006
The Rose Room, Cloudland, 641 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006
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