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16 September 2026 / ICC Sydney, Exhibition Building

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DATA + AI WORLD TOUR: Sydney

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16 September / ICC Sydney, Convention Centre, Parkside 2

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  • All Sessions
All Sessions, 40 sessions

Past Sessions

9:00 AM AEST - Tuesday, Sep 15

  • Breakout
    yes
    All Sessions
    9:00 a.m. Tuesday, Sep 15
    Tuesday, Sep 15

    Partner Forum brings together Databricks' global and APJ leadership for an exclusive morning of executive insights, a first-look at the DAIWT keynote, and hands-on enablement across the solutions driving customer demand: Genie, Lakebase, and...

    Session Type: Breakout

    , VP & Country Manager, Databricks

    , SVP of Product & Solutions, Databricks

    , Global VP of Learning & Enablement, Databricks

    , ANZ Partner Alliance Director, Databricks

    , VP Partnerships and Alliances, APJ, Databricks

    , VP, Global Systems Integrators, Databricks

    • Tuesday, Sep 159:00 AM - 12:30 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.2 + E5.3

10:00 AM AEST - Tuesday, Sep 15

  • Training
    Intermediate
    Genie
    yes
    All Sessions
    Pre-Event Trainings
    Training
    Tuesday, Sep 15
    10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Sep 15

    In this hands-on session, you'll build a Genie agent — the experience your users tap to answer their own data questions — so business users across your organization can self-serve insights. You'll connect your data from the Lakehouse and ground...

    Session Type: Training
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Genie

    , Sr Staff Technical Instructor, Databricks

    • Tuesday, Sep 1510:00 AM - 11:30 AM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.4+E5.5

12:00 PM AEST - Tuesday, Sep 15

  • Training
    Intermediate
    Lakebase
    yes
    All Sessions
    Pre-Event Trainings
    Training
    12:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sep 15
    Tuesday, Sep 15

    An agent is only as good as the context it can draw on, and memory is what lets that context last beyond a single response. In this hands-on session, you will build an agent and give it memory backed by Lakebase, then deploy it as an app on...

    Session Type: Training
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Lakebase

    , Trainer, Databricks

    • Tuesday, Sep 1512:00 PM - 1:30 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.4+E5.5

2:00 PM AEST - Tuesday, Sep 15

  • Training
    Intermediate
    Lakebase
    yes
    All Sessions
    Pre-Event Trainings
    Training
    2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sep 15
    Tuesday, Sep 15

    An agent is only as good as the context it can draw on, and memory is what lets that context last beyond a single response. In this hands-on session, you will build an agent and give it memory backed by Lakebase, then deploy it as an app on...

    Session Type: Training
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Lakebase

    , Trainer, Databricks

    • Tuesday, Sep 152:00 PM - 3:30 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.2 + E5.3
  • Training
    Intermediate
    Genie
    yes
    All Sessions
    Pre-Event Trainings
    Training
    2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sep 15
    Tuesday, Sep 15

    In this hands-on session, you'll build a Genie agent — the experience your users tap to answer their own data questions — so business users across your organization can self-serve insights. You'll connect your data from the Lakehouse and ground...

    Session Type: Training
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Genie

    , Sr Staff Technical Instructor, Databricks

    • Tuesday, Sep 152:00 PM - 3:30 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.4+E5.5

7:00 AM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

9:00 AM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Keynote
    Session Unscheduleable
    yes
    All Sessions
    9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    Hear from visionary leaders as they unveil the latest trends and innovations shaping data and AI.
    Session Type: Keynote

    , VP & Country Manager, Databricks

    , SVP of Product & Solutions, Databricks

    , Technology and Data Executive, Optus

    • Wednesday, Sep 169:00 AM - 10:30 AM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Keynote Room - Hall 6

11:00 AM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Lightning Talk
    Intermediate
    Data Engineering & Streaming
    AI/BI
    Unity Catalog
    Public Sector
    Retail & Consumer Goods
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, organisations need more than historical data. They need trusted, real-time insights to make timely and informed decisions. In this joint session, Confluent and Optus will explore how streaming data can...

    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: AI/BI, Unity Catalog
    Industry: Public Sector, Retail & Consumer Goods, Financial Services

    , Account Executive, Confluent

    , Associate Director, Design & Delivery, Optus

    • Wednesday, Sep 1611:30 AM - 11:50 AM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Analytics & BI
    Genie
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Every team wants to accelerate work with AI agents, so why are engineers the only ones with true AI coworkers? This session introduces Genie One, the data-smart AI coworker for business users, grounded in your business context. Learn how Genie...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Genie

    , Enterprise Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , Head of Architecture, Engineering & Data, Barrenjoey

    , Data + AI Engineering Lead, Barrenjoey

    • Wednesday, Sep 1611:35 AM - 12:15 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 4
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Lakebase
    Lakebase
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Your team is under pressure to ship apps and AI agents faster, but the data architecture underneath keeps getting in the way. You're managing a separate operational database and analytics warehouse, maintaining pipelines to move data between...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Lakebase

    , Sr Solutions Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 1611:35 AM - 12:15 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 2
  • Breakout
    Advanced
    Data Strategy
    Unity Catalog
    Genie
    Lakehouse
    Energy & Utilities
    Communications, Media & Entertainment
    Public Sector
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    AI & Data transformation requires significantly more than powerful models. It requires a experience + trusted, well-governed data foundation. In this session, Accenture will share key lessons on how global organisations are transforming at...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Advanced
    Technologies: Unity Catalog, Genie, Lakehouse
    Industry: Energy & Utilities, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector, Financial Services

    , Data and AI Architecture Senior Manager, Accenture

    , ANZ AI & Data Databricks Business Group Lead, Accenture

    , Associate Director, Accenture

    , Managing Director, AI & Data, Accenture

    • Wednesday, Sep 1611:35 AM - 12:15 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 1
  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Unity AI Gateway
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    As organizations deploy more AI agents across teams and applications, they face new challenges around agent sprawl, rising AI costs, security, and governance. Unity AI Gateway provides a unified governance layer to secure AI interactions,...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Unity AI Gateway

    , Director, AI Engineering & Innovation, Future Fund

    , Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 1611:35 AM - 12:15 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 3

12:00 PM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Lightning Talk
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Genie
    Lakehouse
    Enterprise Technology
    Consulting & Services
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Genie's most valuable when you can ask it things you'd never ask a live customer book. In this session, we use Databricks Genie to stand up synthetic audiences and put them to work: modelling campaigns on a cohort that can't leak PII, and...
    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Genie, Lakehouse
    Industry: Enterprise Technology, Consulting & Services, Financial Services

    , Principal AI Scientist, Prospa

    , Principal Solutions Engineer, Neo4j

    • Wednesday, Sep 1612:10 PM - 12:30 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Analytics & BI
    Databricks Apps
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    You shouldn't need to be a software engineer or experienced data practitioner to turn your data and AI into something your team can actually use. This session previews a new native AI-powered development experience on Databricks - one where...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Databricks Apps

    , Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , Technical Product Manager, Optus

    • Wednesday, Sep 1612:30 PM - 1:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 2
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Data Sharing & Collaboration
    OpenSharing
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Essential Energy serves more than 900,000 customers across 95% of New South Wales, while Gridsight provides analytics and visibility for a grid increasingly shaped by distributed energy resources. Secure access to quality data is critical for...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: OpenSharing

    , Sr. Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , Founding Engineer, Gridsight

    , Operations & Delivery Manager, Essential Energy

    , Manager Data Platforms, Engineering and Delivery, Essential Energy

    • Wednesday, Sep 1612:30 PM - 1:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 3
  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Analytics & BI
    Genie
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    AI coding assistants have changed how developers write code, but most stop at suggestions. Genie Code is an autonomous AI agent designed specifically for data teams. It doesn't just help you write code. It plans and executes full workflows, and...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Genie

    , Group Head of Data & AI, Newcastle Greater Mutual Group Limited

    , Data and AI Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 1612:30 PM - 1:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 4
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Data Warehousing
    AI/BI
    Unity Catalog
    Lakehouse
    Enterprise Technology
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Legacy data warehouses were not built for autonomous agents or real-time decisions. Deloitte shares how it transformed its own data estate, retiring legacy EDW architecture for a modern foundation for agentic business processes via end-to-end...
    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: AI/BI, Unity Catalog, Lakehouse
    Industry: Enterprise Technology, Financial Services

    , National Lead Partner & EVP, Deloitte Australia

    , Head of Enterprise Application Services, Deloitte

    • Wednesday, Sep 1612:30 PM - 1:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 1
  • Lightning Talk
    Advanced
    Data Strategy
    Unity Catalog
    Lakebase
    Genie
    Energy & Utilities
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Discover how NCS used Genie Code at a global accountancy firm to modernize legacy analytics workloads while upskilling client teams through vibe coding, reducing technical debt, eliminating key pain points, and building the capability to...

    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Advanced
    Technologies: Unity Catalog, Lakebase, Genie
    Industry: Energy & Utilities

    , Business Development Databricks, NCS

    , Principal Data Engineer, NCS

    , Principal Data and AI Architect, NCS Australia

    • Wednesday, Sep 1612:50 PM - 1:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre

1:00 PM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Meals
    yes
    All Sessions
    1:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    Lunch will be served in the Expo!
    Session Type: Meals
    • Wednesday, Sep 161:10 PM - 2:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Hall
  • Lightning Talk
    Beginner
    Lakehouse
    yes
    All Sessions
    1:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16

    TVNZ runs New Zealand’s largest free ad-supported streaming platform, TVNZ+, and this session shows how they use the Lakehouse and ZeroBus to turn real-time data into more relevant viewer experiences and faster, better business decisions...

    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Lakehouse

    , Delivery Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , Head of Engineering & AI, TVNZ

    , Data Engineering Lead, TVNZ

    • Wednesday, Sep 161:30 PM - 2:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre

2:00 PM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Genie
    yes
    All Sessions
    2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16

    In Aladdin, the Genie can grant any wish — but only within clear rules. Databricks Genie brings similar magic to data: users ask questions in plain language and instantly receive insights.

    But as with any powerful tool, the real...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Genie

    , AI Enablement, Sportsbet

    , Platform Manager, Sportsbet

    , Solutions Engineer, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 162:25 PM - 3:05 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 4
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Customer Data Platform (CDP)
    CustomerLake
    yes
    All Sessions
    2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16

    Marketing is entering a new era where static campaigns, fragmented context, and manual workflows can no longer keep up with AI-driven customer engagement. In this session, learn how CustomerLake, the new Agentic CDP embedded in Databricks,...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: CustomerLake

    , Director, Product Management, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 162:25 PM - 3:05 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 2
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Data Strategy
    yes
    All Sessions
    2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16

    A modern data and AI platform is necessary, but it does not create transformation by itself. The differentiator is whether an organisation can build the confidence, skills, behaviours and governance for people to use AI responsibly—and redesign...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner

    , Data Transformation Lead, Bupa

    , Global VP of Learning & Enablement, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 162:25 PM - 3:05 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 1
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Governance & Security
    Unity Catalog
    yes
    All Sessions
    2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16

    As organizations scale data and AI across teams, clouds, and platforms, governance becomes increasingly fragmented. Data, AI assets, business context, and access policies are often spread across disconnected catalogs, security systems, and...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Unity Catalog

    , Senior Solutions Engineer, Databricks

    , Senior Manager Data Solutions & AI, Great Southern Bank

    • Wednesday, Sep 162:25 PM - 3:05 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 3
  • Lightning Talk
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Agent Bricks
    Lakebase
    Unity AI Gateway
    Energy & Utilities
    Retail & Consumer Goods
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    You have Databricks. Your executives now want agents. Between those two facts sits a handful of decisions most teams make by accident: where agent assets live, who can write to production, how you know an agent is good enough to ship, and what the...
    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Agent Bricks, Lakebase, Unity AI Gateway
    Industry: Energy & Utilities, Retail & Consumer Goods, Financial Services

    , AI Practice Lead - Director, Manuka AI - ANZ

    , Data and AI Architect, Manuka AI

    • Wednesday, Sep 162:30 PM - 2:50 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre

3:00 PM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Lightning Talk
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    AI/BI
    Agent Bricks
    Unity AI Gateway
    Energy & Utilities
    Enterprise Technology
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    As AI moves into production, organisations must equip agents with the why behind decision-making, not just the data itself. Organisations are increasingly looking to AI agents to automate complex workflows and execute business processes end-to-end...
    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: AI/BI, Agent Bricks, Unity AI Gateway
    Industry: Energy & Utilities, Enterprise Technology, Financial Services

    , Solutions Director - Applied AI, V2 AI

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:10 PM - 3:30 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Genie
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    For most marketers, getting an answer from data still means raising a request and waiting in the analyst's queue. By the time the insight arrives, the moment to act on it has often passed. At Bupa Australia, that's the gap we set out to close...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Genie

    , Head of MarTech & Delivery, Bupa

    , Data Crew Technology Lead, Bupa

    , Solutions Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:20 PM - 4:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 4
  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Data Strategy
    Unity Catalog
    Genie
    Lakehouse
    Healthcare & Life Sciences
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Avant spans multiple brands, divisions and legacy platforms - each with different systems, definitions and customer views. The result: no single trusted view of a member doctor, including products held, financial health and demographics - limiting...
    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Unity Catalog, Genie, Lakehouse
    Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Services

    , GM Program Delivery, Avant

    , Director - AI and Data, EY

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:20 PM - 4:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 3
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Data Strategy
    Lakeflow
    Genie
    Lakehouse
    Energy & Utilities
    Manufacturing
    Public Sector
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16
    Organisations have invested significantly in modern data platforms to improve access to information, increase scalability and enable better insights. The next stage of value creation lies in transforming these foundations into organisation-wide...
    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Lakeflow, Genie, Lakehouse
    Industry: Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Public Sector

    , Head of AI & Data, Fujitsu Australia Limited

    , Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Transport Accident Commission

    , Director, Data Foundations, Newmont

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:20 PM - 4:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 1
  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Data Marketplace
    Unity Catalog
    Lakehouse
    Communications, Media & Entertainment
    Retail & Consumer Goods
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Most enterprises are moving quickly on GenAI, but few have data foundations ready to support AI at enterprise scale. This session explores what it takes to create truly AI-ready data, grounded in domain data models, AI-grade data engineering,...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Data Marketplace, Unity Catalog, Lakehouse
    Industry: Communications, Media & Entertainment, Retail & Consumer Goods, Financial Services

    , VP & Global Head of Sales, Data Analytics and AI, Infosys

    , FE Leader, Databricks

    , Head of Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, Suncorp

    , APAC Partner Lead, Collibra

    , Head of Data, Amotiv Limited

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:20 PM - 4:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 2
  • Breakout
    Energy & Utilities
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    The integration of AI into various sectors has opened new horizons, and the energy & utilities industry, including oil and gas, is no exception. In an industry that has traditionally relied on human expertise and manual processes, AI solutions...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Industry: Energy & Utilities

    , AI Practice Lead - Director, Manuka AI - ANZ

    , Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , General Manager, Kraken Technology

    , Director, Enterprise, Databricks

    , Chief Solutions Officer, Manuka AI

    , Head of Retail Digital & Data, Meridian Energy

    , Lead Data Solution Architect, Essential Energy

    , Chief Data & AI Officer, AGL Energy

    , Sr. Solutions Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:30 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.10
  • Breakout
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    The pace of financial services is shifting from human speed to machine speed — and in FSI it's arriving first and hardest. Customers increasingly delegate research and transactions to AI agents, adversaries probe and exploit in hours not...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Industry: Financial Services

    , Senior Manager Data Solutions & AI, Great Southern Bank

    , AI Transformation Office, Databricks

    , Head of Data & AI, Australia & NZ, Infosys

    , Director, Product Management, Databricks

    , Field Engineering Leader, Databricks

    , Director, Enterprise, Databricks

    , Partner, Bain & Company

    , Executive, Data & Analytics, NAB, NAB

    , Chief Technology Officer, Lendi Group

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:30 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.2 + E5.3
  • Breakout
    Public Sector
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Turn responsible AI into better public outcomes. This forum brings together federal, state and local government data and AI leaders to explore how to securely share data, govern AI and agents with Unity Catalog and Unity AI Gateway, and give...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Industry: Public Sector

    , Public Sector Lead, Databricks

    , Associate Director, Data and Analytics, Queensland University of Technology

    , Partner, Deloitte

    , Head of Data and AI | Enterprise Technology Services, City of Melbourne

    , Global GTM Leader for PubSec, Databricks

    , Global VP of Learning & Enablement, Databricks

    , Technical Lead, SEAF

    , Associate Director, Admissions, Edith Cowan University

    , Director Student Administration, Edith Cowan University

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:30 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.4
  • Breakout
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    The AI experimentation phase is over. Digital-native companies pulling ahead are moving beyond fragmented architectures and “vibe-coded” prototypes to governed AI products customers can rely on.

    For fast-growing Australian tech...

    Session Type: Breakout

    , Enterprise GTM Leader, Databricks

    , Sr. Manager, Field Engineering, Databricks

    , VP Data and Business Systems, SiteMinder

    , Chief Technology Officer, HiPages

    , Sr Data Platform Engineer, Airwallex

    , Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , Field Engineering Leader, Databricks

    , Data Engineering Manager, Heidi Health

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:30 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 5, Room E5.5
  • Lightning Talk
    Beginner
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    AI/BI
    Databricks Apps
    Lakehouse
    Public Sector
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    In elite swimming, the difference between gold and silver is measured in milliseconds. To keep Australia on top, Swimming Australia and Mantel built "Training Insights" on Databricks - an AI analytics platform that turns the training pool into...

    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: AI/BI, Databricks Apps, Lakehouse
    Industry: Public Sector

    , Principal AI Consultant, Mantel

    , Performance Insights Data Lead, Swimming Australia

    • Wednesday, Sep 163:50 PM - 4:10 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre

4:00 PM AEST - Wednesday, Sep 16

  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Agent Bricks
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    The gap between a working agent prototype and a deployed enterprise app is bigger than most teams expect. In this demo-led session, we’ll build a custom agent with the Agent Bricks agent platform and show the pieces required to ship it:...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Agent Bricks

    , Sr Solutions Engineer, Databricks

    , Chief of Data Science, SiteMinder

    • Wednesday, Sep 164:15 PM - 4:55 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 3
  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Data Warehousing
    Lakehouse
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Data leaders frequently face a challenging architectural decision: when deploying customer-facing dashboards or embedding analytics into applications, they often spin up a separate real-time serving layer to handle low latency, high concurrency...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Lakehouse

    , Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 164:15 PM - 4:55 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 2
  • Breakout
    Beginner
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    Lakehouse
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Discover how Deputy rebuilt its Business Intelligence platform, replacing traditional dashboards with an AI-powered platform built on Databricks, frontier models, and agentic workflows. Hear how Deputy Spark, built with Databricks Apps, lets...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Beginner
    Technologies: Lakehouse

    , Senior Director, Data, Deputy

    , Solutions Architect, Databricks

    , Data Scientist, Deputy

    • Wednesday, Sep 164:15 PM - 4:55 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 4
  • Breakout
    Intermediate
    Lakehouse
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    Easygo runs independently operating products across multiple AWS regions spanning the globe. To meet the rapidly expanding needs of the business, they are moving the core of their data platform capabilities from Redshift to Databricks. See...

    Session Type: Breakout
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: Lakehouse

    , Staff Data Engineer, EasyGo

    , Lead Solutions Architect, Databricks

    • Wednesday, Sep 164:15 PM - 4:55 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Breakout Room 1
  • Lightning Talk
    Intermediate
    Artificial Intelligence & Agents
    AI/BI
    Genie
    Public Sector
    Financial Services
    yes
    All Sessions
    Wednesday, Sep 16
    4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sep 16

    We treat lakehouse AI like a chatbot bolted onto the BI layer. It doesn’t have to live there. This lightning talk walks Genie through the full medallion—end to end, not end only: - Bronze: Derive structure from messy nested sources; generate...

    Session Type: Lightning Talk
    Level: Intermediate
    Technologies: AI/BI, Genie
    Industry: Public Sector, Financial Services

    , Chief Technology Officer, Synechron

    , Databricks Practice Lead, Synechron

    • Wednesday, Sep 164:30 PM - 4:50 PM AEST
      ICC Sydney, Level 4, Expo Theatre

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