Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Atlassian
Mike Cannon-Brookes is the CEO of Atlassian, a company he co-founded alongside his university friend, Scott Farquhar, in 2002 from Sydney, Australia. Over the next 20+ years, they built Atlassian to be a leader in collaboration software, focused on unleashing the potential of teams around the world. Today Atlassian has over 300,000 customers across all company sizes and industry sectors.
Mike is responsible for the overall strategic direction and product strategy for Atlassian. He continues to grow Atlassian’s product portfolio, which started as a bug-tracking tool for developers called Jira, to a suite of solutions to support every type of team.
Mike is on the Board of Directors for a number of organisations including Blackbird Ventures and is the Chair-Elect of Room to Read, a non-profit committed to improving literacy and gender equality in education in the developing world. A passionate clean energy evangelist, he continues to invest in sustainable solutions through Grok Ventures, and his philanthropic initiative, Boundless Earth. He is also a member of Australia’s Nation Brand Advisory Council and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales’ School of Computer Science and Engineering.
Mike is a global technology leader, passionate philanthropist and a sporting enthusiast, with minority ownership in sporting teams including the South Sydney Rabbitohs (Australian national rugby league team) and Utah Jazz (NBA team).

Mike’s Sessions

Digital
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Welcome to the digital experience with Robert Chatwani
Robert Chatwani, CMO, Atlassian
In-person & digital
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Work differently, together...and make history
Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Atlassian
Sendhil Jayachandran, Head of Product Marketing, Atlassian
Erika Trautman, Head of Product Management, Work Management For All, Atlassian
Digital
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Manage thousands of Trello users with Trello Enterprise
Dana Hogan, Head of Sales, Work Management, Atlassian
Victor Dronov, Group Product Manager, Atlassian
In-person & digital
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Test Session (On-Demand)
Digital
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10 ways to transform your organization with Confluence
Matt Reiner, Customer Advocate, K15t
Digital
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What's new with Trello: the latest (and upcoming) features for teams
Stu Smith, Head of Design, Atlassian
Digital
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Keynote wrap-up with Robert Chatwani
Robert Chatwani, CMO, Atlassian
Digital
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9 essential tips for more effective virtual and hybrid meetings
Lorraine Lee, Top-Rated Virtual Speaker | LinkedIn Learning Instructor | Editorial + Tech Leader, Ex-LinkedIn, SlideShare, Prezi
Digital
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Confluence Cloud: The need for speed
Dennis Lu, Product Manager, Atlassian
Ilia Fainshtroy, Software Engineering Manager, Atlassian
Digital
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Faster, smarter onboarding and better employee experiences with Confluence
Jena Slezak, Product Marketing Manager, Confluence, Atlassian
Tiffany Chang, Product Manager, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Kiss status meetings goodbye: stay in sync, async
Rachel Lin, Product Manager, Atlassian
Matt Hodges, Head of Product Marketing Craft, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Using communications channels — the Atlassian way
Sarah Goff-Dupont, Corporate Marketing Senior Program Manager, Atlassian
India Wade, Principal Marketing Program Manager, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Trello's guide to better hybrid meetings
Leah Ryder, Head of Marketing, Trello, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Fireside Chat with Atlassian’s Work Doctors
Samer Farag, Senior Technical Writer, DISH Network
Mitch Hoback, Agile Coach, DISH Network
Adam Nichols, Senior Manager - Process, DISH Wireless
Dan Radigan, Principal Advisor, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Interpersonal alchemy: the magic of high-performing teams
Mark Cruth, Principal Modern Work Evangelist, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Throw away your slides: talking with people, not at them
Mark Cruth, Principal Modern Work Evangelist, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Confluence: the secret to faster onboarding and happier teams
Laurel Hodge, Global Head of Marketing, Confluence Cloud, Atlassian
Genevieve Sheehan, Head of Product Management, Confluence, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Chaos to cohesive: distributed teamwork that actually works
Daniel Filous, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Team Anywhere: designing for the flexible employee experience
Annie Dean, Global Head of Team Anywhere, Atlassian
In-person & digital replay
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Async like a pro
Joe Thomas, CEO and Co-founder, Loom
In-person & digital replay
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Up-level business team effectiveness with retros
Farbod Saraf, Product Lead, Miro
In-person & digital replay
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Pro tips from the 2022 State of Teams report
Mahreen Khan, Senior Researcher, People Insights, Atlassian
11:00 AM-6:30 PM PDT
VIP experience
In-person & digital
1:45 PM-2:30 PM PDT
What it takes to achieve team greatness
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Chairman and CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE)
Candace Parker, 2x WNBA Champion, Entrepreneur, Broadcaster, and Mom
In-person & digital
1:45 PM-2:30 PM PDT
Test Session