13 - 14 August, 2019 | Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW
Mike Lee, Chief Data Officer at Boral

Mike Lee


Chief Data Officer
Boral

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Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 14th August 2019

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019


9:50 AM How to successfully integrate AI into business priorities and gain leadership empathy with the benefits of transformation

In this session, Mike will lead a discussion around techniques for aligning with leadership priorities when embarking on new AI initiatives. Gaining leadership understanding and advocacy can mean the difference between receiving funding and achieving success. Communicating the value of their work and negotiating priorities is therefore key for the AI practitioner.

12:00 PM Boral Case Study: How A Legacy Institution Is Approaching The Introduction Of AI To Optimise Operations On A Global Scale

As a global manufacturing corporation, Boral are looking to introduce automation into their processes in order to better operations and improve their ROI. In order to do this they must first unshackle themselves from the traditional, legacy governance models and introduce a new approach. In this session Mike will share his strategies to overcoming such legacy roadblocks and the AI initiatives which have developed as a result at Boral.

  • The challenge of introducing AI into the operations of a traditional enterprise
  • Leveraging AI automation to optimize machinery and improve efficiency of output
  • Key successes and lessons learned in execution
  • Thinking outside of the box thanks to AI offerings: Trialing computer vision technology to help improve safetyto help improve safety