Keynote speaker Shara Evans is internationally acknowledged as a cutting edge technology futurist, commentator, strategy advisor and thought leader, as well as the Founder and CEO of Market Clarity, an award-winning technology analyst firm that provides specialised insight, intelligence and advice on all aspects of the telecom and emerging technologies markets.

She's also the Founder of Telsyte (successfully sold to publicly listed company UXC), and has been pioneering innovative research and strategic consulting on telecoms and technology for the past 19 years, as well as being one of the industry’s leading commentators on telco and technology issues. In addition to extensive corporate, government, vendor, and carrier client work, she has published over 100 articles and research papers.

Shara’s latest research is the Future Tech series — based on ongoing interviews with thought leaders in research labs, vendor labs, telcos, start-ups, futurists and others, covering a wide range of emerging technologies such as: new devices, robotics, 3D printing, augmented reality, home automation, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, privacy, and the next wave of innovation.

Shara helps her clients understand new product and service opportunities in consumer and enterprise markets that are being underpinned by these emerging technologies. Frequently working with executive, strategy and product teams, Shara helps organisations think outside the box of what’s available today to imagine the world in 5 or 10 years, and commercialise these concepts into innovative new products and services.

Her technical and business career has included a variety of executive positions with companies such as Alcatel, Sprint, Telenet, GTE and SmithKline.

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