Join us this June as we take our region's pulse with the 'State of Digital Innovation in Queensland'.
The State of Digital Innovation in QLD.
Now its fifth iteration, this annual discussion encourages us to explore the challenges and opportunities created by digital innovation.
In 2022 we are confronted with a bittersweet backdrop of uncertainty, misinformation, war and climate change... we desperately look to build and scale radical technologies to fix these problems.
Digital innovation has the power to calm the waves of instability.
Whether it is by creating a psychologically safe workplace; measuring our organisation's carbon footprint; working within an ethical design framework; building brands with purpose; championing a decentralised internet or simply by thinking faster and smarter, WE are in an enviable position to create immediate change.
Join us this June for the 2022 snapshot of digital innovation in Queensland including:
In 2022 we are confronted with a bittersweet backdrop of uncertainty, misinformation, war and climate change... we desperately look to build and scale radical technologies to fix these problems.
Digital innovation has the power to calm the waves of instability.
Whether it is by creating a psychologically safe workplace; measuring our organisation's carbon footprint; working within an ethical design framework; building brands with purpose; championing a decentralised internet or simply by thinking faster and smarter, WE are in an enviable position to create immediate change.
Join us this June for the 2022 snapshot of digital innovation in Queensland including:
- the trends impacting our organisations
- the opportunities we need to exploit
- the strategies helping us increase productivity
- the solutions to humanity’s biggest questions, built right here, in our backyard
An outstanding speaker lineup
Justine Lacey CSIRO
Rob Hudson Midnight Health
Tracy Whitelaw LGAQ
Wayne Gerard Queensland Chief Entrepreneur
Moderator: Nadine Zrinzo Something Digital
Justine Lacey
Director Responsible Innovation, Future Science Platform, CSIRO
Dr Justine Lacey leads CSIRO’s Responsible Innovation Future Science Platform; a research program that assesses the potential risks, benefits and uncertainties of future science and technology and ensures socially responsible science and technology is designed and delivered for all Australians. The program also examines significant policy, regulatory and ethical challenges presented by novel and disruptive innovations and technologies, which if left unresolved, could hinder progress and innovation needed for future science to deliver benefits to society and future generations.
Rob Hudson
Chief Marketing Officer, Midnight Health
Rob has over 30 years in the advertising and digital industries and is a former director of Greenfield and Icon in London and VMLY&R and Clemenger BBDO in Australia. Rob launched a business architecture business focused on the practical application of human-centred design and behavioural economics in 2014.
Rob has worked across industry, academia and governments, delivering brand rigour, digital innovation and consumer advantage for organisations in Australia and remotely for international companies in the US and UK.
Rob is a fellow of QUT’s Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology and lectures on marketing technology, brand strategy and behaviour change. He is also a Multicultural Ambassador for QLD Govt, a board of Brisbane Portrait Prize and an IPA Certified Strategist. Rob has won over 35 international awards for creative communications, including 7 Cannes Lions and a coveted White D&AD pencil.
Tracy Whitelaw
Chief Digital Officer, Local Government Association Queensland
Tracy is a digital specialist with over 20 years-experience in creating customer-centric digital roadmaps and building high-performing, award-winning teams.
She has led digital and social media for some of the largest events in Australia over the last decade, including the Brisbane floods, G20 and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
She is now the first Chief Digital Officer in 125 years at the Local Government Association of Queensland, with a state-wide remit to improve data and digital maturity for all 77 QLD councils.
Wayne Gerard
QLD Chief Entrepreneur + CEO and Co-Founder, RedEye
Brisbane tech superstar, Wayne Gerard has been appointed as Queensland’s 4th Chief Entrepreneur. As the CEO and Co-Founder of global company RedEye, he is a key leader in Queensland’s innovation ecosystem and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role. Wayne is passionate about cementing the value of having a competitive and sustainable innovation ecosystem in Queensland.
In 2015, he was named Queensland Entrepreneur of the Year. He has also been a serving member on several boards, including StartUpAus and the Premier’s Business Advisory Council. He will work alongside a newly established Advisory Council for Innovation. Together they will focus on maximising the support available to help open doors to the expertise and networks our innovation community needs to succeed in the new economy.
Moderator: Nadine Zrinzo
Co-Founder, Something Digital
Nadine is Something Digital’s Chief Content Curator and has been bringing events to life for almost 20 years across Australia, Asia, Europe and the US.
At Something Digital, Nadine takes on the role of a lead project manager + chief content curator. With a penchant for “leave no detail spared”, she brings to our events + experiences strong research, business production and project management skills.
Nadine’s superpower? Curating event programs and then pairing these with some of the most outstanding speakers on the planet. All with the goal of delivering a mind-blowing experience for attendees.