Changing the game with IMMERSION

Changing the game through digital disruption

CATCH OF THE DECADE

"Andrew "Billy" Baxter goes 1-1 with Gabby Leibovich, Co-Founder of Catch, Scoopon EatNow/Menulog. Hear about:

• Disrupting traditional markets
• The biggest lessons of entrepreneurship
• The next big thing

ADAPTING IN A WORLD OF ACCELERATING CHANGE

What does the future for humanity and technology look like?

Adjunct Professor Rocky Scopelliti, world-renowned futurologist reveals:

• How the 4th Industrial Revolution will impact society
• Major technological shifts fueling disruption are coming this decade
• Game changing 2030 predictions

GAME CHANGING CITIES

Unique insights into how we envision Australia’s smartest, safest and most sustainable city

Moderated by Helen Hamilton-James, Managing Partner, Western Sydney Deloitte,

Geoff Roberts AM, Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission and Chief Investment Officer, Investment NSW, Roch Cheroux, CEO of Sydney Water and Duncan Challen, General Manager Business Development of Celestino, reveal:

• Western Sydney: A Smart ‘Digital’ City success story in the making
• Bringing together the best of public and private for game changing outcomes
• Water: reinventing our most volatile resource

 CUSTOMER@CENTRE

Data led personalisation, rethinking possibilities for customer and citizen centered design

Mike Mrdak AO, Chair of NEC Australia, Narelle Underwood, Surveyor-General, NSW Department of Customer Service, NSW Government, and more speakers to be announced. Explore new thinking and what’s possible:

• Beyond the user experience – building customer-centric communities and brands
• Elevating data led personalisation
• How Digital Twin is shaping our future ‘personalised’ digital experience

 TRUE INNOVATION IN SPORT

The legend and the disruptor discuss how technology is changing the game

Moderated by Michelle Bishop, Channel 7 Sport Reporter

Speakers to include Nik Popovic, High Performance Manager, Melbourne United, and more speakers to be announced. They will take part in an in-depth discussion on the evolution of coaching athletes and teams through data, science and technology.

You’re invited to register for IMMERSION Celebrating the Game Changers: The Next in Creating Value, challenging your thinking and bringing new ideas to the future of digital disruption.

Here’s your chance to tap into the latest knowledge and leadership from some of Australia’s most influential and innovative business leaders. IMMERSION is Australia’s platform for diverse thinking and positive mindsets, and the highlight of the transformational leadership calendar. 

Changing the Game. What does it look like? The question underpinning the half-day event, brings together an exciting agenda of rethinking business models, digital transformation for enterprise and government, and changing mindsets. 

IMMERSION promises compelling, accessible content designed to help leaders embrace future possibilities. The line-up includes panel discussions, interviews and briefings from a renowned futurologist, e-commerce masterminds, leading sports data leaders, and game changers, making this an event not to be missed. 

Designed to stimulate game changing ways of thinking, this year’s program sparks optimism, and paves the way for leaders to future-proof new ideas and lead customer-centric, adaptive organisations in a world of accelerating change.

Experience Game Changing Keynotes and Panel Discussions

What you’ll learn

Catch of the Decade - Changing the game through digital disruption. 

"Andrew "Billy" Baxter and Gabby Leibovich, Co-Founder of Catch, Scoopon EatNow/Menulog.

‘Disrupting marketplaces requires grit, determination and chutzpah’ - Gabby Leibovich

A pioneer in Australian e-commerce and co-author of bestseller; Catch of the Decade; How to Launch, Build and Sell a Digital Business, Gabby has built some of the most innovative online empires in Australia. Hear what went on behind the scenes in a journey of entrepreneurial disruption from the ground up, and how a limitless approach led to a $1 billion success story.

Learn from Gabby on entering the world of digital entrepreneurship, disrupting traditional markets and how the idea for Catch of the Day was hatched. Gabby shares lessons learnt along the way and his plans for the next big thing.

Adapting in a world of accelerating change.

Adjunct Professor Rocky Scopelliti, acclaimed futurologist and author of Australia 2030! - Where the bloody hell are we?

Known for making you think differently, whether you agree with him or not, Scopelliti’s insights empower people to turn change into opportunity, ideas into innovation and customers into advocates.

‘I’m excited to be revealing my 3 biggest game changing predictions for how we bring together the best of humanity and technology for future generations.’

 The Game Changing smart city: How we envision Australia’s smartest, safest and most sustainable city.

A thought-provoking panel discussion with Geoff Roberts AM, Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission and Chief Investment Officer of Investment NSW, Roch Cheroux, CEO of Sydney Water, and Duncan Challen, General Manager Business Development Celestino.

Moderated by Helen Hamilton-James, Managing Partner, Western Sydney Deloitte

Learn from on the ground experience and uncover the thinking, planning and opportunity behind the most technically advanced and digitally connected city of the future in Western Sydney. Hear how embedding technology delivers a liveable city, enabling innovation and development of industry and jobs to improve quality of life.

Customer@Centre: Data led personalisation, rethinking possibilities for customer and citizen centered design.

Mike Mrdak AO, Chair of NEC Australia, Narelle Underwood, Surveyor-General, NSW Department of Customer Service, NSW Government, and more speakers to be announced

Explore new thinking and what’s possible:

Discover what the future holds for personalised digital customer experience, and how it plays into the development and design of communities and brands, putting customers and citizens at the centre.

Find out the latest in artificial intelligence, how the NSW Department of Customer Service is leading the way in digital transformation and how Domain and Google know where you’ll buy your next home, even before you do.

Registrations are now open

Register in advance and receive access to exclusive pre-event content. 

When:          Date to be announced

COST:            Free

Register here.

Walk away inspired, challenged, and armed with new ways to create value.

IMMERSION is brought to you by NEC’s mission: Orchestrating a brighter world, solving tomorrow’s technology challenges today. NEC is committed to creating value for all members of society, believing that with technology and co-creation, digital solutions can address society’s needs.