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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Day 1: How to lead with AI

Lead with AI with People at the Centre

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:

A clearer view of current AI capabilities and what they mean for your leadership and organisation.
An understanding of the people side of AI transformation, including roles, skills and culture.
A more capable AI thinking partner, built around a personal productivity challenge.

- 12:45pm: Arrival, Registration + Lunch
  Arrival, registration and facilitated connection over lunch.
- 2:00–2:30pm: Welcome to Your Affinda AI Immersion
  An insight into the types of opportunities and challenges emerging in AI and how organisations can best leverage these.
- 2:30–3:30pm: Leading Through the AI Shift with Dawid Naude
  A sharp view of the latest thinking in AI technology capability, and how leaders can turn AI momentum into purposeful action.
- 3:30–4:30pm: People Transformation – Where AI Value is Won or Lost
  Explore the people side of AI transformation and how leaders need to be shaping their organisations to embed value.
- 4:30–5:00pm: Your AI, Your Advantage
  See what’s possible by turning generic AI into a more capable thinking partner by building a solution to solve a personal productivity challenge.
- 5:00–6:00pm: Break Before Dinner
- 6:00–6:45pm: Pre-Dinner AI Cocktail Challenge
  A playful, AI-powered social challenge that turns the room into teams, ideas and a little friendly competition.
- 7:00pm: Sit-Down Dinner
  Enjoy a celebration of exquisite regional produce alongside the Affinda team and your fellow delegates.
- Overnight: 5-Star Accommodation

Day 2: Reimagine your industry with AI

Turn an AI Opportunity into something Tangible

Learn how Affinda’s partners are applying AI to drive business value, then see an AI agent turn public information into useful research and next actions. Collaborate on a shared opportunity with support from Affinda coaches. Close with a panel on making change stick, reflections and optional one-to-one support.

You’ll walk away with:

Practical examples of AI delivering business value, and an understanding of where human review belongs.
A proposed AI solution to a shared problem, developed with support from Affinda coaches.
Ideas for sustaining AI momentum in your personal practice and organisation, informed by the panel and shared reflections.

- Breakfast at the Hotel at Leisure
- 8:45–9:15am: Welcome to Day 2: Reconnect & Reflect
  Reconnect through the shared moments and ideas of Day 1, and set up the focus for Day 2.
- 9:15–9:45am: AI in Action: Value-Creating Use Cases
  Learn from some of Affinda’s partners about how they are applying AI to drive value in their business.
- 9:45–10:45am: Code, Dots & More: AI That Gets Things Done
  See how an AI agent can turn public information into useful research, signals and next actions, with human review where it counts.
- 10:45–11:00am: Morning Tea
- 11:00am–12:30pm: Co-Design with AI: From Idea to Execution
  Take a high-value AI opportunity from idea to solution by collaborating with others on a shared problem, with support from Affinda coaches.
- 12:30–1:10pm: Lunch
  Continue the conversations and connect with fellow delegates over lunch.
- 1:10–1:55pm: Interactive Panel: AI That Sticks
  Hear from our experts on how to address potential constraints or challenges faced in your organisation’s AI journey, and how to make the changes stick.
- 1:55–2:15pm: Closing: Your Next AI Move
  Close the Immersion with clear reflections and explore ways to keep the learning going outside the room.
- 2:15–3:30pm: Afternoon Tea & Executive Assist Hour Appointments
  Bring your technical questions, opportunities and next moves to the Affinda crew for focused one-to-one support. Afternoon tea will be available during this time.

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