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This Programme represents the most up-to-date schedule for Convergence 006 | Sydney.
Convergence Day Event:
Masonic Convention Centre (Cnr Pitt & Goulburn Sts, Sydney CBD)
Convergence Evening Events:
Sydney Start-up Hub (11-31 York St, above Wynyard train staion on York St)
Time | Main Speakers | Topic | Speakers |
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8:30 - 9:30am | Registration | ||
9.00am | Convergence 006 Expo start | ||
10:00am | Convergence Conference start, opening address | Welcome by MC Suzy Jacobs | |
10:05-10:25am | Michael McDonald, CTO / COO, FlatWorld Integration | "Emerging Tech for Hyper Scale with Hyper Personalisation” | |
10:25-10:45am | Karen Lay-Brew, President, Australian Business Software Industry Association (Brisbane) | "Digital Transformation for Successful Careers and Better Organisations" | Blockchain & Crypto: 2 Round Tables, Hosts: Sheree Ip (Perth USA) and Aimee Vo |
10:45-11:05am | Aaron Spence, CEO Panedia (Brisbane / USA) | "Creating Great VR Business Results" | |
11:05-11:25am | Sheree Ip, Blockchain LeadBitCar & Ledger Assets (Perth / USA) | "Blockchain, AI and the Future of Technology" | |
11:25-11:45am | Dr Tim Boyle, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) | "The Convergence of Nuclear Science & Technology in Australia" | Digital Transformation: 2 Round Tables, Hosts: Karen Lay-Brew (Brisbane) and Michael McDonald |
11:45-12:00pm | Gilles Novel, CEO, Wearify | "Wearables for Business Transactions" | |
12:00-12:30pm | Panel Discussion: "Driving Business Advantage with a clever use of the Internet of Things and M2M" |
Moderator: Roger Lawrence |
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12:30-1:00pm | Lunch break | Refreshments and Food |
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1pm-1:15pm | Jack Condon, Director, S1T2 | "Changing Your Industry With Game Design and Real Time Technologies" | Robotics: 2 Round Tables, Hosts: Nicci Rossouw (Melbourne) and Shaun Ray (Singapore) |
1:15-1:30pm | Roger Lawrence, CEO, ACHIEVR | "How Organisations Can Harness the Power of VR" | |
1:35-1:50pm | William Page, CEO of Fassoo (UK) | "Successful Utilisation of AI and Machine Learning Technologies" | |
1:50-2:05pm | Nicci Rossouw, CEO, Exaptec Robotics (Melboune) | "Robots for Work, Life and Play" | Creating Great AR, VR, MR & Gamification: 2 Round Tables, Hosts: Vaughan Knight (Microsoft) and Chris Murphy (Melbourne) |
2:05-2:20pm | Hemendra Parihar, Mechatronics EngineerAdvanced Robotics & Sanbot Australia (Melboune) |
"Robots for Customer Service and Marketing" | |
2:20-2:40pm | Ian Myles, CEO, Area 51 & Co-founder, CLWB (Singapore, UK, USA) | "Artifical Intelligence and Deep Tech Explained" |
VR and VFX: 1 Round Table, Hosts: Mark Millar (Alt.vfx) |
2:40-2:55pm | Tim Lea, CEO, Reffind. Blockchain evangelist, advisor, and investor |
"The Blockchain – All hype or true disruptor?" |
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2:55-3:10pm | Priscilla Harris, Head of Virtual Reality Australia & New Zealand, HTC Vive (Melbourne) |
"Case Studies of The Most Impactful Uses of VR from HTC Vive" | |
3:10-3:25pm | Chris Murphy, Unreal Engine Evangelist (Melbourne) | "The evolution of real-time - Game Engines in Enterprise" | Round Table Host: Tamara McCleary, CEO, Thulium.coAI, Robotics, AR, IoT, Blockchain, Marketing, Social Media (USA) |
3:25-3:40pm | Shaun Ray, Head of Architecture ASEAN, Amazon Web Services, AI, IoT, Blockchain, FinTech (Singapore) | "Amazon Robots" | |
3:40-4:00pm | Chris Ebeling, Creative Lead, UTS Animal Logic Academy | “Story Telling in Mixed Reality” |
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4:00-4:15pm | Prof. Mark Billinghurst, Professor Human Computer Interaction, University of South Australia (NZ / South Australia) |
"Augmented Reality, Mobile and Beyond" | Hyper Personalisation, Behavioural Marketing: 1 Round Tables, Hosts: Nathan Musson, Co Founder & CMO, emmr |
4:15-4:30pm | Dr Leila Alem, Australian Immersive / AI Pioneer, Scientist, Entrepreneur, Consultant, AdvisorCo-founder of ArcSense, exCSIRO |
"The Fourth Wave of Tech - AR and AI" | |
4:30-4:55pm | Tamara McCleary, CEO, Thulium.co AI, Robotics, AR, IoT, Blockchain (USA) | "The Convergence of Technology in 2018" | |
4:55-5:00pm | Tamara McCleary announces Grand Prize winners | ||
5:00-5:30pm | Panel Discussion: "Emerging Tech & Innovation: Biggest Impacts to Organisations, the Workforce & Customers in 2018" |
Moderator: Prof. Anuraj Gambhir |
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Evening |
Convergence Evening Programme Sydney Start-up Hub 11-31 York Sydney, Sydney NSW 2000 |
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MediaSocial 12 Conference Tank Stream Labs, 11-31 York St |
6pm - 6:30pm | CEO Forum & VIP Networking To attend simply add this option when registering your ticket. |
Conference, high quality executive networking, with compilmentary drinks and canopés |
MediaSocial 12 Conference on marketing, PR, social media and digital. To register add option when buying your ticket (MediaSocial ticket includes VIP Networking) |
6:30-6:40pm | Pam Dell, CEO ReMap | "Future Proofing People, Leaders & Organisations Through Digital Transformation" | Aimee Vo, Co-Founder & Head of MarketingSoho Capital Blockchain "Initial Coin Offerings, Token Sales & Capital Raising" |
6:40-6:50pm | Jamie Cassidy, Managing Director, Enlift. ExAPAC digital transformation EY | "Business Transformation Opportunities With Automation and Cognitive Technologies" | David Skapinker, Head of ANZ, Telum Media "Connecting PRs & Marketers with Media Across APAC" |
6:50-7:00pm | Sue Keay, CEO, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision, Queensland University (Queensland) | "Impacts of Robotics to the Australian Business Landscape" | Jonathon Tanner, CEO, Social Media College "Facebook's massive data breach - how it happened and what is means" |
7:00-7:30pm | MediaSocial Panel: "Latest Trends in Marketing & Social Media 2018" Moderator: Suzy Jacobs Panelists: - Tamara McCleary #2 most followed person by CMOs globally - Jeff Bullas #1 content marketing globally 2018, #1 digital marketing 2017 - Nathan Musson, Co Founder & CMO, emmr - Cath Pope, Chief Creative Officer, Curated Content |
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7:30-7:45pm | Tamara McCleary, "Innovating Your Way to Strong Social Media ROI" (USA) | ||
7:45-8:15pm | Victor Jiang, Executive Chairman, Sapien Ventures "Silicon Valley, China, Australia: Investment, Technology and Beyond" | ||
9:00pm | Close | Close |
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.