The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Gus Balbontin is one of them. He’s an investor, entrepreneur, founder and explorer who has spent two decades helping businesses adjust strategies, products, services, culture and individuals to better deal with rapid and regular changing markets. As the former executive director and CTO of Lonely Planet, Gus led one of the most loved brands in the world through significant disruption. Gus remains heavily involved with the startup scene around the world. He will delve deep into the digital transformation of the past two decades, sharing stories of how so many companies mishandled this seismic shift and how today’s business leaders can capitalise on the disruption that’s still occurring today.

You’ve heard of SAP Business Network, but perhaps you’ve wondered what it does or how it works? Well, wonder no longer! In this session, Paige Cox, SVP, Chief Product Officer and Head of SAP Business Network, will walk us through the cloud-based platform’s origins in Ariba Network and how it has evolved to allow trading partners to perform seamless data flow and frictionless collaboration across core business processes including design, sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, asset operations and external workforce management.