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Sydney CISO Executive Summit

14 November 2024 | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

14 November 2024
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

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Get together with Sydney's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:

Delivering Digital Innovation to Drive Value Across the Enterprise

Maximising Existing Resources to Optimise Emerging Costs

Securing the Organisation Through Advanced Technology Adoption

Sydney CISO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Venkat Balakrishnan

TAL Life
CISO

Susie Costa

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SVP, Head of Security Management

Ben Doyle

Thales Australia
CISO Asia Pacific

Daniela Fernandez

PayPal Australia
Head of Information Security Australia

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Sydney CISO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda


13 November 2024

14 November 2024

18:00 - 21:00  Governing Body Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

This reception is exclusive to Governing Body members and special guests and offers a relaxed environment to connect with peers prior to Executive Summit. This is not a typical sit down dinner so expect delicious passed bites and food stations, to allow for an evening of great food, drinks, and lively networking

08:00 - 09:00  Registration & Breakfast

09:00 - 09:45  Keynote

Enhancing Operational Resilience to Accelerate Digital Transformation of Tomorrow

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Rodrigo Castillo

Chief Technology Officer

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

As technology evolves, it’s crucial for organisations to transform and modernise their ways of working to ensure they can support operations at scale with security, reliability and agility. At CBA, we are transforming the way we deliver technology in a secure and resilient manner, empowering teams to design, change and operate products and services end-to-end with the customer at the centre of everything they do. 

Join this session with Rodrigo Castillo, Chief Technology Officer, CBA as he shares his vision and learnings on:

  • Building modern operating models to fuel digital initiatives and drive business value
  • Identifying and responding to evolving changes to minimise business impact
  • Leveraging AI to elevate the customer experience and sustain competitive advantages

09:45 - 10:15  Break

10:15 - 11:00  Breakout Session

Navigating the AI Journey - From Experiment to Execution

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Daniel Pettman

Chief Information Officer

BaptistCare Australia

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Melanie Evans

Group Executive, Digital Services

Ventia

As organisations race to leverage the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), IT and security leaders are actively capitalising on AI’s capabilities to drive new business growth. How can your organisation take advantage of AI as a value-add strategy and unlock new growth opportunities?  How have other organisations successfully optimised their business performance through AI?

Join this session to explore two compelling AI use cases on how other organisations navigated the AI journey:

  • Identifying high-impact AI use cases and align your AI investments to your AI ambition
  • Strategically plan your AI execution and governance
  • How to measure and realise value from AI investments?

10:15 - 11:00  Executive Boardroom

Reshaping IT Operations with a Hybrid IT Strategy

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Jim Freeman

CTO, ANZ

Kyndryl

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Amith Shetty

Acting CEO and CIO

eHealth NSW

Organisations are urged to modernise IT operations to keep pace with the rapidly evolving business landscape. IT and security leaders are at the forefront of this initiative, tasked with building out an efficient and optimised operational model to prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. 

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • Using a hybrid IT strategy to build resilient systems that ensure business continuity
  • Addressing mission critical systems as part of an overall hybrid IT strategy
  • Optimising business process performance by improving business observability


10:15 - 11:00  Executive Boardroom

Risk to the Nth-Party Degree

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Cassie Roberts

Product Sales Director

RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company

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Jihad Zein

Head of IT Governance, Risk and Assurance

Toll Group

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Susie Costa

SVP, Head of Security Management

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Third party relationships are closest and may prove to be the most tangible risks to your business, yet the whole supply chain of your business partners still pose a substantial threat. Most organisations’ vendor relationship extend to the 8th party. IT and Security leaders need to understand this web of connectedness in order to better manage and communicate enterprise risk.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Gaining visibility into risk across the whole supply chain
  • Strategies for effective risk management and monitoring business partners
  • Overcoming resource challenges to prioritise third party risk

11:00 - 11:30  Networking Break

11:05 - 11:25  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

11:30 - 12:15  Breakout Session

Driving Innovation for Transformative Digital Solutions

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Kurt Brissett

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

Transport for NSW

In today's digitally interconnected world, the imperative for innovation has never been more crucial for leadership and organisational success. As technology evolves at an unprecedented rate, organisations must continuously adapt and innovate to stay ahead in the digital race. How can CIOs and CISOs maintain a constant innovative mindset and drive business value?

Join this session with Kurt Brissett, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Transport for NSW, as he unfolds:

  • Optimising the use of technology to enhance the user experience
  • Securing digital products and services while ensuring safe and reliable transit solutions
  • Investing in innovative tools and processes for long-term growth

11:30 - 12:15  Executive Boardroom

Steady Modernisation to Optimise Legacy Technology

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Mathews George

Chief Information Officer

Cancer Council

As digital enterprises evolve to stay competitive, continuous modernisation is imperative to minimise cost, risk and impact of legacy technology. Leveraging new technologies and innovation can become a challenge in legacy environments. What is the CIO’s best path forward to successfully allow legacy systems to coexist with new digital products?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Keeping legacy systems agile to meet business needs
  • Prioritising which legacy systems to modernise
  • Freeing up budget to implement AI solutions


11:30 - 12:15  Executive Boardroom

Building Cyber Resilience in an Increasingly Connected World

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Ben Munroe

Vice President Marketing, Asia Pacific

Cloudflare

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Frances Bouzo

Chief Information Security Officer

Ampol

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Brett Wilson

Chief Information Officer

Australian Red Cross

Did you know that over 85 percent of firms in APAC have reported being hacked? Moreover, the average data breach costs organisations upwards of AUD$6.3 million. For many organisations, the question isn't if they'll be attacked, but when and how it will happen. With the increasing accessibility of certain attack types and the complexities introduced by distributed work, cloud adoption, and third-party code, achieving cyber resilience is more critical than ever. 

This session will delve into strategies that IT and security leaders can use to preserve business operations and protect sensitive data in a world where attacks are inevitable. Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:

  • Understanding your risk profile – what’s your tolerance for downtimes on business-critical systems?
  • Business continuity management – what is your minimum viable level to ensure continuous operation despite cyber threats?
  • Managing risks and costs – how can you optimise costs while improving security?

12:15 - 13:00  Lunch Service

13:00 - 13:40  Keynote

How Zero Trust & AI are Transforming Innovative Companies

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Heng Mok

CISO in Residence - APJ

Zscaler

The modern CIO & CISO must navigate the complex balance between technological advancement and the need to simplify and secure IT environments. This requires overhauling legacy IT architectures to be VPN and firewall-free, responding to shifting threats with AI-enabled defenses, overcoming financial constraints, and accommodating cloud-first businesses with distributed workforces. Leaders must lay a secure foundation using zero trust principles – for users, devices, and workloads – to consistently stay one step ahead of the attackers.  

Join this session to learn:

  • How to articulate the organisation's cyber risk posture, controls, and risk reduction strategies to internal stakeholders, including the board of directors
  • How a zero trust approach to IT can help secure organisations’ resources – from end users to branches and factories – reliably and cost-effectively
  • AI’s role in enabling both organisations and their adversaries, with an emphasis on staying a step ahead of cybercriminals

13:40 - 14:00  Break

14:00 - 14:45  Breakout Session

CIO and CISO Collaboration — Balancing Digital Innovation and Cyber Resilience

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Hinesh Chauhan

Chief Information Officer

TAL Life

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Venkat Balakrishnan

CISO

TAL Life

In today's dynamic business environment, aligning technology and security with overarching business goals is crucial for uncovering new opportunities. CIOs and CISOs must work together to ensure that new technologies and innovations are implemented securely as organisations accelerate their digital transformation. 

Join this session to hear about collaborative efforts between CIO and CISO on:

  • Collaborative approaches to unlock opportunities from a business lens
  • Embedding security into the design and deployment of digital initiatives
  • Balancing innovation with risk management

14:00 - 14:45  Executive Boardroom

Empowering Growth and Productivity with Data Governance and Insights

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Danny Walsh

Business & Technology Services (BTS) Director

George Weston Foods

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Kate Carruthers

Chief Data & Insights Officer

University of New South Wales

Business leaders are facing the challenge of developing a data & analytics strategy that not only ensure robust data governance but also expands business value for data-driven insights. As organisations navigate increasing data volumes and evolving technologies, the need for an effective data governance program has never been more critical to streamline operations and unlock new growth opportunities. 

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • Gaining buy-in on your data strategy to drive a culture of data-informed decision-making
  • Streamlining data management processes in an age of fast-evolving technologies
  • Leveraging data & analytics value chain to unlock new growth opportunities

14:45 - 15:15  Networking Break

14:50 - 15:10  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

15:15 - 16:00  Keynote

Neuroscience Brain Hacks: Mastering Productive Learning, Decision Making, and Leading Transformation

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Lila Landowski

Neuroscientist, TEDx Speaker, Senior Lecturer

Guest Speaker

In the rapidly evolving business landscape, the ability to continuously learn and make effective decisions is more crucial than ever as CIOs and CISOs face the constant challenge of navigating uncertainty while driving transformative initiatives. Dr. Lila Landowski will take you on a journey through the brain, examining existing research on neuroscience to uncover the secrets behind productive learning, effective decision-making, and leading transformation. 

Join this session with Dr. Landowski to gain practical tools and strategies on:

  • Unlocking the secrets to productive learning
  • Enhancing decision-making capabilities during challenging times in work and life
  • Leading transformation with a growth mindset to embrace and drive change

16:00 - 16:30  Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

17:00 - 17:30  Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

13 November 2024

14 November 2024

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