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| Australia’s Top 15 Most Disruptive Start Ups to Watch Showcase & Disruptive Innovation Robotics Site Visit: 21 November 2018 | ||
| 09:00 – 12:00 | Australia’s Top 15 Most Disruptive Startups: How They Are Unlocking Innovations with Visionary Goals | |
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| Unique to this year’s forum is Australia’s Top 15 Most Disruptive Startups to watch out for, where you will gain eye-opening experience on how start ups are developing new innovations to disrupt future business models. From blockchain innovations to agtech, you will discover how these companies are penetrating new markets with compelling business models, unique innovations and culture. Expect to listen from exciting business models including Trove (insurtech startup), Plattar (augmented reality innovator) to leaders such as Amazon on their AI platform. | ||
| 09:10 Network – The Critical Element of Digital Transformation | ||
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JOHN ROMANO Chief Product Officer Saisei Networks |
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| 09:50 Why Start-up Founders Fail to Raise Capital |
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BASIL TAMBANIS Principal Corporate Paths |
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| 10:30 Refreshments Break | ||
| 10:45 Israel and Australia as Start- Up Nations How We Are Unlocking Opportunities through Game Changing Innovation and Entrepreneurship | ||
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BEVERLY HONIG Chairman Honeylight Enterprise Pty Ltd |
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| 11:30 Digital Transformation from the Ground Up |
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KATE RUSSELL Head of Corporate Partnerships Startupbootcamp |
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| 13:00 – 16:00 | Disruptive Innovation in Robotics Site Visit | |
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In this unique and informative site visit, you will visit some of the world’s largest robotics research institutes. These institutes have been instrumental in developing breakthrough technologies and in conducting world-leading research and development of field robotics principles and systems. They have also partnered with major national and international agencies in academia, government and industry, and has established a number of leading research centers funded by the Australian Research Council, mining, security and defence, and environmental agencies. Venues:
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| 09:00 | Forum Introduction by Chairperson Chairperson Highlights on Forum Day-1 Key Sessions |
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NICHOLLE LINDNER Transformation Partner and Vice President, Banking and Financial Services Transformation Genpact Chairperson & Moderator |
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| HYPER DISRUPTIVE BUSINESS MODELS: JOURNEY FROM INCEPTION TO CRYSTALLIZATION OF POWERFUL BUSINESS | ||
| 09:15 | Keynote Address: Industry 4.0 – Digitising Australian Enterprises for the Next Industrial Revolution |
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ROCKY SCOPELLITI Director of Centre for Industry 4.0 Optus |
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| 09:50 | Assisted Disruption: Embracing Voice and AI-Driven Assistants in Service Industries to Create New Possibilities |
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BRAD KASELL Director Deloitte Digital |
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| 10:30 | Virtual Reality as a Game-Changer: How Alibaba Smashed its US$18 billion Singles Day Sales with the Help of Virtual Reality Shopping |
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PROF HENRY B.L. DUH Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology La Trobe University |
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| 11:10 | Morning Refreshment & Networking | |
| 11:30 | Disruptive Innovations in Aerospace: How SpaceX’s Reusable Rockets is Disrupting Boeing and Leapfrogging NASA? | |
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JOHN MOODY International Representative, Interorbital Systems Financier, Launch and Program Director, MSC/Allison1 Satellite CEO, Moody Space Centre |
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| 12:05 | Case Study: Technologies and Opportunities for Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks | |
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PROF Y. JAY GUO, FTSE FIEEE FIET Director Global Big Data Technologies |
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| 12:45 | Planning for Uncertainty: How Can Our Cities Prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? |
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SANDER VAN AMELSVOORT Director of Policy & Research Committee for Melbourne |
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| 13:15 | Lunch & Networking | |
| CRITICAL KILLER INNOVATIONS THAT COULD DISRUPT INDUSTRIES OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS | ||
| 14:15 | Interactive Roundtable Discussions on Future Disruptive Technologies That Could Be Major in the Next 10 Years: |
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| 1. Next Generation Computer Vision | ||
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DR. AMIT KUMAR GUPTA AI Computer Vision Research Lead Canon Research Australia (CISRA) |
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| 2. The Facebook Physician: How Social Media, Data and Media Consent Transforming Research Approaches and Establishing New Boundaries |
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MICHELLE GALLAHER Managing Director The Social Science |
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| 15:00 | Case Studies: Creation of Business Models Through AI and Advanced Analytics |
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MARK ALEXANDER Executive Director Centre for Business Analytics Melbourne Business School |
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| 15:30 | Case Study: Three Perspective to Innovation |
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WARWICK GRACO Senior Director Operational Analytics Australian Taxation Office |
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| 16:00 | Afternoon Refreshment & Networking | |
| PUSHING THE ENVELOPE TO BUILD A RELENTLESS INNOVATIVE CULTURE | ||
| 16:15 | How to Create a Culture and Structure for Disruptive Innovation | |
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EVANGELINE ASTON-THAM Director, Innovation & Design Helio |
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| 16:45 | The Roles of Emerging Technologies in Traditional Organizations | |
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GREG BOOKER Group CIO, Digital and Innovation Executive, RACQ Associate Director, Intelematics |
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| 17:15 | Disruptive Innovation, Customers and Business Models |
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SARAH DODS Innovation Business Owner Australia Post |
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| Disruptive Innovation Champagne Networking Session and End of Day 1 Enjoy a glass of champagne while networking with other C-level individuals including CEOs CTOs and CIOs to hear on the latest innovation killers and latest disruptive business models. Network with global thought leaders, futurists and tech leaders to uncover the path to innovations. |
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| 09:00 | Highlights on Forum Day-2 Key Sessions by Chairperson |
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NICHOLLE LINDNER Transformation Partner and Vice President, Banking and Financial Services Transformation Genpact Chairperson & Moderator |
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| UP AND COMING DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS THAT COULD PROPEL FUTURE BUSINESS MODELS | ||
| 09:10 | Using AI to Amplify Human Creativity and Intelligence |
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SCOTT RIGBY Head of Digital Transformation for Enterprise Solutions, APAC Adobe |
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| 09:50 | Contracting 2.0: Contracting is Core to Business and Leading corporations are Turning to Next Generation Technologies and Tools to Deliver Improved Business, Quality and Cost Outcomes |
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STEVEN WALKER Managing Director, Law Department and Contracts Consulting, APAC Elevate |
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| 10:30 | Anatomy of a Digitally Transformed Organization |
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GLENN ANTHONY SMYTH Founder & CE Fragile to Agile (Asia Pac) Pty Ltd |
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| 10:45 | Morning Refreshment & Networking | |
| 11:00 | How Immersive Technology and A.I Will Change Training for Education Industry |
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JOE MILLWARD Innovation Manager TAFE NSW |
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| 11:30 | Disruptive Impact of Technologies on Professional Services Firm |
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JOYDEEP DAS Program Director & Leading Technology Transformation Telstra |
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| 12:00 | Robotics Care Companion |
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FRANCISCO FLEMING Co-Founder, Digital Health Innovation mPhyt |
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| 12:30 | Lunch & Networking | |
| 13:30 | Panel Discussions: Learning Lessons from Companies That Failed – From Kodak to Borders and Blockbuster, How Should Companies Re-Invent Themselves in a Disruptive Era | |
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ROB HANSON Senior Research and Futurist CSIRO’s Data61 Senior Honorary Fellow 3A Institute |
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TOM AMOS CEO & Co-Founder Sidekicker |
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JOHN ROMANO Chief Product Officer Saisei Networks |
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| 14:15 | Innovation and Disruption in the Classroom – AR, VR, AI or UAV |
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ANDREW CHURCHES Head of Faculty Technology and Design, Kristin School Tutor of Digital Technology & Computer Science, Auckland University of Technology |
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| 15:00 | Afternoon Refreshment & Networking | |
| 15:15 | How Blockchain Will Transform Future Food Safety & Security |
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STEPHEN CARTER CTO & Technology Director Greenleaf Enterprises Pty Ltd |
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| 16:30 | The Future of eCare and eSales |
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YUAN HENG FAN Senior Digital Expert (Associate Partner) McKinsey & Company Inc |
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KEERTHI IYENGAR Senior Digital Manager – Enterprise Architect McKinsey & Company Inc |
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| 17:00 | Q&A Session & Closing Remark by Conference Chairperson |