Welcome to the Future! Adam Byrnes (6-7pm)

Welcome to the future

Adam Byrnes, International Director at Freelancer.com, will be discussing the macrotrends that will redefine the online world over the next 5 years. As part of this talk, he will also discuss the emergence of the application of STEM skills like mathematics, statistics, and the scientific method to a field traditionally dominated by qualitative thinking - marketing and advertising. In this context, he will also discuss his own career path, and how he applies knowledge learnt in his science and engineering degrees every day within his role of expanding an internet-scale marketplace internationally.

About the session host
Adam Byrnes is responsible for expanding Freelancer across the world, particularly into markets that are dominated by non-english native speakers, such as Asia and Latin-America. He leads teams in public relations, content, marketing and translation, and has been responsible for launching Freelancer‘s websites internationally, including 40 dedicated regional sites and 31 languages. Prior to joining Freelancer, Adam worked as a physics researcher at the University of Sydney in the field of photonics.

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