Friday, 23 October 2026
Sydney International Convention Centre
| 8:00am – 8:45am | Registration | Meeting Room C4.5 Foyer | ||
| 8:45am – 10:00am | Opening Plenary | Meeting Room C4.5 | ||
| 8:45am – 9:00am | Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country | ||
| 9:00am – 9:15am | Details coming soon Jared Gorai |
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| 9:15am – 10:00am | Details coming soon Rolee Satyam |
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| 10:00am – 10:30am | Morning Tea | Meeting Room C4.5 Foyer | ||
| ROOMS | Room #1 | Meeting Room C4.5 | Room #2 | Meeting Room C4.4 | Room #3 | Meeting Room C4.3 |
| 10:30am – 11:00am | The Evolving BA Landscape Vaughan Luckman |
Workshop: The Art and Chaos of Unpacking a Business Challenge: Humans vs Machines Edition Julie Wilson |
Think Data, Deliver Value Lawrence Gingold |
| 11:05am – 11:35am | Custodians of the Operating Model – The Conversation Continues Dr Terry Roach, Damian Wilson & Astrid Ries |
Workshop: Details coming soon Haydn Thomas |
Expand and Shrink as a Practitioner Ramya Palraj & Vida Asrina Dhulst |
| 11:40am – 12:10pm | From Rates to Risk: How Finance is Becoming a Business Analysis Problem Serena Lu |
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| 12:10pm – 1:10pm | Lunch | Meeting Room C4.5 Foyer | ||
| ROOMS | Room #1 | Meeting Room C4.5 | Room #2 | Meeting Room C4.4 | Room #3 | Meeting Room C4.3 |
| 1:10pm – 1:55pm | The Value Architect: Accelerating Strategy-to-Execution with Custom Generative AI and Practical BA Techniques Paul Kelly |
Workshop: Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Product Thinking for BAs and New Product Owners Diane Sexton |
Workshop: Beating BA Imposter Syndrome Kathy Berkidge |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Panel: Details coming soon Moderated by Abi Sachithanantham, with panellists Delvin Fletcher, AJ Walters & Adam Higgins |
BA Takes the Mic – We own the context, the story, and the ask Tara Sutherland |
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| 2:45pm – 3:15pm | Afternoon Tea | Meeting Room C4.5 Foyer | ||
| ROOMS | Closing Plenary | Meeting Room C4.5 | ||
| 3:15pm – 3:45pm | 2026 IIBA Australia & New Zealand Business Analysis Awards Ceremony | ||
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | 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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| 4:30pm – 4:40pm | Closing Remarks | ||
| 4:40pm – 6:00pm | Post-Event Networking Session | Meeting Room C4.5 Foyer | ||