【Sydney】AI Engineering Insights:：From Idea to Production

## An English-language meetup exploring how AI ideas move into real-world use.

The event brings together engineers and industry practitioners to share practical perspectives on AI engineering, market analytics, business value, go-to-market strategy, and the effective use of Gemini.
The focus is on concrete cases, practical workflows, and lessons drawn from real experience.
🌟 Bonus: A chance to get job insights, referrals & opportunities from our speakers — meet top-tier engineers in person and take the next step in your career.

## 💡 Talks

### Harness Engineering: A Woolies Case Study

A practical case study on how Checkout AI applied harness engineering to build a market analytics system for Woolies.

### Building AI Solutions for Business Value

A practical perspective on building AI solutions that address real customer needs and create measurable business value.
The session will cover selecting the right problem and balancing quality, cost, and delivery time when moving an AI solution toward production.

### AI-Native GTM: Organic Marketing

A discussion on how AI can support go-to-market and organic marketing activities, informed by experience across engineering, product development, and technology leadership.

## 🎤 Speakers

### Harris Law

Senior AI Engineer, Quantium
Harris is an AI engineer and full-stack developer with experience across Quantium, Commonwealth Bank, and PwC. His technical interests include LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, AI agents, cloud services, and enterprise software development.

### Devika Mohotti

Founder, Devika Mohotti Advisory (AI & Strategy)
AI Strategy and Operations Leader
Devika has more than 20 years of experience in strategy, operations, and commercial leadership across organisations including AWS, IBM, Avanade, and Schneider Electric. Her work focuses on connecting AI initiatives with customer needs, operational priorities, and measurable outcomes.

### Stan

Head of Engineering, Kindling (AirTree Portfolio)
Former Principal Software Engineer, McKinsey
Stan has experience in software engineering, engineering leadership, and product development. He currently leads engineering at Kindling and previously worked as a Principal Software Engineer at McKinsey.

## 🗓️ Event Schedule

5:15 PM–5:30 PM — Check-in, food and networking
5:30 PM–5:40 PM — Welcome and speaker introduction
5:40 PM–7:00 PM — Speaker sessions
7:00 PM–7:30 PM — Live Q&A and technical discussion
7:30 PM — Event concludes

## 📌 Event Details

📅 Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM–7:30 PM AEST
🗣️ Language: English
🥤 Food and drinks: Provided

## 📍 Venue

Nutanix Sydney Office
Level 10, Maritime Trade Towers
201 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

## About the Organisers

### ★ JR Academy

Founded in August 2017 and headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, JR Academy is a technology education company providing international students and the Chinese-speaking community with IT training, career development and employment-related services.
Through its media network, online learning platform and career platform, JR Academy provides integrated access to education, employment information and professional development opportunities.
Beginning with IT and business training programmes, JR Academy has continued to expand its impact across Australia’s international student community and has helped 6,000 students secure job offers.
By using technology to empower education, JR Academy aims to make the overseas study and career journey more efficient, accessible and clearly structured.

### ★ KSUG.AI — A Global AI and Cloud-Native Technology Community

KSUG.AI (Kubernetes & AI User Group) is one of the largest and most active global communities focused on Kubernetes, cloud-native and AI technologies.
With more than 180,000 members and followers worldwide, KSUG.AI brings together developers, engineers and technology enthusiasts to share knowledge, collaborate and grow.