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AI:NEXTAUSTRALIA

Bring your market. Discover Australia's capability.

AI:NEXT connects international organisations with the Australian people building, funding, researching and governing AI — through AI:CANBERRA and the wider AI:NEXT Summit.

27 Oct 2026 AI:CANBERRA · 2027 SummitExpressions of interest open · delegations confirmed individually
01Why Australia

A serious market that is still deciding what it becomes.

  • Deep research base

    University and public research capability across health, agriculture, robotics and safety.

  • Practical adopters

    Organisations solving real operational problems at national scale.

  • Stable governance

    A regulatory conversation that is active, open and still being shaped.

  • Regional position

    A working bridge between Asia-Pacific markets and Western institutions.

02Why AI:NEXT

Curated rooms instead of a badge and a floor plan.

  • Curated rooms

    Small, balanced conversations instead of a trade-show floor.

  • Cross-sector

    Government, industry, capital, research and builders in one place.

  • Published record

    What is surfaced is written up as an AI:NEXT Signal.

  • Independent

    No sponsor, department or agency sets the agenda.

03What delegates access

Eight pathways into Australian AI.

  • 01

    Australian capability across research, industry and product

  • 02

    Investment and co-investment conversations

  • 03

    Research and university collaboration pathways

  • 04

    Industry introductions matched to your market focus

  • 05

    Cross-sector dialogue including public sector participants

  • 06

    Market-entry and partnership connections

  • 07

    A pathway into AI:CANBERRA

  • 08

    A pathway into the AI:NEXT Summit programme

AI:NEXT is an independent initiative. We facilitate conversations; we do not act for, or on behalf of, any government.

04Expression of interest

Tell us your market. We will tell you who you should meet.

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AI:NEXT is an independent initiative. We facilitate conversations; we do not act for, or on behalf of, any government.

What happens next

  1. 01

    Expression reviewed

    We read your interest and market focus.

  2. 02

    Qualification

    We look for genuine two-way opportunity.

  3. 03

    Delegation planning

    Where relevant, we group delegates by market and sector.

  4. 04

    Roundtable pathway

    A limited number of international seats sit inside the Canberra room.

  5. 05

    Summit pathway

    Delegates are invited into the wider Summit programme once dated.

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