In 2012, Roy contributed to the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Taskforce report Smarter Manufacturing for a Smarter Australia and was co-author of a research report on productivity for the McKell Institute, Understanding Productivity – Australia’s Choice. Subsequently, he coordinated an 18 month Australian Government funded project by the Australian Business Deans Council on The Future of Management Education and co-authored a report on public sector innovation for the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Shaping the Future through Co-Creation. In 2015, Roy was asked to prepare a report for the Senate Innovation System Inquiry on The Structure and Performance of Australia’s National Innovation System http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/Innovation_System/Report which became an input to the Prime Minister’s National Innovation and Science Agenda http://innovation.gov.au/page/national-innovation-and-science-agenda-report Roy also joined the Research Advisory Committee of the Centre for Policy Development and Universities Australia Work Integrated Learning Taskforce, and he was appointed Chair of the Queensland Competition Authority.

Found in a natural state of shaking things up, talking too loudly and shouting at the TV pending the outcome of my favourite teams at any given time. Young enough that I’m at home in digital, whilst old enough that I’ve made a few mistakes and learnt from them. Heading up Marketing, Brand and Social Media at Fox Sports for the last 3.5 years- yes it’s a dream job. Prior to this spent 4 glorious years at Vodafone as Head of Social Media and Video.

A valued member of Allianz Global Assistance since 2012, Laura joined the Marketing and eCommerce team to share her knowledge and expertise in digital and technology. Her strong leadership capability has seen her move into the role of Chief Information Officer.

Laura’s skills span from technical implementation and system design to creating converting and engaging online experiences – transforming traditionally offline brands into online experts. She has over 13 years’ marketing experience, with the last 10 focused entirely on the digital customer experience.

Laura’s mix of small enterprise and global company experience across international markets, including Australia and the United Kingdom, has given her a rich understanding of customer needs and how to engage internal partners to deliver digital experiences on time and on budget.

In her current role she is working towards an increase in customer-centricity to the teams and collaborating with them to deliver an agile approach to delivering the functions capabilities.

Tom has spent 25 years driving successful business outcomes across many different business sectors. He is a recognized expert in large scale enterprise technology, has successfully led a number of high profile digital transformations and has driven profitable exits for Venture Capital investors in early and mid stage technology startups.

Tom is a regular and in demand speaker on the circuit both in Australia and internationally and has proven skills in building and leading high performance teams. Tom’s strategic thought leadership, his broad and deep experience and his ability to execute for client success are well recognised.

For the past 24 years, Gary has been with Harvey Norman in a variety of roles that have demonstrated experience in leadership and strategy across both traditional bricks and mortar, and online retail, with a focus on delivering results.

Gary’s current role is Chief Digital Officer at Harvey Norman. Reporting to the CEO, Gary leads the development and execution of the Harvey Norman digital strategy, taking ownership of the management and development of all Harvey Norman online activity worldwide.
Gary is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, design, and implementation of the company’s digital roadmap that is positioned to meet the needs of the business in communication, engagement, and transaction.
Harvey Norman’s digital strategies address customers, the stores, their people, suppliers, web, mobile, cloud, data and insights, online marketing, and digital development, increasing customer acquisition, conversion and retention.

Digital is influencing every facet of the business. It is vital to Harvey Norman that they continue to empower their people, whether they are local specialists in stores, at warehouses, online, or wherever they are, to give customers a great Harvey Norman experience!

The CDO is primarily a change agent who will help deliver Harvey Norman further into the digital age.

Under Gary’s leadership Harvey Norman were awarded a “Mobie” for Best Mobile Store 2012 by the Australian Mobile Industry, and Best Multichannel Retailer by the Online Retail Industry of Australia for 2013.

Gary currently sits on the advisory board of eTail Asia, and was recently appointed to the Strategy Advisory Board of Innovation Enterprise US to assist with their program of global strategy summits. Gary has previously represented Harvey Norman on Intel’s Consumer Board of Advisors for the Digital Home Group. Gary has appeared on panels ranging from The Academy of TV Arts and Sciences in Hollywood discussing the future of TV, to SXSW 2011 The Last Broadcast: Entertainment is Social – What’s Next? – talking about the future of Social TV.
Most recently Gary keynoted at MagentoLive Australia presenting the Harvey Norman Digital journey.
Gary has an insatiable appetite and infectious passion for technology. After five minutes with Gary, your home, shopping, and life on the go will never be the same.

Kevin Wordon is the Head of Digital for Flight Centre Travel Group’s 7 business travel brands globally. Kevin spearheads web development, eDM, marketing automation, social marketing, customer experience marketing, UX and UI, digital signage and digital media. Kevin brings 10 years of experience in digital marketing and technology to the panel.

Flight Centre Travel Group is a $13.5 billion business consisting of more than 30 brands. One of the world’s largest travel agency groups, it has company-owned operations in 11 countries and a corporate travel management network that spans more than 95 countries.

Lee heads up Microsoft’s “Internet of Things” strategy for Australia – IoT is the next digital wave of innovation and promises to deliver on the vision of smart cities, lives and experiences through connected devices and the intelligent cloud.

With over 23 years’ experience in the IT industry, prior to Joining Microsoft, Lee spent 5 years at RSA Security as a Senior Consultant on Identity management and Authentication Services and 8 years in a variety of roles at IBM, Tivoli and a couple of Start-ups. As the Product manager and commercial lead for IoT, Lee is responsible for the strategy and planning behind Microsoft’s IOT solution and delivery in the Australian Market.

Lee has been with Microsoft for 10 years in a variety of roles and disciplines – sales, technical and marketing. Lee holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification and is a regular presenter at Microsoft and industry event.

George leads the delivery of Emerging Products and Innovation across Australia and New Zealand. His focus is on mobile and how this supports multi-channel and multi form factor purchase experiences. This is particularly important as new technology and capabilities are fundamentally changing the way consumers and merchants interact, especially in relation to shopping. George works with issuers, acquirers and merchants to articulate and achieve Visa’s vision of the future of payments. The key product areas he is responsible for are proximity payments including eSE, HCE and new form factors as they emerge, person to person payments and how these come together with remote payments on the mobile.