Program
8.30am
Registration with tea and coffee
9.00am
WELCOME – Rachel Slattery
New Energy
presenters
Industry Leaders
- Mara Bun – Non-Executive Director, Enova Community Energy
- Charles Day – CEO, Office of Innovation and Science Australia
- Teresa Engelhard – Non-Executive Director, Origin Energy
- Lisa Harvey-Smith – Astronomer, CSIRO
- Jo Hume – Venture Partner, Southern Cross Venture Partners
10.00am
Solutions for Industry
presenters
Industry Leaders
- Colette Grgic – Chief Innovation Officer, BlueChilli
- Tony Holt – Co-founder, Square Peg Capital
- Adrian Turner – CEO, CSIRO’s Data61
11.00am
Morning Tea
11.30am
Agriculture
presenters
Industry Leaders
- Mike Briers – Industry Professor of IoT, UTS
- Fiona Pak-Poy – Non Executive Director MYOB; iSentia; SIRCA; Sydney School of Entrepreneurship; PageUp People
- Daniel Petre – Partner, AirTree Ventures, Philanthropist
12.15pm
Enterprise solutions
presenters
Industry Leaders
- Kara Frederick – General Partner, Reinventure Group
- Ghazaleh Lyari – Director, CHAMP Ventures
- Jonathan Nicholson – Chairman, Quintessence Labs
- Mandy Simpson – Strategic Advisor, Cyber Toa
- Niki Scevak – Managing Director, Blackbird Ventures
- Jost Stollmann – Executive Director, Tyro
1.30pm
LUNCH
2.30pm
Better Health and Education
presenters
Industry Leaders
- Karen Borg – Chief Executive Officer, Jobs for NSW
- Topaz Conway – Chair, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
- Phil Morle – Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
4.00pm
Connectivity
presenters
Industry Leaders
- Petra Andren – CEO, Cicada Innovations
- Larry Marshall – Chief Executive, CSIRO
- Simon Poole – Director, New Business Ventures, Finisar
- David Skellern
4.45pm
PROVOCATION: The Future is Here! – or is it?
- Lisa Harvey-Smith – Astronomer, CSIRO
- Nicky Ringland – Computing Education Specialist, Australian Computing Academy
- Mandy Simpson – Strategic Advisor, Cyber Toa
5.30pm
Awards ceremony and Networking (Heritage Room, 37 Reservoir St)
* This program is subject to change