ForestTECH 2024 – highlighting international innovation

On-site and virtual registrations to this year’s annual ForestTECH 2024 event continue to flow in. A truly international line-up of presenters, both for the New Zealand and Australian leg of this year’s technology series, are involved. Speakers involved in the upcoming ForestTECH 2024 series can be viewed via this link.

Presenters this year include;

Simon Elisha, Chief Technologist – Australia, New Zealand & Oceania, Amazon Web Services, Australia

Simon Elisha is a visionary technology leader known for his ability to transform technology innovation into tangible business advantages. With over three decades of experience encompassing hands-on development and influential business leadership, his unwavering commitment to innovation is demonstrated by his nine cloud technology patents, establishing him as a trailblazer in the field.

Simon is a captivating communicator, challenging conventional thinking and empowering organizations to drive real change through technology. As a global technology personality, Simon founded and hosts The Official AWS Podcast, attracting a global audience with over 22 million downloads and five million listening hours to date.

Simon’s career includes senior positions at organisations, such as Pivotal Software, Cisco, and Hitachi Data Systems. As part of ForestTECH 2024, Simon will detail the huge strides being made in AI, and opportunities for capturing and integrating this technology into forest operations.

Henry Ines, CEO, Chainparency, USA

Henry Ines is the CEO and co-founder of Chainparency, a leading software and data solutions company that utilises blockchain technology in global supply chains. Henry has more than two decades of experience in enterprise solutions, venture, and tech as a C-level executive, trusted advisor, and entrepreneur. He routinely speaks on digital innovation and the opportunities for emerging technologies like blockchain to empower individuals and communities and transform industries and economies globally.

In addition to his work at Chainparency, Henry serves on the Steering Committee for the GoChain Foundation, which develops GoChain blockchain protocol. He is an expert resource on enterprise blockchain solutions for the Asia Productivity Organization (APO), and represents Chainparency on the Leadership Council for the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities’ ForesTrust Network. This network has a growing consortium of leading enterprises utilising blockchain technology in forestry and wood product value chains.

He is also a co-founder of Generation, a consultancy focused on public and private sector digital modernization strategies and solutions. Henry will be presenting on pioneering transparency in the forest supply chain, a new block chain-based data management system enabling real-time collection, recording, sharing and auditing of data across the supply chain.

Note: Programme & speaker details and further event information can be found on the event website; ForestTECH 2024. The annual forest technology series begins in Rotorua, New Zealand on 20-21 November and then runs again in Melbourne, Australia on 26-27 November 2024.