POSTPONED: FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE: Reimagine and Rebuild
During the 1980’s manufacturing moved offshore to cheaper low-cost centres. We simply do not make enough things and our healthcare supply lines, in times of crisis are dodgy. Even when companies can source supplies, it can be incredibly expensive with airfreight costs rising during the pandemic. pastevent
REGISTER NOW | Future Work Capability: Advanced Manufacturing | AmCham Business Series | 29 JUNE, 3 PM AEST
FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE: Reimagine and Rebuild
Re-designing how and where we work
 About the Webinar
The creation of new business models to transform the built world.
INFRASTRUCTURE – R&D, PUBLIC and PRIVATE COLLABORATION, NEW BUSINESS MODELS
Covid-19 has been the biggest disruptor for business, you have heard the word – pivot, adapt and the new reality.
This is a turning point for VR, virtual worlds, and the internet more generally. We may now truly be forced to create an equitable public common online, where historically we’ve had the fallback of real-life proximity.
By now, it is well known that usage of video-conferencing software like Zoom has exploded as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown. What is less known is that interest in avatar-based virtual worlds and business-specific adaptations.
We may not realize it, but the videoconferencing technologies we are using are right out of science fiction. Remember the TV series The Jetsons? We now have the videophones that George and Judy used.
The next leap forward will come from virtual reality, which is advancing at breakneck speed and will take us by surprise. Our business meetings, family vacations, and leisure activities will increasingly move into virtual worlds. A trip to Tahiti or Mars, perhaps? The holodecks from Star Trek are on their way.
This panel will address Bricks and Mortar versus Virtual infrastructure.
An emerging tech corridor in New York City has seen Facebook lease over 700,000 sf of prime commercial space during a pandemic when most of their employees are working from home. This area is popular with tech giants Apple, Amazon and Google.
Australia also needs to invest in the creation of industry clusters where the business community, education researchers and government can work together leveraging technology and innovation (such as Lot Fourteen).
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William Ruh
Chief Executive Officer, Digital, Lendlease Corporation
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James Sherrard
Partner, PwC
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Thursday 27 August 2020
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM AEST |
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Link to attend the webinar will be sent after registrations have closed. |
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 Speaker Biographies
William Ruh
Chief Executive Officer, Digital, Lendlease Corporation
Mr. William Ruh is the Chief Executive Officer for LendLease Digital. In this role, he is focused on building out advanced automation and analytics capabilities, as well as driving the global strategy, operations and portfolio of digital services across all of LendLease businesses. His portfolio includes the Innovation Group, Living Utilities, Technology in Property, DesignMake and the IT organization.
Prior to joining LendLease, Mr. Ruh was the CEO of GE Digital and the Chief Digital Officer for GE. He grew the overall GE digital sales 2.5x and established the GE Digital business unit. During his tenure, Mr. Ruh led the charge to develop the first cloud-based platform for the industrial world. A recognized expert in the emerging Industrial Internet of Things he helped establish the Industrial Internet Consortium, was a member of the US Dept of Commerce Digital Economy Board of Advisors, Executive Board member of the Bay Area Council as well as the Co-Chair of the Bay Area Council India Initiative and is a member of the board of the Magna Corporation.
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