Harnessing AI at AgileAus25

Apr 24, 2025 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Highlights

At AgileAus25 (23-24 June 2025, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth) we’re not just talking about AI. We’re showing you how to use it with purpose – guided by product thinking, empowered teams, and practical, lived experience.

Here’s a peek at three sessions designed to help you build what customers truly crave:

Unlocking the power of AI for your customers

with Pilar Esteban – Everest Engineering

Where do you start with AI? In this hands-on (‘Play & do) session, you’ll cut through the fluff and get to the heart of what makes AI valuable: solving real problems for real people.

You’ll discover:

  • Impactful, customer-focused use cases
  • How to evaluate AI ideas with a sharp, practical lens
  • How to get your team excited and aligned on the journey!

Perfect for product folks, engineers, and leaders alike, this session provides a framework to move forward with confidence – and to build products that delight your customers.

Feel better, deliver better with GenAI

with Evan He & Laura MacFadyen – Suncorp

At Suncorp, a passionate community of doers brought GenAI to life – not through top-down mandates, but through trust, experimentation and heart.

Laura and Evan will share:

  • How small wins built big momentum
  • How they used role-based handbooks to scale
  • How they kept delivery fast and safe with simple guardrails.

You’ll leave inspired, with practical takeaways and real-world examples to help you kickstart or accelerate your own GenAI journey – no big budget or long timelines required.

There’s no point going fast if you’re going the wrong way

with Amy Johnson – Propel Ventures

Speed is exciting. But speed without direction? That’s a fast track to building the wrong thing.

In this grounded, insightful talk, Amy Johnson brings a gentle reminder: It’s not just about moving fast. It’s about moving with intention.

Through compelling case studies and clear takeaways, you’ll learn:

  • Why AI falls flat when it’s not tied to real customer needs
  • How to use a product operating model to steer your efforts
  • The role of discovery, product strategy, and cross-functional collaboration
  • How to turn velocity into meaningful progress.

This session is like a lighthouse for teams who want to go fast – but in the right direction.

Why AgileAus25?

Tools alone won’t help us create better outcomes. It takes thoughtful strategy, collaboration, and a whole lot of curiosity.

Whether you’re unleashing AI in your work daily or just AI-curious – AgileAus25 offers the stories, approaches, and human connection to help you make AI practical, powerful and purposeful.

Register today to be part of the magic mix.

You can find out what other topics you’ll learn at AgileAus25 by clicking through to the individual speakers here – we do hope to see you there!

And yes, perhaps aptly, ChatGPT has helped with this blogpost! wink

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