27 May, 2025 | Sydney

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Collaborate and learn with 150 Chief Data Officers and Information leaders from organisations responsible for 1/5 of Australia’s GDP.

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91% of local CIOs are underprepared for the AI tidal wave, because of gaps in their organisational data maturity.

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Data culture, policy and emerging AI strategy underpins all potential modernisation, needing immediate focus.

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Past Speakers

Harness the collective intelligence of the world’s foremost thought leaders to learn best practices and be inspired.

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Claudine
Ogilvie
Former CIO Jetstar, CEO HivePix & ADAPT Advisor

Claudine Ogilvie

Former CIO Jetstar, CEO HivePix & ADAPT Advisor

About

Claudine Ogilvie is the Chief Information Officer for Jetstar and Non Executive Director with Youi Insurance. She has a deep understanding of strategy, risk, technology and innovation; and expertise in governance, transformation, marketing and Asia markets. Prior to Jetstar Claudine was CIO for Ridley Corporation; she managed KPMG’s Consumer and Industrial Markets business. She also held product management, sales operations and marketing roles for International SOS (Australia, NZ, PNG and Pacific Islands), British Petroleum (BP Australia) and Unipath (France).

Claudine is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Claudine is an alumni of the Australia-ASEAN Emerging Leaders Program Kuala Lumpur, and an Asialink Leaders Program alumni (Melbourne University). She has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia (B.Bus) and a Diploma of Business Management from the Ecole Supérieur de Commerce Reims, France (Dip.Mgnt).

Dayle
Stevens OAM
Executive, Data & AI at Telstra

Dayle Stevens OAM

Executive, Data & AI at Telstra

About

Dayle joined Telstra in July 2021 with nearly 30 years’ experience in the technology industry. She has held notable executive leadership roles in technology at companies such as NAB and AGL. Today Dayle leads Telstra’s Data & AI function.

 

Outside of Telstra, Dayle is a non-executive director at Beyond Blue, Australia’s most well-known and trusted mental health organisation, and a member of the IT Advisory Committee at Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

 

Dayle has long championed diversity in STEM across industry and age group boundaries, both through her own work and with global organisations aimed at encouraging women and girls to participate in STEM such as Robogals and Girl Geek Academy.

 

Dayle’s work has been recognised with multiple industry and professional awards, including being named in the CIO50 list of the best CIOs in Australia, the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, and being awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to information technology and to women. 

Michael
Kollo
CEO at Evolved AI

Michael Kollo

CEO at Evolved AI

About

Michael is an experienced business leader with a strong technical foundation in statistical AI systems. He began his career with a PhD in Finance from the London School of Economics, eventually moving into institutional asset management and quantitative research (Blackrock, Fidelity, AXA). Later, transitioning to the development of AI systems for institutional investment programmes, while continuing to teach Masters courses in quantitative techniques and analysis at LSE and Imperial College.

Joanna
Gurry
Executive, Data Platforms at NAB

Joanna Gurry

Executive, Data Platforms at NAB

About

Connecting the Region’s
Top Chief Data Officers

Data & AI Edge is an invitation-only conference that brings together technology executives from the region’s most influential Enterprise and Government organisations, including:

Stay Ahead of ANZ Market Trends

Keep up with the latest market research and benchmarking data in fields like cyber security, data analytics, digital transformation and more.

Insights from Global Experts & Technologists

Hear the strategies and methodologies being applied by industry innovators who are actively leading teams, delivering enterprise-wide transformation and driving value.

Harness the Wisdom of Your Peers

Learn from the experience of your peers in cross-industry roundtable discussions and networking events to inspire new ways of thinking and share ideas.

Connect with Key Technology Providers

Forge important relationships and explore the capabilities and expertise of our vendors to support your strategic initiatives.

Debating Critical Themes

01 Mastering Data Maturity & Harnessing AI

Codifying the latest research and lessons learned for memorable and practical ways to lead insights, improve AI readiness, and evolve strategic data capabilities.

02 Data Protection and Compliance without Access frictions

Customer data and privacy must be protected with managed risk. What strategies address data lifecycles and reduce roadblocks, whilst still ensuring efficient access, resilience and results?

03 AI Integration: From Experimentation to Production

As businesses shift from exploration to implementing at scale, to leverage the benefits, companies must make strategic choices around AI’s impact on talent, operating models, data infrastructure, use case delivery, change management, and regulatory compliance.

04 Maturing Data Strategy: will we surf or sink in the AI tidal wave?

Data is the critical tool for modernisation, automation, and transformation – to enable agility and drive value. But your Data strategy and capabilities must match current and future needs. How to get past the Hype to Fully Leverage useful AI?

05 Culture Transformation & Mindset Change

After the heavy lift, our C-suite and Board must embed data culture and tech-enabled collaboration. Imagine automated decision rights, platform mindsets, digital partnering and ecosystem strategies. What does the Chief Data Officer need to foresee to reduce the complexity? How to create the frameworks today?

06 Effective EIM & Data Management to maximise value

Managing fragmented data in an enterprise is highly complex, compounded by volume, variety and velocity. What scalable information and data architectures are the steps to Data-Driven Enterprise success?

This is my go to conference in the year for though leadership on data and AI. Head of Integration and Automation Development at Allens
Once again a great selection of speakers at Data & AI Edge. The topics are thoughtfully chosen with a good mix of research driven and practical insights. The organisation of the event was impeccable. It's the best event in the Data calendar every year. Head of Data at The Benevolent Society
A well oiled machine at Data & AI Edge. Everything flows perfectly and it always provides a valuable source of information and networking. Head of Technology (Data and Security) at Johnson & Johnson
ADAPT events deliver the most relevant and in depth content in Data and AI Head of Data Platforms at Zurich Financial Services Australia
The way that Data & AI Edge was structured and run was a winner. It enabled a good mixture of thought leaders, researched outputs and good vendors. Principal HR Data Governance at Rio Tinto

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