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10:30am - 7:00pm - REGISTRATION - Pacific Bay Resort 12:00pm - 12:45pm - Light lunch in trade area12:45pm - 1:00pm - Welcome to Country \ Welcome from the Mayor, City of Coffs Harbour 1:00pm - 1:30pm - Driving Digital Uplift Through Parking Innovation - Brad Gibson, IMT Project Manager and Matt Goganovski, Information Manager - Wollongong City Council 1:30pm - 2:30pm - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Sam Bloom2:30pm - 3:00pm - Afternoon tea in trade area3:00pm - 3:45pm - PANEL DISCUSSION - AI in Local Government: Opportunities, Risks and Practical Adoption. Danijel Andric - CIO Bayside Council, Luke Harvey – CIO Hornsby Shire Council, Leanne Siveyer – CIO Sutherland Shire Council & John Hanlon – CIO Liverpool City Council3:45pm - 4:15pm - Hello! Your council website has an evil twin. Samita Rai. Corporate and Customer Service Manager. Central Darling Shire Council4:15pm - 4:20pm - Address by Welcome Sponsor - Telstra5:00pm - 7:00pm - Welcome function in the trade exhibition area at Pacific Bay Resort 7.00pm - 9.00pm - Welcome dinner in Charlies Restaurant, Pacific Bay Resort sponsored by Telstra
8:00am - 4:00pm - REGISTRATION 8:00am - Trade area opens. Barista coffee served8:50am - 9.00am - Conference sessions begin - MC - Nils Vesk9:00am - 9:30am - Leading Digital Change with Care. Blyde Neser - Chief Engagement Officer, Professional Coaching Solutions9:30am - 10:00am - GOLD SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Planning Successful Infrastructure Rollouts. Toby Bourke, Presales Engineer. Cloud Context10:00am - 10:45am - Morning tea & trade exhibition10:45am - 11:15am - My Tech Support Program - Jason Jelicich, End User Effectiveness Officer. Port Macquarie- Hastings Council11:15am - 11:45pm - GOLD SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Securing the AI Era: Your Attacker Has AI. So Does Your IT Team. Aaron Jacobs, Principal Sales Engineer. Sophos11:45am - 12:15pm - From ITSM to Enterprise Service Management. Simon Murray - Bayside Council 12:15pm - 1:15pm - Lunch & trade exhibition1:15pm - 1:45pm - Project Rocket: Lessons from Sutherland Shire Council’s TechnologyOne OneCouncil Transformation. Leanne Siveyer, Chief Information Officer, Sutherland Shire Council1:45pm - 2:45pm - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: IT in the AI Era: Navigating New Risks and Workforce Realities. David Gee, Former CIO, CISO, Board Risk Advisor, Non-Exec Director and Author 2:45pm - 3:15pm - Afternoon tea & trade exhibition
STREAM 1 - Frontier Ready: AI, Security and the Future of Local Government3:15pm - 3:45pm - Defending the Frontier: Turning Microsoft’s Latest Threat Intelligence into Practical AI‑Safe Security for Councils. Martin Buckland, Security Specialist - Local Government. Microsoft.3:45pm - 4:15pm - Building the Frontier Council: Creating an AI‑Ready Workforce. Ella Smith, AI Workforce Specialist. MicrosoftSTREAM 23:15pm - 3:45pm - Data Governance That Works: From Strategy to Action at City of Newcastle. Rohan Singh, Data Engineer. City of Newcastle3:45pm - 4:15pm - One resignation away: mapping key-person risk in a small IT team. Ben Satchwell, SFIA Accredited Consultant and Head of Capabilities. Acorn4:15pm - CLOSE OF DAY ONE6:30pm - Networking in the Trade Area7:00pm - Conference Dinner Sponsored by Flowingly - BLING THEME11:00pm Dinner close
8:00am - REGISTRATION 8:00am - Trade area opens. Barista coffee served8:50am - 9:00am - Comments from the Chair9:00am - 9:30am - From Nuisance to Evidence: How AI is Transforming Barking Dog Complaints in Local Government. Tracy Whitelaw, Chief Digital Officer - LGAQ9:30am - 10:00am - Ready or Not: Building the Governance and Capability to Adopt AI Responsibly - Amy Reynolds, Chief Technical Officer. Port Stephens Council 10:00am - 10:30am - GOLD SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Critical Systems Under Pressure – OT Resilience in a Time of Change. Sim Goh - National OT Enterprise Systems Engineer. Fortinet. 10:30am - 11:15am - Morning tea / Passport draw in conference room11:15am - 12:15pm - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Great Moments in AI - Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM - Lifetime Student with Degrees in Physics, Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine & Surgery 12:15pm - 12:20pm CLOSING COMMENTS from the chair12:20pm - Grab & Go lunch * Program subject to change without notice
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