Agenda 

 

09:00

Registration + Morning Tea

 

10:00

Welcome Note
Mark Fioretto – AVP and Managing Director, ANZ, NetApp

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10:05

Keynote: Succeeding in the Era of Intelligence
Matt Watts, Chief Evangelist Officer, NetApp

Join NetApp WW Chief Technologist Matt Watts and author of The Fourth Wave, to learn how intelligent data infrastructure enables organisations to accelerate their path to success in the era of data and intelligence. He will discuss the challenges and keys to success and how NetApp enables you to leverage your assets and capabilities in unparalleled ways.

 

10:35

Keynote: Innovating for the Era of Data and Intelligence
George Pamboris, Senior Director, Product Management, ONTAP/Platforms, NetApp

What’s new at NetApp? To empower you, our customers & partners for the next era, NetApp continues to build on a heritage of data infrastructure, adding even more power, flexibility, and intelligence. Experience the innovation in today’s keynote as our NetApp product leader George Pamboris describes the latest advances in the three areas you need to get right for your company’s future: Data Infrastructure, AI and Cloud.

 

11:05

Confidential Computing
Ricky Martin, Global Director of Market Strategy, NetApp

 

11:15

[Panel Discussion] Meet the Moment: Simplicity and Savings

This customer panel discussion on Simplicity, Scalability and Savings will introduce you to marquee Australian enterprises who have Big Data and have partnered with NetApp. CTOs and Head of Infrastructures will discuss live on stage how they build & implemented simplicity into their system when living in the world of petabytes of data and provide real life examples.
 

11:50

Empowering Digital Growth: Integrating AI and Cloud in Business Transformation
Chris Gondek, Solution Engineering Manager, NetApp

As cloud environments become more complex, effective CloudOps practices are essential to ensure seamless integration, management, and optimisation of both public and private cloud resources. Chris Gondek, NetApp Solutions Engineering Manager, will explore the key trends shaping the future of hybrid cloud architectures, focusing on the operational challenges and opportunities that arise from managing multi-cloud environments. This session will address how businesses can leverage NetApp's cloud-native solutions and intelligent data management platforms to improve efficiency, performance, and security across hybrid cloud infrastructures.

 

12:10

Concluding Thoughts
Mark Fioretto – ANZ Vice President and Managing Director​

 

12:15

Networking Lunch
 

1:30

Event Concludes