One of the ICT industry’s foremost analysts and commentators, Peter Hind has spent over 25 years advising and talking on topics across the technology industry. His primary areas of interest are the potential of technology to transform the way organisations operate, the change management obstacles executives encounter in realising this potential, as well as the tactics and techniques leaders have deployed to overcome these difficulties.​

With roles across IDC, Unisys, NCR, Sigma Data, and others, Peter now takes on multiple roles within ADAPT including the moderation of private events and roundtables, interviewing business executives about the strategies they are pursuing and assisting with the structuring of delegate surveys.​

Chris has worked diligently through her career with business and HR leaders—as an internal HR or HR strategy/technology practitioner, Consultant/Adviser, or Researcher/Analyst —on radically improving talent strategy, technology, and leadership—as well as the tech vendors who serve them.

With a unique blend of technical, HR practitioner, business and vendor experience, she laughingly describes herself as a bit of a talent, HR Tech and Future of Work “whisperer”. Chris has a degree in MIS, with a concentration in AI, from the UGA Terry College of Business. She loves figuring out how the latest trends and innovations in data, tools, and technology can help change the face of HR and the world of work.

She will say technology and data does play a huge role in how we make work better for people and people better at work — and not just be the work. And that humans are the ones who ask questions, solve problems, and take actions — with tools/technology in hand. Chris loves helping companies and people think about their outcomes — ask the right questions — determine technology and data strategy — and how it should all be utilized and applied to get their desired outcomes. She doesn’t profess to have the answers, but how to help you solve for them.

Chris was named as an Onalytica recent research report, “Who’s Who in Future of Work?” as well as their “Top 25 Global Consultancies Influencers” research study across all C-Suite topic categories — including the AI, emerging tech, and future of work sub-categories. She is also featured in Human Resource Executive® and the HR Technology Conference annual Top 100 HR Tech Influencers list, which recognizes individuals from the HR, technology, and business communities who are impacting the state and future direction of HR technology.

Kristine Dery is the Professor of Work, Technology and Innovation, and Associate Dean Curriculum and Learning- Post-experience at Macquarie Business School. ​

She leads the strategic development and delivery of all post graduate programs for executives with business experience looking to upskill ​
or transition to new roles.​

Kristine is also an Academic Research Fellow with MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR). Her current research explores what it takes for large companies to transform their workforce to be relevant in a digital world.​

Together with MIT CISR, Kristine has recently published a framework that helps firms understand the degree to which their workforce is future-ready, which is amplified locally by ADAPT research.​

Mary is responsible for the Group’s people strategy across its global network.

She leads teams across business partnering, talent acquisition, remuneration, organisation development and HR operations. With more than 20 years’ experience in HR, Mary is passionate about realising enterprise value and growth by creating an exceptional employee experience. Mary joined REA from Campbell Arnott’s where she was the Vice President – Human Resources for Asia Pacific for eight years, and worked in a variety of senior HR roles with Campbell Soup Company both in Australia and the US. Mary holds a Bachelor of Manufacturing Management from the University of Technology Sydney and is a founding member of the International Women’s Forum Australia.

Vinit has a track record of accomplishment in enabling corporations to address complex enterprise-wide technology and business challenges. This has included translating digital innovations to achieve exceptional business outcomes, leading digital transformations, overhauling business processes, and managing the introduction of next-generation technology solutions.

He has managed global Agile deployments and formulated strategies to implement large systems in the Digital Workplace, Identity and Access Management, Enterprise Mobility, Customer Experience, eCommerce, and eHealth verticals. The enterprise programs Vinit has led has increased efficiency and reduced duplication.

His expertise encompasses cloud computing, machine learning, predictive analytics, mobility, user experience, the Internet of Things, identity and access management, collaboration tools and services, and end user compute services.

The initiatives Vinit has led has had an impact at the strategic level and have included managing multi-million-dollar budgets and large geographically dispersed multidisciplinary teams. He also has a reputation for advanced skills defining, aligning, and executing transformations in large organisations, which has included guiding the integration of mergers and acquisitions to optimise synergies.