Melbourne CIO Virtual Executive Summit
10 November, 2021 | 9:00-13:30 AEDT 11 November, 2021 | 9:00-11:45 AEDT
10 November, 2021 | 9:00-13:30 AEDT 11 November, 2021 | 9:00-11:45 AEDT
Collaborate with your peers
Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Melbourne CIO Virtual Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Remaining tuned into emergent technologies to capitalise on innovations
Enterprise resilience and agility through proactive and reactive risk management
Refocus IT leadership to improve business outcomes and maximise value
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Justin Davies
Ovato
Chief Information Officer
Melinda Duke
RMIT University
CTO
Tracey Evans
Seek
CIO
Barry Magsanay
Treasury Wine Estates
Global Head of Information Security & Americas IT Services
Matt Mueller
Iluka Resources Limited
Chief Information Officer
What to Expect
Connect with your CIO community through a variety of different session formats at the upcoming Virtual Executive Summit. You'll have the opportunity to listen, engage and create lasting relationships with like-minded peers.
Agenda
10 November 2021
11 November 2021
11:15 - 12:00 AEDT Keynote
Attack Surface Protection in the Era of Automation
Hosted by Cycognito
Mazino Onibere
Head Of Cyber Security, Risk And Compliance
Regis Aged Care
Fadi AlJa'fari
Cyber Security and Risk Director
Deakin University
Jim Wachhaus
Attack Surface Protection Evangelist
CyCognito
Sam Curcuruto
Senior Director of Product Marketing
CyCognito
With the massive rise in threats across dynamic attack surfaces, CISOs are reinventing cybersecurity with intelligent automation. Leveraging machine learning, cloud scaling, and workflow automation to reduce detection times to milliseconds, and takedown times to minutes. And because people cant scale, automation plays a crucial role in strengthening the security posture of organisations that wish to be proactive in this era of digital convergence.
Join this session with security leaders to discuss:
- How prevention, detection, and response can scale via workflow automation
- How intelligent automation can empower security teams to focus on higher-value tasks
- How automating attack surface management can be achieved with AI
12:00 - 13:30 AEDT Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
09:00 - 09:45 AEDT Keynote
The CIO & CISO Mission — Directly Aligning IT & Security to Business Objectives
Hosted by Zscaler
John Ellis
CISO
BUPA ANZ
Kavitha Mariappan
EVP Customer Experience and Transformation
Zscaler
Keeping pace with business demands requires IT & security to embrace transformation. Poor user experience slowed M&A value, expanded security concerns, and IT misalignment with business goals prevent top enterprises from obtaining agility and resiliency. As last year demonstrated, legacy systems don’t react quickly or scale to accommodate rapid change. It’s imperative that CIOs & CISOs focus on removing the legacy infrastructure that slows IT transformation and impedes business growth and foster the culture necessary to achieve this.
Join this session to discuss:
- Implementing a technology strategy that accelerates enterprise scaling and agility strategies with security at the core
- Promoting alignment between IT, security, and the business to provide better value to customers
- Creating the organisational culture needed to accomplish a successful legacy infrastructure transformation
09:45 - 10:00 AEDT Break
10:00 - 11:00 AEDT Executive Boardroom
As Economies Roar out of Lockdown, Is IT Equipped for Business Transformation?
Hosted by Apptio
Ben Allard
Vice President & General Manager, APAC
Apptio
Unal Altay
CIO
VLine
Melinda Duke
CTO
RMIT University
Financial and operational agility are the keys to value capture in a world where business and technology are inseparable. New technologies and methods are creating new classes of “haves” and “have nots” among peers. The importance of juggling efficiency gains while informing strategies and intelligent adoption of cloud, agile and hybrid operations has never been greater.
Join this boardroom for a timely discussion on:
- A CIO’s view of strategic cost and consumption optimisation
- How finance, the business, and IT team inform better strategic decisions and outcomes
- What characterises “maturity” in organisations that successfully achieve this three-way capability
10:00 - 11:00 AEDT Executive Boardroom
The Upsurge of Digital Initiatives but What About Creating Value for Your Customers?
Rob Pickering
General Manager - Technology
Australian Football League
Upinder Aggarwal
Group Head of Product, Technology
Kmart Australia
Shashank Kaul
Chief Technology Officer
Webjet Australia
Customer expectations and behaviors are changing as business, technology, and society at large evolve. Despite the rapid adoption of digital initiatives, the speed and responsiveness to customer needs has been lagging. New channels and technologies open up opportunities that can help organisations differentiate. Rethinking how organisations can leverage innovation to create value for customers is critical, now more than ever.
Join this session to learn:
- Simplifying IT transformation for a better customer experience
- Accelerate application delivery to keep up with customer demands
- Cut operational costs by leveraging technology
10:00 - 11:00 AEDT Executive Boardroom
Strategically Upskilling IT and Cyber Talent to Combat the Talent Shortage
Justin Davies
Chief Information Officer
Ovato
Peter Wolski
Head of Cyber & Information Security
MYOB
As the volume and velocity of digital disruption accelerate, traditional training can’t keep pace leaving employees behind and enterprises riddled with skills gaps. There is a crucial need for IT leaders to quickly adapt their strategies and approaches to identifying, acquiring, developing, and retaining talent in response to changing business circumstances.
Join this interactive session with your peers to share and learn how to:
· Reduce IT and Cyber talent flight risks by understanding the top attrition drivers
· Identify upskilling priorities that align with corporate goals
· Create learning opportunities for your IT workforce
11:15 - 12:00 AEDT Keynote
Digital Transformation – Big Projects or Digital Fitness Lifestyle?
Steve Hodgkinson
Chief Information Officer / Director, Business Technology and Information Management
Department of Health (Victoria)
To capture the real value from cloud, organisations need to focus their investments and build a cloud-ready operating model. This session will discuss the experiences of the Victorian state government’s health and human services departments in leveraging public cloud services and agile methods to implement digital transformation.
Join this session to learn:
- How to manage digital investment as a multi-year investment portfolio
- Best practices to adopt agile cloud transformation
- How to build and empower in-house teams
- How to execute high cadence project delivery
09:00 - 09:45 AEDT Keynote
Gaining Visibility to Strengthen Your Security Posture
Hosted by Tanium
Stephanie Aceves
Senior Director Product Management
Tanium
Chris Anderson
Group Cyber Security Director
Pernod Ricard Winemakers
Nigel Hedges
Head of Information Security
CPA Australia
Barry Magsanay
Global Head of Information Security & Americas IT Services
Treasury Wine Estates
Jamie Rossato
Information Security Director
Lion
CISOs are increasingly looking for ways to protect their organisation’s cyber resilience against new and changing threats. Having complete visibility across the entire digital ecosystem is critical to effectively communicate cyber risk while protecting vulnerable networks and critical assets.
Join this session to discuss:
Best practices to ensure visibility of your threat landscape
Strategies to effectively communicate risk with relevant stakeholders
Securing data while making it more accessible to help make informed decisions
09:45 - 10:00 AEDT Break
10:00 - 11:00 AEDT Executive Boardroom
Data Privacy Meets Business Strategy – It’s a Matter of Trust
Stephen Fracalossi
Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer
Education Services Australia
Trisha Lee
Head of Data Risk & Compliance
ANZ Bank
Andy White
Head of Data
Sportsbet
Getting privacy right isn’t just an exercise in compliance. Increasingly, consumers expect that organisations are protecting their data while providing more control over its use. Without robust data governance, security, and privacy triad, today’s digital enterprise will find customers losing trust and pivoting to rivals. Is your privacy program creating the necessary foundation of trust your company depends on?
During this session you will discover:
- How Privacy plays into business strategy across industries in today’s economy
- Different reporting structures, roles, and the C-suite responsibility in privacy
- Specific challenges for data privacy and security across third-party vendors
10:00 - 11:00 AEDT Executive Boardroom
Strengthening Your Cyber Security Posture Through Effective Leadership
William Fleming
Manager – Information Security, IMT Strategy | IMTD
Department of Education & Training Victoria
Mike Todd
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Department of Health (Victoria) & Department of Families, Fairness & Housing (Victoria)
John Ellis
CISO
BUPA ANZ
As networks continue to evolve and digitize, organisations are confronted with the challenge of increased cyber risk. This has increased the burden on CISOs to manage expectations and keep up with the ever-changing attack tactics by cybercriminals. A strong security posture and true leadership demonstrate how well-equipped organisations are to identify, prevent and respond to cyber-attacks.
Join this session learn:
- Demonstrating true leadership in the wake of an attack
- C-suite role in fostering a culture of security awareness
- Addressing risk beyond primary vendors
10:00 - 11:00 AEDT Executive Boardroom
Leadership Strategies for the Future of Business Applications
Tracey Evans
CIO
Seek
Jimmy Lee
CIO
Cedar Wood Properties
The demand for business resilience in a post-pandemic environment will translate to an imperative for responsive, agile applications and innovative software engineering. As enterprises transform to their digital futures, the experience of making, buying, and using applications will also transform. This track will help you to pave your unique road to the future of applications:
- Emerging technologies that are driving the future of applications
- Application modernization, rationalization and integration strategies
- Lead strategic IT-business collaboration through technological, organizational, and cultural change when delivering future applications
10 November 2021
11 November 2021
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