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9:00am

Arrival & Registration

9:10am

Welcome & Ice-Breaker Exercise

9:30am

Opening Keynote:
Optimising Costs and ROI in the Cloud

Understanding the strategies and best practices to maximise returns and minimise costs in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

• Cost Optimisation Techniques: Exploring methods such as resource right-sizing, reserved instances, and cloud provider discounts to optimise costs
• Performance vs. Cost Trade-offs: Discussing how to balance performance requirements with cost considerations to achieve optimal ROI
• Cloud Cost Visibility: Highlighting the importance of robust cost monitoring and management tools to maintain visibility and control over expenditure

Speaker:
Roberto Calero, Cloud Operations Manager - Blackwoods

10:00am

Panel:
Managing Cyber Resiliency in a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Environment

Managing Cyber Resiliency in a Hybrid Infrastructure Environment
The opportunities created by cloud products and services are enabling organisations to reach new heights of scalable growth and goals in 2024. But one issue still remains top of mind for most IT practitioners: the ability to manage, operate and protect data. This session will tackle this diverse environment coupled with the transition from disaster recovery to cyber recovery so to respond faster to a cyber incident.

• Find the right tools and products to supercharge your cloud environment
• Explore cloud tips, tricks and best practices
• Avoid decision fatigue and get all the cloud info in one place

Speakers:
Anu Singhal, Senior Manager, Cyber and Cloud Risk - Colonial First State
Armin Yaghini, Principle Solutions Architect - Healius
Michael Heffernan, Field Technical Director - Cohesity

10:35am

Morning Tea & Networking

11:00am

Keynote:
Keynote to be announced soon!

11:30am

Panel:
Modernising Applications in Cloud Environments

Addressing the challenges and opportunities involved in modernising applications for hybrid and multi-cloud deployment models.

• Containerisation and Microservices: Exploring how containerisation and microservices architectures facilitate application modernisation and portability across cloud environments
• DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Discussing the role of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines in accelerating the pace of application modernisation and deployment
• Legacy Integration Challenges: Addressing the challenges associated with integrating and modernising legacy applications to operate efficiently in hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Speakers:
Charlie Fergus, Director of Engineering, Infrastructure - Safety Culture
+ More to be announced soon!

12:05pm

Roundtable Discussions:
Choose 1 topic to join on the day!

1. Edge Computing Impact
2. Cloud Migration
3. Cloud Cost and ROI
4. Multi-Cloud Data Management
5. Legacy App Modernisation
6. Hybrid vs Multi-Cloud Choice
7. Optimising Network Performance
8. Cloud Compliance

1:00pm

Lunch & Exhibition

2:00pm

Panel:
Cloud Data Management

Exploring strategies for effectively managing data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments to ensure accessibility, security, and compliance.

• Data Integration and Interoperability: Discussing methods for seamless data integration across disparate cloud platforms and on-premises systems
• Data Governance and Compliance: Addressing challenges related to data governance, regulatory compliance, and data sovereignty in hybrid and multi-cloud scenarios
• Data Lifecycle Management: Exploring best practices for managing the entire data lifecycle, including data ingestion, storage, processing, and archival across hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Panelists:
Freddie Ghahremani, Data Architecture & Strategy Modernisation Solutionist - QBE
Jason Sandery, Head of Cloud Services - Commonwealth Bank
+ More to be announced soon!

2:35pm

Closing Keynote:
How to Guide: AI Adoption in Cloud Environments

Navigating the ever changing world of cloud based Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly difficult. Delve into the available product offerings across the leading cloud providers and navigate the AI landscape and the available models that best suit your business.

• Leveraging AI and automation for DevOps and DevSecOps practices in cloud
• Latest trends in cloud optimisation and  financial control automation
• Frameworks for hybrid and multi-cloud Gen AI adoption

Speaker:
Archana Yallajosula, Director of Multi-Cloud and AI Consulting - Protiviti

3:00pm

Event Closed