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Melbourne : November 26, 2026

Call for Papers Open

Got something real to say about AI engineering? We want to hear from you.

The AI Engineering Summit brings together the people actually building, shipping, and governing AI-powered software.
We’re looking for speakers who’ve been in the trenches — not polished vendor pitches, but honest, experience-driven talks that practitioners can take back to work on Monday.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Baris Sarialioglu

Founder, Managing Partner, Tester You

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Featured Speaker

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Subbu Lakshmanan

Platform Architecture Lead, LeavePlus

Tutorial Speakers

Dr. Emily Carter

Chief AI Scientist, OpenAI

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Elon Park

CTO, DeepMind

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Panel Discussion Speakers

Darragh Kennedy

Director, Software Engineering, Zendesk

Highly motivated technologist with over 20 years of ICT experience in Ireland and Australia. Proven track record in delivering large Infrastructure Projects on time and within budget. Demonstrated ability to build operational processes and drive continuous improvement while managing multi-million dollar networks and Data Centers. Exhibited leadership skills empowering a high performance team to produce consistent value to the business. A diversified technical skillset highly qualified to excel in today’s rapidly changing IT enabled business. Darragh has recently been developing his leadership skills and commercial awareness to further his career goals.

Peng Xiao

Staff Engineer, Sinch

With over a decade’s immersion in the IT industry, my leadership at Coles encompasses steering cross-functional squads to deliver pivotal projects. My expertise in software architecture and IT strategy has been instrumental in navigating complex integration challenges and driving efficiency.

As the founder of ZenUML, I’ve harnessed my SaaS acumen to address the needs of dynamic industries like FinTech and telecom. Our Text to UML solution exemplifies my commitment to innovation and knowledge sharing, evidenced by a top 5% distinction on StackOverflow, which underscores my passion for community engagement and technological excellence.