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State of the Nation: Data and AI 2026 – AI at Scale, ROI Under Pressure
AI & Innovation

State of the Nation: Data and AI 2026 – AI at Scale, ROI Under Pressure
Aussie AI Tutor CurricuLLM Launching Across England’s Public Schools
Executive Leadership & Strategy

Aussie AI Tutor CurricuLLM Launching Across England’s Public Schools
Pathfindr’s Dawid Naude on AI’s Most Thorny Questions
Executive Leadership & Strategy

Pathfindr’s Dawid Naude on AI’s Most Thorny Questions
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The New Rules of Government Technology Buying: What Leaders Need From Vendors on AI, Productivity, and Control
Executive Leadership & Strategy

The New Rules of Government Technology Buying: What Leaders Need From Vendors on AI, Productivity, and Control
The Importance of Integrating AI with Tech and Governance to Enhance Productivity and Customer Experiences
AI & Innovation

The Importance of Integrating AI with Tech and Governance to Enhance Productivity and Customer Experiences
CDOs are Now Aligning AI with Productivity and Growth Outcomes​
AI & Innovation

CDOs are Now Aligning AI with Productivity and Growth Outcomes​

CIO Edge

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Data Platforms & Strategy Beyond the Buzz: How Government Uses AI to Solve Complex Public Problems Beyond the Buzz: How Government Uses AI to Solve Complex Public Problems Mar 17, 2026 Daniela Polit explains how public sector AI creates citizen value through secure governance, trust, and faster services. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Teaching, Testing and Trust: The Future of AI in Higher Education Teaching, Testing and Trust: The Future of AI in Higher Education Mar 9, 2026 Kerry Holling explains how the University of Sydney is balancing AI guardrails, academic integrity and student driven adoption as AI reshapes learning, research and operations. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Business & Operating Models in the Agentic AI Era Business & Operating Models in the Agentic AI Era Mar 9, 2026 Mark Cameron, Claudine Ogilvie and Brett Raven discuss how Australian leaders are governing AI, managing risk and turning strategy into value. Read More
Technology Modernisation Buddy on the Frontline: How AI Is Transforming Aged‑Care Work at Uniting Buddy on the Frontline: How AI Is Transforming Aged‑Care Work at Uniting Mar 9, 2026 Andrew Dome shares how Uniting built Buddy, a Gemini powered AI assistant that gives aged care workers time back, improves documentation, supports multilingual care and strengthens ethical AI use. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy AI with Guardrails: How CareSuper Scales Innovation Safely AI with Guardrails: How CareSuper Scales Innovation Safely Mar 9, 2026 Simon Reiter explains how CareSuper is turning AI into real business value, balancing APRA and ASIC compliance with stronger governance, member service and smarter use cases. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Transforming the Enterprise in a Volatile World Transforming the Enterprise in a Volatile World Mar 6, 2026 Maile Carnegie and MIT CISR’s Alan Thorogood discuss Australia’s AI readiness, why structural barriers slow adoption, and how leaders can drive responsible transformation. Read More

Agentic AI: A CIO’s Playbook for Enterprise Transformation

Solly Brown (McKinsey/QuantumBlack) explores how rapid AI advances will transform work, why CIOs must lead enterprise change, and how agent-first strategies drive performance. Watch Video

CFO Edge

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Customer Experience The Human Edge: How CFOs and Their Teams Can Lead Strategic Value Creation Through the Power of Personality and Being Human The Human Edge: How CFOs and Their Teams Can Lead Strategic Value Creation Through the Power of Personality and Being Human Nov 19, 2025 Florian Pecher explores the human edge in AI-era finance, highlighting team effectiveness, self-awareness and the evolving CFO role. Read More
AI & Innovation Redefining CFO Leadership in the Digital Enterprise Redefining CFO Leadership in the Digital Enterprise Nov 19, 2025 Panel explores why CFOs are crucial to digital transformation, from value measurement to change adoption and cross-C-suite leadership. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy From Platform to Profit: CFO Imperatives in Australia’s Age of AI & Tech Disruption From Platform to Profit: CFO Imperatives in Australia’s Age of AI & Tech Disruption Nov 19, 2025 Victor Dominello and Dom Price explore leadership, AI, and evolution—showing why trust, agility and culture matter more than technology. Read More
AI & Innovation ADAPT State of Australia: Maturity & Performance Insights ADAPT State of Australia: Maturity & Performance Insights Nov 19, 2025 ADAPT’s Gabby Fredkin breaks down AI’s benefits and risks in finance, from governance weaknesses to data challenges and emerging CFO priorities. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Empowering Finance Through AI and Analytics Empowering Finance Through AI and Analytics Nov 17, 2025 ResMed’s Chris Merjane explains how democratised data, cross-functional workforce planning and early AI adoption elevate finance’s strategic impact. Read More
Customer Experience Fuelling Finance Transformation Through AI and Digital Mindset Fuelling Finance Transformation Through AI and Digital Mindset Nov 17, 2025 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s Ali Mehfooz highlights how collaboration, digital skills and AI experimentation drive a modern, value-focused finance team. Read More

Data & AI Edge

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Data Platforms & Strategy AI Delivers Value When Ownership Sits with Outcomes, Not Platforms AI Delivers Value When Ownership Sits with Outcomes, Not Platforms Jun 2, 2026 David Scott, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at University of Sydney, explains why enterprise AI programs stall when they lack governance, business ownership, and alignment to strategic outcomes and performance measures. Read More
AI & Innovation Why AI Strategy Fails When It Starts with Productivity Instead of Purpose Why AI Strategy Fails When It Starts with Productivity Instead of Purpose May 20, 2026 Dr. Jon Whittle explains why AI value fails to scale when organizations focus only on efficiency, and why purpose led transformation drives more sustainable impact. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Why Trust, Governance and Economics, not Technology, Now Decide AI Success Why Trust, Governance and Economics, not Technology, Now Decide AI Success May 6, 2026 Simon Kriss explains why AI adoption stalls in pilot mode, and how Australian organizations can overcome trust, governance, and business case barriers to scale. Read More
AI & Innovation AI Scales Through People, Not Just Platforms, Says Commonwealth Bank’s AI Acceleration Lead AI Scales Through People, Not Just Platforms, Says Commonwealth Bank’s AI Acceleration Lead Apr 21, 2026 In this ADAPT Insider episode, Jen French, GM, AI Acceleration at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, explains how the bank is enabling 50,000 employees to use AI safely and productively. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Accelerating Enterprise AI: Unlocking Barriers to Execution and Adoption Accelerating Enterprise AI: Unlocking Barriers to Execution and Adoption Apr 14, 2026 Angelo Joseph and Johann Kruse explain why AI now demands changes to operating models, infrastructure, and governance, and why it has become a core driver of competitive advantage. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Your Agents Are Only as Good as Their Data: Why Authoritative Data and MCP Will Define the Next Enterprise Stack Your Agents Are Only as Good as Their Data: Why Authoritative Data and MCP Will Define the Next Enterprise Stack Apr 14, 2026 Ajay Kumar, Head of MCP Services at InfoTrack, explains why enterprise AI agents depend on trusted, authoritative data to reduce hallucinations, compliance risk, and execution friction as organisations scale from experimentation to real-world use. Read More

Powering Future Possibility Through Network Leadership and Product Innovation

From anomaly detection to self-healing, Telstra shows how AI and architecture discipline are transforming networks for the 6G era. Watch Video

Digital & AI Edge

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AI & Innovation AI Isn’t a Strategy; You Have to Use It: Why Leadership Behaviour Is the Missing Link AI Isn’t a Strategy; You Have to Use It: Why Leadership Behaviour Is the Missing Link Jun 30, 2026 Pathfindr’s Dawid Naude on why AI strategies fail when leaders delegate, wait for perfect data, and chase use cases. Read More
AI & Innovation Escaping the Pilot Trap: Turning Agentic AI Ambition into Business Impact Escaping the Pilot Trap: Turning Agentic AI Ambition into Business Impact Jun 29, 2026 Vijayan Seenisamy on why agentic AI fails when organisations manage probabilistic systems like traditional software. Read More
AI & Innovation From GenAI Experiments to Agentic Execution: Building the Trusted Data Layer for Action at Scale From GenAI Experiments to Agentic Execution: Building the Trusted Data Layer for Action at Scale Jun 29, 2026 How InfoTrack’s Ajay Kumar explains the hidden cost of bad data, hallucination tax, and the infrastructure behind agentic AI. Read More
AI & Innovation Dethrone the Giants: Why AI Rewards the Nimble Challenger Dethrone the Giants: Why AI Rewards the Nimble Challenger Jun 29, 2026 How David Walker explains AI advantage through nimbleness, leadership, and organisational design rather than scale. Read More
AI & Innovation Behind the Curtains of the World’s Best AI Bank: Integrating Intelligence with Empathy Behind the Curtains of the World’s Best AI Bank: Integrating Intelligence with Empathy Jun 26, 2026 DBS Bank’s Sanjoy Sen on why AI success depends on long term foundations, operating model change, and ecosystem strategy. Read More
Security & Risk Securing the Future: Transformation Done Right Securing the Future: Transformation Done Right Jun 26, 2026 Jim Boehm and David Gee on why AI advantage depends on managing risk, observability, and digital trust at scale. Read More

Security Edge

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Executive Leadership & Strategy Communicating Cyber Value to the Board: Influence and Investment Communicating Cyber Value to the Board: Influence and Investment Jun 30, 2026 Jamie Rossato of Orica Australia on winning board support for cyber through clarity, trust, and threat led investment. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Balancing Experience, Data and AI: Village Roadshow’s Approach to Modern Resilience Balancing Experience, Data and AI: Village Roadshow’s Approach to Modern Resilience Jun 23, 2026 How Village Roadshow uses customer data, simple AI guardrails, and trust led governance to personalise experiences at scale. Read More
Data Platforms & Strategy Reinventing the Browser for Enterprise Control Reinventing the Browser for Enterprise Control Jun 5, 2026 Nick Lennon explains how enterprise browsers reduce complexity, strengthen control, and support safer AI adoption. Read More
Executive Leadership & Strategy Inside a Breach: Raw Lessons from the Frontlines with Alex Loizou Inside a Breach: Raw Lessons from the Frontlines with Alex Loizou May 21, 2026 Alex on leading through major cyber incidents with clear communication, sustained response, and trust rebuilding after breach recovery. Read More
Security & Risk Reece Australia Case Study: Building Cloud Security That Scales Reece Australia Case Study: Building Cloud Security That Scales May 21, 2026 Daniel Kreitals of Wiz and Stefan Shrekat of Reece Australia on scaling cloud security through shared ownership and visibility. Read More
AI & Innovation Where Are We on the AI SOC Journey? Where Are We on the AI SOC Journey? May 21, 2026 William MacMillan on how security leaders apply AI in the SOC with speed, human oversight, and stronger operational discipline. Read More

Mitigating Risk within Multi-Cloud Environments

Mitch Ryan of Wiz and James Ng of Insignia Financial discuss how democratising security across teams strengthens resilience in complex multi-cloud environments. Watch Video

Cloud & Infrastructure Edge

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Cloud & Infrastructure Embracing AI and GenAI for Sustainable Hybrid IT Infrastructure Embracing AI and GenAI for Sustainable Hybrid IT Infrastructure Jul 30, 2025 Schneider Electric’s Raj Singh urges AI-ready, sustainable data centres—where power, performance, and resilience scale as fast as algorithms evolve. Read More
Cloud & Infrastructure Building Cloud Security Programs That Can Shift Left Building Cloud Security Programs That Can Shift Left Jul 30, 2025 Wiz and Domain show how unified cloud security, early design focus, and developer alignment reduce risk, cut costs, and boost resilience at scale. Read More
Cloud & Infrastructure The State of the Australian Digital Infrastructure The State of the Australian Digital Infrastructure Jul 30, 2025 Bevan Slattery calls for bold reform to rewire Australia’s digital backbone, powering AI, cloud, and sovereignty through cables, energy, and talent. Read More
Cloud & Infrastructure Scaling Data Centres for AI and High-Performance Computing: Building Smarter, Resilient Infrastructure Scaling Data Centres for AI and High-Performance Computing: Building Smarter, Resilient Infrastructure Jul 30, 2025 AI demand is reshaping data centres. Defence, NTT, and NEXTDC leaders reveal how modular, sovereign, and scalable designs are redefining the stack. Read More
Cloud & Infrastructure From Hybrid Chaos to AI-Driven Innovation: The New Cloud Operating Model From Hybrid Chaos to AI-Driven Innovation: The New Cloud Operating Model Jul 30, 2025 Canva and AWS reveal how AI, bold cloud moves, and platform-first thinking fuel speed, scale, and innovation in a complex, hybrid world. Read More
Cloud & Infrastructure Taming Hybrid, Mastering FinOps & Building Future-Ready Infrastructure for AI at Scale Taming Hybrid, Mastering FinOps & Building Future-Ready Infrastructure for AI at Scale Jul 30, 2025 Gabby Fredkin outlines hybrid cloud, FinOps, team skills, and business alignment as key to evolving infrastructure strategies. Read More

From Spaghetti to Platforms – The 4 Designs Used by Top Performers

Scaling artificial intelligence (AI) effectively depends not just on pilots or isolated projects but on the strength of digital platforms. Watch Video

Government Edge

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AI & Innovation Earning the AI Dividend: Productivity, Privacy, and Public Trust Earning the AI Dividend: Productivity, Privacy, and Public Trust Jun 18, 2026 How Matt Boon, Elizabeth Tidd, and Charles McHardy see government AI lifting productivity while protecting trust and privacy Read More
Security & Risk Scaling AI in the APS: When Control Becomes the Constraint Scaling AI in the APS: When Control Becomes the Constraint Jun 18, 2026 Neville Pinto explains why scaling AI safely requires control, resilience, and better visibility across complex systems. Read More
AI & Innovation From ERP Spend to Mission Impact: Funding Agentic AI From ERP Spend to Mission Impact: Funding Agentic AI Jun 17, 2026 Dennis Remmer explains how agentic AI can orchestrate best fit ERP ecosystems through governed, targeted automation. Read More
AI & Innovation The Productivity Mandate and Unified Transformation The Productivity Mandate and Unified Transformation Jun 17, 2026 Peter O’Halloran, Emily Hilder, Justin Keefe, and Peter Hind on reframing risk, collaboration, and productivity in government. Read More
AI & Innovation ADAPT Insights: What High Performers Do Differently? ADAPT Insights: What High Performers Do Differently? Jun 17, 2026 ADAPT’s Matt Boone explains why AI investment fails to lift productivity without readiness, governance, and execution. Read More
AI & Innovation Lessons From Banking: Responsible AI Adoption for a Leaner Public Sector Lessons From Banking: Responsible AI Adoption for a Leaner Public Sector Jun 17, 2026 Former Westpac and DBS CTO David Walker on scaling AI through organisational readiness, leadership, and operating change. Read More

People & AI Edge

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Executive Leadership & Strategy The Digital Adoption Imperative The Digital Adoption Imperative Aug 15, 2023 In this interview, Debra Sutton - Regional Vice President and Country Manager at WalkMe discusses the digital adoption journey of Dana Schulenburg - People Director, Global Corporate Functions / COO, People Function at QBE Insurance and how they use the WalkMe platform to improve efficiency and user experience. Read More
Executive Leadership & Strategy How AI and Automation Adoption can Boost Employee Productivity How AI and Automation Adoption can Boost Employee Productivity Aug 11, 2023 In this presentation, Anna O’Connell - Experience Architect at Slack and Dale Micallef - Product Marketing Director at Slack refer to a State of Work report conducted by Slack, highlighting that many leaders feel pressured to increase productivity amid economic challenges. However, they note that few are leveraging automation and AI to rethink their approach to productivity and employee experience. Anna and Dale stress the importance of considering factors like schedule flexibility and effective collaboration to improve productivity and job satisfaction. Read More
Customer Experience How to Build Shared Understanding, Flow and Learning Velocity? How to Build Shared Understanding, Flow and Learning Velocity? Aug 8, 2023 Dom also discusses the value of cross-functional teams and the benefits of diverse perspectives. He encourages HR professionals to facilitate the formation of such teams to drive sustainable change within organisations. Additionally, Dom introduces the concept of "flow" and its importance in achieving high-performance teams. He argues that HR can play a crucial role in promoting flow within teams by fostering an inclusive environment that encourages respectful dissent and leverages individual learning styles. Read More
AI & Innovation Australian Jobs Report: How Technology Will Transform the Workforce in the Next 5-Years Australian Jobs Report: How Technology Will Transform the Workforce in the Next 5-Years Aug 8, 2023 Peter McDonnell, Chief Transformation Officer at ServiceNow emphasises that AI and Gen AI will become essential parts of the workforce, acting as teammates or copilots rather than replacing jobs entirely. They will enhance productivity and create opportunities for growth in the workforce. The partnership between AI and humans is essential for organisations to adapt and create new team structures to stay competitive and address skill shortages. Use AI to augment work, enhance employee development, and improve employee journeys. Read More
Security & Risk 1% Confidence – The Stark Reality of Organisations’ Ability to Create a Digital Culture 1% Confidence – The Stark Reality of Organisations’ Ability to Create a Digital Culture Aug 8, 2023 Senior Research Analyst at ADAPT, Gabby Fredkin, discusses different organisational roles and their perspectives. He emphasises the importance of measuring data and highlights the challenges faced by various departments, such as the lack of skills in cyber security and the limited end-user skill base in data departments. Read More
Customer Experience Future Ready Enterprises Need Future Ready People Future Ready Enterprises Need Future Ready People Aug 8, 2023 In this presentation, Dr Kristine Dery (Academic Research Affiliate at MIT CISR and Professor of Work, Technology and Innovation at Macquarie Business), discusses research on future-ready enterprises and the importance of creating a workforce that is fit for the digital future. Read More

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