AI Leaders

Symposium

2027

A more sophisticated way to network with the enterprise leaders at the heart of AI transformation. Exchange matters.

11-12 March, Rydges Resort, Hunter Valley

  • 100+ handpicked enterprise leaders - each delegate researched to ensure relevance and personally invited.

    Primary titles: Head of AI, Chief Data Officer (CDO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Head of Digital Transformation, Chief Product Officer (CPO)

    Organisations: Australia's largest enterprise brands: financial services, retail, healthcare, government, telecommunications, resources, and professional services

  • Two distraction-free days where the right people are in the room, and every touchpoint is engineered for genuine connection.

  • 11-12 March 2027

    Rydges Resort, Hunter Valley

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Introducing our foundation partners:

"Across the enterprise, we're seeing massive ambition around AI, with organisations starting to pivot from experimentation to integrating AI into the core of the business with a focus on scale and impact. As organisations look to unlock AI's full value, leaders should enable enterprise value by consciously weaving AI into the fabric of their business workflows and through the better coupling of people and machine intelligence."

Nitin Mittal, Deloitte Global AI Leader

Deloitte's 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report

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Your opportunity

The pressure is real. Australia's emerging AI leaders are being asked to move faster, upskill quicker, prove returns sooner, and govern more carefully, all at once; in a market moving quicker than any in recent history, against regulation still being written and boards that want proof, not pilots. 

Leadership in times of transformation and turbulence is not about knowing what the future will be, it's about understanding what you want your future to be and navigating your way there. This is not another event that will promise all the answers with little return, but you will be fortified with the right questions to ask, built from shared experience with your peers. 

Our event

Introducing Ashton Media's AI Leaders Symposium, an event that's refreshingly different. Invitation-only, capped in size, and held under Chatham House Rule. A sophisticated environment where the conversations go deeper, the relationships are real, and there's not a single exhibition booth in sight. 

Set in the Hunter Valley, the two-day Symposium format removes everyone from the daily grind entirely. No distractions or slipping back to the office, just two days of honest, peer-to-peer discussion where AI, Analytics, Data, Information, Privacy, Risk and Technology leaders define the AI adoption and operating model that's right for them. 

The advisory board

  • Dayle Stevens

    Executive of AI Engagement and Advancement - Telstra 

  • Dr. Pedram Keshavarzian

    Group Head of Data Science (AI / ML) - TPG Telecom

  • Nipun Sharma

    Chief Data & AI Officer - Komatsu Australia

  • Lenka Bednarikova

    Head of Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Analytics - Australian Retirement Trust

  • Michelle Tucker

    Head of Digital & CRM - AstraZeneca

  • Sam Stark

    Head of Capability - Data & AI - Endeavour Group

  • Punitha Senniappan

    Head of Architecture - Data and AI - SEEK

  • Nea Dhillon

    Director, AI Technology & Delivery - Victoria University

  • Nick Barnett

    AI Practice Lead - Aware Super

  • Dr. Willem Paling

    Executive Manager, AI & Analytics - IAG

  • Dr. Katie Williams

    Program Director: QLD Gov AI Executive Leadership Program - University of Queensland

  • George Tranganidas

    AI Product Manager - Cbus Super Fund

  • Mitch Burger

    Chief Insights Officer - Healthdirect Australia

  • Kinga Papp

    Enablement Lead - Product & AI

Sponsoring

Get in front of a hand-picked room of senior AI leaders. Build real relationships over two days with the decision-makers shaping AI adoption across Australia.

Who have we partnered with before?

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Attending

Stay ahead of the curve with sessions built around the challenges leaders are currently facing with AI. Connect with peers who get it, in a setting that makes the conversations worth having.

Who has attended our events before?

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What our clients say

“We at Google decided to partner with Ashton Media for this event because of the exposure it gives us to the right stakeholders and leading brands in the market. The relationships that we create at these events and the experiences that we share with the delegates are invaluable.”

Jonny Burgess, Gemini Enterprise CX AI Specialist, Google Cloud

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The content offering

The operative word of the Symposium is ‘Leadership’ far more than ‘AI’. The possibility of AI technology is limitless, but how much of your organisation's underlying structures, processes and accountability are you prepared to change? And, more importantly, how much change can your people withstand before you lose more than you gain?

People & Processes 

AI is changing what a job actually is, not just how many exist; you'll leave with a sharper view of what capability to build, which tasks inside a role are changing, and what it takes to build AI literacy across a workforce. 

Data & Technology 

AI ready use cases are only as strong as their data foundations, and that foundation rarely wins board funding; explore who really owns your infrastructure, and whether data sovereignty is a compliance afterthought or something you've genuinely built resilience around. 

Adoption & Scaling 

There's no template for the right operating model, only where you’re truly at in your own adoption journey; get concrete on how to make your most cautious business voices to say yes, and what trust requires once AI is customer facing. 

Value & Measurement 

Every AI leader is being asked to prove what their investment is actually worth; you'll get into how to measure value, defend the investment to a sceptical board, and work out where the economics are heading once vendor pricing stops being subsidised. 

Different industry, same winning format

Ashton Media has operated in the events industry for 13 years. The AI Leaders Symposium is an all-new event, but follows our same winning format. Hear from partners and delegates from our previous events, about what makes our events so special.

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This event brings together an exclusive group of leaders driving their organisation's Enterprise AI Operating Model: Heads of AI, CDOs, CTOs, and CIOs from Australia's largest enterprise and government organisations.

We're also keen to hear from tech partners and consultancies with something useful to offer our delegates. Get in touch and let's explore working together.