8th Annual FST Government Australia 2022

• What benefits come from faster time to market for Government organisations?
• How can creating “paved roads” Improve your speed of delivery?
• How can we balance the needs of fast delivery with having reliable and secure services?
• What does governance look like in this fast and ever changing world?

• The confluence of national security and critical infrastructure – “With war in Ukraine and potential flashpoints in Asia Pacific – are the two intrinsically intertwined?”
• “Security of critical infrastructure – how much is enough security?”
• “Cyber-physical systems are at the forefront of innovation – what are the cybersecurity concerns and potential solutions?”

• How do you manage open source across the multi & hybrid cloud environment
• What are your main drivers around sovereignty, compliance & security
• How do you trade-off between operational & innovation imperatives
• Where do you see opportunities for future innovation capabilities?

• Why citizen expectations are changing to demand a more frictionless digital experience
• Enhancing security, verification, and authentication across digital services
• How a seamless, integrated identity management strategy supports UX and Security
• Allowing citizens to truly own their own digital identity, rather than attempting to recreate it for every new service

• How do we modernise IT operations management and the way we enable teams across the organization?
• How can we improve the visibility of the tech stack and tackle the challenges in collaboration?
• How do we pave the way to evaluate and acquire supporting technology in the future?
• How do we improve alignment, costs, and interoperability across excess tooling and technology?
• How do we look at improving the productivity of the IT teams?

In recent years, public sector organisations have reinvented themselves as digital enterprises built on modern applications and multiple clouds. As a result, constituents and end users have benefited from faster, more reliable services and tools. But as an organisation’s technology shifts, so should its processes and workforce – for both IT and line of business.

• A true multi-cloud strategy requires a comprehensive, all-hands-on-deck approach that encompasses:
  Developing an overarching multi-cloud strategy
  Retraining and reskilling employees
  Introducing autonomy and consistent DevSecOps processes
  Reallocating Capex vs. Opex funding
  Taking a “whole nation” approach to cybersecurity

• Overcoming blockers to accelerating digitisation of services
• Understanding user needs and establishing strong digitisation use cases and why
• Defining a minimum-viable-product and avoid boiling the ocean

• Ongoing evolution of the citizen identity landscape
• Using intelligent controls to mitigate threats
• Emerging trends that can accelerate digital delivery

• Why a culture of Innovation and new ways of working critical to digital government transformation
• How do you enable digital intensity, collaboration, and insights by empowering a well connected next generation workforce experience?
• What is the call to action for leaders to deliver a modern digital experience that engages citizens and supports businesses seeking information from government?

• How do IT leaders manage a strategy to optimise existing technology and at the same time drive transformation ?
• How do we best support evolution of existing environments to satisfy constantly changing business demands?
• Facilitating organisational transformation by enabling focus on critical initiative and value-add transformation
• Reducing security risk and related work efforts whilst increasing compliance

• Strategies to protect against security challenges that accompany digital transformation
• Proactive Governance to ensure maximum protection against the ever-pervasive cyber threats
• Identity security that supports a digital strategy

• What does zero trust mean to an organisation, their employees and enablement services?
• The evolution of modern management, incorporating into an end user’s journey
• How do we make hybrid working work?
• How can you contribute to sustainability and why it is important to set goals?

• In terms of developing the digital workforce, are these the areas where it’s most important that we make progress? Are there other top priorities?
• Given the gap between the need and the implementation, What are the obstacles to making progress here? And have you found any effective ways of addressing those obstacles?
• How important are pay levels in recruiting and retaining senior staff in Australia?
• What other solutions have you found to the problems in recruitment and turnover of senior leaders?

During this open Q&A discussion, we’ll discuss how to:

• Securely enhance cross-department collaboration
• Create a culture that fosters innovation, transformation and digitalisation
• Making flexible work successful to attract and retain the best talent

• Learn how to prepare your leaders, teams, and other stakeholders for the next evolution of hybrid cloud which will be more than having siloed data and applications in public and private clouds
• Core, edge, and public clouds will all likely play some role in your infrastructure and become more interconnected, so what are the best practice considerations in deciding where to run apps? 
• This session will cover frameworks and real-world examples to evaluate and understand each one, and the holistic approach in deciding where to use them

• How important is Data Security when you are implementing Digital Transformation initiatives?
• Does using cloud services change your Data Security obligations?
• What does good Data Security look like?

Digital transformation used to be mainly about implementation of new technology and change management, allowing IT to boost productivity and create flexible workplaces. Currently, the focus is on how to optimise outcomes and deliver organisational value from a change that has already taken place.
Let’s discuss how to win this competitive talent battle where:

• Attrition in the industry is around 20-30% in the tech industry
• Attracting and retaining top talent is now the number one priority for organizations everywhere
• 72% of IT workers are planning on quitting their jobs this year
• The number of developers applying for open positions has decreased by 18%
• 95% cite career development as the primary reason for shifting jobs

• Exploring the challenges and limitations of traditional data sharing methodologies
• What is the importance of a Secure Private Data Exchange?
• Key factors Government leaders must address when enabling data sharing

• How does your organisation bring visibility of its key activities and how they support them? Understand your business building blocks
• How to do you assess the need for change in your business, increasing efficiencies adding new capabilities, or mitigating risks?
• How do you allow your architecture, design and projects teams to reuse or recombine assets to deliver new innovations in record time?

Join this session as we discuss more about today’s challenges in operationalising data protection and how to overcome them:

• Exploring each group’s top 3 challenges in Data Protection journeys
• Protecting corporate and consumer data
• Meeting compliance mandates like GDPR, PSD2, KYC, etc.
• Securing virtualized and cloud infrastructure
• Enabling a secure, productive workforce

• How can the use of real-time data and technology help to improve quality of life and reduce suffering?
• What is the call to action for government leaders to ensure adoption of a responsive customer focused mindset across every part of government?
• How can agencies build resilient services that can pivot quickly to meet new and increased demands or maintain service levels when supply chains are affected?

• What are the biggest challenges in securing digital transformation?
• How far is the essential 8 getting you today? What needs to be considered for the future?
• What is the role of Identity in securing digital transformation?

• The challenges of data visibility and management in a hybrid cloud world 
• Key protection capabilities that are often overlooked during a transition to the cloud 
• Practical tips for how to secure your data 
• Learn how an effective data-centric approach can help reduce risk and prevent the next data breach

• How do departments balance priorities between security, customer experience and service?
• With the amount of options now available integrated programs and platforms what should agencies take into account when migrating? 
• How can departments and agency networks integrate new infrastructure into hybrid, collaborative systems?