Agenda
9.00am – 9.10am
Welcome by MC: Adam Spencer, Media Provocateur, Math Genius, TED Speaker, Author
9.10am – 9.30am
Opening Keynote
9.30am – 10.00am
CHIEFS Panel: CXO Leaders Panel
- Super-AI – what leaders must do today to balance innovation with long-term safety, privacy and societal trust
- From Pilot to P&L – embedding AI as a core enterprise driver to help execute strategies and unlock measurable ROI
- The Buck Stops Where? – accountability, governance, and ownership when AI gets it wrong
- Sovereign AI – how national data control, regulatory compliance, and locally governed AI infrastructure is a strategic enabler for trust, resilience, and market differentiation
Panellists:
- Simon Kriss, Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign AI Australia
- Brendan Hopper, Managing Director, Innovation Ecosystems, Commonwealth Bank
- Michael McNamara, Executive General Manager Enterprise Services, Australia Post
- Stacey O’Toole, Chief Information Officer, Victorian Ombudsman
- CXO, Snowflake
10.00am – 10.15am
Fireside Chat with…
CXO, Outsystems
10.15am – 10.30am
Fireside Chat with Joe Locandro, EVP & Global Chief Information Officer, Rimini Street
10.30am – 11.15am
Morning Tea
11.15am – 11.30am
Fireside chat with…
CXO, Splunk
11.30am – 12.15pm
THE STAND OUTS: Best Use Cases Panel
- Competitive Edge – how leading enterprises are leveraging AI to outperform rivals, drive differentiation, and capture market advantage
- Borderless Innovation – standout global AI use cases that Australian enterprises can adopt and accelerate
- The Next Frontier – harnessing agentic AI, Large Language Models, small language models, and synthetic data at scale
- Beyond the Horizon – Automated Super Intelligence, quantum, immersive enterprise collaboration and other frontier technologies set to redefine the next 5 years
Panellists:
- Dr Imtiaz Bhayat, Chief Information Officer & Executive Director, Information Services, Regis Aged Care
- Dr Maruf Hossain, Chief AI Strategist, Author & Global Top 100 Innovator
- CXO, Precisely
12.15pm – 12.30pm
Keynote Address: CXO, Airia
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 1.45pm
Fireside chat with…
1.45pm – 2.15pm
THE AGE OF AGENTS: Autonomous Enterprises & the Future of Work Panel
- Beyond Chatbots – real-world cases where AI agents cut costs and create new revenue streams
- Careers Rewired – the rise of new roles from Chief Agentic Officer to AI Ethicist, and the skills and recruitment processes that CIOs can’t afford to ignore
- The Human Contract – redefining what organisations owe their people as AI reshapes work and trust
- Future-Proof Leadership – why investing in AI fluency and talent pipelines secures tomorrow’s edge
Panellists:
- Dilan Perera, Chief AI Officer, Bendigo Kangan Institute
- Professor Jeannie Paterson CAIDE Co- Director & Digital Ethics Advisor, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics, The University of Melbourne
- Manohar Esarapu, Chief Information & Innovation Officer, City of Port Phillip
2.15pm – 2.30pm
Fireside Chat: Cyber in the Age of AI – Defending and Counterattacking at Machine Speed
2.30pm – 3.00pm
THE ACCELERATORS: The Data Readiness Panel
- From Data Chaos to Competitive Advantage – how leading companies are prioritising, structuring, and activating data to unlock real AI value
- Real-Time Governance – how top enterprises are embedding human-in-the-loop controls to enforce AI and data policies at speed and scale
- Scaling Without Silos – how to industrialise AI across the enterprise while maintaining unified data platforms and avoiding fragmentation
- Sovereign Data, Strategic Control – navigating data residency, regulation, and model strategy to protect long-term ownership
Panellists:
- Pieter Vorster, General Manager Data Platforms & Chief Digital Officer, Westpac Group
- Kathryn Gulifa, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, HBF Health
3.00pm – 3.30pm
INDUSTRY VOICE: Audience Questions Answered
Pose your burning AI questions on the registration form and have them answered live from industry experts in this dynamic Q&A session.
Panellists:
- Simon Reiter, Chief Technology Officer, CareSuper
- Robin Mann, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Monash Health
- Elizabeth Wilson, Chief Information Officer, Department of Education
- Lisa Dethridge, Senior Research Fellow, RMIT
3.30pm – 4.00pm
Prizes Giveaway, Canapes, Music & Networking!