CeBIT 2016 conference program announced

Thursday, 11 February, 2016

CeBIT Australia is one of Asia Pacific’s largest business technology events and will once again return to Sydney with an impressive line-up of speakers, who will present on a range of conference topics to provide delegates with the tools to make their mark on the business technology landscape.

The full conference program has now been released and will consist of 10 different streams, including Digital Marketing, Security, Mobility, Fintech, Cloud, Big Data and Analytics, eGov, eHealth, IoT and Unified Communications.

The seminar programs will feature over 100 international and local thought leaders from leading household brands through to international conglomerates.

“Our goal is to connect the experts, who are constantly challenging and pushing the technology frontier, with our delegates, immersing them in best-practice case studies, global statistics and solutions to those critical issues facing the business technology industry,” said Harvey Stockbridge, managing director of Hannover Fairs Australia, the organisers of CeBIT Australia.

The exhibition is expected to attract over 15,000 people and more than 400 exhibiting organisations that will showcase technologies and services across 16 showfloor categories.

Four Showfloor Theatres, as well as the CeBIT StartUp conference and PitchFest bringing bring together start-ups, investors, venture capitalists, government and potential customers, will also be a feature of the show.

Speaker highlights include:

Dr Stefan Hajkowicz — Futures Researcher and Principal Scientist at CSIRO — will provide a keynote about global megatrends.
Rocky Scopelliti — Global Industry Executive – Banking, Finance & Insurance at Telstra Global Enterprise Services — is Telstra’s global industry thought leader. Speaking at the Mobility Conference, Scopelliti will unveil what app features matter in a mobile-first world and how to engender greater trust with customers through mobile.
Lynwen Connick — First Assistant Secretary, Cyber Policy and Intelligence Division, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet — will be speaking at the Security Conference. As key advisor to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Connick will be sharing the government’s new Cyber Security Strategy.
Luc Hennekens — Chief Information Officer at QANTAS — will be speaking at the Commercialising Big Data and Analytics Conference about the impact of digital disruption in the travel industry.
Miles Ashton — Head of Technology, Direct to Consumer at Coca-Cola Amatil — will be speaking at the IoT Conference about smart supply, using real-time data to ensure streamlined efficiencies in product delivery.
Mark Sheppard — Chief Innovation Officer at GE Australia — will be speaking at the IoT Conference about The Industrial Internet: Intelligent machines, big data and the next industrial era.