Agenda : Federal Forum 2026

Wednesday, May 27, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration and Breakfast
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM	Welcome to Country
9:25 AM - 10:05 AM	Opening Keynote - From ambition to action: Accelerating Australia's digital government agenda
10:05 AM - 10:45 AM	Panel Discussion - Leading the shift: How government executives are delivering in a time of change
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM	Expo Theatre 1 - Mission ready: How DISR is building the modern APS	Expo Theatre 2 - The next era of ERP in Federal Government: The best ERP strategy is the one you choose, not the one chosen for you	Expo Theatre 3 - Modernising public services: Global federal insights on citizen engagement, inter-agency collaboration, and responsible AI	Expo Theatre 4 - AI that works for government: Starting small, scaling with confidence
12:20 PM - 12:50 PM	Expo Theatre 1 - Improving employee access to HR and IT services at AMSA in just 8 weeks	Expo Theatre 2 - The hardest part of cyber security isn’t detection, it’s taking action	Expo Theatre 3 - Nobody calls Uber to ask where their car is: Slashing costs by radically rethinking government service delivery	Expo Theatre 4 - Productivity and governance in autonomous IT and agentic workflows
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Expo Theatre 1 - Unlocking productivity at scale across the APS	Expo Theatre 2 - The operating model for trusted AI in government	Expo Theatre 3 - The enterprise service management horizon: Readiness, strategy, and the staircase to enterprise velocity	Expo Theatre 4 - Accelerate and de-risk ERP operations with ServiceNow and SAP integration and automation
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Defence and National Security Special Interest Group (Invite Only)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Networking Lunch
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Closing Keynote - Beyond the pilot: Orica's AI journey at scale
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Panel Discussion - The margin between good and great with Cate Campbell and John Eales
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Networking Reception

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