Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
| 8:00am – 8:45am | Registration | Convention Centre, Foyer 1 | ||
| 8:45am – 10:00am | Opening Plenary | Meeting Room 105 | ||
| 8:45am – 9:00am | Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country Malini Jayaganesh |
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| 9:00am – 9:15am | Details coming soon Delvin Fletcher |
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| 9:15am – 10:00am | Details coming soon Jared Gorai |
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| 10:00am – 10:30am | Morning Tea | Convention Centre, Foyer 1 | ||
| ROOMS | Room #1 | Meeting Room 105 | Room #2 | Meeting Room 104 | Room #3 | Meeting Room 103 |
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Details coming soon | Beating BA Imposter Syndrome Kathy Berkidge |
AI in Business Analysis – How to embed AI into real BA workflows to drive speed, consistency and value Lakshmi Muthaiah |
| 11:05am – 11:35am | BA Takes the Mic – We own the context, the story, and the ask Tara Sutherland |
Perverse Incentives in an AI World Anna Rajander |
Workshop: Crowdsourcing Solutions: A workshop about managing workshop complications Alan Harrison |
| 11:40am – 12:10pm | Panel: Adapt. Align. Accelerate. Moderated by Malini Jayaganesh, with panellists Delvin Fletcher, Kathy Berkidge, Shravan Cunchala & Sharon Robson |
From User Stories to Multi-Step AI Agents: Rethinking the BA Role in AI era Rob Li |
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| 12:10pm – 1:10pm | Lunch | Convention Centre, Foyer 1 | ||
| ROOMS | Room #1 | Meeting Room 105 | Room #2 | Meeting Room 104 | Room #3 | Meeting Room 103 |
| 1:10pm – 1:55pm | Planning an AI-Aware Business Analysis Approach Jon Hyland |
Human–AI Collaboration as a Core BA Capability Raj Jonnalagedda & Shravan Cunchala |
Workshop: DON’T PLAY THE GAME, HACK THE SYSTEM: THE ‘POLITICAL QUOTIENT’ FOR BAs Sharon Robson & Will McNelis |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | The Value Architect: Accelerating Strategy-to-Execution with Custom Generative AI and Practical BA Techniques Paul Kelly |
Your Resume Won’t Get You In the Room: The Art of Standing Out in a Saturated Market Gaurav Kathuria & Rahul Bharadwaj |
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| 2:45pm – 3:15pm | Afternoon Tea | Convention Centre, Foyer 1 | ||
| 3:15pm – 4:30pm | Closing Plenary | Meeting Room 105 | ||
| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | 2026 IIBA Australia & New Zealand Business Analysis Awards Finalist Announcement | ||
| 3:30pm – 4:15pm | The Shape You Didn’t Plan: The Career Skills for the Business Analysis Professional Who Refuses to Stand Still Shane Hastie |
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| 4:15pm – 4:30pm | Closing Remarks Partha Mohapatra |
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| 4:30pm – 5:30pm | Post-Event Networking Session | Convention Centre, Foyer 1 | ||