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Tuesday, June 23
As organisations move beyond AI experimentation, IT leaders are stepping firmly into the driver’s seat. Drawing on insights from the 2026 State of the CIO study, this session explores how CIOs are balancing innovation with accountability and turning AI ambition into real-world impact.
AI & Automation Journey
- Outsystems – Leading with responsible AI
- Freshworks – AI-driven business models
- HP – Workforce ready for AI
Security Journey
- CIOs as security leaders
- Next-gen security & AI
- Compliance without compromise
Transformation Journey
- Apptio – Driving enterprise change
- Unisys – CX & EX innovation
- Harvey – Empowering change leaders
Most AI strategies don’t fail because of the technology – they fail because the operating model can’t support trust at scale. As organisations push beyond pilots into production, CIOs must move past a narrow focus on data and start architecting the “logic of choice” through decision products. This session shows how to redesign operating models to embed accountability, improve decision-making, and close the trust gap that stands between AI ambition and real business value.
AI is transforming how software is created, but generating code is only part of the challenge. CIOs now need a new operating model that can securely orchestrate intelligent agents, enterprise applications, integrations, and governance at scale. This session explores how Agentic Systems Engineering enables organisations to move beyond isolated AI tools and build enterprise-ready intelligent systems with the speed of AI and the control required for production environments.
Unisys: What High-Performing AI-First Organisations Do Differently – From Efficiency to AI-First Experience
Freshworks: From Systems of Record to Systems of Intelligence
Harvey: AI Does the Work. You Own the Outcome – Adopting AI You Can Stand Behind
Apptio IBM: The AI Spend Reality Check: Turning Investment into Verifiable Business Outcomes
Security doesn’t break on policy – it breaks in practice. Culture, habits and incentives often override even the best controls, creating a gap between compliance and real behaviour. Drawing on behavioural science and real-world experience, this session explores why controls are bypassed – and how to design security that fits the way people actually work, driving lasting change without adding friction.
Today’s CIOs are under unprecedented pressure – from cost reduction mandates to global instability and the urgency to adopt AI. This session explores how leaders are evolving their approach to strategy, talent, and risk to meet the moment.
This closing keynote explores how lessons from military command apply to today’s technology landscape, with practical insights on resilience, decision-making under pressure, building trust, and leading teams through constant change.
![Kurt Brissett, Chief Digital and Information Officer [CIO of the Year 2024], Built, Speaker at the CIO Leadership Live Australia](https://event.foundryco.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Kurt-Brissett_Photo-170x170.jpg "Kurt Brissett")