Change Management : There's Going to Be More Than a Change in the Weather
Bruce Kirkham, Savant Success
Bruce Kirkham is a speaker, writer and IT veteran. He has worked as General Manager of IT, Project Manager, Trainer, Sales Exec and IT Strategist for a number of companies, including 20 years at IBM. He has written comedy for BackBerner on ABC TV and his satirical column “The I in IT” has featured in CIO Australia magazine for the past three years.

Sustainability Case Study : Investa
Craig Roussac, Investa
Craig Roussac oversees Investa Property Group’s sustainability, safety and environmental performance. Investa has a $7.0 billion portfolio of property assets focussed predominantly on the commercial office sector. The Group also undertakes commercial development, and residential development and construction under the Clarendon brand.

Energy Efficiency Planning and Management
Suzanne Kerwan, Executive Sponsor for the Environment for IBM Australia
Suzanne Kerwan is the Executive Sponsor for the Environment for IBM Australia. In this role she is working with all parts of IBM to ensure we are an environmentally sound corporate citizen and helping to provide our clients with the technology and services to assist them in this as well.

The Convergence of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Software
Jeff Frank, Lawson Software
Jeff Frank is Vice President at Lawson. Mr. Frank is currently responsible for the Lawson marketing strategy for services industries and Lawson S3 business solutions. Mr. Frank also leads the Lawson corporate social responsibility initiative. Mr. Frank’s research and public speaking in the area of corporate social responsibility focus on identifying and understanding trends, organisational strategy, and the role of information technology.

Panel Session
Tom Worthington
Tom Worthington is an independent IT Consultant and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, where he teaches the design of web sites and use of e-commerce systems. Tom is Director of Professional Development for the Australian Computer Society, and was elected a Fellow of the ACS in 1999 for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy. For the ACS He is currently establishing a Green IT Special Interest Group.

Panel Session
David Miller CIO, Investa Property Group
Prior to joining Investa, David spent 15 years at International Real Estate Services Company, Jones Lang LaSalle. During this period David held several senior roles including Managing Director Business Services where he oversaw significant restructuring, systems development and integration initiatives.

Panel Session
Steve Elliot Head, Business Information Systems, The University of Sydney
Professor Steve Elliot came to The University of Sydney in 2002 from the University of Newcastle where he was Professor of Business and Head of the Central Coast School of eBusiness and Management. He was previously Director of the IT Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.

Steve has extensive industry and international experience and his research work has been directed toward the development of theory in the strategic management of information systems-enabled innovation, particularly in electronic commerce.

Steve chairs the UN-sponsored International Federation of Information Processing Working Group 8.4: E-Business Information Systems: Multidisciplinary research and practice.

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Carsten Larsen, CIO, ActewAGL
Carsten has worked as a senior ICT executive for more than 20 years with both local and multinational companies in Australia and the United States, spanning the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, transport, utility, telecommunications and energy sectors. His current position of CIO and General Manager Commercial Development for ActewAGL and TransACT (a "triple play" telecommunications carrier) allows him to combine management of ICT with the development of renewable energy generation and other environmental sustainability opportunities.

From the device to the datacenter - taking the low hanging (green) fruit
Christoph Schell, Vice President Imaging & Printing Group Hewlett-Packard South Pacific
As the VP of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) for South Pacific, Christoph Schell is responsible for print and imaging products and solutions for business, government and consumers - from the most simple to the most complex enterprise environments.

He is instrumental in the regional implementation of HP's advanced print systems and services. Christoph is also a member of HP's South Pacific country leadership team that overseas implementation of company strategy for all business units and segments. This includes HP's environmental programs and initiatives.

Coming from Procter & Gamble Europe, Christoph joined HP in 1997. He brings a wealth of experience with him across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia, helping consumers, businesses and enterprises gain the most from their Information Technology.

Paul Harapin, Managing Director Australia & New Zealand, VMware Inc.

Paul Harapin is the Managing Director, VMware, Australia & New Zealand. He has built VMware in this region from a start up company to a fast growing organisation that now has offices in all major capital cities.

Mr Harapin brings vast experience in the building and management of multi-million dollar IT corporations and his experiences spans 17 years across Asia and the USA.

Previously, Mr Harapin was Chairman & CEO of Singapore based Managed Services provider, TySat Software, building the company from a small base in Singapore to expansion throughout Southeast Asia and Australia.

He also served as Vice President, ASEAN, Australia & New Zealand, for Micromuse Inc, and as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Internet Refinery, a New York Based Media Startup focusing on Cable TV Set Top box users.

Mr Harapin was also Vice President, Asia Pacific for Avesta Technologies Inc and Director of Sales, Asia-Pacific for the start-up Tivoli Systems, which was subsequently acquired by IBM Corporation.

Mr Harapin is a member of the Singapore-Australia Business Council, Australian-American Chamber of Commerce and Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is also a member of the Australia Cambodia Foundation, a not for profit group assisting Australian supported Orphanages in Cambodia.