Melbourne AI Enthusiasts x AI Engineer Melbourne — AI Week 2026

You've built the POC. Leadership loved it. Now what?

The gap between a working AI demo and a production system is where most projects quietly die. This event tackles the hard part, the decisions that come after the proof of concept gets the green light.

What we're covering:
🏗️ Architecture decisions that don't show up in tutorials when to build, when to buy, when to stitch things together
💰 Cost and efficiency trade-offs, what it actually costs to run AI at scale, and how teams are managing it
🔒 Governance and guardrails, who owns the model in production, and what happens when it breaks
🎤 Talks, panel, and Q&A from practitioners who've shipped AI into production, not just theorised about it

Details:
📅 Thursday 4 June 2026 🕕 6:00 – 8:30pm
📍 Zendesk Office Level 13/550 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Format:
Talks + Panel + Q&A (6:00–7:30pm) → Networking & drinks (7:30–8:30pm)

This event is part of AI Week Melbourne (June 1–7) and is run in partnership with Web Directions / AI Engineer Melbourne.

Whether you're an engineer wrestling with inference costs, a leader trying to get your AI strategy past the pilot stage, or just curious about what production AI actually looks like, this one's for you.

Spots are limited. RSVP to secure yours.