2026 Immersions

Sydney - Coogee Beach

26-27 August 2026

InterContinental Coogee Beach
242 Arden Street,
Coogee, NSW

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Melbourne - Jackalope

21-22 October 2026

Jackalope
166 Balnarring Road,
Merricks North, VIC

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20 places only

Day 1: How to lead with AI

Create more leverage with AI, for you, then through you.

Discover how AI can create executive leverage, freeing you from routine work to focus on the decisions and strategic moments that matter. Through a demo-led keynote and hands-on masterclass, you’ll identify practical opportunities to apply AI in your role and organisation.

You’ll walk away with:

Practical ways to use AI across decision-making, communication and strategy
An understanding of how a virtual version of you can support important work
Clear AI opportunities to pursue for you and through your organisation

- Arrival, Registration + Lunch
- Opening Address: The Executive AI Moment
  A high-energy opening on the leadership opportunity in front of us, and the choices that will shape it.
- Thought Leadership Kick-off - Leading Through the AI Shift
  A sharp view of how leaders can turn AI momentum into purposeful action, without losing human judgement.
- AI Networking: Find the People and Problems Worth Solving With
  Meet the people, perspectives and opportunities that matter, using AI to make every introduction more useful.
- Organisational AI Maturity: Where to Focus Next & Lets Grow
  Cut through the noise. Identify the few organisational moves that will create meaningful progress next.
- Make Your AI More Useful: Personalisation in Practice
  Turn generic AI into a more capable thinking partner by giving it the context that makes your work distinctive.
- AI Cocktail Adventure: Build the Room Before the Bar
  A playful, AI-powered social challenge that turns the room into teams, ideas and a little friendly competition.
- Exclusive Sit-Down Dinner
  Enjoy a celebration of exquisite regional produce alongside the Affinda team & your fellow delegates.
- Overnight > 5 star accommodation

Day 2: Reimagine your industry with AI

Move from AI opportunity to action.

Day Two turns strategy into execution. You’ll co-design your personal AI strategy, explore what makes an AI centre of excellence work, and gain hands-on experience building with AI.

You’ll then reimagine an existing product or service and develop a practical 30- and 90-day plan to embed AI, demonstrate progress and begin measuring its impact.

You’ll walk away with:

A personalised AI strategy that connects opportunity with action
Hands-on experience building AI-powered agents, automations and workflows
Practical ways to evolve existing products and services with AI
A clear 30- and 90-day plan to demonstrate progress and measure impact

- Breakfast at the hotel at leisure
- Day 2 Recap: Bring the Room Back Together (social media moment)
  Reconnect through the shared moments and ideas of Day 1, with an optional way to carry the experience into your own network.
- Codex in Action: From Research to a Working Advantage
  See how an AI agent can turn public information into useful research, signals and next actions, with human review where it counts.
- Morning Tea
- Shark Tank: Turn an Opportunity Into a Tangible Proposal
  Take a high-value AI opportunity from idea to proposition, prototype or compelling future-state experience.
- Lunch
  Continue the conversations, compare emerging ideas and prepare for the strategic discussion ahead.
- Panel: What Will You Actually Ship?
  A practical conversation about moving from promising AI concepts to responsible, real-world deployment.
- Closing Address
  Close the Immersion with clear reflections, thanks and the next step for every participant.
- Afternoon Tea
  A final opportunity to reconnect before the optional Executive Assist Hour.
- Executive Assist Hour
  Bring your technical questions, opportunities and next moves to the Affinda crew for focused one-to-one support.

E: affinda@executiveimmersions.com
P: +61 3 9088 8026