10am - 3pm AEST
12pm - 5pm NZST
Day One Conference - Wednesday 15 September
10:00
Welcome and Chair’s Opening Remarks
Speaking:
Welcome and Chair’s Opening Remarks
August 26 | 10:00 - 10:05
Speaking:
10:05
CDAO Deep Dive Innovation 2021 Opening Address
International Keynote Presentation: Deliver the Exceptional with Data and Analytics - Fostering a Culture of Excellence
Speaking:
Dr. Vipin Gopal
VP, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Eli Lilly and Company (USA)
10:30
Keynote Discussion Panel: Data–driven Decision Making during a Crisis
Data is the fuel for decision making – day-to-day decisions and strategic decisions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, data was the lifeblood of every country’s response. This panel discussion will explore what that decision making looked like in Australia, and what were the lessons learned.
- What does interdisciplinary knowledge really look like?
- Data sharing – and why the value of those models can only increase with sharing
- Examining the usefulness of information in a context like this
- How to consider all the evidence in decision making
- How do we measure the effectiveness of different data decisions?
- How do you explain it and communicate it to the public?
- The balance between epidemiological modelling and macro-economic forecasts in decision making
- How has COVID impacted relative momentum internationally?
Speaking:
Nonna Milmeister
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, RMIT
Bhavika Unnadkat
Head of Data, Momentum Energy
Khang Nguyen
Head of Data Analytics & Governance, Tabcorp
Keynote Discussion Panel: Data–driven Decision Making during a Crisis
August 25 | 10:30 - 11:05
Data is the fuel for decision making – day-to-day decisions and strategic decisions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, data was the lifeblood of every country’s response. This panel discussion will explore what that decision making looked like in Australia, and what were the lessons learned.
- What does interdisciplinary knowledge really look like?
- Data sharing – and why the value of those models can only increase with sharing
- Examining the usefulness of information in a context like this
- How to consider all the evidence in decision making
- How do we measure the effectiveness of different data decisions?
- How do you explain it and communicate it to the public?
- The balance between epidemiological modelling and macro-economic forecasts in decision making
- How has COVID impacted relative momentum internationally?
11:05
11:30
Sustaining Change and Scaling for Success
Ensuring your strategy, foundational capabilities and activities are all geared towards embedding analytics into the fabric of the organisation.
Speaking:
Janice Carey
Head of Customer Data and Analytics, Customer and Strategy Office, Bupa
11:55
The habits of highly effective data-driven organisations
In a world where data is growing exponentially, and advanced analytics and machine learning (ML) are becoming standards, why do so many organisations still struggle at executing a successful data strategy? From thousands of practitioners, we've observed that the most common traits of successful data teams lie in evolving their technology and their culture. In this session, we'll discuss how data democratisation starts with disruptive leadership and simplifying the data architecture in order to empower data teams with the right tools and creative freedom to do their best work and harness the true power of data.
Speaking:
The habits of highly effective data-driven organisations
August 26 | 11:55 - 12:20
In a world where data is growing exponentially, and advanced analytics and machine learning (ML) are becoming standards, why do so many organisations still struggle at executing a successful data strategy? From thousands of practitioners, we've observed that the most common traits of successful data teams lie in evolving their technology and their culture. In this session, we'll discuss how data democratisation starts with disruptive leadership and simplifying the data architecture in order to empower data teams with the right tools and creative freedom to do their best work and harness the true power of data.
Speaking:
12:20
Case Study: Building Data and Analytics Self-service into your organisation
This case study will look at transforming a large legacy Information Management Team into a modern Data and Analytics Hub. Daniel led this 18-month transformation, and the talk will touch on the topics of leadership and change during COVID as well as organisational design, operating model and architecture that enables business teams whilst supporting engineering innovation and governance. It will also look at:
- Ensuring your governance and data literacy fundamentals are in place and appropriate for the audience
- Maximising what data is available to your business units and how they can interpret it
- How to achieve real success increasing data literacy across the organisation
- How do you know you trust the data you have been given?
Speaking:
Daniel Morse
Head of Technology - Customer, Australia Post
Case Study: Building Data and Analytics Self-service into your organisation
August 25 | 12:20 - 12:45
This case study will look at transforming a large legacy Information Management Team into a modern Data and Analytics Hub. Daniel led this 18-month transformation, and the talk will touch on the topics of leadership and change during COVID as well as organisational design, operating model and architecture that enables business teams whilst supporting engineering innovation and governance. It will also look at:
- Ensuring your governance and data literacy fundamentals are in place and appropriate for the audience
- Maximising what data is available to your business units and how they can interpret it
- How to achieve real success increasing data literacy across the organisation
- How do you know you trust the data you have been given?
12:45
Dashboards are Dead: How Langs empowered their business with Search and AI driven answers
Analytics continues to evolve and create new opportunities for organisations that embrace the accelerated pace of change. Many stick to the status quo, however, and fail to capitalise on the value of modern analytics. Stagnant business practices, resistant individuals, and legacy software are all to blame. In this session Langs Building Supplies will explore how they’ve used ThoughtSpot to overcome these barriers to flourish in the new data-driven world. We will learn how Langs embraced modern cloud analytics to take the place of dashboards and provide personalised insights to all.
Speaking:
Matthew Day
Chief Information Officer, Langs Building Supplies
Dashboards are Dead: How Langs empowered their business with Search and AI driven answers
August 26 | 12:45 - 13:10
Analytics continues to evolve and create new opportunities for organisations that embrace the accelerated pace of change. Many stick to the status quo, however, and fail to capitalise on the value of modern analytics. Stagnant business practices, resistant individuals, and legacy software are all to blame. In this session Langs Building Supplies will explore how they’ve used ThoughtSpot to overcome these barriers to flourish in the new data-driven world. We will learn how Langs embraced modern cloud analytics to take the place of dashboards and provide personalised insights to all.
1:10
Keynote Panel Discussion: The Future of Data and Analytics post-COVID-19
Correlation tells you how numbers interacted in the past, but it doesn’t tell you the structure of that data. After a shock, the ability for data leaders to forecast future scenarios is so much harder, as you can’t just draw on previous trends. This panel will examine:
- What will the post-COVID business look like?
- To what extent will data and analytics play a more important role in most organisations?
- What digital trends have been accelerated for organisations?
- How do data and analytics leaders support organisations during a crisis?
- Do we see a reverting back to a tried and tested (and not necessarily right) data approach during a crisis?
- What happens when you cannot use historical data to make decisions?
- How have businesses had to change their approach around systems and frameworks?
Speaking:
Revital Rosenberg
Head of Data and Insights, Officeworks Ltd
Suresh Bhaskaran
Head of Investment Analytics & Data Services APAC, BNP Paribas
Yuriy Onyshchuk
Head of Data and Analytics, Energy Safe Victoria
Kanella Salapatas
Group Head of HR Data and Analytics, QBE
Keynote Panel Discussion: The Future of Data and Analytics post-COVID-19
August 25 | 13:10 - 13:45
Correlation tells you how numbers interacted in the past, but it doesn’t tell you the structure of that data. After a shock, the ability for data leaders to forecast future scenarios is so much harder, as you can’t just draw on previous trends. This panel will examine:
- What will the post-COVID business look like?
- To what extent will data and analytics play a more important role in most organisations?
- What digital trends have been accelerated for organisations?
- How do data and analytics leaders support organisations during a crisis?
- Do we see a reverting back to a tried and tested (and not necessarily right) data approach during a crisis?
- What happens when you cannot use historical data to make decisions?
- How have businesses had to change their approach around systems and frameworks?
1:45
Thought leadership session
Thought leadership session
August 26 | 13:45 - 14:10
Speaking:
2:10
Panel Discussion: Understanding if and how AI may add value to your business
- Is today’s AI simply yesterday’s statistical modelling?
- Where does the value of AI really lie compared to simpler, faster, and cheaper methods of advanced analytics?
- Is the value in the technology or the business challenge/opportunity?
Speaking:
Sandra Hogan
General Manager Data Science & Analytics, Ventia Pty Ltd
Panel Discussion: Understanding if and how AI may add value to your business
August 26 | 14:10 - 14:45
- Is today’s AI simply yesterday’s statistical modelling?
- Where does the value of AI really lie compared to simpler, faster, and cheaper methods of advanced analytics?
- Is the value in the technology or the business challenge/opportunity?
2:45
End of CDAO ANZ Deep Dive Innovation - Day 1
End of CDAO ANZ Deep Dive Innovation - Day 1
August 25 | 14:45
Speaking:
Day Two Conference - Thursday 16 September
10:05
International Keynote: Unleashing the Power of Data within the Department of the Air Force
Speaking:
Eileen Vidrine
Chief Data Officer, United States Air Force (USA)
10:30
Keynote Perspectives Panel: Culture is King: Fostering a Culture to Support the Latest Tech
We know that prioritising data is something that comes from the top management – but how do we get this to happen? This panel will examine:
- Becoming a truly data enabled business - What organisational culture is required?
- Accelerating change through technology.
- Establishing a start-up-like culture to foster innovation
- Adjusting strategies to emphasise data and analytics
- How your analytics team can involve the sponsors on the journey with them
- How to get your execs to ask for what they truly need
- What does it mean to embrace a data culture?
- How do data and analytics help execs to sell their story?
- Why you need to know your stakeholders and know their data level of maturity
- How to you take them on the journey of what they can achieve with the data
Speaking:
Orla Glynn
Chief Data Officer, AGL Energy
Violetta Misiorek
Principal Consultant, Data Science, Digital Distribution, Suncorp Group
Eugene Dozortsev
Head of Enterprise Data, BI and Analytics, Tabcorp
Christine Lee
Head of Customer Insights and Analytics, Marketing, SEEK Group
Keynote Perspectives Panel: Culture is King: Fostering a Culture to Support the Latest Tech
August 26 | 10:30 - 11:05
We know that prioritising data is something that comes from the top management – but how do we get this to happen? This panel will examine:
- Becoming a truly data enabled business - What organisational culture is required?
- Accelerating change through technology.
- Establishing a start-up-like culture to foster innovation
- Adjusting strategies to emphasise data and analytics
- How your analytics team can involve the sponsors on the journey with them
- How to get your execs to ask for what they truly need
- What does it mean to embrace a data culture?
- How do data and analytics help execs to sell their story?
- Why you need to know your stakeholders and know their data level of maturity
- How to you take them on the journey of what they can achieve with the data
11:05
Are you future-fit for the “Rise of the Augmented Consumer”?
Gartner identifies “the rise of the augmented consumer” a top trend for data and analytics. Why?
Many users today use predefined dashboards and manual data exploration that lead to false conclusions, resulting in incorrect decisions. In the near future these dashboards will be replaced with “automated, conversational, mobile, and dynamically generated insights customised to a user’s needs and delivered to their point of consumption” - the augmented consumer.
So how prepared is your organisation and how can you fast track your capabilities to stay ahead of the trend? Glen Rabie, CEO and Co-founder of Yellowfin, highlights the top three things you must act on now.
Are you future-fit for the “Rise of the Augmented Consumer”?
August 26 | 11:05 - 11:30
Gartner identifies “the rise of the augmented consumer” a top trend for data and analytics. Why?
Many users today use predefined dashboards and manual data exploration that lead to false conclusions, resulting in incorrect decisions. In the near future these dashboards will be replaced with “automated, conversational, mobile, and dynamically generated insights customised to a user’s needs and delivered to their point of consumption” - the augmented consumer.
So how prepared is your organisation and how can you fast track your capabilities to stay ahead of the trend? Glen Rabie, CEO and Co-founder of Yellowfin, highlights the top three things you must act on now.
Speaking:
11:30
Keynote Presentation: What’s required of data & analytics teams in the future - and their leaders?
- Future skill set and key data roles
- Embedding data into business DNA and decision making
- Key considerations: data products mindset; data partnerships; data literacy, self-service and citizen data scientists
- Building a high performing team, and retaining it
- Defining a vision, obtaining Executive buy-in and setting the right expectations
Speaking:
David Black
Head of Data Product & Strategy, Flybuys
Keynote Presentation: What’s required of data & analytics teams in the future - and their leaders?
August 26 | 11:30 - 11:55
- Future skill set and key data roles
- Embedding data into business DNA and decision making
- Key considerations: data products mindset; data partnerships; data literacy, self-service and citizen data scientists
- Building a high performing team, and retaining it
- Defining a vision, obtaining Executive buy-in and setting the right expectations
12:05
Thought Leader Presentation: Successfully Leveraging the Latest Tech for Innovation
Reserved for Dataiku
Thought Leader Presentation: Successfully Leveraging the Latest Tech for Innovation
August 25 | 12:05 - 12:30
Reserved for Dataiku
Speaking:
12:30
Case study: Overcoming Data and Analytics Programme Barriers
What are the practical steps that can be taken to tackle common organisational barriers to the success of D&A programmes, such as:
- Cultural resistant to change,
- Lack of investment (funding/resource),
- Organisational poor data literacy,
- Lack of relevant D&A skills/staff.
- Engagement and Prioritization
- Expectation Setting
This talk will also look at balancing the art of the possible with your ability to deliver and meet expectations.
Speaking:
Clare Kitching
Head of Advanced Analytics, Wesfarmers
Case study: Overcoming Data and Analytics Programme Barriers
August 26 | 12:30 - 12:55
What are the practical steps that can be taken to tackle common organisational barriers to the success of D&A programmes, such as:
- Cultural resistant to change,
- Lack of investment (funding/resource),
- Organisational poor data literacy,
- Lack of relevant D&A skills/staff.
- Engagement and Prioritization
- Expectation Setting
This talk will also look at balancing the art of the possible with your ability to deliver and meet expectations.
12:55
Case study: Awaken Data Investment and Opportunity – and Treat Data as a Strategic Asset
Speaking:
Rakesh Kalyankar
Head of Data & Insights, AusNet Services
1:20
Panel Discussion: Building a Winning Team: To Hire or Train? Organisational Structure and Skills Gaps – Getting the Structure Right
Determining the right blend of job functions for your data analytics projects.
Upskill, adapt and evolve. Learn how organisations are enabling change through diversity. This discussion session will look at:
- Broadening the funnel of diverse applicants.
- Encouraging more diverse groups to apply.
- What is a diverse workforce – examining the blend of personality traits that make for a winning team.
- How to encourage more diverse talent beyond just the recruitment phase - Keeping diverse groups engaged long term.
- Achieving true diversity of teams – not just for show
- How to create diversity of thought?
- How it can correct inherent bias
- Data Literacy;
- Talent Gap;
- Leadership
- Upskilling
Speaking:
Rakesh Kalyankar
Head of Data & Insights, AusNet Services
Christine Lee
Head of Customer Insights and Analytics, Marketing, SEEK Group
Sandhya Iyer
Head of Data Governance, Strategy & Culture, Latitude Financial Services
Panel Discussion: Building a Winning Team: To Hire or Train? Organisational Structure and Skills Gaps – Getting the Structure Right
August 25 | 13:20 - 13:45
Determining the right blend of job functions for your data analytics projects.
Upskill, adapt and evolve. Learn how organisations are enabling change through diversity. This discussion session will look at:
- Broadening the funnel of diverse applicants.
- Encouraging more diverse groups to apply.
- What is a diverse workforce – examining the blend of personality traits that make for a winning team.
- How to encourage more diverse talent beyond just the recruitment phase - Keeping diverse groups engaged long term.
- Achieving true diversity of teams – not just for show
- How to create diversity of thought?
- How it can correct inherent bias
- Data Literacy;
- Talent Gap;
- Leadership
- Upskilling
1:45
Where is the Cognitive World Heading?
- What are companies hoping to achieve with cognitive technologies?
- What are the challenges in integrating your AI tools and algorithms?
- How can you build a culture and hire the right team that supports AI and manages sceptics? What does the right team look like?
- How are you building AI capabilities for the future to have a much bigger impact on customer experience? What initiatives have you set in place?
Speaking:
Alan Lowthorpe
GM Advanced Analytics, Advanced Analytics Centre, Wesfarmers
Where is the Cognitive World Heading?
August 26 | 13:45 - 14:10
- What are companies hoping to achieve with cognitive technologies?
- What are the challenges in integrating your AI tools and algorithms?
- How can you build a culture and hire the right team that supports AI and manages sceptics? What does the right team look like?
- How are you building AI capabilities for the future to have a much bigger impact on customer experience? What initiatives have you set in place?
2:10
Keynote Discussion: Getting up the value chain - How do you demonstrate value in a time of uncertainty?
- Moving up the value chain to ensure you data and analytics team is achieving its full potential
- How to move from reporting function to strategic analytics function
- Working on the most important business problems
- The idea of analytics team being and order taker – becoming a partner in business problem solving that can be commotised
Speaking:
Kshira Saagar
Kshira Saagar, Chief Data Officer, Latitude Financial Services
Dmitri Markman
Executive, Personal Banking Data and Analytics, NAB
Keynote Discussion: Getting up the value chain - How do you demonstrate value in a time of uncertainty?
August 26 | 14:10 - 14:45
- Moving up the value chain to ensure you data and analytics team is achieving its full potential
- How to move from reporting function to strategic analytics function
- Working on the most important business problems
- The idea of analytics team being and order taker – becoming a partner in business problem solving that can be commotised
2:35
End of CDAO ANZ Deep Dive Innovation - Day 2
End of CDAO ANZ Deep Dive Innovation - Day 2
August 5 | 14:35