Australian CIO Summit 2010: photos

The panel in the main conference room of the summit.

The summit brought together around 300 chief information officers (CIO), IT managers and professionals to discuss their role in business as well as the new challenges and developments in the industry.

The conference was chaired by Dr Michael Rosemann of the Queensland University of Technology.

Christopher Johnson of professional services firm Parsons Brinckerhoff took the co-chair position.

Summit presenter Shane Owenby, Asia-Pacific managing director for Amazon Web Services, dispelled myths surrounding cloud computing.

Bernie Brooks, CEO of Myer, presented the company's latest forays into new technology for its stores and warehouses.

Andy Lark, vice president and general manager of Large Enterprise Marketing for Dell, said that businesses need to interact with their customers through social media to control the information flow around their products.

Dave Wasley of online auction site trademe.co.nz told of how his company serves 6 million pages an hour with only one network specialist and one storage specialist.

Acting superintendent Greg Flint updated the conference on how Policelink had come together using CRM.

The conference was equipped with a "cyber cafe" and free Wi-Fi access that let delegates get online.

One-to-one meetings were scheduled so that delegates could meet with vendors at the conference.

Former test cricketer Glenn McGrath addressed delegates at the closing dinner in support of the McGrath Foundation.

Delegates dined in the marquee ahead of Glenn McGrath's address.

Updated at 10:07am, 10 August 2010: trademe.co.nz serves 6 million pages an hour, not 6 million users.