Masterclasses

Not every conversation fits the main stage. Some topics demand time, focus, and the right room.

Our Masterclasses create that space; intimate, in-depth sessions where industry professionals gather to tackle specialised subjects that go beyond the core agenda. With three sessions for The AI Summit Australia, these are opportunities to dive deep into the topics that matter most to your audience.

Hosted over breakfast, lunch, or afternoon tea, Masterclasses blend learning with connection in a relaxed yet focused environment.

Why Masterclasses Work:

Explore niche or advanced topics in meaningful detail
Engage a committed, interested audience
Foster genuine dialogue and knowledge exchange
Integrate seamlessly into the event flow

Find out more about securing your masterclass

Masterclass 1: Fujitsu | 12:00PM | 8 September

Redefining business in the agentic AI era: From strategy to scalable impact

Understand why AI transformation must start with business process and operating model design, not technology alone.
Explore how agentic AI, trusted data and edge capability can reshape service delivery and operational performance in secure, resilient environments.
See how a full-stack approach can help reduce complexity, cost and compute pressure while strengthening data sovereignty and cyber resilience.
Identify practical next steps to validate, prioritise and scale AI use cases with confidence.

Speakers:

Paul Monks, Director AI, Fujitsu
Mitch Tomazic, Partner, Uvance Wayfinders Consulting by Fujitsu
Moderator: Mahesh Krishnan - Chief Technology Officer, Fujitsu Australia Limited

Masterclass 2: Victorian Government | 3pm | 8 September

Speed, Scale and Certainty in a Sustainable way: How Victoria is positioning itself to be a leading hubfor data centre investment

Speed to market, scale and certainty is what data centre operators and organisations adopting AI are looking for when they are making investment decisions – but equally important is that this investment occurs in a sustainable way to ensure that community needs are also being met.

In this fireside chat hosted by Invest Victoria, hear how a coordinated approach between government, industry, and community is strengthening Victoria’s position as a leading data centre hub in Asia-Pacific.

Masterclass 3: Akamai | 7:30am | 9 September

Maxing AI Inference, Axing Egress Fees

Deploying production-ready AI should not force enterprises to choose between immediate performance and financial predictability. As organizations transition from AI experimentation to live, agentic deployments, traditional centralized cloud architectures are hitting a wall. Sending massive data back and forth to distant data centers degrades user experience via operational latency. Worse, legacy cloud providers trap your data inside their ecosystems with exorbitant, unpredictable cloud egress penalties.

In this exclusive masterclass, Akamai breaks down how to decouple your AI architecture from the constraints of hyperscale clouds. Discover how to deploy highly concurrent, real-time AI workloads directly at the edge-bringing GPU-accelerated token generation right next to your end-users and data sources. You will learn practical frameworks to completely bypass the legacy cloud "egress tax", scale out edge inferencing seamlessly, and maximize your processing throughput without breaking your infrastructure budget.