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  Dan Papallo Director Digital Products - Taxes and Grants @ Revenue NSW

  Daniel Papallo is an authentic, energetic and optimistic team player. He brings imagination and insight to problem solving and a track record of getting stuff done, developing great teams, constructively influencing stakeholders and supporting better decision making and results.

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  Sherrie Killiby Executive Director Strategy & Engagement, Technology and Innovation @ Transport for NSW

  Sherrie’s 10 years at Transport for NSW has seen her lead the imagining, designing, delivering and operating world-class global award winning customer information products and services. Sherrie championed the revolution of mobile-first, customer centric quality digital customer information products and is leading the change of collaborative, efficient and transparent ways of working to deliver the transformative Future Transport Technology Roadmap. Sherrie’s passion centres around delivering genuinely useful digital customer information – which she has also delivered for Canon, the Cancer Council Australia, Jaguar, Coca Cola and ING DIRECT.

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  Paul Cooper Former A/Director, Digital Health @ Department of Health and Human Services

  As an independent consultant, Paul specialises in strategic advisory services aimed at helping organisations make the most effective use of information and digital capabilities. He also lectures and researches with Deakin University and Epworth Healthcare in the field of Health Informatics. He has a unique blend of insights from his experience in medical research, IT, business consulting and digital marketing. Most recently Paul was Acting Director Digital Health for Department of Health & Human Services (Vic). Paul obtained a Ph.D at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Melb. Uni), and subsequently a Grad. Dip. Business (Organisational Development) at RMIT University. He has many years of leadership experience including as MD of a UK consulting firm. He is a confident and accomplished leader, presenter and facilitator and has been widely engaged by clients for executive and board level consultancy. Paul brings his energy and talents in eHealth, digital innovat...

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  Chad Pasha Senior Advisor for Global Government Partnerships @ Coursera

  Chad has worked with heads of state, senior business leaders, and government authorities to strengthen institutions and companies’ performance. His experience includes digital transformation and data science roles at the UK Cabinet Office and heads of state advisory work with Tony Blair & Associates. Chad led project implementation at McKinsey & Co and Adam Smith International, including launching the world’s largest education transformation initiative, a $500m World Bank-funded program harnessing technology to optimize educational outcomes for millions of children in Pakistan. Chad has a BA in International Relations from the University of Oxford and Wheaton College (MA), a MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and an MBA from London Business School.

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  Henna Qaiser Senior Conference Producer @ FST Government

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  Tom Gao Chief Digital Officer @ City of Sydney

  A senior digital and technology executive with a comprehensive background in project and line management in digital and Microsoft technology platforms. Tom has proven success in digital and application management leadership roles within large complex environments. He is a highly regarded technical director with an ability to integrate teams to deliver complex IT-enabled change projects, with skill to align and inform stakeholders at all levels.