IT industry insights at NASSCOM/AIBC event

The Victorian Chapter of the Australia India Business Council and NASSCOM Australia jointly hosted ‘Leadership Learning’ on August 26, the first in a series of events focussed on innovation and emerging trends within the IT sector from the perspective of industry leaders.

The keynote speaker for the evening was Stephen Tame, Chief Information Officer of Jetstar who delivered an entertaining presentation focussing on the IT culture at Jetstar and technology innovation at the airline. Mr Tame is renowned for his willingness to challenge conventional thinking and adopt creative IT systems, as well as his achievements in managing the IT operations of Jetstar (Australia’s third largest domestic carrier) with an IT staff of just five full time employees. Mr Tame received extremely positive feedback from the audience, and his frank assessment of opportunities for efficiency gains within an organisation when traditional solutions and models are challenged, was welcomed.

The event also featured a presentation by Sudhir Mathur, President of the Australian Chapter of NASSCOM, on emerging technology trends and possibilities particularly in relation to Indian IT providers. NASSCOM is the peak trade body and chamber of commerce of the IT software and services industries in India, and it has more than 1200 members globally. Mr. Mathur is an acknowledged leader in the Australian market on how “flattening of the world” can be leveraged in a manner that provides maximum “risk free value” to end user organisations. Mr. Mathur’s presentation was compelling, and very well received by the audience and his tireless work in building the NASSCOM brand within Australia was also acknowledged and commended.

The event was chaired by Arvind Dixit, Secretary of the AIBC and ICT Industry Chapter Convenor, and was well attended by a cross section of representatives from the business community as well as the Victorian Government.

The formal presentations were followed by drinks and networking, and a business card raffle.

The AIBC and NASSCOM have a long standing relationship and have partnered with one another on numerous occasions with the joint objective to promoting bilateral links between Australia and India. Both organisations look forward to continuing their association, and in particular, to building on the success of this first event of the “Leadership Learning” series.