YOW! Tech Leaders Summit Melbourne 2024 Schedule

Friday, September 13

Time Sessions
08:00 - 08:45
Registration
08:45 - 09:00
Session overviews and Introductions
09:00 - 09:30
Keynote
  • How to Turn AI Chaos Into Clarity
    • Alex Castrounis – Founder & CEO at Why of AI, NU Kellogg MBAi Professor, Author | Former INDYCAR Engineer, Race Strategist, and Data Scientist
09:35 - 10:05
Talk
  • Maximising Impact: The Strategic Role of CTOs in Leading Accessibility Efforts
    • Maia Miller – Managing Director at Aleph Accessibility
10:05 - 10:35
Morning tea
10:35 - 11:05
Talk
  • Working with Low Code Platform: Traps and Tips
    • May Xu – Head of Technology, APAC at Thoughtworks
11:10 - 11:40
Talk
  • Craft Events Mindfully - Navigating the Event Driven Journey with Caution (EDA)
    • Gaurav Thadani – Lead Consultant at DiUS
11:45 - 12:15
Talk
  • Copilot-First Application Design
    • Kostadin Solakov – Business Applications Lead, ANZ SMB at Microsoft
12:15 - 13:15
Lunch
13:15 - 13:45
Keynote
  • You'd better get used to this term
    • Preben Thorö – Chairman for the GOTO Program Committees, Group CTO Trifork
13:50 - 14:20
Talk
  • The Surprising Truths Behind Good Mentoring
    • Andrew Best – Senior Principal Software Engineer at Octopus Deploy
14:25 - 14:55
Talk
  • Debugging Engineering Organisations
    • Brigid O'Brien – Transformation Partner at Thoughtworks Australia
    • Heiko Gerin – Head of Technology, ANZ at Thoughtworks
14:55 - 15:25
Afternoon tea
15:25 - 15:55
Talk
  • How SEEK Pulled Off the Impossible Transformation
    • Troy Mcilvena – Head of Architecture at SEEK
16:00 - 16:30
Talk
  • Performing Better Together with A Culture of Continuous Improvement
    • Susan Brander – Co-Founder & CTO at Kaleida
16:35 - 17:05
Talk
  • Mastering Async: A Guide for Modern Team Leaders
    • Anton Ball – Dev Team Lead at Doist
17:05 - 18:05
Networking drinks