AWS Summit
Sydney

Year by year

1. 2026

   13–14 May 2026

   I led the keynote at AWS Summit Sydney 2026, AWS’s twentieth year, with Dr. Werner Vogels on stage alongside Rianne van Veldhuizen, who leads AWS in Australia and New Zealand.

   One NZ and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia told their stories, and the founders and leaders of Canva, NAB and Xero looked back on the bold bets that scaled them.

   On stage

   Dr. Werner Vogels, Rianne van Veldhuizen

   Guests

   One NZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Canva, NAB, Xero

   ▶ Watch 2026 ↗ (opens on YouTube) The founders’ conversation from the keynote

2. 2024

   11 April 2024

   Innovation Day keynote

   I led the Innovation Day keynote at AWS Summit Sydney 2024, on AI put to work on hard problems, from detecting wildfires to preserving species and clean energy.

   Professor Genevieve Bell, Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University, joined Olivier Klein and Tom Soderstrom of AWS. Swimming Australia showed real-time data at work on its Olympic campaign, and Atlassian’s Dom Price argued for outcomes over outputs.

   On stage

   Olivier Klein, Tom Soderstrom

   Guests

   Professor Genevieve Bell, ANU, Swimming Australia, Dom Price, Atlassian

   ▶ Watch 2024 ↗ (opens on YouTube)