Melbourne CIO Community
Inner Circle
9 March 2023 | Q Events by Metropolis
9 March 2023
Q Events by Metropolis
Collaborate with your peers
Join Melbourne's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Accelerating Decision Making For Timely Value Realisation
Advancing the Business Value of Security
Digital Talent & Agility for Speedy Outcomes
Melbourne CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Fadi AlJa'fari
Deakin University
Cyber Security and Risk Director

John Ellis
BUPA ANZ
CISO

Tracey Evans
Seek
CIO

Matt Mueller
Iluka Resources Limited
CIO

Martha O'Sullivan
The Reject Shop
GM Technology
Agenda
9 March 2023
16:30 - 17:30 Executive Networking Reception
17:30 - 18:45 Discussion Topics
Digitally-Driven Outcomes, Secure Business Decisions
Vijay Chaudhari
Team Lead, Solutions Engineering
Saviynt
Fadi AlJa'fari
Cyber Security and Risk Director
Deakin University
Martha O'Sullivan
GM Technology
The Reject Shop
Maria Paz
CIO
VMCH
Ed Tollinton
CIO
Nando's
Daisy Wong
Security Culture and Awareness Lead
Flybuys
Peter Wolski
Head of Cyber & Information Security
MYOB
As global economic and political volatility continue, the enterprise is looking at IT and Security functions to accelerate secure digital ecosystems in order to create an avenue for high growth and quicker benefits. To respond to this increased demand, CIOs and CISOs are scaling productivity by solving business challenges by architecting secure and sophisticated ecosystems. This ensures insights are delivered to key decision-makers. Organisations are moving beyond the stage of ‘transformation’ and now demanding digital execution, as they position the enterprise to weather economic storms and unpredictable setbacks in the future.
Join your peers to discuss how CIOs and CISOs are capturing the outcomes of digital execution.
Accelerating Decision Making for Timely Value Realisation
How secure is your current digital ecosystem? What about your data ecosystem? What are the next steps in making it both more secure and more efficient?
What are you doing to enable business leaders with dashboards and insights in real-time? How are you protecting other lines of business data?
Have you seen the level of adoption that you’d like from leaders to impact quicker decision-making? What steps have you taken to identify value realisation and measure outcomes obtained by data and analytics?
Digital Talent & Agility for Speedy Outcomes
What sort of roles are you hiring for in the coming year? Are they more business or technology-focused?
Many CIOs and CISOs are merging their teams for some tasks to enhance agility. Have you done this? If so, what benefits are you seeing? How are you changing mindsets, while supporting agile journeys?
How do you start building your tech, IT and security environments for the future workforce?
18:45 - 19:15 Networking Break
19:15 - 20:30 Summary Discussion & Dinner
20:30 - 21:30 Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
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