Agenda
AGENDA ANNOUNCED SOON!
8.45 – 8.55am
Welcome
MC Extraordinaire: Adam Spencer, Media
Provocateur, Math Geek
8.55am – 9.15am
Keynote Address:
David Walker, Group Chief Technology Officer, Westpac Group
9.15am – 9.30am
Fireside Chat: with an industry CXO
9.30am – 10.00am
THE CHIEFS: CXO Leaders Panel
- The Ultimate Disruptor – how top Chiefs are determining their AI strategies, and reaping the rewards
- The Criteria – how to extract value from data to leverage AI-powered business opportunities
- The Agile Mind – the must-have qualities of innovative CXOs to ‘keep up’ in an AI World
- The 4th Industrial Revolution – educating and upskilling a future AI workforce
Panellists:
- Christina Igasto, Chief Digital Officer, Service NSW
- Jeremy Hubbard, Chief Data and Technology Officer, Rest
- Brett Wilson, Chief Information Officer, Australian Red Cross
- Tim Hogarth, Chief Technology Officer, ANZ
10.00am – 10.15am
Fireside Chat: From Data Lake to Power Play —Turning AI Insights into Enterprise Gold
10.15am – 11.00am
Morning Tea
11.00am – 11.15am
Keynote Address: Guidance, Guardrails and Governance — Redefining Transformation with AI
Leonie Valentine, CEO & Co-founder, CX Guardian AI (former Chief AI Officer at Regional AI Network & former Managing Director Google Melbourne, former EGM Australia Post & former Director Marketing,Telstra)
11.15am – 11.30am
Fireside Chat: with an industry CXO
11.30am – 11.45am
Fireside Chat: with an industry CXO
11.45am – 12.30pm
THE STAND-OUTS: Best Use Cases Panel
- Agentic AI and Synthetic Data – the latest trends and success stories to draw inspiration from
- Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff – the criteria for choosing an LLM
- The Culture Imperative – top strategies to create a culture of innovation to embrace AI’s opportunities
- 2030 – the key innovations that are shaping the next wave of Gen AI and LLMs in the enterprise
Panellists:
- Nirvana Luckraj, Chief Medical Officer, Healthdirect
- Hind Bendaya, Dean, School of Business Western Sydney University
- Brendon Hopper, Chief Information Officer for Technology, Commonwealth Bank
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 1.45pm
Fireside Chat: AI-Powered Cyber - Protecting Your Organisation from Cyber Attacks in 2025 & Beyond
1.45pm – 2.15pm
THE INNOVATORS: The Next Big Things
- The inspirational start-ups and cutting-edge breakthroughs in AI
- The Perfect Pitch – what large enterprises can learn from start-ups to get the Board ‘on board’
- Off the Blocks – how to identify the business functions that would benefit the most from AI
- AI @ Scale – how to manage rapid growth and kickstart scaling AI
Panellists:
- Patricia Haueiss, CEO, Reality Labs; Chair, Metaverse Advisory Council
- Angela Shi, Founder & CEO, Empathetic AI
- Joanna Gurry, Executive Data Platforms, National Australia Bank (NAB)
2.15pm – 2.30pm
Fireside Chat: Human + AI Collaboration - Getting the Balance Right
2.30pm – 3.30pm
The Voice: Peer-to-Peer Interactive
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in an interactive discussion with your peers! Submit your pressing topic on the registration form, and the key issues will be discussed by our leaders panel AND the industry leaders attending. Engage, share, network and leave with fresh insights to apply in your organisation.
3.30pm
Prizes Giveaway, Canapes, Music & Networking!