This Programme represents the most up-to-date schedule for Convergence 2019 Sydney. All included with your ticket.
Convergence Day Event:
Conference & Expo (SMC, 66 Goulburn St, Sydney CBD 2000)
Convergence Evening Events:
VIP Networking (WeWork, 161 Castlereagh St, Sydney CBD 2000)
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Time | Main Speakers | Topic | Round Tables |
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8:45 - 9:45am | Registration | ||
9.00am | Convergence 008 Expo start | ||
10:00am | Convergence Conference start, opening address | Welcome by MC Roger Lawrence |
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10:05-10:25am | Dr Fang Chen, Executive Director Data Science, Distinguished Professor UTS. Artifical Intelligence. | “Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning with Impact” | |
10:25-10:45am | Chris Ebeling, Creative Lead, UTS Animal Logic Academy. Immersive story telling, VR, AR, MR, VFX, Film | “UTS Animal Logic and Augmented Reality Development” | |
10:45-11:05am | Dr Thomas Starke, CEO, AAAQuants, exRolls-Royce & Senior Researcher Oxford University. Artificial Intelligence for trading, finance, investment | “Artificial Intelligence in trading: approaches, challenges and opportunities” | |
11:05-11:25am | Jeremy Harkins, Director, ineni Realtime & Adjunct Associate Lecturer, VR, AR, Architecture, Planning, Infrastructure and Construction |
“Current and future value of virtual space. Looking at what we know and what we imagine” | |
11:25-11:45am | Sean Gardner, Co-Founder & CEO, Emanate - Blockchain Music | “Blockchain - the start of a Golden Era for the music industry” |
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11:45-12:00pm | Stephanie Brownlee, R&D, Faethm AI, Human Centred AI, Future of Work, 4IR | “The Future of Work” | |
12:00-12:30pm | Panel Discussion: "Future Skills & the Future of Work" |
Moderator: Kelly-Ann Denton |
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12:30-1:15pm | Lunch break | Refreshments and Food |
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1:15pm-1:30pm | Tim Lea, CEO, Fractonium | “Facebook’s Libra digital currency - armageddon for the banks? What is it and where are the opportunities?” | |
1:30-1:45pm | Jack Gillespie, Director, Deloitte Digital, Emerging Technlogy, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Gamification | “Where's the boom? Why is enterprise emerging tech so hard?” | |
1:50-2:05pm | Suchet Bargoti, CTO, Abyss Solutions. Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, VR | “Field Robotics, VR and Machine Learning for Remote Inspections” | |
2:10-2:25pm | Pete Short, CEO, Dreamr Studio. Virtual Reality, Story Telling, Film, Animation (UK / Aus) | “Virtual Reality Storytelling for Commercial Industries” | Joanna Popper (USA), Global Head VR, HPexSingularity University and NBCUniversal (USA) |
2:25-2:40pm | Jed Fisher, Managing Partner, 4D Pipeline. Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Immersive (Silicon Valley, USA / Aus) |
“Using VR and AR for Digital Marketing and Retail Sales” | |
2:40-2:55pm | Ben Johnston, CEO, Josephmark. Venture Design, Digital strategy, Business, Emerging technology |
“Venture Studios” |
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2:55-3:10pm | Nathan Musson, Chief Marketing Officer, EMMET. Hyper-Personalised Experiences, Artificial Intelligence |
“Designing Hyper-Personalised Experiences with AI” |
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3:10-3:25pm | Dr Ian Oppermann, NSW Chief Data Scientist, NSW Treasury. CEO, NSW Data Analytics Centre (DAC) | TBA | |
3:25-3:40pm | Cameron Barrie, Founder & CEO, Bilue. Mobile, AR, IoT, Machine Learning, Emerging Technology | “How technology is reshaping the way we work” | |
3:40-4:00pm | Daniel Formoso, Google, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing | “Democratizing Artifical Intelligence through cloud services” |
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4:00-4:15pm | Natasha Huang, Country Manager ANZ, UBTECH Robotics. Social Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Automation |
“How can the AI you invested in manifest on a robot? Can robots be more then a marketing stunt?” | |
3:55-4:25pm | Joanna Popper (USA), Global Head VR, HP, exSingularity University and NBCUniversal (USA) |
“The Latest Trends in Successful VR for your Industry” |
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4:30-5:00pm | Kris Skrinak (New York), Global Artifical Intelligence Segment Lead, Amazon Web Services (USA) | “Deep Learning: The Broadest and Deepest Set of Capabilities” | |
5:00pm | Conference & Expo End |
Convergence is equal parts conference, networking event and trade show on emerging technology and innovation.
The Conference is for executives from a broad range of industries including: including technology, healthcare, education, property, media, telecommunications, IT, tourism, electronics, marketing, advertising, government, mining, medical, entertainment, automotive, transport, digital, manufacturing and FMCG.
The Convergence combines conference learning on a broad selection of emerging technology, such as Augmented and Mixed Reality, Wearable Technology, the Internet of Things, Robotics, Machine Learning and 3D Printing.
With a Trade Show offers a very rare chance try out some these new technologies from Exhibitors at some of SE Asia's top producers as well as global brands.
And high quality Networking with other executives and industry professionals to grow your peer network, make business connections and hear what is happening across a broad selection of industries and companies. We have set networking sessions, between the conference sessions, that include complimentary canapés and drinks.