Regular
TBC Priced with the date
- Full event access, all keynotes and panel
- Theatre seating, upstairs and rear floor
- Networking before and after sessions
- Event pack delivered before the day
The frontierdocks in Chicago.
The Chicago Theatre, February or March 2027. The exact day is still being confirmed. Register and you hear first.
Every session is built for real work.
ON THE RECORD
SESSION 01
THE HONEST STATE OF PLAY
TBA
PROGRAM STARTS · CHICAGO THEATRE
DOORS AND RUNNING ORDERANNOUNCED WITH THE DATE
Operators, not vendors
UNFILTERED
FROM THE STAGE
WHAT IT ACTUALLY COST TO RUN
“Here’s the build, here’s what it costs us to run, and here’s the one we shut down. The version that didn’t pay for itself gets the same airtime as the one that did.”
Costs shown, not implied
NAMED, NOT HINTED
THE PLAYBOOK
TOOLS · WORKFLOWS · VERDICTS
Drafting and research stackIN USE
Customer enquiry triageIN USE
Search across internal documentsREBUILT
Agent handoff and escalationTRIALLING
The workflow they droppedRETIRED
With their recommendations
TAKE IT HOME
YOUR MONDAY LIST
IN PRIORITY ORDER
Pick the one workflow worth automatingDO FIRST
Write the brief your team can actionDO FIRST
Cost the build before you start itTHIS WEEK
Retire the tool nobody actually usesTHIS WEEK
Book the review that checks it workedTHIS MONTH
Ready by Monday morning
NEXT · THE REAL ROI
What it really costs.
Where things actually stand
Handpicked AI operators open with the state of play as they see it right now: what has changed, what has stalled, and what they would not touch yet. You get the read from people running this in production, not a vendor pitch.
What works, what doesn’t, what it costs
Speakers walk through the builds that paid off and the ones that quietly didn’t, including what each one costs them to run. Their own numbers, from their own work, with the caveats left in.
The tools and workflows they run
The tools these companies actually use, the workflows they sit inside, and where each one earns its keep. You leave with their recommendations, including what they would drop tomorrow.
Prioritised, and ready by Monday
Every session ends with the takeaways in priority order: what to do first, what to park, and what to stop paying for. You walk out with a list you can start on the next morning.
See highlights from Melbourne, Sydney, San Fran.
Chicago tickets
FEB/MAR 2027
Tickets for Chicago are not on sale yet. The venue is Chicago Theatre and the month is February or March 2027; the exact day is still being confirmed. Registered subscribers hear first.
- City
- Chicago
- Venue
- Chicago Theatre
- Date
- February or March 2027
- Tickets
- Not yet on sale
Premium
TBC Priced with the date
- Everything in Regular
- Preferred main floor seating
- Priority entry, skip the queue
- Closer to the stage
VIP
TBC Priced with the date
- Everything in Premium
- Front row reserved seating
- Post-event networking drinks with the speakers
- Bring a guest, two seats on one ticket
Tiers are the same across the tour. Chicago pricing is set and published with the date — join the waitlist for the tier you want and you are told first.
2026 sponsors & partners
The partners behind our 2026 Australian season. On stage, on the floor and in the room on the day.
Title partner
Get found in the answer economy.
Norg.ai puts Australian businesses in the answer when customers ask AI instead of Google.
Platinum sponsor
Fast inference. Real savings. Total sovereignty.
Australian-hosted infrastructure running leading open-weight models, and no training on customer data. Ever.
Robotics partner
AI you could shake hands with. Humanoid robots walked Sydney Town Hall all afternoon.
Printing partner
Premium signage and print, powered by AI. Every sign at Sydney Town Hall was theirs.
Pitch night partner
The Investor Ready AI Pitch Night. Startups pitched to investors the same night at 6pm.
Charity partner
Tickets with purpose. Every seat funds a future.
100% of net proceeds from Open Summit AI go directly to School of Hope's education programs, empowering the next generation through access, opportunity and real-world skills.
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