2020 was a disruptive year. We learned that we could and couldn't live with, what we could adapt to and what technologies would support us. There were winners and losers. In this key session, the head of Australia's no. 1 research and innovation hub takes us through what change, what trends emerged and what that will mean for the future of innovation and change.

Risks are imperative in technological advancement. Knowing when and how to make one and what it will mean is imperative in creating disruptive and competitive advantage. No company is more competitive and has shown more agility than global behemoth Salesforce. In this session, Salesforce's key innovator and change maker will take us through when, where and how to make a strategic risk.

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. With a focus on innovative technology such as Space Domain Awareness, Quantum computing, AI and Machine Learning, Lee helps organisations on their journey of digital transformation underpinned by the need for agile cultural transformation, cloud native strategy and Responsible, Ethical AI. 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.

Shaloo Garg is head of Microsoft's Growth state start-ups and she is committed to ensuring start-ups are market ready to win. A firm believer that the most powerful use case of technology is leveraging it to unlock solutions in social impact, Shaloo talks through how large corporates can unlock the power of start-ups to ensure that there is cohesion between the two.

We've gone beyond talking about smart technologies and we've moved into the realm applying them to make our workplaces more efficient and effective. In this session from leading property firm CBRE we look at how the application of cutting-edge AI technology is improving service delivery and cutting costs.

Spaceship is a micro-investing platform and online super company that is challenging how the tradition players operate. Making investing open and accessible to everyone, Spaceship is an app only platform that has disrupted the market, making it easy for people to login, check and move money around freely. In this session, Andrew talks about how Spaceship began and what it took to build the technology that changed the market.

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!

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. Lendi was named in this year's AFR's most innovative companies. Find out why this company is trouncing the competition with it understand of how emerging technologies can be integrated.

Coca-Cola makes the list of Forbes most innovative companies in the world and Coca-Cola Freestyle (not available in Australia) allows the customer to select over 16 different Coca-Cola products as well as mixing and deciding on their own custom product all in the one machine. Winning the Self-Service Innovation Award in 2020, Freestyle is a customer first product. In this key session, Thomas talks about what it took to determine, plan and build this innovation and how it is benefiting Coca-Cola and the customer simultaneously.

Innovation starts with people and in this session, Beth will reveal the secrets of how the infant Tesla managed to attract some of the best and brightest in the industry and how they maintained their culture of innovation as a huge corporate. Beth joined Tesla when it was just a young upstart company with a dream of creating something bigger. When she finished her role as the head of HR, the company was 35,000 employees strong. In this key session, Beth talks about how Tesla's "big company" vision was always to hire talent like they were a start-up and how that plan got them into Forbes' top 10 most innovative companies in the world.

Amazon is considered by Forbes as the 3rd most innovative companies in the world and its Twitch product is considered by Fast Company as the most innovative product of the year in 2019. In this key session, Lewis will take us through what it took to design the Twitch product with customer first design team and what that means for the product and the team.

Pradeep Parameswaran is Uber’s Asia Pacific President, responsible for leading the company’s mobility business across the fast-growing region.
Since taking on the role during the height of the pandemic last year, Pradeep has overseen the redesign of Uber’s service with COVID safety in mind, navigated successive waves of business impact and is now reimagining how the region can move better throughout recovery.
He is fueled by a passion for building a shared, green and multimodal platform for on-demand mobility, and leading Uber’s regional commitment to 100 percent of trips taking place on zero-emission vehicles by 2040.

Being a leader of an innovative organisation means being involved in the culture the organisation is fostering and making sure you're abreast of how your employees approach problems and think about solutions. In this session, the CEO of Australia's most innovative construction companies talks about culture, cultural development and the spirit of innovation within that culture.

Dan Taylor is General Manager of Innovation and Member Engagement at TAL. Initially launched as a stand-alone solution, TAL has fully-integrated Claims Assist to enable a simple self-service digital experience that provides confidence to customers when navigating challenging circumstances in their lives. This session unpacks how the insurer set aside traditional barriers to innovation success, its learnings from prototype to final product, and explores how the journey disrupted how TAL thinks about claims across people, processes and technology.

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