WEBINAR [ANZ EDITION]

09 Data and
AI Trends

 

2026 Edition

 Wednesday, February 25th
10AM AEDT
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Get an Australian perspective and expert guidance on the forces reshaping data, analytics, and AI in 2026.

The data and analytics space has never been hotter. Under the pressure of rising executive expectations, emerging regulatory demands, and a rapidly evolving data ecosystem landscape, your annual outlook is brimming with opportunity—and risk.

To help you stay ahead, you’ll hear insights from Global and local Australian data and AI leaders on this year’s most critical trends. Get an insider’s perspective on what’s changing, why it matters, and most importantly, what you can do about it.

In this webinar created for our Australian audience, you’ll

  • Find out the top trends in Data and AI for 2026 from Cindi Howson, Chief Data and AI Strategist at ThoughtSpot and Author of Data and AI 2026 Trends report

  • Identify innovation hotspots—from MCP and agent orchestration to semantic layers

  • Hear Australian perspectives from local Data and AI leaders from Autograb and Humanforce on how’ve they navigated these trends in real life

Don’t wait for an innovation mandate or fall into a fading AI fad. Get the insights you need to build an adaptable data strategy and lead with confidence through data and analytics’ most dynamic era.

 

Speakers

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Steven Bearzatto LinkedIn

Chief Technology
Officer

Autograb

photo-plain-Luke-Bongiorno

Luke Bongiorno LinkedIn

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Humanforce

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Cindi Howson LinkedIn

Data Chief and AI Strategy Officer

ThoughtSpot

photo-plain-Stuart-Rees

Stuart Rees LinkedIn

Country Manager Australia and New Zealand

ThoughtSpot

photo-plain-Michelle-Sidhu

Michelle Sidhu LinkedIn

Principal Customer Success Manager APAC

ThoughtSpot

ThoughtSpot Agentic Analytics Platform

Analyst Studio

Data Mashups, Data Science,
Python Notebooks, Ad Hoc SQL Analysis

Semantic Model

Trusted & Secure Metrics Layer, Agent-ready
Metadata, Data Security

Data Management

Real time, Zero Copy or In-Memory,
Unified Metadata and Compliance

AI Agents

Spotter - Agentic AI Analyst,
Deep Research, Agent as a Service

AI-Augmented Dashboards

AI-first, Mobile-ready, Automated Insights,
Connected Where You Work

Smart Apps

Embedded Analytics for your customers, Insights to
Actions, APIs and SDKs, Workflow Automation

Smart Apps

Automated
Insights

Data Hub

AI Agents

AI Augmented
Dashboards

Smart Apps

 

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