24 Sep, 2026
Cloud & IT Infrastructure Summit NSW 2026
Doltone House - Darling Island
The Cloud & IT Infrastructure Summit NSW 2026 brings together IT and cloud leaders to discuss cloud transformation, infrastructure modernization, security, and the future of enterprise technology in NSW.
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Connecting cloud and infrastructure leaders to shape the future of technology
The rapid evolution of cloud, AI, and platform technologies is reshaping how organisations design, deliver, and scale enterprise capability. The Cloud Summit NSW brings together senior technology and cloud leaders to explore how modern cloud strategies are enabling greater innovation, operational resilience, and agility across increasingly complex digital environments.
Designed to foster practical insight-sharing among technology leaders, the summit will examine how organisations are balancing performance, governance, cost, and sovereignty considerations while evolving cloud operating models to support modern enterprise demands.
Across the day, leaders will explore the future of hybrid and multi-cloud architecture, cloud-enabled AI workloads, automation, infrastructure resilience, and open-source innovation, alongside the practical challenges and opportunities shaping cloud strategy, operations, and enterprise architecture.
Meet our Speakers
CIDO
Head of Cloud Migration Execution
Head of IT Operations & Infrastructure
Senior Manager, DevSecOps
Engineering Director, SRE
Head of Cloud Services
Senior Director of Engineering, AI, Growth, Platform, Developer Productivity, SRE and Observability
Featured Topics for the Day
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8:30 am
Registration & Refreshments
9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
9:10 am
Panel Discussion
How Cloud is Reshaping Enterprise Technology Capability and Innovation Potential
Cloud enabling leaders to design and scale more complex, high-performance products
Shift to cloud-first and platform-based architectures changing how capabilities are designed and assembled
Greater leverage of cloud services, AI, and automation accelerating delivery and operational execution
Evolving multi-cloud environments requiring stronger governance, resilience, and cost discipline
Ram Kalyanasundaram
CIDO
Harris Farm Markets
Julie-Anna Batson
Head of Cloud Migration Execution
NAB
Artem Yakimenko
Engineering Director, SRE
CultureAmp
Rob Aldrich
Senior Director of Engineering
SafetyCulture
9:50 am
Presentation
The Radium Effect: AI, Infrastructure, and the DevOps Lessons We Ignored
10:10 am
Morning Tea & Networking
10:40 am
Interactive Workshops
Cloud Outage Response Simulation
Diagnose issues, communicate to stakeholders, and execute resolution steps
11:10 am
Panel Discussion
Architecting Resilient Infrastructure in the Age of Digital Sovereignty and Volatility
Leveraging open-source for portable AI workloads across on-prem, public cloud, and edge environments
Addressing regulation for data residency and sovereign capability through transparent, open-source infrastructure
Managing high compute costs via container management to optimise complex hardware
Adopting an "open-first" approach to enable rapid experimentation without compromising security and compliance
Richard Hawkes
Senior Manager, DevSecOps
ASX
Jason Sandery
Head of Cloud Services
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
11:50 am
Presentation
The Next Era of Enterprise Transformation: Cloud, AI, and Resilience
12:10 pm
Lunch & Networking
1:00 pm
Interactive Workshops
Fostering greater visibility & control in increasingly complex IT environments
From On-Prem to Cloud: Modern security strategies for hybrid workloads
The Identity Attack Surface: How Access Management Shapes the Resilience & Risk of Your Cloud Infrastructure
Leading high-performance cloud & infrastructure teams at scale
Discuss best practices for achieving full visibility into containerised applications & infrastructure
1:50 pm
Panel Discussion
The Great Cloud Repatriation Debate: Is cloud-first always fit-for purpose?
Defining the Right Hybrid Cloud Operating Model for Modern Architecture
Looking back: Re-architecting cloud infrastructure for more seamless operations
Multi-Cloud: A large enterprise luxury, or democratised strategy?
Can on-prem infrastructure ever match cloud-driven innovation?
Luke Palmer
Head of IT Operations & Infrastructure
Fantastic Furniture
2:30 pm
Presentation
From Cloud Adoption to Cloud Advantage: Building the Foundations for Scalable Innovation
2:50 pm
Afternoon Tea & Networking
3:10 pm
Keynote
