Innovate QLD 2021

This stream will focus on strategies for building a strong public sector culture by focusing on wellbeing, strategic workforce planning, and increased employee engagement.

Key Sessions Include:

Supporting Department Goals through Strategic Workforce Planning and Engaged Employees with Shannan Quain, Chief Human Resources Officer, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

Developing the Next Generation Public Sector Workforce with Sandra Lerch, Interim Director Strategic Workforce Futures, Public Service Commission;

Dr Caroline Smith, Executive Director, Economic and Policy Futures, Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government & Planning

This stream will explore strategies for identifying, collecting, and utilising critical data to develop stronger regulation and compliance, improve cyber security and drive in-house analytical capabilities.

Key Sessions Include:

Data Security, Ethics and Privacy: Exploring the Evolution of Data Governance with Philip Green, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland

Creating a Data-Centric Department with Lance Oswald, Executive Director (Business), Information Technology Branch, Corporate Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads

This stream will focus on strategies for promoting citizen-centric approaches, objectives alignment, and improved fiscal management.

Key Sessions Include:

Streamlining Operations to Deliver Citizen-Centric Services with Andrea Mayer, A/Executive Director, Project Support, Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government & Planning

Leveraging Process Excellence Strategies to Drive Efficiencies and Productivity with Andrew Harris, Executive Director, Business and Corporate Services, Office of Industrial Relations;
Kristine Posthumus, Executive Director, Strategic Initiavives, Department of Transport & Main Roads;
Rhiannan Howell, A/Head of Corporate, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training

The plenary sessions will uncover how data, people, processes, and technology strategies can come together to achieve holistic innovation.

Key Sessions Include:

Bringing Government into the 21st Century with TBC

Maximising the Customer and Digital Experience with Chris Fechner, Chief Customer and Digital Officer, Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy

Public Sector Transformation and Leadership: Building Public Sector Resiliency in the ‘New Normal’ with Greg Watts, Chief Digital Officer, Residential Tenancies Authority;
Jessica Hamilton, A/g General Manager, Digital and Group Services, Australian Trade & Investment Commission

Driving Innovation and Prosperity in a post-COVID world with Amy Rosanowski, Deputy Commissioner, Office of State Revenue Queensland Treasury

Technology, People, Processes & Data – Bringing it all Together to Support the Future Growth and Prosperity of Queensland with Darrin Bond, Assistant Director-General, CIO, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs;
Samantha Watson, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Residential Tenancies Authority