Connecting up the NFP sector

The Connecting Up Conference will run at Melbourne Convention Centre˜and Pan Pacific Melbourne˜in May˜and˜features˜a staggering line-up of high-profile speakers, including the new ACNC commissioner˜Sue Woodward.˜ The Connecting Up Conference will return to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 10-12 May 2023.˜ This three-day interactive event, billed as Australia?s leading not-for-profit technology conference,˜will empower not for profits to ensure they˜have the technology, skills and strategies˜they need to succeed. It˜includes a full day of˜masterclass˜?super sessions? on Wednesday 10^˜May, allowing delegates to deep dive on˜two˜topics from sessions including˜IT˜strategy,˜cybersecurity,˜marketing,˜impactful˜data˜use˜and leadership. High profile˜plenary and panel presenters already confirmed˜include:˜

• Sue Woodward AM, commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits˜ Commission (ACNC), will deliver the opening keynote on Thursday 11 May.˜
• Professor Sarah Pink, Professor of Design and Emerging Technologies and Founding˜ Director of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, will deliver an innovation keynote.˜
• Ally Watson OAM, CEO and founder of Code Like A Girl, will deliver the opening keynote on Friday 12 May.˜
• Karen Mahlab AM, founder of Pro Bono Australia, will facilitate the panel session˜ Purpose, Politics and Pandemics: The Art of Communications in Times of Crisis on Friday 12 May. ˜
• Cassandra Hatton, COO at St Vincent de Paul Society will deliver the leadership stream on Friday 12 May.˜
• Professor Anthony McCosker, Chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at Swinburne University of Technology, will deliver a ?data maturity assessment? stream on Friday 12 May.
• Also confirmed are security and marketing presentations by PwC Australia and Alecia Hancock Consulting.

You can read the full program here.˜

The conference˜also˜includes the annual˜Australian Not-For-Profit Technology Awards˜gala dinner, which takes place˜on Thursday 11 May˜at Pan Pacific Melbourne.

The Australian Not-for-Profit Technology Awards recognise the most impactful uses of technology by individuals and organisations supporting the Australia not-for-profit sector.

The awards are˜open for nominations˜to not-for-profit, government and private organisations and recognise nine categories, including Technology Lifetime Service Award, Best Accidental IT Person, Technology Innovator of the Year, and Best Technology Achievement by a First Nations Person.

Register before 28 February˜to receive early bird discount on all conference sessions.