Ministerial appearances at CeBIT Australia 5–7 May

THE most significant business technology event in the Asia Pacific region is set to kick off from tomorrow Tuesday 5 May and run until Thursday 7 May at Sydney Olympic Park. This year’s event, now in its 14th year, will feature federal and state ministers along with numerous other government speakers.

CeBIT’s official partner is the NSW Government. CeBIT’s supporting partner is the City of Sydney.

The opening ministerial address at 9:00 – 9:45am on Tuesday 5 May will feature:

• The Honourable Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia via video link
• The Honourable Dominic Perrottet MP, NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property
• Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney

Other attendees for the opening address include Commissioner Andrew P Scipione APM, Commissioner of NSW Police Force and Craig Laundy MP, Federal Member for Reid.

Other highlights:

The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications is confirmed to open the CeBIT Australia eGovernment conference, 9:15 - 9:40am on Wednesday 6 May.

The Honourable Victor Dominello MP, NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation is confirmed as a keynote speaker at the CeBIT Australia eGovernment conference, 9:40 - 10:00am on Wednesday 6 May and will then do a tour of the show floor.

The Honourable Anthony Roberts MP, NSW Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy will tour the exhibition at 5:30pm on Wednesday prior to attending the CeBIT.AU Business Awards gala dinner, 6:30pm on Wednesday 6 May.

Other attendees at the gala dinner include Craig Kelly MP, Federal Member for Hughes who will also do a tour of the show floor at 5:15pm and Sameer Arora, National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASCOM).

The Honourable Stuart Ayres MP, NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events will open the CeBIT Australia StartUp conference, 9:30am – 9:50am on Thursday 7 May.

Other NSW Government speakers include Glenn King, CEO, Service NSW (eGovernment conference, 6 May); William Murphy, Deputy Secretary, Service Innovation & Strategy, Department of Finance and Services (eGovernment conference, 6 May); Dr Pedro Harris, Executive Director, ICT Strategic Delivery, Department of Finance and Services (Cloud conference, 6 May).

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