Program
Kindly note speakers and session times are subject to change.
Sunday 22 June 2025
5:00pm @ The Wentworth Bar
Level 5, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
All AgileAus25 attendees welcome – please RSVP here
Day 1: Mon 23 June 2025 • Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
8:15am
Registration opens
Room
Grand Ballroom
9:00am
Grand Ballroom
Keynote – It’s time to talk about great work
Keynote – Why intersectionality matters
10:50am – 11:20am
Morning Tea
Room
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
11:20am – 11:50am
Perth Room
No session
Sydney Room
Scaling Up engineering management
Adel Smee
Ferocia
Seeing the future of health technology through Agile
Anton de Weger
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Deep Dive
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Perth Room
Unlocking the power of AI for your customers
Pilar Esteban
Everest Engineering
(12:00pm – 1:00pm)
Play & Do
Sydney Room
Your brain is a terrible Product Owner
Brisbane Room
12:40pm – 1:10pm
Perth Room
Unlocking the power of AI for your customers
Pilar Esteban
Everest Engineering
(12:00pm – 1:00pm)
Play & Do
Sydney Room
How Kmart unleashed new value from within
Martin Kearns &
Dara O’Sullivan
Kmart+Target
Playshop team dynamics and collaboration styles with ORSC
Sponsored talk
Brisbane Room
No session
1:10pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
Room
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Perth Room
Why work isn't working
Stefan Bramble &
Georgina Robilliard
Playgrounded Co
(2:00pm - 3:00pm)
Play & Do
Sydney Room
Winning the board: Petbarn's journey to the market-leading mobile app & AI for pets
Tania Hyde &
Rory Watt
Petbarn
Topic TBC
PeopleCert
Sponsored talk
Brisbane Room
Banking Deep Dive
Aman Singh Banipal
Westpac
Adel Smee
Ferocia
2:40pm – 3:10pm
Perth Room
Why work isn't working
Stefan Bramble &
Georgina Robilliard
Playgrounded Co
(2:00pm - 3:00pm)
Play & Do
Sydney Room
Feel better, deliver better with GenAI
Evan He &
Laura MacFadyen
Suncorp
Navigating the two speeds of transformation
Jess Tayel
Transformation Leadership Institute
Brisbane Room
No session
3:10pm – 3:40pm
Afternoon Tea
Room
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
3:40pm – 4:10pm
Perth Room
The Rescue Mission Game: building agility through collaboration
Deepa John &
Suryaletha Surendran
Nine
(3:40pm – 4:40pm)
Play & Do
Sydney Room
Topic TBC
Kate McCormack
Bayer
Lightning Talks
Penelope Barr,
Raphael Fabie – Bilue,
Melinda Harrington,
Kevin Loong – Westpac,
Brenton Race – Blueshift
Brisbane Room
Fishbowl - Governance
4:20pm – 4:50pm
Perth Room
The Rescue Mission Game: building agility through collaboration
Deepa John &
Suryaletha Surendran
Nine
(3:40pm – 4:40pm)
Play & Do
Sydney Room
Strategic Restraint: practical approaches to delivery customer delight
James Ratsasane
MECCA
A framework by any other name would smell as bad
James Piskorz
Terem Technologies
Brisbane Room
6:00pm
AgileAus25 Dinner - hosted by Lucid
The Balcón @ Balcon by Tapavino (ticketed event)
Day 2: Tue 24 June 2025 • Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
8:00am – 8:45am
AgileAus25 Community Pre-Conference Sessions
Lean Coffee Mentoring Open Space
8:30am
Registration opens
Room
Grand Ballroom
9:00am
Grand Ballroom
Keynote – The role of trust and distrust in a changing world
Keynote – How to use ‘Economies of Empowerment’ to get the benefits of both speed and scale
10:50am – 11:20am
Morning Tea
Tim tam slam
Room
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
11:15am – 11:45am
Perth Room
Influence 101: unleashing your inner persuader
Dallas Jackson
Humaneering
(11:15am – 12:15pm)
Play & Do
Encore
Sydney Room
Go beyond customer-first: Zero Distance to customer delight
Alidad Ebnoddin Hamidi
Desirable Futures
Beyond the team: how successful organisations build flow, autonomy and resilience
Em Campbell Pretty &
Adrienne Wilson
Pretty Agile
SAFe® Forum
Brisbane Room
11:55am – 12:25pm
Sydney Room
There’s no point going fast if you’re going the wrong way
Amy Johnson
Propel Ventures
The saying goes "it's not life or death", for us it's all about life
Kirsti Donaldson
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Melissa Hay
Pretty Agile
SAFe® Forum
Encore
Brisbane Room
Exploring team dynamics Deep Dive
Sarah Kirkby
12:35pm – 1:05pm
Perth Room
Everything I learned about estimation from peeling fruit – V2!
Kit Friend
Accenture
Play & Do
Encore
Sydney Room
Accelerating delivery: evolving roles, behaviours & tech in teams
Craig Smith
Brisbane Room
Ikigai Deep Dive
Penelope Barr
1:05pm – 1:50pm
Lunch
Room
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
1:50pm – 2:20pm
Agile in government, yes it can be done!
Tim Eldridge,
Simon Marsden &
Mythili Zdanowicz
Clean Energy Regulator
SAFe® Forum
Brisbane Room
Deep Dive
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Sydney Room
How to be an Agile Citizen
What do SAFe, indigenisation and My Little Pony have in common?
Quentin Christie &
Kate Backler
University of Auckland
SAFe® Forum
Brisbane Room
Tech-know-how for coaches Deep Dive
3:00pm – 3:20pm
Afternoon Tea
Room
Perth & Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
3:20pm – 3:50pm
Perth & Sydney Room
Paramedicine is a team sport
Caidyrn Roder
Prosocia
Nick Roder
Ambulance Victoria
Encore
SAFe CIO Panel
SAFe® Forum
Brisbane Room
No session
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Perth & Sydney Room
Closing keynote – The leader of the future: redefined
Dipesh Pala
Mindflight7
Brisbane Room
No session
4:30pm – 5:00pm
AgileAus25 - Closing Drinks & Retrospective
Kindly note speakers and session times are subject to change.