Agenda
9.00am – 9.05am
Welcome by MC: Mark Jones, Author, Journalist and Entrepreneur
9.05am – 9.45am
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:
- David Hogarth, Chief Information Officer, Virgin Australia
- Toni Peggrem, Chief Executive Officer, AI Consortium
- Andrew Morrison, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Transformation Agency
- Ashley Diffey, Vice President ANZ, Ping Identity
9.45am – 10.00am
Fireside Chat: AI as Defender and Threat: What CISOs Must Get Right Next
Ryan Lait, Regional Head, Security Solution Architecture – APAC, Splunk
10.00m – 10.30am
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:
- Ben Pattison, Chief Data & Analytics officer, Flight Centre Group
- Anna Clive, General Manager Data, Digital & Innovation, RACQ
- Johnny Serrano, Chief Information Officer, CS Energy
10.30am – 11.15am
Morning Tea
11.15am – 11.30am
Fireside Chat:The AI Agent Rabbit Hole: Prototype Adventures to Production Wins
Anthony Rees, AI Solutions Engineer, APAC, Airia & Nathan Hillery, Head of Cyber Security & Risk, Goodstart Early Learning
11.30am – 12.15pm
AGENTIC AI IN ACTION: The Data-Driven CX Panel
- Transform CX @ Scale – discover how autonomous agents can pull trusted data from multiple sources to elevate the customer experience journey
- Agentic AI Workflows – see how context-aware AI agents handle complex back-office tasks to resolve customer issues autonomously
- Predictive & Personal – learn how agentic AI leverages data to predict evolving customer demands and then deliver proactive engagement
Panellists:
- Nathan Bines, Executive Director – Data & AI, Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business
- Julien Poncheele, Analytic & Digital Strategy Executive, Lactalis Australia
12.15pm – 12.30pm
Fireside Chat with Reg Bible, Country Lead ANZ Security, World Wide Technology & Mohamed Tanana, RVP, Solutions Engineering, APCJ, F5 Networks
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 2.00pm
THE CYBER CHIEFS: CISO Leaders Panel
- Cyber in the Age of AI – defending and counter-attacking at machine speed
- Deepfake Defences – tackling the next wave of synthetic content and identity driven attacks
- Zero Trust to AI-Driven Trust – building resilience in a shifting threat landscape
- Quantum-Ready Infrastructure – preparing crypto-agility strategies now, ahead of post-quantum regulation
Panellists:
- Stephen Bennett, Group Chief Information Security Officer, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises
- Celeste Lowe, Chief Information & Security Officer, The Lottery Corporation
- Arun Singh Chief Information & Security Officer, Tyro Payments
- Virginia Calegare, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Information & Security Officer, RightSec
2.00pm – 2.30pm
THE AGE OF AGENTS: 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 and the skills and recruitment processes that CIOs can’t ignore
- The Human Contract – redefining what organisations owe their people as AI reshapes work and trust
- Future-Proof Leadership – how investing in AI fluency and talent pipelines secures tomorrow’s edge
Panellists:
- Paul Murphy, Chief Information Officer, GHD
- Tim Johnson, Head of Intelligent Solutions Delivery, Suncorp Group
- Marek Kowalkiewicz, Professor & Chair in Digital Economy, QUT Business School
- Gary Crosby, Founder & Lead Architect, Intelligent Pathways
2.30pm – 2.35pm
Beach balls, mystery prizes and your chance to win
2.35pm – 3.05pm
THE BIG GUNS: GenAI Risk & Reward Panel
- The Double-Edged Sword – GenAI as both a powerful defence tool and an emerging attack vector
- Threats in Real Time – how GenAI is transforming phishing, fraud, and social engineering at scale
- Risk Surface – addressing prompt-injection, data leakage, and “shadow AI” before they become threats
- Regulation or Innovation? – navigating privacy, security, and compliance without slowing GenAI adoption
Panellists:
- Jack Cross, Chief Information & Security Officer, Queensland University of Technology
- Moji Ghadimi, Head of AI & Quantum Algorithms, Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation
- Grant Slender, Chief Information & Security Officer, Queensland Investment Corporation
3.05pm – 3.45pm
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:
- Professor Cori Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, ARM HUB AI Adopt Centre
- Leigh Williams, Chief Information Officer, Brisbane Catholic Education
- Luke Abercrombie, Chief Information Officer, Port of Brisbane
- Mikhail Lopushanski, General Manager, Technology GRISC, Auto & General
3.45pm
Prizes Giveaway, Canapes, Music & Networking!