Jackie Taranto

With over 400 member organisations and over 750 individual participants IoTAA is the peak body representing IoT (Internet of Things) in Australia. Its vision is to empower industry to grow Australia’s competitive advantage through IoT. www.iot.org.au

As official representation of Germany's economy in Australia, the German Australia Chamber of Industry and Commerce is funded by the German federal Government with the objective of fostering bilateral trade between Germany and Australia, and assisting our member companies with a broad portfolio of market entry services. I was on the board for eight years, and was vice-chair for the last four, from 2013 to 2017 Visit australien.ahk.de/en

I was a member of the Bright Alliance Advisory Committee, led by Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO, with the objective of raising $5 million for the new Bright Alliance cancer centre, part of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, Sydney. I co-ordinated the overhaul of key messaging, redesign of the website and promotional brochures, creation of a donor database, and planning of a fundraiser event, attended by the Prime Minister, which raised over $2.7 million. The new centre opened in October 2016.

I founded Hannover Fairs Australia in 2000, which developed and produced CeBIT Australia, which became Australia’s largest and most successful ICT event. Under my direction, CeBIT Australia delivered over $2 billion of economic benefit to NSW and Australia, brought global recognition to the Australian ICT and research industries, and established international partnerships that resulted in major research collaboration projects, and ongoing business.