Jon is Director at CSIRO’s Data61, Australia’s national centre for R&D in data science and digital
technologies. With over 1000 staff and affiliates, partnerships with industries across almost every
sector, and collaborations with over 30 Universities, Data61 acts both as a centre for expertise
and an enabler for national initiatives. Data61’s strengths are in artificial intelligence and machine
learning, cyber security and privacy preserving technologies, robotics and autonomous systems, and computational science. Data61 works across the entirety of CSIRO, collaborating with scientists and
engineers in manufacturing, health and biosecurity, agriculture and food, minerals, land and water,
oceans and atmosphere, and energy.
Data61 offers computer scientists, data scientists, engineers and designers a unique opportunity to
work on cutting edge research that will translate into real-world positive impacts on society.

Experienced as a c-level executive within higher education that has leveraged entrepreneurial instincts, a broad technical skillset, and a very strong reputation for developing and motivating teams at all levels to integrate new technologies that create value for the organization.

Comfortable serving as the voice of the business and building a strong rapport with management, colleagues, vendors, stakeholders and technical specialists.

As Chief Technology Officer at one of the world's most innovative companies, Lee Hickin is uniquely poised to both see how new technologies are shaping the future both internally at Microsoft and in the world at large. In this key session, Lee shares his insight into how innovation and an innovation culture can be shaped and moulded even within a company as large as Microsoft.

My work philosophy: Always be hungry, always challenge the status quo and always be the hardest worker in the room. I’m a firm believer that one of the most powerful use case of technology is leveraging it to unlock solutions in social impact that were once unsurmountable globally.

Specialties: Corporate Innovation- Startups to Enterprise, Strategist for Business growth & Digital transformation, Ecosystem development and growth, Corporate Development, Go-to-Market (GTM), Design thinking, C-Level, Board Engagement & Relationship, Strategic Partnerships, Leadership, Value Selling, Customer Experience ,Ecosystem Development, Global Marketing & Launches

A leader of innovative technology led change in commercial real estate, taking the world’s largest real estate business, CBRE, through client centric digital transformation.

Combining the value of traditional property services with emerging technology such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Smart building Technology, Digital Twins, Next Gen GIS, Virtual and Augmented Reality and Digital User Experience. Working side by side with industry leaders and visionary start-ups across Asia Pacific to deliver tangible world leading client outcomes.

Through direct consultation with our valued clients across Asia Pacific David relentlessly develops client led products and services that deliver truly valuable outcomes such as operational excellence, cost savings, digital revenue and differentiating competitive advantage.

I am a determined and energetic Business Leader with a breadth of senior executive experience in the financial and professional services industries.

My strongest attributes include my ability to formulate clear but stretching business goals and to execute consistently against them. I do this by inspiring and motivating people I work with to truly connect with the underlying purpose of the business, particularly as it relates to its customers and the community it operates in. Alongside this, I always seek to build and nurture a culture of openness, collaboration and resilience that will ensure business longevity.

As a positive, engaging and customer-focused leader, I strive to model high integrity in parallel with the relentless pursuit of achieving business outcomes. I have a reputation for doing this in a diverse range of business settings, often where I am required to apply the full breadth of my general management experience to ‘solve a problem’ or ‘lead through change’.

Shopify is powering thousands of SME’s with its user-friendly web platform power charging online
sales. In this key session, Shaun talks it through their strategy of levelling up in growth and scale
against the world’s biggest online stores.

Rob has an extensive background in sales and finance in a diverse range of industries including
radio, direct sales and the luxury yacht industry. Rob is co-founder of CIC and oversees the execution
of business wide strategies and operations. Rob has a Bcom degree from Monash University with
majors in Finance and Management.

Test both your general knowledge with your table and your understanding of what was presented over the last few days with Disruptive
Innovation Trivia. Our trivia host will test both what you learned over the last few days and your general knowledge in this fun, interactive
session that pits innovator against innovator. The best table will win both bragging rights and the Disruptive Innovation Prize!

Digital executive with extensive experience in building and executing business and technology strategies that address high impact business problems and opportunities, from startups to large enterprises. I build products, strategy, and teams, from vision through delivery utilizing LEAN, Agile, and DevOps principles ad methodologies.

International experience delivering large scale programs for Fortune 100 companies. Extensive background in mobile, internet, social and consumer interactive marketing.

Fluent in technology, marketing, and finance.

When Beth Davies joined Tesla in 2011, the company was preparing for rapid growth. The company had 800 people but needed thousands more to design, engineer, produce, sell and service Model S, the first electric car Tesla built from the ground up. Company leaders recognized that fast growth like this presented great risk since each person joining would have their own ideas about what needed to be done and how to do it. Without alignment around the strategy, priorities, and core values, the innovation would slow and the company would fail before it got started. As the head of Learning & Development, Beth played a key role in making sure alignment happened.

In this session, Beth shares stories from her time at Tesla to illustrate what any leader can do to create, protect, and nurture a culture of innovation. She’ll cover:
– How Tesla ignited urgency around innovation across the organization. (Disruptive innovation wasn’t reserved for an “innovation team” or select group of engineers!)
– The steps Tesla took to define and communicate its culture so employees knew what was expected of them and were aligned across the organization
– How Tesla approached hiring including the single factor Tesla considered most important when assessing whether someone would be a good addition to the rapidly growing team

Lewis Mitchell is the Partnerships Lead for Australia and New Zealand at Twitch where he oversees the on-boarding and management of content creators in the region. Prior to Twitch, Lewis was the Product Specialist at Spiral Media, now known as SHOWDOWN, managing distribution of Twitch media in the Asia Pacific region.

A serial-entrepreneur and with a unique skillset that spans across corporate strategy, technology, product, customer acquisition and operational excellence. David has spent the majority of his career conceptualising, building and scaling businesses across a number of industries.

Currently Co-Founder & MD at Lendi - One of the fastest growing fintech groups globally.

Louise Adams is Aurecon’s Chief Executive for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for leading approximately 4,000 people, together with the financial and operational performance to meet Aurecon’s strategic and operational business goals across both locations. She is a member of Aurecon’s Group Executive Leadership Team.

Louise became the first female Executive Director on Aurecon’s Global Board in 2013 and is Aurecon’s global spokesperson for Women in Leadership. She has a passion for organisational diversity and the role it plays in innovation, and is an advocate for female leadership and equality within STEM.

In 2016, Louise received a high commendation for Female Champion of Change in Consult Australia’s Excellence Awards, and was awarded a Chief Executive Women Scholarship to attend the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia in 2018. She is a member of Australia’s Chief Executive Women group and is a committee member for Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s Women’s Infrastructure Network Steering Committee and is also the Chair of and only female CEO Advisor to Consult Australia’s Male Champions of Change. She appears at many industry events.

I am adaptable, curious and always learning. Over the years I have been a programmer, consultant, technical specialist, sales professional and a business manager - but always in Information technology and always enjoying the next challenge that comes my way. I started in IT in 1993, managing IBM DOS/VSE mainframe systems and learning the joy of JCL and Cobol.

As a professional, I strive to always work in a field which is both challenging and rewarding. I thrive on the ability to solve problems and deliver results. I have never been afraid to learn new technologies and business strategies and welcome any opportunity which allows me to develop personally as well as the organisation I work for to deliver stronger results.

STRICTLY LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS

• A personalized learning experience
This course is limited to a maximum of 20 participants per masterclass. You will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning, Q&A, mini break out groups and scenario-based activities.

• Module-based learning
Take the time to digest key learnings, implement in with workplace, and come back to report on progress.

• Interactivity & networking
Tailored to give you the same interactive and hands-on learning experiences you would expect from an in-person event.

• Takeaway toolkit
Walk away with a toolkit of practical resources, frameworks, tools to implement in your leadership journey immediately.
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Join Disney’s former Head of Innovation as he takes you through his process for creating and being involved in one of the most creative and innovative companies in the world!

Duncan Wardle rolled out innovation training to each and every one of the Disney employees while the company was at the peak of its innovation and agility – making the Disney corporation a creative thinking behemoth.

In this key one-day masterclass, Duncan will exclusively share the inner workings of Disney’s creative approach and mindset to business.

Armed with these creative behaviours and innovation tools, your organization will see immediate changes in your culture, and will be empowered to develop innovative, disruptive new ideas and solutions that will provide lasting, tangible benefits to your business for years to come.

Key takeaways:
• Each participant will learn how to use the creative behaviours.
• The team will learn how to transfer the power of “my idea” to “our idea”, accelerating the opportunity to actually get it done.
• The workshop is designed to engage both introverts & extroverts, and the three styles of learning.
• The participants will learn how to gather consumer insights for innovation by looking in new and unusu al places (often where their competition isn’t looking).
• The workshop will cover the 5 Lateral Thinking Tools that help get people out of their “River of Thinking” (their personal expertise), and allow them to innovate.
• Everyone will have a common language around Innovation & Creativity.
• The participants will learn how to use powerful storytelling techniques to convey ideas.
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About Duncan:

As Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan helped teams at Disney Parks, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, Imagineering and Animation to innovate, creating magical new storylines and amazing experiences for consumers around the globe.

He now brings his Disney experience to audiences around the world, delivering a series of keynotes, masterclasses, and ideation forums, that help people capture unlikely connections, leading to both disruptive thinking and revolutionary.

He is a multiple TEDx speaker and has been featured in many publications including Fast Company, Forbes, INC., and more. He teaches Innovation and Creativity Masterclasses at Yale University, UNC and U.F.

He also holds the American Citizen Award presented at the White House, an Hons. MBA and Hons. Doctorate from Edinburgh University and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, presented by her majesty, Queen Elizabeth