About
The ITAM Review returns with our third annual Australian ITAM conference on 20th-21st November 2019 at the marvellous Bayview Eden, Melbourne – with a focus on taking ITAM beyond IT.
This is the only independent ITAM focused event in Australasia, offering unrivalled end-user-only networking and interaction and helping you to keep current and move forwards.
Taking ITAM beyond IT
As our roles grow in seniority and technology changes, our scope increases. This conference will help equip you to grasp the opportunities to expand the reach of ITAM, offering advice on working with new and more senior stakeholders whilst also adjusting to the challenges of managing new asset types.
As well as our usual, excellent content around the various aspects of ITAM, we want to help prepare you, and your organisations, for the changes on the horizon.
Our expert speakers will be discussing topics including:
• Managing cloud costs in a DevOps era, and the emerging discipline of FinOps
• The latest in IaaS / SaaS management tools
• The growing importance of Hardware Asset Management
• Microsoft licensing in the cloud era
• What’s new in IBM Licensing
• The latest Audit Defence news, trends, and tactics
• Engaging with senior stakeholders
• Building an ITAM team & influencing senior management
• The latest salary trends, hottest skills, and the expertise required for the 2020s
Don’t miss this unique Australian ITAM conference and your chance to increase the visibility, credibility, and value of ITAM to your organisation.
If you’d like to be a speaker at this year’s event, head here.
Price
Full price rate: $699 per person
Consultant/ Partner rate: $1,199 per person
Conference & Training course bundle ticket: $1,199 per person
More than 3 delegates? Contact us to discuss group booking discounts.
Training Courses
Attend one of our 1-day Licensing Training Courses the day prior to the conference (limited places available):
20th & 21st November 2019
Who Should Attend
Whether you’re new to the industry or a seasoned pro, there’s something for you at Wisdom 2019.
- Senior IT Decision Makers
- IT Asset Managers
- Software Asset Managers
- Software Licensing Specialists
- IT Procurement Professionals
- FinOps/cloud cost analysts
With plenty of dedicated networking opportunities, the chance to get the latest updates from tool and service providers, discussions around audit, IaaS and SaaS cost management, engaging with stakeholders, and more – we’re confident you’ll find value in Wisdom.
Why They Should Attend
- Hear from our expert speakers on topics such as:
– Managing public cloud (IaaS) like Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS
– Managing SaaS such as Office 365 and Salesforce
– Why Security and ITAM should work together
– How ITAM should work with finance to address SaaS & IaaS cost risks
– Hardware Asset Management
– Should ITAM look after systems patching
– Internet of Things (IoT) and ITAM - Discover how to engage with senior stakeholders to expand your ITAM practice into new areas
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Hear success stories from your peers to inspire you to deliver on new areas of improvement
- Get practical advice on tool selection and how to manage new asset types
- Opportunities to network with and learn from peers in person or via the conference app
- Enjoy a streamlined conference experience via the app, enabling efficient meetings with sponsors, speakers and your peers
New this year
Success Stories
These new sessions feature stories from real world practitioners, with a focus on practical advice and experience to help you progress your careers. Hear from your peers as they discuss what has worked for them throughout their careers, and how it could help you too.
Women in ITAM
Following on from a successful start in the UK, our aim with this session is to create an interactive discussion around the current situation for women in ITAM, hearing thoughts, questions, and advice from people new to the industry as well as more experienced members too.
New Name
Wisdom is the new name for our conferences and we chose this as we feel it reflects the quality of our expert speakers and the practical advice available to attendees of our worldwide conference events – distilling the essence of those events into a single word.
The ITAM Review US & Australia Conference 2017 Video
Agenda
Day 1
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
Welcome to the ‘Wisdom – Taking ITAM beyond IT’ Conference: |
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09:15 – 10:00 |
Meet your peers interactive session |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Stories that shook the (ITAM) world in 2018: |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Refreshment break |
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| SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT (optional) |
PARKSIDE 3 |
PARKSIDE 4 |
PARKSIDE 5 |
LORD MELBOURNE |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Normalisation is the new Normal: Mike Jones & Jason Lu, TMG |
Data is the new oil: Safer extraction and clean-ups for ITAM: Peter Rowe, Crayon |
Shadow IT Solved: Detecting and optimising your SaaS: Jerry Yiu, ServiceNow |
Success is measured by data you can rely on: |
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11:20 – 11:35 |
Dumbing down ITAM through smart reporting: Robert Greenhalgh & Anurag Mittal, TMG | Data is the new oil: Safer extraction and clean-ups for ITAM: Peter Rowe, Crayon |
Shadow IT Solved: Detecting and optimising your SaaS: Jerry Yiu, ServiceNow |
There ain’t no such thing as a free licence – How to manage Unlimited Licensing Agreements: |
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11:40 – 11:55 |
Beyond installation-based license models: Melissa Fernando & Sandy Vouch, TMG |
Data is the new oil: Safer extraction and clean-ups for ITAM: Peter Rowe, Crayon |
Shadow IT Solved: Detecting and optimising your SaaS: Jerry Yiu, ServiceNow |
Tracking and reporting the financial benefits of an effective ITAM programme: |
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WORKSHOP STREAMS |
AUDIT DEFENCE | STAKEHOLDER MANAGMENT |
CLOUD MANAGEMENT |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
My Life as an Adobe Auditor: Wes Lewis, Look Licensing |
Interactive Workshop: How to secure and maintain senior management support for ITAM: Martin Thompson, The ITAM Review |
Licensing in the Cloud: |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Quest Software Audits: Kristy Hawkins, Xcite Consulting |
Engaging Stakeholders: Miriam Redding, NavigateClear |
Configuration Management, ITAM, & Cloud – making it work: |
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| 15:00 – 16:00 | Managing Enterprise Software Vendors: Audits and Disputes: Matthew Southwell, Telstra & Erica Chan, Gilbert + Tobin |
What does HCL’s acquisition of IBM Software mean for IBM customers? & Pro-active SAM – a case study from NZ: |
Getting started with SaaS for IT Asset Managers: |
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16:00 – 16:20 |
Refreshment Break |
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16.20 – 16.50 |
Workshop Recap Roundtable Session |
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16.50 – 17.20 |
Industry Panel Session: |
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17.20 – 17.30 |
Day One Wrap-up: |
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17.30 – 19:00 |
Networking Reception |
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Day 2
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09.00 – 09.30 |
Registration |
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09.30 – 09.45 |
Welcome back: |
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09.45 – 10.30 |
Gaining Executive Support for SAM/ITAM: |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
What you need to know for fair contracting for As a Service: |
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11.00 – 11.20 |
Refreshment Break |
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11.20 – 12:00 |
2019 Salary and Skills Survey – The Results: |
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WORKSHOP STREAMS |
WE DID IT – SUCCESS STORIES | FUTURE OF ITAM |
THIRD PARTY INSIGHT |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Women in ITAM: CJ Ortega, SSES Global |
IaaS: Reserved Instances, Costs, and FinOps: Rich Gibbons, The ITAM Review |
How to get Real Value from Third Party Support:
Marla Stotland & Tracie Kershaw, Aurecon Group |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 – 15.00 |
A SAM Journey: Successes and pitfalls of covering 80k device and 20+ vendors in 8 months: Alan Benger, NAB |
From ITAM to IT Governance: AJ Witt, The ITAM Review |
Microsoft Licensing 2019 round-up: |
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15.00 – 15.45 |
Workshop Recap Roundtable Session |
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15:45 – 15:55 |
Closing Remarks and Prize Giving: |
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16:00 – 17:00 |
ITAM Review User Group (Optional) |
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Sponsors
To discuss sponsorship opportunities for this event, please contact us.
Silver Sponsors (Sold out)
Bronze Sponsors
Exhibitor Sponsors
Coffee & Cake Sponsors
