It is with incredible excitement that we are able to announce that we will be the Media Partner for the itSMF Australia Annual Conference (LEADit), 13-15 August 2014, at The Pullman Melbourne Albert Park Hotel in Australia.
This ITSM event, which is the largest in the southern hempishere, brings together more than 500 IT professionals, with over 50 keynotes and breakout sessions – covering a wide range of subjects that are at the heart of our industry.
What you can expect
Generally regarded as one of the best itSMF-hosted conferences in the world, you’re in for a treat with this year’s agenda which includes (but is not limited to):
- A fantastic series of keynotes featuring ITSM greats such as Rob England and James Finister, as well as motivational speakers such as Jason McCartney
- A broad selection of breakout sessions featuring an array of speakers including the likes of Robert Stroud, Harold Petersen, Paul Wilkinson, Mark Smalley, Karen Ferris, Rachel Pennings, Stuart Rance and plenty more. Covering topics such as: cloud, continual service improvement, IT governance, ITSM process best practices, mobility, service lifecycle, IT asset management, agile, BYOD, customer experience etc.
- A choice of 7 pre-conference workshops including “building agile virtual teams” and “real techniques to achiever a successful ITSM implementation”
- A jammed pack social programme providing an array of opportunities to connect with your peers and the service management community, from the standard welcome drinks and networking evening to gala dinners, a social dinner and games night and a post conference winery tour through the Yarra Valley.
- Ceremony for the 2014 itSMF Industry Awards
Join in the fun
Considering attending but not quite sure yet? Or crying that you can’t go and are going to miss out on all the fun? Why not get involved with one of the Twitter chats that will be hosted by itSMF Australia in the run up to the event?
| Date | Name | Twitter handle | Topic |
| Wed 02-Jul-14 | Rob England | @theitskeptic | Big Uncle: Benevolent Security and The End of Privacy |
| Wed 09-Jul-14 | Stuart Rance | @StuartRance | Getting Started with Continual Service Improvement |
| Wed 16-Jul-14 | Ian Jones | @Jonesyianau | Leading ITSM from Scrum to Kanban |
| Wed 23-Jul-14 | James Finister | @jimbofin | Service Integration and Management: SIAM |
| Wed 30-Jul-14 | Peter Doherty | @ITILNinja | Working Smarter at the Service Desk to Engage the Business |
| Wed 06-Aug-14 | Sophie Danby | @SophieDanby | Get the most out of #Leadit |
ITSM Review is flying longhaul!
Two of our team will be in attendance (we haven’t yet finished arguing about who gets to go on such an amazing trip), and if you’d like to schedule a meeting with us whilst we’re out in Australia please email me.
We also intend to make the most of our trip across to the other side of the world and in conjunction with the wonderful James Finister and Stuart Rance we are hoping to be able to run a series of ITSM community initiatives whilst we’re out there (let me hear you cry “the Brits are coming”). Not just in Melbourne, but potentially anywhere in Australia (within reason – it’s a big country) and even potentially en route as well. We’ll provide more information on this as/when things get confirmed, but in the mean time please let us know if you have any ideas related to this or would like to see us whilst we’re visiting.
The ITSM Review team will also be making a trip to India in conjunction with our visit to itSMF Australia, so we urge our readers in that part of the world to also get in touch.
Event Summary
WHAT
itSMF Australia Annual Conference (LEADit)
WHERE
The Pullman Melbourne Albert Park Hotel, Australia
WHEN
The conference runs from Wednesday 13th August to Friday 15th August, with a range of pre-conference workshops taking place on Tuesday 12th August.
BOOKING
Booking rates are available online
Please note that all social activities are included in the 3 / 4 day conference pass, except for the post conference tour, which will need to be purchased separately.
2 thoughts on “itSMF Australia Annual Conference (LEADit)”
Comments are closed.