Name: The Studio C-Suite Event Series
Start: 2024-10-28
End: 2024-10-30
Location: Country Music Hall of Fame

The ideas shaping APAC deserve a global stage

HotTopics Studio is coming to the unmistakeable Sydney Opera House, bringing together enterprise technology leaders from across Australia and the wider APAC region to put the market’s biggest priorities, challenges and opportunities on the table.

Hosted in one of the world’s most memorable venues and connected to a global community of 20,000+ executives, HotTopics Studio Sydney creates the right environment to learn from peers who understand your market, challenge your thinking and build relationships worth keeping.

You’ll leave with new ideas, a stronger network and a clearer view of what comes next for your organisation and the region.

28th July

09:00 → 10:00 AM

Registration, networking and breakfast

Sydney Opera House

Registration and a networking breakfast before we dive into the HotTopics Studio.

10:00 → 10:05

HotTopics Studio Sydney open

Sydney Opera House

Meet your hosts and kick off the day

10:05 → 10:40 AM

Keynote

Sydney Opera House

10:40 → 11:10 AM

The right to be human: What we refuse to automate

Sydney Opera House

As AI takes on more complex and creative work, where should human judgement remain essential? This session explores what we choose to keep human and what those choices say about our values, culture and identity.

11:10 → 11:30 AM

Networking break

Sydney Opera House

11:30 → 12:30 PM

Networking roundtables

Sydney Opera House

Be a part of engaging, honest, and thought-provoking conversations with your peers, exploring the ideas and challenges shaping today’s HotTopics communities

12:30 → 1:30 PM

Lunch

Sydney Opera House

1:30 → 2:30 PM

Networking roundtables

Sydney Opera House

Be a part of engaging, honest, and thought-provoking conversations with your peers, exploring the ideas and challenges shaping today’s HotTopics communities.

2:30 → 3:00 PM

The trust economy: Competing in a world where reality is optional

Sydney Opera House

When AI makes it harder to tell what’s real, how do businesses earn trust? This session explores how leaders can verify identities and information, protect brand credibility and build customer confidence in a world where seeing is no longer believing.

3:00 → 3:30 PM

If AI is "winning"

Sydney Opera House

AI can improve efficiency, but is it delivering the outcomes that matter? This session explores how technology leaders’ choices shape business performance and society, and whether the systems we’re building support a future people actually want.

3:30 → 4:00 PM

Networking break

Sydney Opera House

4:00 → 4:30 PM

Business Immunity: Rethinking the security mandate

Sydney Opera House

Cyber incidents, AI-driven threats and operational shocks are becoming part of everyday business. This session explores how leaders can build resilience alongside reducing risk, helping their organisations respond, recover and learn from disruption. What would it take to emerge stronger?

4:30 → 5:00 PM

Have we been borrowing against the future?

Sydney Opera House

Every technology decision creates value, or in some cases, debt. Today, growing complexity, legacy estates and accumulated operational debt are consuming resources that could otherwise fund innovation. How much of your technology budget is building the future, and how much is paying for the past?

5:00 → 5:15 PM

Closing remarks

Sydney Opera House

Wrapping up the HotTopics Studio, final thoughts and comments from your hosts.

5:15 → 6:00 PM

Drinks reception

Sydney Opera House

An invitation to unwind, reflect, and continue building meaningful connections after a day shaped by thought leadership and candid conversation.

6:00 → 8:00 PM

HotTopics Global C-suite awards celebration

Sydney Opera House

Built by leaders, for leaders, the HotTopics Global C-suite Awards are shaped by those who understand what leadership really takes. This year, we’re proud to bring that vision to APAC for the very first time . Join us to celebrate the winners across our global CIO, CISO, CDO and CMO categories, who have bee recognised by a global network of 20,000+ executives.