Hey all. A request for information. I’m looking for CEOs of large companies in Australia who would be interested in joining us on The Scoop in the near future.

I’ve already got one person lined up - the new MD of Sun Microsystems Australia & NZ, Duncan Bennet. We met last Friday at the annual ITJourno Lizzie Awards and it turns out he has an internal blog. Given that his boss Jonothan Schwartz is a very well known CEO blogger, I argued it was about time he flicked the switch and went public.

So, any other suggestions anyone?

According to my guests on the first episode of The Scoop for 2008, the short answer is yes - at least from the perspective of the local IT industry. That’s a very big call given that the ASX keeps heading south and the media use terms like “freefall“.

It was something of a challenge finding the CEO of an Australian IT company at work in January (7 CEOs I contacted were away…), but we overcame. Joining me on the show with their predictions for the year ahead is Gary Cohen, chief executive, IBA Health, Tom Stianos, chief executive, SMS Management & Technology and Tim Reed, managing director, MYOB Australia. Enjoy!