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Riding the wave
Transforming local government for the digital era
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We couldn't do it without you!
Monday night:
Welcome Reception & Event Launch
@ The Pier Geelong
This is the perfect time to be in Geelong. The
weather is great, the company is better and the time
is right for an inspiring conference to discuss the role
of local government in a digital world.
Our Monday evening Welcome Reception will include dignitaries
from the Geelong region, the state of Victoria and guests from
around the world, including our keynote speakers and exhibitors. The
locally-sourced finger food and wines will be sensational, as will the
networking opportunities. We hope you are able to join us to kick off
this international event in style!
Monday, 25 March 2019
Welcome Reception brought to you by the City of Greater Geelong
6.00pm Drinks & finger food
6.45pm David Bartlett, Conference Co-Chair - Introduction
6.50pm Welcome to Country - Corrina Eccles, Wadawurrung woman with Norm Stanley on the didgeridoo
7.00pm The Hon Adem Somyurek MLC, Minister for Local Government - Welcome to Victoria
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Cr Bruce Harwood, Mayor, City of Greater Geelong - Welcome to Clever and Creative Geelong
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7.15pm [Keynote sponsor TBA] - Welcome & keynote overview
7.20pm David Bartlett & Lisa Bennetto - Event overview
7.23pm Food and drinks service continues
8.30pm CLOSE
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* Program is subject to change
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Plenary Program brought to you by Salesforce – President's Room, GMHBA Stadium
8.30am Registration & Trade Exhibition – Coffee Sponsor Thomas Duryea Logicalis
9.00am Welcome to Country
Corrina Eccles, Wadawurrung woman with Norm Stanley on the didgeridoo
9.10am
Introduction
Jira Lulla Harvey, Conference Co-Chair and
Founder and Director of Kalinya Communications
David Bartlett, Conference Co-Chair and
former Premier of Tasmania
9.30am
(50 mins) Unleashed
Driving the digital transformation of government and the role of local government in helping
communities to thrive in the digital era.
Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
10.20am Transforming the MAV
(20 mins)
Driving a culture shift and a technology shift at the MAV to better support
local government interests, build the capacity of councils, protect the
viability of councils and promote the role of local government.
Kerry Thompson, CEO & Lisa Bennetto, EO MAV Technology
Municipal Association of Victoria
10.40am Morning Tea & Trade Exhibition – Brought to you by Wideband
11.20am
(20 mins) Decolonising the digital: Technology as a cultural practice
Creating the foundations for the social enterprise with Indigenous Knowledge Systems,
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
Angie Abdilla, Founder and CEO of Old Ways, New.
11.40pm
(30 mins) Disrupting the doctors
Challenging the establishment and using tech to deliver innovative, appropriate and quality
health care to the right people in the right place at the right time.
Dr Lance O'Sullivan, Co-Founder Navilluso Medical,
TVNZ Maori of the Year 2013 and New Zealander of the Year 2014
12.10pm
(20 mins)
Ground control – Developing Australia's first commercial spaceport
Delivering innovative economic development outcomes in remote Northern Australia.
Carley Scott, CEO at Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA)
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12.30pm Lunch & Trade Exhibition – Brought to you by Tesserent
Trade Exhibition & Lunch
2.00pm
(20 mins) Digitising of society and democratisation of IoT
Engaging communities with the Internet of Things, through data sharing and governance, open
source and interoperability, crowd sourcing and digital access.
Catherine Caruana-McManus, Director Meshed IoT, Global Smart Cities Ambassador
2.20pm Local government IT collaborations and
(20 mins) exploring alternate delivery models
The challenges of implementing effective collaborative technology
projects in local government.
Daniela Mazzone, Principal Lead, IT Capability and Partnerships &
Colin Fairweather, CIO, City of Melbourne
2.40pm
(20 mins)
Smart Regional Cities
Abstract to come.
Justine Linley, CEO, City of Ballarat
3.00pm
(20 mins) A singular digital presence of government
Abstract to come.
Jithma Beneragama, Executive Director at Innovation Victoria, Department of Premier &
Cabinet, Victorian Government
3.20pm Afternoon Tea & Trade Exhibition – Brought to you by Olikka
4.00pm
(20 mins) Future Cities
Abstract to come
Dr Scott Bourke, Director – Innovation & City Transformation
Paulette Oldfield, City Transformation Program Leader,
Logan City Council
4.20pm
(20 mins)
Building digital self-service and customer confidence
Abstract to come.
Sally Curtain, Executive Director, Customer & Technology @ VicRoads
4.40pm
(40 mins) High performing teams and cultures
How to treat people like adults and give them the necessary autonomy? How do we
outperform our competition? How do we get the most from this ever-changing workforce?
What is the future of work as millennial and centennials enter the market?
Gus Balbontin, former Executive Director & CTO, Lonely Planet
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5.20pm Day one plenary & Expo closes (Awards for Excellence Dinner @ The Pier Geelong commences at 6.30pm)
* Program is subject to change
Tuesday night:
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Awards for Excellence Dinner
Brought to you by Onel Consulting & Cohesity
The MAV Technology Awards for Excellence recognise outstanding achievements by local
government information and communications technology (ICT); geographic information (GIS)
and records management (RM) practitioners to encourage innovation in local government
service delivery for the people of Victoria, Australia and the world.
WHEN WHAT WHERE
6.30pm Pre-dinner drinks
7.00pm Seating & background music
7.10pm Entreé served
7.30pm Welcome song - Casey Bennetto
7.35pm Introduction & acknowledgements - David Bartlett
7.40pm Sponsor address -
7.45pm Nominees and Award presentations Casey Bennetto & David Bartlett
with Tim Neal, Shannon Bourne, Vincenzo Ruberto & Nick Karasaviddis:
Strategy & Planning Achievement of the Year The Pier Geelong
Collaboration or Partnership Achievement of the Year Cunningham Pier,
10 Western
Smart City Achievement of the Year
Foreshore Rd,
Customer Experience Achievement of the Year Geelong
The Victorian Award for Excellence
The Australian Award for Excellence
About the LOLA International Award for Excellence
8.15pm Dinner served
8.45pm Live band and dancing
9.15pm Dessert served
Live band and dancing
11.30pm Close
Our Independent Judges for 2019
Lorraine Tighe Adam Beck Susan Sly
6 Smart Cities Executive IT Leadership,
Practitioner, Director at Innovation,
Design Thinker, Smart Cities Digital,
Innovator Council ANZ Business
Transformation
Victorian Award categories
There are four team award categories for 2019:
• Customer Experience Achievement of the Year
Customer Experience has a number of variations and abbreviations. CX, UX, UI, customer centric, people at the
centre – they all mean pretty much the same thing – Are we delivering something that people want and can use?
A good digital customer experience requires a totally new approach to service delivery. It demands new business
processes and cultural change within council. None of this is easy.
• Collaboration or Partnership Achievement of the Year
Working together to achieve better, faster, simpler and more cost effective outcomes for our communities.
Collaboration or partnerships between council business areas; between councils; or between councils and external
service providers, other levels of government, research organisations or community groups are all eligible.
• Smart City Achievement of the Year
Using information communication technologies and data to be more efficient, solve challenges, and provide new
opportunities. Smart communities advocate for the integration of technology and data infrastructure, promote
digital technologies to increase the capability of existing infrastructure and services, and champion citizen
involvement and citizen-focused service delivery.
• Strategy and Planning Achievement of the Year
Without well-defined goals and a high-level plan to achieve them, it can be easy to be deliver unneeded output,
rather than desired outcomes. Strategy and planning shapes and guides what the project is, who it serves, what
it does, and why it does it. It also clarifies the actions needed to make progress, and includes clear measures to
determine if it is successful.
Entries may be considered in multiple award categories.
Australian and International categories
The Victorian Achievement of the Year will be awarded to one of the four Victorian award category winners.
Interstate local government associations are invited to nominate a single local government achievement to represent their
state or territory in the Australian Achievement of the Year award.
The winner of the Australian Achievement of the Year will be Australia’s nomination in the 2019 LOLA International
Award for Excellence, competing with local government entries from New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, United 7
States, United Kingdom and Belgium. The winner will be announced in May 2019 at the LOLA Conference in Sweden.
Interstate and International award nominations will be assessed according to how well they demonstrate outstanding
innovation, effort and outcomes; advance the digital transformation of local government; support council business
objectives; and influence or assist other councils to improve service delivery.
Entries close on 28 February 2019
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Plenary Program brought to you by Salesforce – Presidents Room, GMHBA Stadium
8.30am Registration & Trade Exhibition – Coffee Sponsor Thomas Duryea Logicalis
9.00am Jirra Lulla Harvey & David Bartlett, Conference Co-Chairs
9.10am How adventure can facilitate growth and transformation
(30 mins)
in your organisation
When your business or team seems stuck, then adventure is the answer. Discover your team's
true identity, overcome limiting beliefs and let fear be the catalyst for change.
Brent Valle, Founder @ The Future Phase, Owner & Bells Surf Wax™, Program
Co-Ordinator Shred For Life. Previously - Co-Founder NGage Technology Group.
9.40am Raising the bar for Indigenous Technology Futures
(30 mins) 1) "Mitimiti on the Grid” – bringing fibre and high speed telecommunications to an isolated
Maori community. 2) "Incredible Skies" - drone R&D for medicines and emergency services
where they're most needed. 3) “Te Reo AI” - a machine learning and AI project to extract
insights and value from New Zealand's indigenous language.
Robyn Kamira (Te Rarawa), CEO at Incredible Skies, CEO at Paua Interface.
10.10am
(20 mins) Trailblazers
How global and Australian Trailblazers are disrupting industries, shaping the future, and
transforming the world.
Mike de Hennin, Director, Public Sector and Healthcare APAC, Salesforce
Brought to you by Salesforce
10.30am Morning Tea & Trade Exhibition – Brought to you by Wideband
11.00am
(20 mins)
Using data to drive decision making
Abstract to come.
Warren Dean, Senior Data Analyst, City of Casey
11.20am
(20 mins)
Dancing in the dark – Government data governance
So who's accountable for data governance? (hint: it's not IT).
James Horton, Founder and CEO at Datanomics
11.00pm
(20 mins) Moving to a user-centred approach in the NSW Government
Learn how the NSW Government is taking a holistic approach to place users at the centre
when we design and deliver digital services.
Katherine Sharah, Senior Policy Officer, Digital Transformation,
Department of Finance, Services and Innovation, NSW Government
12.00pm
(20 mins) A Genie for local government?
The Deakin Genie smart digital personal assistant for students has won a swag of international
8 awards. Deakin are now sharing Genie with like-minded organisations. Could this award
winning assistant be leveraged to deliver council services to people in Victoria?
Matthew Benson, Senior Analyst & Genie Partner Engagement Manager, Deakin University
12.20pm
Panel discussion – Delivering outcomes from Hacks & Jams
(20 mins)
What are the challenges of hacks and jams in local government and how can we achieve greater outcomes?
Lorraine Tighe, Smart Cities & Innovation Consultant; Lisa Bennetto, MAV Technology;
Cormach Evans, Strong Brother Strong Sister; Matt Swards, City of Ballarat;
Glenn Pomeroy, City of Greater Bendigo; Jade Miller, Indigenous National Technology & Telecom Network
12.40pm Lunch & Trade Exhibition – Brought to you by Tesserent
1.40pm
(20 mins) Blockchain: What is your role in the next revolution?
Blockchain has the potential to automate, and disintermediate, the institutions and services
that underpin our lives. It could change how we interact online, who controls our information,
and shift the incentives that guide businesses and cooperative systems.
Jason Potts, Director of Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT University
2.00pm
(20 mins) Accelerating local government transformation
The former head of the Digital Marketplace for the Australian Government's Digital
Transformation Agency explores why and how local government must transform.
Catherine Thompson, AccelerateHQ
2.20pm
(20 mins)
Enabling innovation in councils
Abstract to come.
Chris O'Connor, Service Designer, Bayside City Council
2.40pm
Panel discussion – Innovation & Procurement
(30 mins)
What are the procurement barriers to innovation in local government and how can we solve them?
Alison Hawkins, MAV Procurement; Michael O'Keefe, Microsoft; Stephanie Zieno, AWS Amazon;
Catherine Thompson, AccelerateHQ; Daniela Mazzone, City of Melbourne; Matthew Szymczak, City of Greater
Geelong; Jaynaya Winmar, Indigenous National Technology & Telecom Network
3.10pm Afternoon Tea & Trade Exhibition – Brought to you by Olikka
3.40pm
(20 mins)
Smart People. Smart Places. Smart Partnerships.
Mobilising partnerships and embracing diversity to enable co-investment and co-creation in
regional and metropolitan local government areas.
Peter Auhl, Principal at EQi Consulting & CIO at Central Coast Council
4.00pm Innovation through Intelligence:
(20 mins)
Towards a more resilient and adaptive Built Environment
Showcasing projects that explore the potential of ICT, intelligent data, computation and digital
media to create more agile, user-centred and adaptive solutions for the Built Environment.
Professor Tuba Kocaturk, Director, Mediated Intelligence in Design (MInD) Lab,
Deakin University
4.20pm
(20 mins)
Smart Cities need Smart Councils
How local government can help to address complex urban and regional challenges, by
harnessing digital technology, establishing partnerships and applying intelligent design.
Adam Beck, Executive Director at Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand
4.40pm
(30 mins)
Soul Machines – Experience AI Like Never Before
Soul Machines is building a HumanOS for Artificial Intelligence so we can
communicate, connect and relate to AI in ways that make it accessible, 9
contextual and trusted.
Ben Hanna, Director Business Development, Soul Machines
with digital human "Lia"
5.10pm Closing remarks
(10 mins) Jirra Lulla Harvey & David Bartlett, Conference Co-Chairs
5.20pm Plenary & Trade Exhibition closes (Networking Evening @ Little Creatures Brewery commences @ 6.00pm)
Wednesday night:
Networking Evening @
Little Creatures Brewery
Brought to you by 8x8
A true brewery village experience, with a bustling Canteen and the colourful Mystery Lane. A
great opportunity to network in a casual setting and talk about what you've seen and heard at
the conference. You can grab a fresh beer and a bite to eat, and watch the brewers racing around
doing their thing. And we'll have Tripod on hand to provide some laughs and great music.
WHEN WHAT WHERE
6.00pm Drinks and food service commences
7.00pm Optional brewery tour
8.00pm Welcome & introductions - Michael Smyth, Chair, MAV Technology Little Creatures
8.05pm Sponsor's address Brewery
8.10pm Tripod 221 Swanston St,
8.40pm Networking Geelong
10.30pm Close
Tripod
Since their earliest shows Tripod have made a habit of juggling
comedy, music and narrative in endless exhilarating combinations.
They started out in the Melbourne pub scene, before becoming
regulars of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and of
national radio on Triple J. TV followed, including four seasons on
Skithouse – the album of which, Middleborough Road, won them
an ARIA – as well as a year as regulars on Sideshow on the ABC.
They have created numerous musicals including the magical Tripod
Versus the Dragon and Perfect Tripod: Australian Songs with Eddie
Perfect. Perfect Tripod also appeared on Network Ten’s Oxfam Gala,
released a single with Gotye for Save Live Australian Music and sung with Missy Higgins on ABCTV’s Crackup.
Tripod continue to bring an insane level of craft in both comedy and music and combine them in a rich and satisfying way –
an ability that has cemented them as a much loved cultural fixture in Australia.
10Thursday, 28 March 2019
Tour or Master Class
Choose from the Clever & Creative Geelong Tour or our facilitated Master Class:
CLEVER & CREATIVE GEELONG TOUR
Deakin Innovation Precinct – 2019!
Hop on our coach and head out to Deakin’s Innovation Precinct at Waurn
Ponds campus where we’ll visit 3 world-class facilities – the Centre for
Advanced Design in Engineering Training (CADET), Carbon Nexus and the
Institute for Intelligent Systems Research (IISRI).
• CADET: Home of 21st Century engineering, the focus of CADET is on digital manufacturing, rapid
prototyping, 3D modelling and visualisation technologies. Its purpose-built, interactive laboratory
and workshop learning spaces enable students to project the creativity, imagination and research
required to solve modern engineering issues.
• Carbon Nexus: For more than a decade, Deakin University researchers have been developing new
and improved fibres and carbon composites. This new facility significantly enhances the capacity
to deliver real outcomes for industry to capture the enormous market potential of carbon fibre
and related composites. Carbon Nexus is an integral part of the $103m Australian Future Fibres
Research and Innovation Centre at Deakin.
• IISRI is dedicated to advancing the global knowledge base of intelligent systems research. We focus
on five main areas – defence systems integration and robotics, haptics research, motion simulation,
micro/nano system modelling and manipulation, and process modelling and analysis.
Departure: 9.00am from Deakin Waterfront Campus bus-stop, Brougham St.
Return: 12.20pm. (Max 45 people)
MASTER CLASS – FROM 9.30AM @ DEAKIN WATERFRONT
Master Class by Deloitte Digital & Hewlett Packard Enterprise:
How to map council business processes to enable application efficiency
Deloitte Digital & HPE will discuss mapping council business processes on a page as the first step in
optimising application efficiency across council. The framework and learnings could be implemented by
any council interested in streamlining business processes and improving customer experience.
- 2.5 hours brought to you by Deloitte Digital & HPE
Facilitated by [TBC]
MASTER CLASS – FROM 9.30AM @ DEAKIN WATERFRONT
Master Class by Splunk: 11
Smart Cities
Abstract to come.
- 2.5 hours brought to you by Splunk
Facilitated by [TBC]Keynote Speaker Co-Chair
Jirra Lulla Harvey
Conference co-chair & Managing
Director of Kalinya Communications
Jirra Lulla is the Founder and Director
of Kalinya Communications. She
established Kalinya because she believes
everyone benefits from access to cultural
The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull
knowledge, a sense of connectedness
29th Prime Minister of Australia
and stories of resilience.
The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull established an investment banking firm in 1987 Jirra means Kangaroo in the language
specialising in the media and technology. During that time, he worked with of the Gunaikurnai people. Jirra was
some of the leading media moguls including Rupert Murdoch, Kerry Packer, named after the Kangaroo because they
Conrad Black and Bob Maxwell. are the only Australian species that has
He also established a number of new businesses of his own co-founding the increased in numbers since colonisation,
first big Australian Internet company, OzEmail Ltd and listing it on the NASDAQ to her mother the Kangaroo is a symbol
in 1996 before selling it to Worldcom three years later. of strength. Lulla is her Grandmother’s
In 1997, Malcolm joined Goldman Sachs. A year later, he became a partner of name. Lulla Morgan, a Yorta Yorta woman
the firm, heading their Australian business, retiring four years later to pursue a from Cummergunja married Alfred
political career. Bamblett, a Wiradjuri man from the
Narrandera Sandhills, and together they
In 2004, he entered the House of Representatives serving as Minister for the
had 14 children and from them, over 500
Environment and Water Resources, Minister for Communications. He was
descendants. Lulla raised her children
appointed Australian Prime Minister in 2015, a position he held until 2018.
and grandchildren to respect education,
During his Prime-ministership, Malcolm delivered strong economic growth, family and community. For 25 years
record jobs growth and at the same time reduced both corporate and personal Jirra’s Father, Lionel Bamblett, has been
income taxes. His Government, in terms of social policy, legalized same sex the head of a peak Aboriginal education
marriage and reformed federal schools funding to be fair, consistent and needs body and so Jirra grew up playing under
based across the nation and across school sectors. He successfully negotiated boardroom tables. Her Mother, Kate
with President Trump to maintain a refugee resettlement deal he had agreed Harvey, is a passionate advocate for the
with President Obama and to ensure Australia was not hit with taris or quotas rights of women, and would take Jirra out
on its steel and aluminium exports to the US. of primary school to attend one of the
When Trump pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, Malcolm rallied the early Koorie women’s University courses
remaining eleven countries to commit to a continuing TPP-11. He also secured that she wrote and taught with women
free trade agreements with Indonesia, Peru and Singapore. from across the state.
During his political career Malcolm has been a strong environmental advocate, Jirra was a National Scholar at the
designing and delivering the National Plan for Water Security in 2007, University of Melbourne where she
supported the rollout of renewable energy and started the construction of studied Media and Communications and
12 the Snowy Hydro 2.0 pumped hydro scheme which will be the largest in the now guest lectures on representations
Southern Hemisphere. of race and sexuality in Australian pop
He radically reformed the way the Australian federal Government deals with culture. In her early twenties she was
states and cities and as part of the Western Sydney City Deal he commenced awarded a Centenary Medal for creative
construction of a new Airport for Sydney. contributions to Australian Society.Co-Chair Speaker Profiles
(alphabetical)
David Bartlett Angie Abdilla Peter Auhl
Conference co-chair & Founder & CEO at Old Ways, New EQi Consulting &
Former Premier of Tasmania CIO Central Coast Council
Angie Abdilla is a Trawlwoolway woman
David Bartlett has built an extensive and the Founder and CEO of Old Peter Auhl was the 2017 CEO Magazine
career leading people through change Ways, New. Her published works on national “CIO of the Year” and was
in innovation, science and technology Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Robotics He has a career spanning more than 20
- having driven people and technology and Artificial Intelligence created the years in State and Local Government and
strategy in both the private and public foundations for the social enterprise. private industry.
sector at the highest levels. David was
Angie leads the team of consultants and In 2016, Peter was nominated and
the 43rd Premier of Tasmania and
technologists, developing integrated finished in the top 5 CIO’s in AsiaPAC
the first Gen X Premier in Australian
research, service design, and the from hundreds of applicants through the
history implementing wide ranging
development of deep technologies - Talent Unleashed Awards and received
policy reform in innovation, high speed
based on sustainability practices inherent personal feedback for his disruptive
telecommunications, education, water,
within Indigenous Knowledges. innovation from Steve Wozniak and Sir
agribusiness and renewable energy. He
Angie advocates for the future proofing Richard Branson.
entered politics following an extensive
of technologies through the United Peter has passion for customer focused
career in IT and innovation in the private
Nations, strengthened by the company’s solutions, information as an asset, smart
and public sector. He also held the
new book, Decolonising the Digital: business, connected architectures and
positions of Minister for Innovation,
Technology as a Cultural Practice. She government “getting out of the way”.
Science & Technology and Minister for
leads an international consortium of First Peter has led the implementation
Education & Skills.
Nations led technologists developing of many large IT programs across
After stepping down as Premier at just
the next iteration of Indigenous AI, is a government and is an evangeliser
43 years old David started to consider
Fellow of The Ethics Centre, and lectures and thought-leader in new innovative
the future of work and the new nature of
on Human/Technology inter-relationships approaches that deliver customer
work emerging across the planet.
at UTS. outcomes.
Last year David was named as one
Previously, Angie was the Director of the Peter has spent the most recent chapter
of the nation’s 50 Most Influential
Indigenous Digital Excellence (IDX) and a of his career focused on technology
People in Technology by The Australian
Board Director of Performance Space at as a key enabler to economic growth,
newspaper. He is now Chairman of two
CarriageWorks, and continues to use the “Sharing of Services” and creating Smart
high growth Australian companies each
culture and the craft of storytelling as the and Connected cities.
with revenues in the $3 - $6 Million range
central component of all her work.
per annum: Asdeq Labs Pty. Ltd and
TasmaNet Pty. Ltd. As Chairman he has
taken both companies from startup to
high growth global businesses requiring
a new way of working with teams
located across the planet. He is also a
Director of significant arts, charitable and
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technology organisations nationally and
internationally.Speaker Profiles (alphabetical)
Gus Balbontin Adam Beck Jithma Beneragama
Former Executive Director and Chief Executive Director at Smart Cities Executive Director at Innovation Victoria,
Technology Officer at Lonely Planet Council Australia New Zealand Department of Premier & Cabinet,
Victorian Government
Gus Balbontin led one of the most Adam is the founding Executive Director
loved and recognisable brands in the of Smart Cities Council Australia New Jithma is responsible for transformation
world through significant business Zealand, an organisation that is part of of the whole of Victorian Government
transformation. the world's largest network of smart digital experience. His key areas of
He is involved in the start up scene cities practitioners and policy makers responsibility are:
as a founder, investor and advisor. He who's goal is to make cities more liveable, Digital Engagement - Driving digital
currently runs a small boutique Design workable, and sustainable. They advocate transformation across Victorian
and Innovation agency called Roshambo for the adoption of technology, data- Government services. Introducing a
and is the Entrepreneur in Residence at driven decision making and intelligent customer centric approach to how the
Victoria University which keeps him close design as an accelerator to sustainability Victorian Government develops and
to large public corporate challenges as outcomes in cities.Adam was Director offers services via digital platforms.
well as small business puzzles. of Innovation at EcoDistricts, a start-up Introducing concepts such as responsive,
Gus has worked closely with some of non profit based in Portland Oregon, design thinking and delivering practical
the biggest companies in the world who's mission is to build a marketplace tools such as journey mapping, personas
developing cutting edge technology for district and neighborhood-scale to assist departments and agencies to
and products including Google X, Nokia, sustainable development. He launched improve their digital experience.
Apple, Amazon and more. the Centre for Urban Innovation in Collaboration - Responsible for roll-
2015 and prior to that spent three out of whole of government digital
Gus talks of business disruption and
years with the Green Building Council collaboration tool and framework to
transformation, plus the successes
of Australia developing the Green Star – change the way we work.
and failures of a media industry that
Communities rating tool in collaboration
continuously goes through significant Social Media - Exploring how we can
with government and industry. Adam
reinvention. The lessons he shares can be better harness social media platforms to
was a sociology lecturer at the University
applied to every industry, business and better understand customer needs and
of Queensland for four years and held
individual facing the challenges of the deliver better services.
senior roles with global consulting firms
21st century. Open Data - Responsible for Victorian
Arup and GHD for over a decade. He sits
on the Steering Committee for the US- government open data service (Data.Vic.
based STAR Community Rating System, gov.au), which provides free access to
and is on the editorial board of cities Victorian Government data. Development
publication, Foreground. of open API to make access and usage
of data easier. Engagement with the
community and industry through hack
days and structured programs to drive
innovation with big data.
14 Victorian Government Digital Strategy -
Providing government departments and
agencies with practical tools advice and
expertise to assets them to deliver on
commitments.Lisa Bennetto Matthew Benson Dr Scott Bourke
Executive Officer, MAV Technology, Senior Analyst & Genie Partner Director – Innovation & City
Municipal Association of Victoria, and Engagement Manager, Deakin University Transformation, Logan City Council
Principal, Fruitful Communications
Matt Benson helps businesses sort out Dr Scott Bourke is responsible for
Lisa Bennetto is a senior consultant to where they need to be and how to get achieving Logan City Council's strategic
the Municipal Association of Victoria, there. He has worked with organisations objectives and key organisational goals
advising the MAV Board and Executive
across Australia and New Zealand in through building, supporting and leading
team on strategic planning and reporting,
education, finance, health, and all levels the very high performing Innovation &
and driving the MAV’s digital agenda. She
also heads MAV Technology, who deliver of government. City Transformation Team.
ICT and digital projects, major events, Matt is passionate about using digital Prior to joining LCC, he held the
communication forums and collaborative innovations to make a real improvement position of Chief Innovation Officer for
procurement opportunities for Victoria’s to people’s lives. Deakin is a global leader the Sunshine Coast Council where his
79 councils. in innovation and is in the business of responsibility extended to leading the
An award-winning graphic designer and improving people’s lives, so it’s a perfect development of the innovation roadmap/
writer, Lisa provides communications match. strategy and annual action plan,
advice to organisations including Victoria leading the development of a culture of
Since joining Deakin, Matt has embarked
Police, Ambulance Victoria and Australia innovation across Council and leading
Post. She was previously the director on a new journey by sharing Genie - the
wildly successful digital personal assistant and supporting the development and
of a visual communications company
- with like-minded organisations. implementation of various Council 'game
with clients including multi-national
businesses, government agencies, changer' and corporate projects.
educational institutions, community He was a co-founder and COO for an
organisations and charities. Her entrepreneurial lifestyle media start-up
photography has appeared in Rolling Beach City Media Group, held a senior
Stone magazine. executive position at Transport for
Lisa believes that local government has NSW where he established and led the
a vital role to play in helping people innovation function and strategy from a
adapt and thrive in the digital era. She 'greenfields' state and spent 18+ years
is passionate and optimistic about what in management consulting, corporate
can be achieved by collaborating with
finance, investment management and
the private sector, academia, and other
corporate law.
levels of government to build capability
in councils. Scott's areas of professional interest
include corporate innovation,
entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystem
strategy and development, smart
cities strategy (in particular mobility),
capability development, major / mega
project governance, corporate and 15
public governance, decision science and
corporate finance.
Dr Bourke holds a Doctorate of Business
Administration (Entrepreneurship and
Innovation focus - Swinburne AGSE) and
Masters of Applied Finance (Macquarie).Speaker Profiles (alphabetical)
Catherine Caruana-McManus Sally Curtain Warren Dean
Director Meshed IoT, Executive Director Customer & Senior Data Analyst, City of Casey
Global Smart Cities Ambassador Technology at VicRoads
bio to come.
Smart Cities & IoT expert and public Sally Curtain is a seasoned executive,
speaker with over 25 years experience board member, leader and strategist. She
in the IT, telecommunications and is expert in strategy development and
urban infrastructure sectors. Director of implementation and has an exemplary
Meshed (IoT Integrators), Board Member reputation for delivery of major reforms.
and Co-Founder of IoT Alliance Australia As a director of Customer Focus and
(iot.org.au), Founder of Giant Ideas Innovation at the City of Casey, Sally
for Smart Cities (www.facebook.com/ looks after 6 amazing teams who
smartcitiesIoT). Advisory Board member deliver the customer service, culture,
for UoW SMART Infrastructure. communications, asset management,
project management, effectiveness,
performance & digital transformation of
the organisation. She brings a positive,
continuous improvement mindset and
practice that puts customers at the heart
of what her teams do.
Sally has worn many hats in her career,
as a result, she has built a unique depth
of expertise in implementing innovations
and major reforms whilst leading change
through uncertainty. She is well read, well
networked, curious by nature, has a thirst
for knowledge and makes it her business
to keep learning, exposing herself to new
ways and avoiding the status quo.
16Mike de Hennin Cormach Evans Colin Fairweather
Director, Public Sector and Healthcare Founder & Director, Chief Information Officer,
APAC, Salesforce Strong Brother Strong Sister City of Melbourne
bio to come. Cormach Evans is a Yorta Yorta man, the As the CIO for the City of Melbourne,
founder and director of Strong Brother Colin Fairweather is responsible for the
Strong Sister. delivery of ICT services and the smart
The structure and programs within the city strategy. Colin has many years’
space guide, mentor and empower experience in local government and has
Aboriginal young people to achieve a depth of knowledge across many fields
excellence. The outcomes from these with particular expertise in information
programs not only guide, mentor and management and organisational
empower Aboriginal young people, they dynamics.
also improve Aboriginal young people’s He has a deep interest in cities and
health and wellbeing. Since founded in using ICT to address urban challenges.
2017 Cormach has been shortlisted for Colin is leading a number of initiatives
the 2018 Victorian Protecting Children to enhance Melbourne’s reputation
awards for the Ministers award for as a smart city, including city wi-fi and
Innovation for Child Protection and won open-data; and recently has established
the Westfield locals hero's award for their CityLab, leveraging lean start-up and
work in the Aboriginal youth space. collaboration models to support
Cormach is also the founder of Ngarrimili, community engagement and innovation.
Ngarrimili was established to provide
Aboriginal people with the support
to develop sustainable and impactful
Aboriginal-led enterprises. Our mission
is to support and nurture Aboriginal
excellence. Ngarrimil's programs focus
on commercial needs, wellbeing,
and connection to culture, ensuring
entrepreneurs obtain the necessary
tools and techniques to stay mentally
and physically sound when starting and
operating an enterprise.
17Speaker Profiles (alphabetical)
Ben Hanna Alison Hawkins James Horton
Director of Business Development, Manager, MAV Procurement Founder and CEO at Datanomics
Soul Machines
bio to come. Founder and CEO of datanomics, a data
Ben is an expert in growing high tech strategy and advisory that co-creates and
companies. invests in ethically aligned data-sharing
Starting his career in high tech 18 years platforms.
ago Ben has launched start ups & new James is a data tragic who has been
innovative products in NZ, Australia and obsessing over data for a very long time...
the USA. Recently Ben’s lead enterprise from the dawn of data warehousing in
development teams at global companies the Federal Public Sector to riding the
such as Dell EMC and been responsible Big Data wave across the Asia Pacific and
for delivering rapid enterprise growth for out the other side, only to find a bunch
big data company Domo in the Australian of questions that should have been asked
and NZ markets. long ago.
Ben currently leads growth and business James is a civil society representative
development for Soul Machines, a on PM&C's Open Government Forum,
ground-breaking high tech company Board member of Internet Australia
of AI researchers, neuroscientists, and a member of the Accountability
psychologists, artists and innovative Round Table.
thinkers who are re-imagining how we
connect with machines.
18Robyn Kamira (Te Rarawa) Professor Tuba Kocaturk Justine Linley
CEO, Incredible Skies & Director, Mediated Intelligence in Design CEO, City of Ballarat
CEO, Paua Interface. (MInD) Lab, Deakin University
Justine Linley has an impressive and
IT consultant Robyn Kamira merged a Tuba Kocaturk is Professor of Integral extensive background in organisational
computer science degree with Maori Design at Deakin University, School of leadership in state and local government,
studies in the early 90s, and unexpectedly Architecture and Built Environment, in and the education sector.
stepped onto a pathway that would lead Australia. She is the founder-director
Ms Linley is an expert in regional planning
to much more than “just” IT. of the MInD (Mediated Intelligence in
and economic development, and has a
Initially, focusing on the impact of Design) Lab; a transdisciplinary and
leadership style that will foster continued
technologies on indigenous peoples, practice-based research group which
innovation in Ballarat and the wider
she was invited to several international operates at the intersection of Built
region.
conferences to present perspectives on Environment, Information Technology
and Design Innovation. She is currently Prior to joining the City of Ballarat,
'intellectual and cultural property’ and
collaborating with the City of Greater Ms Linley was the CEO of Northern
the international challenges of protecting
Geelong in the development of the Grampians Shire Council.
data and content.
city’s future agenda as UNESCO City
Robyn has worked on several New
of Design. She is the senior editor of
Zealand Government, indigenous and
International Journal of Architectural
community IT projects and has been
Computing (IJAC), which is committed
a member of technology Government
to deepening the understanding of
appointed Boards and Advisory Groups
the foundations of digital systems for
both in New Zealand and internationally.
Architectural and Urban Design and the
Today, she believes that while the initial technologies enabling their development
decision to merge IT and Maori was a and application.
road “not” yet travelled, the potential
for the country and for Maori is critically
important as we build our contributions
to the global economy and attend to our
collective futures.
At this year's MAV Technology
conference, Robyn presents three
connected indigenous projects. "Mitimiti
on the Grid” (watch: http://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=4dEUXvGTWNY),
a game-changer project that brought
fibre and high speed telecommunications
to an isolated Maori community.
"Incredible Skies" - drone R&D for 19
medicines and emergency services where
they're most needed. “Te Reo AI” - a
machine learning and AI project aiming
to extract insights and value from New
Zealand's indigenous language.Speaker Profiles (alphabetical)
Daniela Mazzone Jade Miller Chris O'Connor
Principal Lead, IT Capability and Founder and CEO, Service Designer at Bayside City Council
Partnerships, City of Melbourne Indigenous National Technology &
Telecommunications Network (iNTTN) Passionate about using technology to
Daniela Mazzone is passionate about accelerate and augment government
creating innovative combinations of Jade is a strong passionate Aboriginal services. Respect the things that make
technology, policy and governance to man descending from the Yorta Yorta Australian government great, while
drive community outcomes and build Nations in Shepparton Victoria. Jade’s smashing through the things that hold us
future government services. Daniela’s scoping and research and cultural back.
ambition is to deliver better outcomes knowledge strengthen the strategic
bio to come.
for people through digital technologies findings that concentrated on building,
and to explore opportunities for contributing to harnessing the aboriginal
the public and private sectors to economy footprint to better support
work collaboratively together to use social, economic and environmental
technology to strengthen the community participation of aboriginal people at
as a whole. multi-levels of today’s society.
Daniela has 15 years experience in the At age 28 become CEO of Yorta Yorta
Technology and Legal sectors in Australia Nation Aboriginal Corporation, position
and the UK. She is a qualified solicitor held over 5 years. He has lead the
with extensive experience in diverse organisation and community through a
large-scale business transformations in critical point within their proud history.
both private and public sectors. This was reflected in milestones which
included leading the constitutional
In her current role Daniela is
reform for the corporation. The success
accountable for developing strategic
of establishing Victoria's first national
industry partnerships and commercial
park (including Joint Management with
relationships across all levels of
traditional owners) and developing and
government to ensure City of Melbourne
establishing new and improved legal
has a leading role in Australia’s emerging
entities for Aboriginal organisations to
interconnected digital government
gain self-sustaining organisations. He is
landscape.
in leader within the Victorian Aboriginal
community with roles on various
boards both cooperate and community
throughout metro and regional Victoria.
By founding iNTTN, Jade believes that
iNTTN will assist economic viability by
creating the foundations to developing
economic independence for Indigenous
20 peoples. INTTN prides itself on servicing
Indigenous customers and businesses in
a culturally appropriate and competent
manner. INTTN believes culturally
competent services can offer a level of
customer satisfaction to Indigenous and
non-Indigenous customers.Paulette Oldfield Michael O'Keefe Dr Lance O'Sullivan
City Transformation Program Leader, Business Applications Group Lead, Co-Founder Navilluso Medical
Logan City Council Microsoft Australia
Dr Lance O'Sullivan is an accomplished
bio to come. Michael O’Keefe is the Business author, international speaker, role model
Applications Group Lead for Microsoft and disruptive leader and innovator.
Australia. He leads the Australian go-to-
From a young boy labelled by society as
market teams for Microsoft Dynamics
a trouble maker, Lance developed into a
365, PowerApps, Flow and PowerBI –
passionate advocate for Maori health. He
with a focus on demonstrating the value
is a pioneer for equal health care in his
proposition of utilising the full Microsoft
community and a champion for creating a
cloud platform of Microsoft Azure and
fairer New Zealand.
Microsoft Office 365, combined with
Microsoft Dynamics 365 to deliver In 2012, Lance and his wife Tracy
organisational ambitions. established Navilluso Medical, a
healthcare company committed to
developing innovative ways to ensure
He has worked in technology & business appropriate and quality health care
consulting through his career within reached the right people in the right
Australia & with international clients place at the right time.
on digital transformation activities
Lance also founded The MOKO
& providing thought leadership as
Foundation, inspired by the opportunities
a technology strategist. Michael
that he himself had experienced in life.
evangelises the use of digital services to
transform citizen engagement & service He is the recipient of the Sir Peter
delivery, to solve the complex industry Blake Emerging Leader Award and the
challenges – with a focus improving Public Health Association Public Health
customer experience outcomes. Champion Award. He was also named
TVNZ Maori of the Year in 2013 and New
Zealander of the Year in 2014 for bringing
health programmes to disadvantaged in
rural areas.
Dr Lance O’Sullivan a father of seven
children, is a true inspirational leader
with a powerful story to share.
21Speaker Profiles (alphabetical)
Glenn Pomeroy Professor Jason Potts Carley Scott
Coordinator Innovation & Director of Blockchain Innovation Hub, CEO at Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA)
Transformation, City of Greater Bendigo RMIT University
Carley is an award winning CEO with
bio to come. Jason Potts is Professor of Economics experience building complex businesses
at RMIT University, Director of the in diverse settings. Her passion for space,
Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT, and enterprise and economic development
Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public are enhanced by a focus on driving
Affairs in Melbourne. broader community benefit – resulting in
His research work focuses on the sustainable enterprises that benefit both
economics of innovation and new shareholders and the community.
technologies, economic evolution, The core team at Equatorial Launch
institutional economics, and complexity Australia are trusted leaders in the space
economics. industry both within Australia and the
He has written 5 books and published United States. Their previous experience
over 80 articles on topics including in enterprise, and, developing space
growth theory, creative industries, launch facilities has been successfully
economics of cities, innovation commons, demonstrated for decades.
and recently on crypto-economics and Their project management and systems
blockchain. engineering experience is augmented
He is editor of the Journal of Institutional by the involvement of key minds in
Economics, Vice President of the academia, science and government and
International Joseph A Schumpeter cutting edge commercial providers.
Society, and a Board Member of The experienced, energetic and
Australian Digital Commerce Association. focused team has already achieved
more milestones than similar ventures
attempted in Australia, with a 40 year
lease secured and a range of customers
formalising their interest in launching
from the site.
The Gumatj Corporation Limited,
Developing East Arnhem Limited and the
Northern Territory Government have
all been instrumental in supporting this
project from the beginning, for seeing
its benefits and backing our proposal to
be the first commercial space centre in
22 Australia. We look forward to continuing
our relationship with these organisations
as we move through the construction
phase and ultimately to our first launch.Katherine Sharah Susan Sly Matthew Swards
Senior Policy Officer, Digital Director, Lueur Pty Ltd. Manager Business Improvement at
Transformation, Department of Finance, The iAwards 2013 National & Victorian City of Ballarat
Services and Innovation, CIO of the Year.
NSW Government bio to come.
Susan Sly has extensive experience
bio to come. working with senior business executives
and technology teams to align technology
strategies and service delivery to
organisational drivers and objectives.
She is the Director of Lueur Pty Ltd and
a graduate of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors, with a strong focus
on strategy, governance and innovation.
Her experience includes over five years
as the Chief Information Officer (CIO)
for a government agency, during which
she was recognised as the Victorian
and National iAwards CIO of the Year
in 2013. Her previous roles in the
private, government & military sectors
have encompassed IT service delivery,
human resources, public relations and
operational fieldwork. She is a strong
strategic leader with proven commercial
acumen who knows how to turn around
and grow a business.
An advocate for diversity and its business
benefits, Susan mentors emerging leaders
across government and the ICT sector
in addition to supporting IT industry
diversity initiatives. She is a regular
presenter at industry events, focussing
particularly on governance, leadership
and the management challenges of
leveraging ICT capability.
23Speaker Profiles (alphabetical)
Matthew Szymczak Catherine Thompson Kerry Thompson
Senior Lead - Digital Services, AccelerateHQ CEO, Municipal Association of Victoria
City of Greater Geelong
Catherine Thompson is the former head Kerry Thompson is the CEO of the
Matthew launched his digital career back of the Australian Government Digital Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV).
in the ‘90s managing web application Transformation Agency (DTA) Digital She is the first female to be appointed
development working across multiple Marketplace. in this role since the MAV was formed in
locations Melbourne, Sydney, New 1879.
Zealand, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
Kerry brings a wealth of knowledge,
Now Acting Digital Services Manager at experience and expertise from more than
the City of Greater Geelong, Matthew 20 years in executive leadership roles in
brings over 20 years’ experience in the local and state government sectors.
leveraging new technologies and
Prior to joining the MAV, Kerry was acting
agile thinking to drive organisational
Chief Executive of VicRoads. Kerry was
transformation, performance,
the CEO at Wyndham City Council for
profitability and customer satisfaction.
five years and CEO at Maribyrnong City
He’s excited about leading the charge Council for seven years. Prior to this, she
for Geelong to become a Smart City as was also the Director of City Services and
Geelong transforms itself into a city of Assets at the City of Melbourne for four
entrepreneurs and innovators. years.
24Lorraine Tighe Brent Valle Jaynaya Winmar
Smart Cities and Innovation Consultant Currently: National Reconciliation Relationship
Founder @ The Future Phase, Manager at Indigenous National
As a human-centered technologist Owner & Bells Surf Wax™, Technology & Telecommunications
Lorraine Tighe is passionate about finding Program Co-Ordinator Shred For Life. Network (iNTTN)
innovative solutions to improve our cities Previously: Proud Noongar/Balladong woman from
and communities. She moved into the Co-Founder NGage Technology Group Quairading in regional Western Australia.
Smart City space in 2012 to assist City
Brent's story is uniquely different. Both With a strong background within the
of Melbourne’s CIO build Melbourne’s
his professional and personal stories Education and Training industry, Jaynaya
smart city foundations. This included
inspire people around the globe to understands the industry sectors of skill
co-founding and growing CityLab, an
push through their boundaries in life in demand shortages. It is the passion to
innovation space to prototype and
and business. His story is not entirely create a bridge for Indigenous Australians
test new ideas with the community;
made up of successes, his honesty and to not only be educated in this field but
and leading a winning application for a
authenticity both endears and inspires to have a culturally safe workplaces in
$550,000 IBM Smarter Cities Challenge
audiences around the world. Struggling which to develop these skills.
grant, engaging 20 public agencies in
three weeks. from humble beginnings to achieve Currently strengthening the business
all that he has today, is proof that bonds between Indigenous business
Lorraine is highly experienced and
determination can take you anywhere. and the wider business landscape.
accomplished in transformational
His business successes are long and Through the State Governments
strategy, program management,
meaningful most recently building from Social Procurement Framework and
stakeholder engagement, emerging tech
scratch a $27 million dollar tech company the National Procurement Strategies.
and civic innovation.
before selling 5 years later to follow his A keen sense of understanding has
passion, helping others. assisted with Jaynaya honing a focusing
on the education of companies with
A devoted father, adventure seeker,
Reconciliation Action Plans and key
with an unbridled passion for surfing,
objectives that they struggle with turning
snowboarding and helping others
into tangible outcomes.
through philanthropy.
Knowledge in education and recruitment.
Reconciliation Action Plans. Social
Procurement, Stakeholder engagement.
Cultural Competence.
Providing guidance and support to small
and large corporate organisations and
sporting bodies on how to work within
the Social and Aboriginal Procurement
framework. Knowledgeable on the
reconciliation framework and key state
and federal IPP targets and implications
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strategies. This is reflected within Jaynaya
ability to engage with Key Stakeholders
and offer strategic guidance and
assistance in an effective process.The Trade Exhibition
Hosted at the brand new stand at GMHBA Stadium, our all new Trade Exhibition will feature
interactive displays, information resources, expertise and merchandise from exhibitors
specialising in security, Internet of Things, Smart City initiatives, apps, UX, data sharing,
telecommunications, wifi, and more.
1 Interactive 22
Salesforce (Principal)
2 Data#3 23
3 OpenOffice 24
[TBA - Keynote sponsor]
4 Flowingly 25
5 Open Windows 26 [TBA]
6 Redmans Solutions 27 8x8 (Networking Evening)
7 Kaon Security 28 Easyweb Digital
8 TechnologyOne 29 Learning With Technologies
9 Deloitte Digital & HPE (MasterClass) 30 Telstra
10 Bing Technologies 31 Allied Telesis
11 32 ATI Australia
Onel Consulting & Cohesity (Awards)
12 33 Wave1
13 Tesserent (Lunch) 34 City of Greater Geelong (Welcome)
14 Cvent (Event Technology) 35 Sam for Compliance
15 Wideband (Morning Tea) 36 Nutanix
16 iComm 37 Civica
17 Deloitte Digital & HPE (MasterClass) 38 Splunk (MasterClass)
18 39 Thomas Duryea Logicalis (Coffee)
Microsoft
26 19 40 Interleave
20 Grace (AV) 41 Allcom Networks
21 Olikka (Afternoon Tea) 42 [TBA]You can also read
