Join us for the WA Government Tech Investment Update with the opening address delivered by the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC.
Hon Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Science and Innovation, will open the event, and deliver a special announcement that attendees will be the first in WA to hear.
We welcome back Greg Italiano, GCIO who will provide an update on the WA Government’s Digital Capability Fund. With significant investment in digital transformation through the Fund, the WA Government is driving major reform. This session will highlight key digital transformation initiatives reshaping public sector service delivery, offer industry valuable insights into upcoming partnership opportunities and reveal what’s next on the horizon.
Angela Corbett LLM a/Assistant Under Treasurer Procurement Policy and Strategy, Department of Finance will provide a reflection on the latest Western Australian Government Procurement policy, and an update on the Department of Treasury and Finance’s whole of government purchasing arrangements.
Karina Schaap, Director, Digital Industries, Department of Energy and Economic Diversification will provide an update on the implementation of the WA Government’s Digital Industries Acceleration Strategy which is supporting economic development and diversification by accelerating digital uplift of WA’s businesses and growth of the State’s digital sector and capabilities.
Alberto Degli Esposti, CTO at the Office of Digital Government, will outline how the WA Government is transitioning from standalone digital projects to shared WA’s State Digital Assets that operate as core public infrastructure. The presentation will introduce the State’s common digital platforms and capabilities already in use across government — including the ServiceWA app, WA.gov.au and the WA Identity Gateway — and how they support secure, connected service delivery across agencies. Alberto’s session will examine the benefits of shared digital assets, including reducing duplication and costs, improving consistency of user experience, and embedding security and privacy by design. It will also explore how these capabilities strengthen cross-government collaboration, improve resilience during major events, support the adoption of emerging technologies at scale, and create opportunities for industry vendors to integrate, reuse and scale digital services efficiently across the public sector.
Policing faces a growing volume and complexity of threats. Marc Smith, Assistant Commissioner with the WA Police Force will explore how data and artificial intelligence can help shift policing from responding to incidents to anticipating risk. Using a practical detect, analyse, respond approach, Marc will outline how integrating intelligence, alerts, and frontline insights can enable earlier intervention, faster decision‑making, and more coordinated action—where better use of data drives smarter, more timely operational outcomes.
Shaun Walsh, Executive Director, Digital Health at WA Health will focus his presentation on Scaling Digital Health and AI in WA and how WA Health is approaching digital transformation at a system level, not as a collection of projects, but through a structured roadmap that builds foundational capability and scales toward an intelligent, AI-enabled health system.
