It ran at Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 23 July 2026. It returns to Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 27 May 2027.
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.
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 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.
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.
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Toby Walsh
Scientia Professor of AI, UNSW
One of the world’s leading voices on artificial intelligence, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
Spoke on, 2026
Where AI Is Actually Heading
Clayton Cross
Investor and operator
Bridges capital and the operators building with AI across mining, technology and venture capital.
Spoke on, 2026
Where Capital Meets Code
Jack Bear
Founder, Norg AI
Builds the systems that put Australian businesses in the answer when customers ask AI instead of a search engine.
Spoke on, 2026
Getting Found in the Age of AI
John McGiffin
Co-Founder, Natural Velocity
Turns emerging technology into real business value, and builds ecosystems for practical, responsible AI adoption.
Spoke on, 2026
From Hype to Real Value
Kate Save
Founder & CEO, Be Fit Food
Dietitian, exercise physiologist and founder, scaling a national food business.
Spoke on, 2026
Opened the program, hosted the afternoon
Georgie Healy
Host, In the Blink of AI Podcast
Hosts conversations with the people putting AI to work, and brings that lens to the panel.
Spoke on, 2026
AI in Practice, the operators panel
Thomas Tyack
CTO, Norg AI
Engineering lead building AI search and visibility infrastructure.
Spoke on, 2026
AI in Practice, the operators panel
The people who built Australia's AI moment with us. 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.
AI you could shake hands with. Humanoid robots walked Sydney Town Hall all afternoon.
Premium signage and print, powered by AI. Every sign at Sydney Town Hall was theirs.
The Investor Ready AI Pitch Night. Startups pitched to investors the same night at 6pm.
Charity partner
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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