Enterprise AI Melbourne schedule

In this 5-minute networking session, the goal is to connect with three new people. Enjoy the opportunity to expand your network!

As businesses increasingly adopt generative AI to drive innovation and efficiency, robust governance becomes critical to accelerate time to production and ensure successful scaling of AI project across the enterprise . Join IBM and explore the importance of governance in managing the ethical, operational, and strategic challenges of generative AI. Learn how to establish clear guidelines, maintain data integrity, and foster a culture of accountability, ensuring your AI initiatives are both scalable and responsible but also accelerated. 

• How can leaders drive fairness and mitigate bias in AI systems to ensure ethical outcomes?
• What leadership strategies promote transparency in AI decision-making, making it accessible and understandable to non-technical stakeholders?
• How can leadership balance AI-driven innovation with data privacy and compliance with global regulations?
• What governance frameworks and policies should leaders implement to scale ethical AI deployment across the organisation?

Moderator:

Su Jella Board Member Women’s Tennis Foundation

Speakers:

Amanda Princi Head of Data & AI Enablement Transurban

Sridhar Deenadayalan Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning City Holdings

Poornima L Nathan Chapter Lead – Technical Solution Design 7-Eleven 

In an age exploding with AI and analytics, why are boardrooms still powered by static slides when they could be fuelled by dynamic, live, and trusted insights?

Join ThoughtSpot CEO Ketan Karkhanis and Stuart Rees for a bold, no-holds-barred session on what it means to truly lead with data.

In this session, you’ll:

• Learn about the critical KPIs that today’s top CEOs actually care about
• Understand how modern leaders are tapping into data on the go—from mobile to Salesforce— and changing the game with conversational BI
• Witness the impact of decisions powered by live, accessible insights, and see why you shouldn’t settle for outdated legacy decks!
• PLUS: Ketan himself is doing a live walkthrough, showing you precisely how he tracks the health of the business—anytime, anywhere!

Challenge everything you thought you knew about data leadership. This is your exclusive, front-row seat to the future of Enterprise AI

Speaker:

Ketan Karkhanis CEO ThoughtSpot

• The Compliance Tightrope – How to navigate evolving data regulations while driving AI innovation
• From Asset to Liability – When AI’s data appetite turns your most valuable resource into a major risk
• Invisible Threats – Uncovering hidden data risks in AI-driven decision-making and automation

Speakers:

Reshma Devi Data & AI Risk, and Information Management Transurban

James Patto Founder & Principal Scildan Legal

CDAOs are driving AI transformation, requiring a bold vision for enterprise data and analytics. As this vision unfolds, what will the impact be on D&A teams and the evolving role of the CDAO? This keynote will deliver actionable strategies to help you navigate these changes with confidence.

Join to gain insights on: 

• Automating data management and simplifying dashboard creation
• Keys to successful enterprise-wide AI operations
• Measuring outcomes and ROI for AI initiatives

• How is AI enabling hyper-personalisation, and what are the most effective ways to tailor experiences to individual customer preferences and behaviours?
• In what ways is intelligent automation—through chatbots, voice assistants, and workflows—transforming the customer experience?
• How can predictive AI models be used to anticipate customer needs and drive proactive engagement that builds loyalty?

Moderator:

Piyush Bijwal Senior Enterprise Architect – AI Services Australia

Speakers:

Dr M Maruf Hossain 2024 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics Banking and Financial Services

Sandhya Iyer General Manager - Data Science Sportsbet

Adi Glasman Vice President of Engineering Zendesk

Su Jella Board Member Women’s Tennis Foundation 

What role will agentic AI play in driving your productivity gains and delivering true business value? Many organisations are grappling with the potential of AI, eager to optimise business processes but struggling to achieve tangible returns on investment. As AI agents emerge, integrating them into your business processes becomes essential for growth. However, where do you begin? Exchange strategies and experiences with peers in this interactive roundtable on how to develop and scale AI agents, tackle agentic AI risks, and understand how these innovations will affect your business.

Host

Kieran Hagan Data and AI Segment Leader IBM

Moderator

Ian Godsell Technical Sales Leader - Data, AI and Automation IBM A/NZ 

Over the past decade, digital transformation has revolutionised how enterprises and government agencies deliver services, optimize operations, and respond to evolving stakeholder demands. Now, a new paradigm is taking shape: Agentic transformation—the strategic integration of AI agents into core workflows to unlock unprecedented levels of automation, agility, and impact. As organisations move beyond digital adoption toward AI-native operating models, new imperatives emerge:

• How can you rapidly build and deploy AI agents without deep technical expertise?
• How do you manage and govern them at scale, ensuring security and alignment with business or mission objectives? 
• How do you embed them into existing systems and processes to drive hyperproductivity and measurable outcomes?

Join this session to explore actionable strategies for easily building, deploying, and managing AI agents—with insights from Boomi, an 11-time Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Discover how Boomi’s unified integration and automation platform enables public and private sector organisations to embrace agentic transformation with confidence and speed.

• How can enterprises ensure AI explainability, trust, and accountability?
• What role does transparency play in building trust in AI models?
• How can organisations make AI outputs more interpretable for stakeholders?
• Why is continuous monitoring essential for detecting bias, drift, and compliance risks?

Speakers:

Kshitij (Kris) Nema Senior Manager - Data Risk Services ANZ

Tatsat Pradhan Product Owner - Data Management ANZ 

• Identifying and communicating AI's strategic value to ensure it supports long-term goals and creates measurable business outcomes
• Exploring how C-suite leaders can identify and communicate AI's strategic value, ensuring that it supports long-term goals and creates measurable business outcomes
• How can executives foster an AI-first mindset across the organisation by driving AI literacy, empowering teams, and setting up governance frameworks?

Moderator:

Su Jella Board Member Women’s Tennis Foundation

Speakers:

Jenny Lin Lead, AI Innovation and Experimentation RACV

Agresh Doshi Digital Development and Solution Manager Bureau of Meteorology 

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