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The future of finance with Generative AI has opened new dimensions of untapped potential. This new wave of empowerment provides finance and accounting professionals with the tools to make contextual decisions, streamline operations and generate infinite insights. Flex forward towards greater efficiency, trust and innovation with Mike Walsh’s eye-opening exploration into the limitless possibilities of AI in finance to enhance your financial prowess.

About the speaker

Mike Walsh is a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. For the past twenty years, he has been a leading authority on disruptive innovation, digital transformation, and new ways of thinking. A global nomad, futurist and author of three bestselling books, Mike advises some of the world’s biggest organizations on reinvention and change in this new era of machine intelligence.

Step into an exploration of trust in a rapidly changing world, where our relationship with money and value is being reshaped. Rachel Botsman invites both finance and non-finance professionals to rethink and challenge their understanding of trust in the digital era. Unpack fresh perspectives around risk, integrity and transparency, while discovering the true essence of what it means to be trustworthy.

Moderator: Holly Ransom

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At a moment when so much is happening all the time, how do we step back and think about what matters most? How do we keep our focus on the long term? How do we stay guided by our values? Anna Wintour will discuss how her grounding in news journalism and her years leading Vogue, has informed her approach to fast-paced work and how she's learned to guide an organization through good times and challenges. She will talk about adapting to adversity and keeping an organization grounded, practical and looking ahead.

Moderator: David Wenham

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Anna Wintour has held the position of Editor-in-Chief of Vogue U.S. since 1988 and was named U.S. Artistic Director of Condé Nast in 2013. She is currently the Global Editorial Director of Vogue and Chief Content Officer at Conde Nast. Anna has been actively involved in philanthropic fundraising, particularly for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, for which she has raised more than $240 million for the museum and serves as an Elective Trustee of the institution. Wintour was named Dame Commander (DBE) of the Order of the British Empire in 2017, awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 2011 and appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 2009.

Failure is inevitable, but not all failures are the same. Some are productive, some are destructive, and some are intelligent. Amy Edmondson, Harvard professor and an expert on psychological safety, explains how to distinguish between these types of failures and how to learn from them effectively. She shares stories and examples from various business domains and sectors to illustrate how failing well can lead to growth, trustworthiness and value creation. By embracing the right kind of wrong, we can thrive in the new world of work.

Acclaimed actor and advocate, Idris Elba, shares his insights on nurturing transformative change in local communities. Discover the art of driving impact through insightful advocacy, the compelling role of storytelling in fostering collaboration, and the significance of recognition in amplifying positive influence. Gain unique perspectives on cultivating change from a multi-talented icon who has harnessed the power of his platform to ignite meaningful transformations in poverty elevation, investment in SME farmers and climate sustainability.

Moderator: David Wenham

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Idris Elba is an award-winning actor, producer, director and musician, continually securing his place as one of the most versatile performers in Hollywood. Elba’s career skyrocketed on the small screen in some of the U.K.’s top-rated shows. Soon after, Elba landed the role of Stringer Bell in HBO’s critically acclaimed series THE WIRE and the title role on the BBC mini-series LUTHER, earning him a Golden Globe Award, SAG Award, and four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Idris Elba was recently honoured for environmental conservation, food security and climate change work at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Moderator: David Wenham

Hear from three renowned economists:

• Stephen Kinsella, Professor of Economics, University of Limerick 
• Justin Wolfers, Professor of Economic and Public Policy 
• Prof Mariana Mazzucato, Global Economist

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Carly Fiorina, a renowned leader and thought partner, shares how to master simplicity, versatility and trust in delivering desired outcomes, including how to improve our business and finance processes and strategies by preserving the best and reinventing the rest, developing an adaptable and versatile leadership framework, building and leading high performing teams, and dealing with the challenges and opportunities of AI. Learn how to flex forward, stay relevant and thrive in the new world of work.

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Join an esteemed cast of business and finance leaders to gain insight on how to enhance financial processes and outcomes through transformative technologies.

About the Speakers

Clare Lezaja FCPA, CFO RMIT

Clare joined RMIT in 2021 as interim Deputy CFO Strategic Finance before taking on the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in May 2021 and was appointed in November 2021. Clare brings to the role a wealth of experience, including a 25-year career with Telstra where she held several Divisional CFO roles across a broad range of complex business operations. Clare was the President of Victorian Divisional Council (2018, 2019), Chair of Council of Presidents at CPA Australia (2019).

Renee Richardson Gosline, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management

Moderator: Alena Bennett

Mark Bouris, successful entrepreneur, author and speaker, shares his insights and experiences on how to nurture and lead finance teams that can deliver value to their customers, stakeholders, and society. Mark discusses how to cultivate a mindset of versatility, collaboration and accountability among the finance teams. Mark explains how to empower and motivate finance teams to embrace change, challenge themselves, and innovate in the context of shifting expectations and competing interests.

Moderator: Mimi Kwa