Join us for a special briefing on Tech Central from Australia’s champion of tech and AI, Atlassian CEO and Co-Founder, Mike Cannon-Brookes.
Tech Central is the driving force behind Sydney’s most exciting and ambitious strategy to create a global tech hub in the heart of the city. Backed by the NSW Government, Tech Central will put Australian talent on the world stage and deliver prosperity across the economy.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes
Chief Executive Officer & co Founder - Atlassian
Mike Cannon-Brookes
Chief Executive Officer & co Founder
Mike Cannon-Brookes is the CEO of Atlassian, a company he co-founded alongside his university friend, Scott Farquhar, in 2002 from Sydney, Australia. Over the next 20 years, they built Atlassian to be a leader in collaboration software, focused on unleashing the potential of teams around the world. Today Atlassian has over 300,000 customers across all company sizes and industry sectors.
In his role as CEO, Mike is responsible for the overall strategic direction and product strategy for Atlassian. He continues to grow Atlassian’s product portfolio, which started as a bug-tracking tool for developers called Jira, to a suite of solutions to support every type of team.
Mike is on the Board of Directors for a number of organisations including Blackbird Ventures and is the Chair-Elect of Room to Read, a non-profit committed to improving literacy and gender equality in education in the developing world. A passionate clean energy evangelist, he continues to invest in sustainable solutions through Grok Ventures, and his philanthropic initiative, Boundless Earth. He is also a member of Australia's Nation Brand Advisory Council and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering.
He is a global technology leader, passionate philanthropist and a sporting enthusiast, with minority ownership in sporting teams across Australia and the US.

Minister Anoulack Chanthivong MP
Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology - NSW Government
Minister Anoulack Chanthivong MP
Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology
After moving to Australia from Laos with his parents and brothers when he was just six, Anoulack attended Robert Townson Primary and Robert Townson High School in Raby.
On the weekends and after school, Anoulack helped out at his family’s small grocery store where he learnt the value of hard work and the challenges of small business.
After graduation, Anoulack completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Sydney and later undertook postgraduate studies in economics and public administration at the University of Sydney and the London School of Economics.
Before entering Parliament, Anoulack worked as an economist for 13 years and served as a councillor and later as mayor on Campbelltown City Council.
After his election as Member for Macquarie Fields in 2015, he served as Shadow Minister for Finance and Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade between 2021 and 2022.
Following the election of the Minns Labor Government in March 2023, Anoulack was appointed Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building and Minister for Corrections.
Anoulack and his wife Anna live in South-West Sydney with their two children Audrey and Christopher.

Stuart Fitzroy
Managing Director, APAC - Rokt
Stuart Fitzroy
Managing Director, APAC
As Managing Director APAC, Stuart FitzRoy leads the team in APAC and partners with the Chief Product Officer to design, build and deploy Rokt’s products. Stuart joined Rokt in 2015.
He came to Rokt from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he was a Principal in the firm’s Sydney office. While there, Stuart worked with clients on technology projects across a range of sectors including travel and tourism, infrastructure and mining. He has expertise in digital technology, commercial strategy, distribution, sourcing and procurement.
In the middle of his tenure at BCG Stuart left to join Jetstar, the low fares airline serving the Asia-Pacific region. He was responsible for distribution and product management of the airline’s technology platform for booking, payment and check-in. He returned to BCG after helping to grow the Jetstar Group from concept to $1 billion in revenue.
Stuart holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics & Finance as well as a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney.

James Tynan
Partner - Square Peg
James Tynan
Partner
James came to Square Peg after running Startmate, Australia’s leading seed fund and startup network. Prior to that, James was based in Silicon Valley where he helped scale Khan Academy from YouTube success to the world’s largest edtech organisation. Previously, James founded and sold a startup in digital archiving, and helped start the healthcare practice at McKinsey & Company, Australia. He holds a law degree and a university medal from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).