James Cameron is an acclaimed film-maker, explorer and environmental advocate. As Director, writer and producer he is responsible for some of the most memorable films of the past three decades, such as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Titanic, and Avatar. This last film was, for 10 years, the highest grossing film in history with over $2.7 billion in global box office, beating the previous record holder, Cameron’s own film Titanic, which held that record for 12 years. The second part of the movie, Avatar 2: The Way of Water, raised 2.1$ billion of income. In brief, three of the four highest grossing films in history are signed by Cameron.

His films have also earned numerous nominations and awards, most notably Titanic’s 14 Academy Award nominations (tied for the record) and 11 Oscars (also a record), including Cameron’s own 3 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Editing. His fascination with technical developments has led him to important contributions in 3D filming, underwater filming and remote vehicle technology.

Lessons from a Hollywood Pioneer

• The skills and characteristics needed to consistently and effectively push technological and creative boundaries
• How to deal with doubt and uncertainty when faced with failures along the way
• The evolution of storytelling: How to develop powerful stories that capture people’s imaginations
• Using technology in a way that amplifies rather than diminishes the human experience

Former CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi is a business powerhouse, globally renowned for leading the company through a decade of tremendous growth and change. She was responsible for growing PepsiCo’s revenues from $35 billion when she became CEO, to $63.5 billion in 2017. She currently serves on the boards of Amazon, Philips, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and is an independent director of the International Cricket Council.

With multiple appearances in Forbes’ The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, and TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in The World, Nooyi is sought-out for her unparalleled business insights and empowering messages on leadership, inclusivity and change. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future.

Leading Through Times of Change

• Actionable takeaways on how to foster large-scale cultural change
• On challenging the status-quo and creating room for new ideas even when it seems to threaten a business’ foundations
• Performance with Purpose: What it means to “do well by doing good”
• Building a diverse and inclusive workplace where every voice is heard and person is welcome

A game-changing Social Psychologist, former Professor at Harvard Business School and bestselling author, Amy Cuddy is recognized as a leading authority on the behavioural science of power, presence, and prejudice As a Harvard Lecturer, in 2018 she won the Excellence in Teaching award.

She is the author of international bestseller, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, and her highly-cited research has been published in top academic journals and a range of internationally-known publications like The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Cuddy is a passionate proponent of self-empowerment through evidence-based techniques, and her work is dedicated to motivating others to summon their best selves in approaching life’s biggest challenges.

Empowering People to Perform at their Highest Potential

• Analysing the traits, behaviours and practices necessary to perform under conditions of stress and uncertainty
• Harnessing the power of presence to help you and your team perform at the highest levels of confidence
• Building the trust necessary to facilitate the communication and absorption of ideas
• Combating prejudice: Exploring the anatomy of bias at work

World-renowned business educator and coach, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert in leadership, ranked as the #1 Executive Coach in the World and a Top Ten Business Thinker for the past eight years. As an executive educator and coach, Dr. Goldsmith helps executives understand how our beliefs and the environments we operate in can trigger negative behaviours. Through simple and practical advice, he helps them achieve and sustain positive behavioural change to drive positive impact on their organisation.

Dr. Goldsmith has written or edited 51 books which include What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers both recognized by Amazon as two of the Top 100 Leadership & Success Books Ever Written. His new bestseller, The Earned Life, is an Amazon Editor’s Choice for Book of the Year So Far in 2022.

High Performance Leadership in Times of Change

• The characteristics of high performing leaders: Developing ourselves, coaching our people, and building engagement
• Leading high performing teams: Increasing happiness and employee engagement
• Creating behaviour change that lasts: Keys to becoming the people and organisations we want to become

Derek is the resident technology evangelist for the Salesforce Innovation Centre based in Australia. As a technology professional with over 25 years of experience spanning various roles, Derek has been a startup developer, product manager, consultant, offshore development leader, solutions engineer, and product marketing executive. His current focuses are the Future of Work and Generative AI.

Derek spent 16 years at Salesforce and Slack, collaborating with the ecosystem and the local technology industry in Australia, Asia, and India to explore digital and customer experience.

Besides his professional engagements, Derek is a passionate supporter of the Circle the Schools program in Australia, which aims to bridge the education gap caused by disadvantages.

Driving Business Innovation and Productivity with AI

• Why understanding and leveraging AI is no longer optional—it’s essential
• Exploring how AI and automation can enhance efficiency and productivity
• Strategies for working smarter, learning faster, and communicating better in the context of AI
• Assessing the potential risks and benefits associated with generative AI technologies
• Building trust in AI within the organization

Barney Tan is a Professor and Head of the School of Information Systems and Technology Management at UNSW Sydney. He has conducted over 50 case studies of digital sustainability in organisations across the Asia-Pacific over the last 12 years, centred on how digital technologies can be strategically deployed to minimise their environmental footprint, increase living standards, and ensure social justice.

Barney has consulted for business leaders on the attainment of their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) priorities, as well as regulators and policymakers on the development of IT infrastructure to realise their potential for generating economic and social benefits.

An Ecosystem Perspective of Digital Sustainability

• Unpacking the drivers, nature and implications of digital sustainability
• Analyzing the necessity of an ecosystem perspective in the context of digital sustainability
• How to motivate ecosystem participation by increasing digital literacy and access
• How business leaders and policymakers can facilitate the development of digital sustainability ecosystems and unleash their potential

Modupe Akinola is a leading authority on organisational performance and diversity, and an Associate Professor of Management at Columbia Business School. Her research on stress and discrimination has been published in numerous academic journals and media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, and The Economist. Akinola has received several awards, including the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science and the Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management Journal.

She advises leaders on managing stress, diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives and women’s leadership. Before becoming an academic, Akinola was the head of diversity at Bain & Co., where she contributed to the organisation’s recruitment and retention framework for people of colour. She earned her Ph.D. in organisational behaviour from Harvard.

Driving Organisational Performance and Diversity

• Strategies organisations can employ to increase the diversity of their talent pool
• The biases that affect the recruitment and retention of women and people of colour in companies
• How organisational environments can engender stress and the impact on individual and organisational performance
• Building businesses that increase employees’ productivity, enhance their creativity, and improve health outcomes

Leading creative consultant Kevin Roberts was for over two decades the CEO at Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the most prestigious agencies worldwide, responsible for the effectiveness of several of the world’s leading advertising budgets including those of clients such as Toyota and Procter & Gamble. Among his bestselling books is Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands, a ground-breaking business book that coined the term “Lovemarks”, named one of ten Ideas of the Decade by Advertising Age.

His most recently published book is 64 shots: Leadership in a Crazy World. As the Founder of Red Rose Consulting, Roberts currently counsels business leaders and employees on creative thinking, marketing, and leadership.

Creative Leadership

• Why creativity is today’s most important leadership quality to cope with growing complexity
• A new model for solving problems, increasing competitiveness, driving business results, and winning in an always-on world
• Building a brand people love through a better understanding of emotional reasoning
• Developing creative thinking in ourselves and others

Amy Gallo’s work is focused on teaching leaders evidence-based frameworks that improve relationships and drive excellence at work. She has emerged as a powerful new voice on topics of conflict resolution, communication and workplace dynamics. Contributing Editor at the Harvard Business Review and author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People), Gallo is an authority on managing conflict in remote settings, how teams can have “smart fights,” navigating power dynamics, gender at work and more.

A graduate of both Brown and Yale University, Gallo taught at Brown and is also on the faculty of the Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification program, recently launched by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence.

Managing Difficult Workplace Relationships

• How to manage conflict and change in ways that promote innovation, collaboration and engagement
• Why healthy disagreements are critical to high performing teams
• How to deal with conflict at work in a way that is both professional and productive
• Preparing for and engaging in difficult conversations

Peter Weill, Senior Research Scientist and Chairman Emeritus of the Center for Information Systems Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management, helps organisations design and leverage a powerful digital strategy so they can better compete in the 21st century. For years, he has been helping boards and executives digitally transform their institutions so they can exponentially scale business and sustain growth well into the future.

He has conducted workshops for executive committees and boards of more than 50 companies globally, and for key conferences, including the CEO summits of both Microsoft and SAP. Weill also educates leaders about the role, value and governance of digitization within enterprises and their ecosystems.

Creating a Future-Ready Organisation

• Creating a winning digital strategy: Tools companies can use to tackle threats and leverage opportunities
• Developing a digital operating model to increase revenue and drive growth
• Steps decision makers need to take on their journey to becoming a digitally-savvy, future-ready organisation
• Forging partnerships and building a shared ecosystem so everyone can thrive