CDAO Perth schedule

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In this session, Janelle will look at how data and analytics can be intrinsically and irrevocably linked to the growth of an organisation. Instead of viewing data as an enabler, data will take its place as an invaluable asset when it comes to decision-making. Let us look at the building blocks that will shape organisational values around data in years to come.

In our data-driven world, the challenges of maintaining privacy and security are constantly increasing. Advanced AI models, like GPT, require large datasets, which can pose potential risks to data privacy. Database replication addresses this issue by creating controlled copies of databases for safe utilization. To maintain data quality, integration becomes essential. Collectively, these approaches establish a secure foundation for AI training and application.

Speakers: 

Boon Keat Law | Director | Boon Solutions

Armstrong Mejilla | Senior Director, APJ Presales | Qlik

●    Decisioning is critical to the capability of organisations – how can we get it into the rights hands quickly to augment and automate real-time decision-making?
●    Overcoming the biggest hurdles to achieving embedded data enabled decision making
●    Operationalising analytics into business decisions through democratised data access models 
●    Using DataOps and ModelOps to improve the flow and integration of data-driven decisions across the business 
●    Establishing robust data governance practices to drive better decision-making  

Moderator: 

Bobby Patel | GM Data & Analytics | RAC WA

Panellists:

Bruce Wright | Head of Data & Analytics | Water Corporation

Janelle Baily | Assistant Director, Data Science & Analytics | Western Australia Police Force

Dave Holtkamp | Senior Director - Data & Analytics Program Delivery Lead | Australian Taxation Office

●    The ethical risks and how they harm businesses
●    The top 5 ethical questions about AI and the current answers
●    Can AI programming be retrained to avoid bias or is bias inevitable?
●    With the introduction of ChatGPT, what are the implications for ethics and data in general?

Panellists:
Harpreet Khalsa | Chief Data Officer | Edith Cowan University
Robert Jordan | Director, Data Strategy and Analytics | Silverchain
Dushyant Shrivastava | Head of Digital | Laing O’Rourke Australia
Sandhya Krishnan | Lead – People Program, Technology and Insights | RAC WA

•    Exploring the rise of AI-powered tools and their potential to transform data analytics and software development
•    Delving into GitHub Copilot: How it supercharges software development, promoting efficiency and long-term cost savings
•    Leveraging Large Language Models for business advantage: A closer look at ChatGPT and its diverse applications in enhancing organizational communication and automating tasks
•    Highlighting the role of open-source models in the AI ecosystem: Their capacity to drive innovation and customization for specific industry needs
•    Navigating the risks of AI: A discussion on potential challenges, including data privacy, security, and ethical considerations

Data privacy and ethics governance processes are typically resource intensive, inefficient and fail to deliver business value at scale. With transformative privacy legislative reform just around the corner for Australia and WA, how can we get ready to put principles into practice and deliver on our promise to protect privacy and work with data ethically?

Panellists: 

Damian Shepherd | Director | State Records Office of WA

Prashant Singh | State Branch Chair WA | WA IT Service Management Forum (itSMF)

Peter Hullet | Assistant Director Enterprise Information Management | Department of Finance, WA

Rutu Ayachit | Manager - IM Services | Digital Technology & Innovation | CITIC Pacific Mining

It’s high time for data governance that’s aligned with business priorities. Organisations could be facing challenges ranging from compliance and customer centricity initiatives to productivity improvements and decision support. But, organisations can’t lead data-driven digital transformation without effective data governance that’s tied to specific business objectives and outcome. A pivotal aspect of any effective data governance program is data intelligence. It provides contextual understanding of your data and ensures the required level of trust and transparency. Making trusted data easily available for consumption is crucial to that effort. 
To help accelerate your digital transformation journey, your organisation needs the ability to:
•    Unlock data value quickly with predictive recommendations and automation
•    Enable data discovery and understanding with connected metadata, context and insight across the data value chain
•    Deliver inherent trust in data with unified governance, catalog, quality, master data management and marketplace capabilities.
•    Empower data consumers to drive business outcomes with timely self-service.

How do organisations approach data governance in a scalable way without slowing down innovation?
Key talk points include:
•    What are the challenges with governance and how we scale our organisations?
•    What innovative strategies that can use a strong governance stance?
•    What are some ideas to align governance with new business objectives?
•    How do we manage potential privacy and sovereignty risks due to the increase in the ease of access to low cost, low code and crowd sourcing tools?

Panellists:

Jared Ebrall | Manager Operational Information Systems – Data Coordination, Analysis and Visualisation | Department of Fire and Emergency Services, WA
Ash Smith | Manager, Data Platform | South32
Andy Lavender | Digital Practice Leader, Western Australia & Northern Territory | Aurecon

●    Can you quantify if you have a data-driven organisation?
●    Cultivating relationships in the name of data
●    What to do about culture? What is the weakest link in culture for your organisation?
●    How can you be the data translator for your business?

Moderator:

Chris Chapman | Manager Data, Analytics & Planning | Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers

Panellists:
Gerard McCarthy | Head of Data & Analytics | Pioneer Credit
Catherine Leighton | Principal Workforce Analytics | BHP
Hannah Jachmann | Head of Data and Insights | Fremantle Football Club
Marcus Chew | Senior Director - Data & Analytics Program Strategy Lead | Australian Taxation Office

●    Making high-value outcomes a priority: securing executive buy-in
●    Getting lower-value deliverables off your plate: when to use generative AI, outsource, or simply say ‘no’
●    Demonstrating your worth: communicating value back to the business 

The talk will share practical and hard learnt lessons, drawing on Coert’s experience in building data analytics systems and strategies for Deloitte, CFC, BHP and MaxMine to walk you through the steps you can take to move data faster in a large or established enterprise.

●    Overcoming the non-data barriers in procurement, recruitment, leading change and IT to access data
●    Importance of having a leader with real decision rights internally, that the team or consultants can talk real/technical, and is not “just” a manager of projects/consultants
●    Accelerating organisational learning utilising incubators to hackathons, internal competition and challenges and how these types of arrangements gel with a scaleup like MaxMine (or what startups/scale-ups really think of working with you as an established enterprise)

David Edwards | Future Technology & Innovation Manager | Horizon Power  

Amin Nabipour, PhD | Senior Energy Analyst | Horizon Power

•    Unlocking Data's Hidden Potential through Corporate Strategy  
•    Secrets to Data Management Success: Value Proposition, Quality, and Resilience  
•    Taking the Lead: Business-Driven Data Management and Governance  

Moderator: 

Yulia Merrill | Perth President | DAMA 

Panellists: 

Schellie-Jayne Price | Partner | Stirling & Rose

Nicole Byrne | Director Corporate Information | Department of Communities

David Di Lollo | Manager, Information Management, Water Corporation 

Dr Christina Read | Analytics and Insights Manager | WA Primary Health Alliance

Graham Jacoby | Network Operations Analysis Manager | Main Roads Western Australia

Modern enhanced decision making relies on recruiting and retaining the right people, with the right skills and attributes, to champion modern data practices and continuously learn. Organisations have to consider how they ensure they have a data literate workforce, supported by strong investment in data skills, able to uplift organisational data maturity, and deliver on their outcomes. We all have a role in ensuring the professionalisation of our workforce, and the ability to equip them with the skills and attributes required of modern data practitioners. We will explore how there is no easy road to achieve this rapidly and the importance of culture, people, process, technology and information.

Panellists:
Andrew Charter | Global Integration Principal – PcoE | BHP
Ivy Isack | Manager - Governance, Analysis and Improvement | Fortescue Metals Group 
Jonathan Carfi | Corporate Development Manager | Carfi
Eleanor Harrison | Organizational Development Specialist | RAC WA 

•    Accelerating and managing expectations for the c-suite 
•    Embracing ambiguity when building a data strategy and executing
•    Navigating the delicate and sometimes murky balance between commercial and technical elements

In the quest for project success, EPCs (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction companies) and owner-operators must find new ways to unite. Data-centric engineering, an approach that centralises and integrates data from various sources into a unified, accessible ecosystem, is key. This approach enhances collaboration, drives innovation, and optimises operations by providing everyone with the context-specific information they need. Learn how leading organisations are breaking free from outdated, inefficient methods and embracing data-centricity to value digital assets on par with the physical assets they are delivering.

Often your data is your most sensitive and valuable asset, so it’s important to be confident that you’re bringing in the right people into your organisation. Successful data talent needs technical skills and communication skills for their work to make an impact. Nick will talk through his experience hiring for a number of experienced data science positions in industry, as well as what Innovation Central Perth has learned after driving more than thirty data science projects that pair up students with industry problems.  

Dan will share his journey at HBF Health Limited of creating data and analytics strategies for large scale transformation including the modernisation and adoption of analytics practices enabled by modern Analytics Platforms, supporting Data Science, MLOps and large-scale Data Engineering.