speakers:

Jacqui Davy is the Global Head of Privacy and Product Counsel at Canva. An Australian start up launched in 2013, Canva operates across 190 countries with over 170 million monthly active users. Canva is an online design platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.

Jacqui was previously the General Counsel and Data Protection Officer at ASX-listed start up and recruitment platform LiveHire Ltd. Prior to that she spent almost 7 years at REA Group Ltd which operates leading real estate portal, realestate.com.au, as their Privacy Officer and Senior Legal Counsel.

Jacqui has rolled out privacy compliance programs at three successful Australian technology start-ups where she has been responsible for influencing stakeholders to manage legal risks in fast-paced environments.

Tracey Evans is a future forward CIO leading significant transformation whilst balancing the operational challenges of complex technology platforms operating across matrix organisations. A catalyst who understands how to manage complexity and improve business agility by employing disruptive and enabling technologies where needed most.

With a proven track record of driving a ‘culture first’ approach enabling and empowering teams using right sized technology frameworks to deliver innovative solutions, address unmet business needs, and develop strategies that drive revenue growth and expand market share.

Julie's passion lies in connecting global problem spaces with customer problem spaces, leading to first-of-their-kind products and services that have social good built into their business model.

As Entrepreneur in Residence at AGL Energy, she co-founded ‘Electrify Now’ - AGL’s home electrification solution centre powered by advanced analytics to create a pathway for electrification in the home. An Australian-first by energy retailers that utilises smart meter data to understand customer usage and provide a suite of personalised options.

As the Senior Design Architect at the Microsoft Innovation Hub (The Hub) Sydney, Melissa Kaplan has been at the forefront of AI design-led experiences, championing the development of the Hub Sydney AI design framework. Her focus over the last 18 months has been on facilitating workshops, whiteboard sessions, and numerous engagements that empower organisations to leverage AI responsibly and innovatively.

Her commitment to responsible AI is demonstrated through:

• Her involvement in the support of numerous Not for Profit and Social Good organisation, where she shares best practices and support their digital transformation and resilience, especially with the rise of AI
• Leading sessions on unpacking and understanding Responsible AI for organisations, focusing on ethics, human relevance, bias in data, and governance structures
• Engaging in over 50 Envisioning Sessions and Strategic Briefings on Gen AI, exploring Microsoft’s approach to AI, investment across products and services, and discussions about responsible AI and governance

With over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing business strategies enabled by technology, she brings a wealth of knowledge to deliver large complex solutions. Her expertise in business, innovation, digital, change, knowledge, information, and data systems allows her to create outcomes for clients that are not only innovative but also founded on responsible and proven technologies. She is dedicated to advancing AI design, ensuring that every solution crafted at the MTC is thoughtful, impactful, and aligned with our commitment to social good.

Dr Katherine King is the CEO of Yarris Technologies and co-founder of Dazychain matter management software for corporate legal teams.

Katherine's PhD is from Boston University where she studied the interaction between people and computers, leading to a career focused on developing and implementing software that people can actually use and enjoy, and changing the way people work.

Before joining Yarris, Katherine worked as Corporate Director at a large hospital, the Global Head of Learning Platforms and Recruitment at an international bank, and the Head of Development for the postal service. What links this all together?

Katherine's goal is to bring people together to use technology to improve our working and personal lives.

Miranda is the CIO of Group Business Units for Westpac. She is a leader of large scale and complex technological and digital transformations. Miranda has developed strategic and tactical direction, built high performing teams and enabled service to uplift to customer experiences. Her leadership, focus and business direction results in improved engagement and productivity through enhanced employee experience, delivering significantly engaged teams who have more time to delight customers. Driving excellence in product delivery is key to having systems that provide the right experience - Miranda has 25 years of global experience and is a master of this craft. Her experience spans Federal Government, Telecommunications and Financial Services sectors across Europe, Asia and Australia. Community is a strong anchor for Miranda, and she is also a volunteer yoga teacher. Miranda is passionate about diversity and promoting women in Technology

Louise leads the Enterprise business for AWS across ANZ, working with leading enterprises to leverage the AWS platform to accelerate innovation, reduce the cost of technology and harness the power of Gen AI & data to transform customer experiences.

At AWS prior, Louise was Head of Media & Telecommunications for AWS, working with Australia’s Media and sports organisations to help them reach the entire Australian population with purposeful content through multiple mediums, curated and stored effectively, whilst achieving their transformation objectives. Across Telecommunications, partnering with CSP's to help them leverage the most advanced technologies on the market to reduce operational costs and create new propositions for their customers through next-generation capabilities in mobile edge computing, 5G and IoT.

With over 20 years’ experience in leadership, prior to AWS Louise held a number of senior positions across Global Tech companies. Starting her career in Broadcast start up’s, she has experience across M&A, Alliances, Commercial and Partnerships. Louise spent 10 years at Telstra, initially as Director for the UK in Telstra’s International business, subsequently re-locating to lead Telstra’s Global business from Australia, before transitioning as GM of Media & Supply Chain for Telstra’s Domestic Enterprise & Govt. business.

Katrina is an experienced, creative and outcome-focused leader with a proven track record of delivering results and transforming businesses for sustainable growth. She has over thirty years’ experience in the global technology sector, previously holding senior leadership roles in Australia, New Zealand, China, and the USA.

In her role as Vice President and Managing Director for Adobe ANZ, Katrina is responsible for Adobe supporting clients to drive their digital engagement to new levels, and customers’ success across Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Adobe Document Cloud.

Prior to Adobe, Katrina was General Manager for IBM ANZ. She has a history of growing software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses in IBM, and executing transformations across operations, digital sales, digital marketing, partners, and client success. Katrina also has extensive experience in acquisition integration, with responsibility for 40 acquisitions across her career.

Katrina is passionate about career development and digital skilling within the IT industry, also serving on the TAFE NSW Advisory Board, a Careers NSW Ambassador, and supporting the development of women leaders through Chief Executive Women. Her passion for culture, diversity, and inclusion in high-performance organisations saw her recognised as ‘CEO of the Year’ at the 2021 Australian LGBTQ Inclusion Awards.

Katrina has a Bachelor of Science, major in Physiology and Pharmacology, and a Bachelor of Commerce, major in Economics, from the University of Auckland.

Ally Watson is the founder and CEO of Code Like a Girl, a social enterprise that provides girls and women with the confidence and tools to take on the world of code and re-imagine the future of technology.

As one who has seen first-hand how traditional gender stereotypes have limited opportunity for women across society at large, she strives tirelessly each day towards breaking these biases.

Recently decorated with an Order of Australia Medal, Watson is a multi-award winning social entrepreneur whose heartfelt motivation is to create innovative learning environments where every woman, from any background, feels included, inspired and capable in the world of technology.

Susan Zhang, a high-energy business executive and visionary serial entrepreneur. Susan's career has taken her to dizzying heights in Australia, China and the United Kingdom. She has inspired many young entrepreneurs with her impressive legacy through her work with Google and ByteDance (TikTok), led a venture capital firm investing across three continents. Susan effectively brings a salient combination of technical prowess and commercial acumen to Google and then ByteDance(TikTok), later on as Senior Country Development Manager at Amazon Australia and now the Product Localisation Teams Lead at Canva.