October 21, 2026
08:30am - 3:00pm
Doltone House Hyde Park

Sydney AI Engineering and Infrastructure Summit 2026

Shape the future of AI and join industry leaders for hands-on sessions and insights on scalable AI systems and high-performance infrastructure.

Sydney AI Engineering and Infrastructure Summit 2026
Join us for the second edition of the AI Engineering and Infrastructure Summit!

We're bringing together AI engineers, data scientists, and technology leaders to explore scalable AI systems and high-performance infrastructure.

Discover best practices for deploying AI models at scale, optimising data pipelines for machine learning workloads, and implementing continuous integration and deployment. Dive into Edge AI, discuss ethics in AI engineering, and debate whether cloud or on-prem solutions are best for AI development. Engage in interactive sessions, real-world case studies, panel discussions, and debates to stay ahead of emerging trends in AI engineering.

Key Themes:

  • Building Scalable AI Systems
  • Leveraging AI modernisation to transform applications and systems
  • High-Performance AI Infrastructure
  • Deploying AI Models at Scale
  • Optimising Data Pipelines for ML Workloads
  • Implementing Continuous Integration and Deployment
  • Edge AI
  • Ethics in AI Engineering
  • Cloud vs. On-Prem: What Is Best for AI Development
Speakers & Full Agenda Announced Soon!

Our speaker lineup will be released in July 2026.

Register now to secure your place and receive announcements when our full program launches.

Our Speakers

No items found.

Agenda

9:00am
Arrival & Networking
No items found.
9:30 am
Keynote: Building Scalable AI Systems: Challenges and Solutions

An exploration of the complexities involved in engineering scalable AI systems, including data pipelines, model deployment, and real-time processing.

No items found.
9:50am
Panel: Infrastructure for High-Performance AI: From GPUs to TPUs

Discussing the latest advancements in hardware and cloud infrastructure that enable high-performance AI computations.

No items found.
10:20am
Morning Tea & Networking
No items found.
10:50am
Interactive Audience Activity: Deploying an AI Model at Scale

An interactive session where attendees collaborate to deploy a machine learning model using containerization and orchestration tools, focusing on scalability and reliability.

No items found.
11:10am
How I Solved... Optimising Data Pipelines for Machine Learning Workloads

A case study on designing efficient data pipelines to handle large-scale data ingestion, processing, and storage for AI applications.

No items found.
11:25am
How I Solved... Implementing Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) for AI Models

Practical insights into integrating CI/CD practices tailored for machine learning models to maintain performance and accuracy in production environments.

No items found.
11:40am
Panel: Edge AI: Bringing Intelligence Closer to the Data Source

Exploring the opportunities and challenges of deploying AI models on edge devices for low-latency and offline capabilities.

No items found.
12:10pm
Roundtable Discussions

Delegates will chose from a list of pertinent peer-to-peer discussion topics focussing on evolving and emerging trends, techniques and technologies

No items found.
1:00pm
Lunch & Networking
No items found.
2:00pm
Keynote: Ethical and Responsible AI Engineering

Insights into incorporating ethical considerations into AI engineering practices, including bias mitigation, transparency, and accountability.

No items found.
2:30pm
The Great Debate: Cloud vs. On-Premises: The Best Environment for AI Development

A lively debate on whether cloud-based or on-premises infrastructure offers the optimal environment for AI development and deployment.

No items found.
3:00pm
Event Closed
No items found.

Past Speaker Highlights

Kurt Brissett

Chief Digital and Information Officer, Built

Devesh Maheshwari

Chief Technology Officer, Lendi Group

Suneeta Mall

Head of AI Engineering, Harrison.ai

Tanya Hyams-Young

Chief Executive Officer, SourseAI

Henry Huang

Head of IT - Digital Services Delivery & Operations, ubank

Sandeep Mathur

Head of Data and Engineering, Greenpeace AusPac

Who Attends?

* AI Infrastructure Architect

AI Infrastructure Architect

Heads of AI

Head of AI Risk

Head of AI Engineering

ML/AI Security Engineer

Head of AI Security

Head of Infrastructure

IT Infrastructure Director

Heads of Cloud and IT Infrastructure

Attendee Testimonials

No items found.
No items found.
No items found.
No items found.

Our event sponsors

No items found.
For sponsorship opportunities, please get in touch with Danny Perry, danny@clutchgroup.co

Past Sponsors

Event Location

Doltone House Hyde Park

3/181 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000
Sydney AI Engineering and Infrastructure Summit 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

No items found.

Get In Touch

Contact our event team for any enquiry

Danny Perry

Director of Sales
For sponsorship opportunities.
danny@clutchgroup.co

Lili Munar

Director of Client Relations
For guest and attendee enquiries.
lilibeth@clutchgroup.co

Ben Turner

Director of Conference Production
For speaking opportunities & content enquiries.
ben@clutchevents.co

Taylor Stanyon

Director of Operations
For event-related enquiries.
taylor@clutchgroup.co