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SUMMIT AGENDA 2027

Day1 Morning - Strategy, Policy and the Global Investment Case

09:00 - 09:05 (05 mins)

Chair Welcome

09:05 - 09:15 (10 mins)

[Federal keynote] Australia's Data Centre Decade: Securing Investment, Sovereignty and National Interest in the Age of AI

09:15 - 09:25 (10 mins)

[NSW Keynote] Data Centres as Economic Infrastructure: How Digital Investment Is Driving NSW's High-Value Industrial Future

09:25 - 09:40 (15 mins)

[APAC insight] From Moratorium to Strategy: Singapore's Data Centre and Energy Policy Journey and What APAC Can Learn 

09:40 - 09:50 (10 mins)

​[Global insight] How the US Is Navigating Grid Constraints, Energy Independence and the Hyperscale Buildout

09:50 - 10:40 (50 mins)

[C-suit Panel] The Global AI Infrastructure Shift: How Capital, Compute and Clean Energy Are Redrawing the Map and Reshaping APAC

10:40 - 11:00

(20 min)

[Keynote] case studies / sponsor
Coffee Break (30 mins)

11:30 - 12:20 

(50 min)

[Executive Panel] From Expectations to Obligations: Regulating AI Infrastructure, Unlocking Investment and Building Australia's Digital Economy

12:20 - 12:40 

(20 min)

[Keynote] Reserved for sponsor
Luncheon

Day1 afternoon - Building and Powering the AI Factory

14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)

[Executive Panel] Building the AI Factory: Scaling Infrastructure, Economics and the Speed-to-Power Challenge

14:50 - 15:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for sponsor

15:10 - 15:30 (20 mins)

[Keynote] AI-Ready Data Centre Development
Coffee Break (30 mins)

16:00 - 16:50 (50 mins)

[Panel] How Utilities, Renewable Energy Zones and Grid Infrastructure Are Aligning to Meet AI's Energy Demands
  • Improving load forecasting and renewable generation forecasting accuracy
  • Using AI to optimise DER integration and renewable energy uptake
  • Enhancing grid resilience and reliability to handle faults and unexpected events
  • Standardised data interfaces and data-sharing frameworks

16:50 - 17:10  (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for sponsor

17:10 - 18:00 (50 mins)

[Panel] How Data Centres Are Structuring PPAs and Renewable Partnerships for Stable, Scalable Power
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