Futurist Ross Dawson, who forecast the years in which printed newspapers would disappear, is among speakers at this year's CeBIT Australia event.
The Sydney-based creator of the Newspaper extinction timeline joins the founder of Decoded, IBM's chief innovation officer, and the managing partner of Innosight.
Kathryn Parsons is the Decoded visionary expected to kick down traditional hierarchies in teaching the world to code, while others include Bernard Meyerson (IBM), Scott Anthony (Innosight) and Ford's former head of social media, Scott Monty.
Dawson, who forecast the end of printed newspapers in Australia by 2022 (and the USA by next year) is one of two futurists at the event, the other being Shara Evans.
Named in Business Insider's 30 'most important women under 30' in tech and Marie Claire's women at the top pioneer awards, Parsons mission is to teach the world to look beyond their screens and see the languages that power technology.
Described as 'not only a coding evangelist, but an economic force of digital innovation and creation', she realised this world of technology was rapidly changing lives and businesses - yet only one per cent of people understood what was happening behind the screen.
Tech startup Decoded is famous for teaching anyone to 'code in a day', and has become one of the world's biggest technology educators.
Over three days at Sydney's Olympic Park, CeBIT Australia 2016 (May 2-4) will feature 11 conference streams and over 400 exhibitors. More information, www.cebit.com.au