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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68Speakers
32Sponsors
97Sessions
87Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at CDAO, in alphabetical order.

Adam Rentsch
Head of Data & AI · Cricket Australia
Ajay Kumar
Head of AI Solutions · InfoTrack
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
Brad Ryan
Chief AI Officer · i-screen
Carly Bergmann
Principal Data Scientist · Suncorp
Craig Rowlands
General Manager Enterprise Data & AI · Australian Unity
Daniel Morse
Chief Data Officer · EnergyAustralia
Danny Sittrop
General Manager | Advanced Analytics · Crown Resorts
Darshil Mehta
Head of Member Data Management · AustralianSuper
Dave Vinluan
Head of Release and Service Delivery · ANZ
Dean Nguyen
CEO & Director · KADA AI
Della Zhuang
VP of Growth ANZ · Ataccama
Dheeraj Garg
Global Head of Data, AI & Analytics · Thryv
Domenic Brasacchio
Senior Account Executive · Cloudera

Sponsors

The companies 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

Agenda

Selected from 97 sessions.

  • 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

    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

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 87 companies show up, and 9 bet on three roles at once?

87 companies. nine 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
9All threespeak · spons · exh
23Sponsoringsponsor only
55Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Cloudera·Ataccama·InfoTrack·Kong·Quest·Synogize·ThoughtSpot·Tiger Analytics·Tricentis

Speakers by seniority

57% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1218%
  • Founder / Owner11%
  • VP-level46%
  • Director / Head of2232%
  • Manager / Lead1826%
  • Engineer · IC11%
  • Research / Science11%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles812%

Of 68 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ClouderaSponsor · Platinum3
2AtaccamaSponsor · Platinum1
3InfoTrackSponsor · Premier Partner1
4KongSponsor · Gold1
5QuestSponsor · Diamond1
6SynogizeSponsor · Gold1
7ThoughtSpotSponsor · Diamond1
8Tiger AnalyticsSponsor · Diamond1
9TricentisSponsor · Gold1
10ACN NewswireSponsor · Media Partner-
11AlteryxSponsor · Silver-
12APAC CIO OutlookSponsor · Media Partner-
13APGARSponsor · Silver-
14AWSSponsor · Gold-
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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