AI & Machine Learning

CDAO Melbourne 2026

CDAO Melbourne 2026 is where data and AI leaders gather to transform strategy into measurable business impact. The agenda addresses real-world challenges in operationalising AI, data governance, and scaling enterprise adoption, with peer-led discussions, case studies, and practical lessons from organisations at the forefront of Agentic AI and trusted data fo…

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45Speakers
32Sponsors
68On the bill · sessions
72Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at CDAO, in alphabetical order.
Adam Rentsch
Head of Data & AI · Cricket Australia
Ajay Radhakrishnan
Head of Data and Digital · City of Greater Geelong
Ali Khan
National Head of Data, AI & Interoperability · St Vincent's Health Australia
Andrea Choi
Chief Data & Analytics Officer · Comcare
Annie Yu
Senior Manager, Data & Analytics (APAC) · Mars
Asel Mendis
Data & Analytics Lead - Network and Retail Analytics · Kmart
Asmita Deshpande
Executive Manager, Data Governance & Data Products · nbn
Behrooz Hassani-Mahmooei
Chief Analytics Officer · Monash University
Bhargav Addala
Senior Vice President Product · ThoughtSpot
Bhavisha Sharma
Senior Data Delivery Lead · GPC Asia Pacific
Carly Bergmann
Principal Data Scientist · Suncorp
Craig Rowlands
General Manager Enterprise Data & AI · Australian Unity
Daniel Morse
Chief Data Officer · EnergyAustralia
Darshil Mehta
Head of Member Data Management · AustralianSuper
Dave Vinluan
Head of Release and Service Delivery · ANZ
Durjoy Patranabish
VP and Head of Global Business · Tiger Analytics
Esther Lim
Principal Solutions Consultant · Quest
Farnoosh Sadeghian
Acting Chief Information Officer · Yarra City Council
Greg Turner
GM Data & Analytics · Resolution Life
Hamish Morgan
Head of Data and AI Governance · Treasury Wine Estates
Hemil Deshmukh
Group Head of Data and AI · Wilson
Ian Evans
Director: Data, Insights & AI · Keypath Education
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AtaccamaPlatinum
ClouderaPlatinum
InformaticaDiamond
QlikPlatinum
QuestDiamond
ThoughtSpotDiamond
Tiger AnalyticsDiamond
AWSGold
BMCGold
ConfluentGold
CouchbaseGold
IMSGold
KadaGold
KongGold
Maia by MatillionGold
SnowflakeGold
SynogizeGold
TricentisGold
AlteryxSilver
APGARSilver
BilligenceSilver
FivetranSilver
MIP The Data CompanySilver
OmniSilver
PreciselySilver
ACN NewswireMedia Partner
APAC CIO OutlookMedia Partner
AZK MediaMedia Partner
DAMAIndustry Partner
High res Industry EventsMedia Partner
InfoTrackPremier Partner
TechDogsMedia Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 68 sessions on the bill.
  • 08:45

    Welcome from Corinium and the Chairperson

  • 08:55

    Speed Networking

  • 09:00

    Keynote Presentation Trusted Data: Building an AI-Ready Foundation

    Governance built for human readers can't hold at machine scale - most frameworks quietly depend on a person hesitating when something looks wrong, and agents don't hesitate. This t…

  • 09:00

    Keynote Presentation Trusted Data: Building an AI-Ready Foundation

    Governance built for human readers can't hold at machine scale - most frameworks quietly depend on a person hesitating when something looks wrong, and agents don't hesitate. This t…

  • 09:00

    Keynote Presentation - Trusted Data: Building an AI-Ready Foundation

    Governance built for human readers can't hold at machine scale - most frameworks quietly depend on a person hesitating when something looks wrong, and agents don't hesitate. This t…

  • 09:00

    Keynote Presentation Trusted Data: Building an AI-Ready Foundation

  • 09:00

    Keynote Presentation: Trusted Data: Building an AI-Ready Foundation

    Governance built for human readers can't hold at machine scale - most frameworks quietly depend on a person hesitating when something looks wrong, and agents don't hesitate. This t…

  • 09:00

    Welcome from Corinium and the Chairperson

  • 09:10

    Opening Keynote Experimentation to Impact: Bridging the Gap Between Business and Technology

    - As technology becomes central to every business initiative, how do organisations move beyond the traditional "business versus IT" mindset and create true partnership? - Where sho…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 72 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

72 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
28Sponsoringsponsor only
40Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Cloudera·Quest·ThoughtSpot·Tiger Analytics

Speakers by seniority

64% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite920%
  • VP-level37%
  • Director / Head of1738%
  • Manager / Lead920%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles511%

Of 45 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ClouderaSp·P1V
  2. 02QuestSp·D1V
  3. 03ThoughtSpotSp·D1V
  4. 04Tiger AnalyticsSp·D1V
  5. 05ACN NewswireSp·M
  6. 06AlteryxSp·S
  7. 07APAC CIO OutlookSp·M
  8. 08APGARSp·S
  9. 09AtaccamaSp·P
  10. 10AWSSp·G
  11. 11AZK MediaSp·M
  12. 12BilligenceSp·S
  13. 13BMCSp·G
  14. 14ConfluentSp·G
Sponsors by tier
diamond4
13% of 32
platinum3
9% of 32
gold11
34% of 32
silver7
22% of 32
media partner5
16% of 32
industry partner1
3% of 32
premier partner1
3% of 32
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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