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From Manual to Modern: A Roundtable for Ambitious Brokers
Tue, Aug 25, 8:00 AM**Join Us in Melbourne: How AI is Eliminating the Admin Grind for Australian Mortgage Brokers** **Location:** Melbourne, Australia (Venue details provided upon RSVP confirmation. **Luma registration is mandatory.**) **Register Now:** [From Manual to Modern: A Roundtable for Ambitious Brokers · Luma](https://luma.com/6vtq5z93) **Capacity:** Strictly capped at \~20 senior leaders **About the Event** The pressure on Australian mortgage brokers has never been higher. With record market share comes an overwhelming administrative load, policy research, compliance documentation, Best Interests Duty (BID) checks, and post-RBA client outreach. Join Builure and IRL By Amber for an intimate, off-the-record roundtable featuring leading broker mentors and AI innovators. We are diving straight into how cutting-edge automation is taking the heavy lifting out of day-to-day broking without compromising the strict compliance and privacy standards your clients depend on. This isn't a long-winded slide deck presentation. It’s an interactive, peer-led conversation designed for senior leaders across Melbourne’s finance and tech ecosystem who want to stay ahead of the curve. **What We’ll Cover** * Eliminating the Admin Grind: How top-performing brokerages are using AI to cut down manual paperwork and lender policy research from hours to minutes. * Compliance Without Compromise: Safeguard your client data while maintaining airtight Best Interests Duty (BID) compliance and audit trails. * Proactive Client Engagement: Harnessing automated tools for post-RBA decisions and portfolio reviews to retain clients for life. * Data Sovereignty: Why enterprise-grade Australian data privacy needs to be built in from day one, not bolted on. **Special Guests** Inshu Misra — CEO, Builure (Empowering finance teams to work smarter with AI) **Who Should Attend?** This session is curated specifically for: * Brokerage Principals & Senior Mortgage Brokers * Aggregator Leaders & Broker Mentors * Fintech Founders & Financial Services Innovators Food and drinks are on us! Spaces are strictly limited to 20 seats to ensure genuine, high-value discussion. **Hosted By:** **Builure:** Empowering businesses with intelligent solutions and expert talent. Built specifically with Australian data privacy at its core built in, not bolted on. **IRL By Amber:** One of APAC’s largest startup and tech communities with over 8,000 members and 100+ events hosted alongside global leaders like Anthropic, Notion, Blackbird, and AirTree.  Apply to Attend: Secure your spot at the table now. Registered attendees will receive full location details upon confirmation.

A11y Allies Roundtable: Recruitment without Barriers
Tue, Sep 8, 8:00 AM**Accessibility Allies monthly roundtable** **2nd Tuesday of each month** **Proudly supported by** [Builure](https://www.linkedin.com/company/builure/posts/) **Topic for September: Recruitment without Barriers** **Learn how to access talented staff with strengths and abilities workplaces need but often overlook.** **Join us for a discussion about how people with disability can provide skills and abilities your workplace needs.** **Learn about alternative recruitment programs that help people with disability to become valuable staff.** **Meet accessibility professionals and advocates.** * **No presentations** * **Open discussion** * **Exchange ideas** * **Genuine connections** **Tuesday 8 September 2026** **6 pm - 8 pm** **Free** **Light refreshments provided (incl vegetarian and GF)** **Location: WeWork** **120 Spencer Street, Melbourne** * **Quiet exclusive space** * **Wheelchair access** * **Accessible toilet** **This is a secure building so** **[registration via Humanitix](https://events.humanitix.com/a11y-allies-2026-09) is essential** **Building Entry** **Enter via the entrance on Spencer Street.** **Meet near the green couches in the lobby. Meet other attendees. You will be escorted to level 22 to sign in.** **Running late?** **Post a message to let us know you'll be late with an ETA. We will come get you when you arrive.** **Accessibility** **Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs or questions not covered in the FAQs on the event registration page. We will do what we can to help you feel comfortable attending.** **Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs or questions about this event.**

KMLF: Capturing expertise - Alison Bulbeck
Wed, Aug 26, 8:00 AMIn-person: **Energy Safe Victoria** (across the river from Flinders St Station) Online: Via **Teams**. Link will be sent via email to people who RSVP. It will also be posted in the event chat at the start of the event. ### The mindset of expertise: celebrating what we know Many people hesitate to share their knowledge because they do not see themselves as experts. In this session, Alison Bulbeck explores the mindsets that influence how expertise is recognised, valued and shared. Drawing on her Knowledge Summit Dublin presentation, she will examine barriers such as impostor syndrome and discuss practical ways to make expertise more visible and useful within organisations. ### About Alison Bulbeck Alison Bulbeck is Deputy Head of Business Change within the UK Ministry of Defence's National Armaments Director Group and a CILIP Knowledge Management Fellow. She has extensive experience leading transformation and organisational change across defence, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and financial services. Alison is particularly interested in the human and behavioural aspects of knowledge management and how organisations can better capture, share and apply expertise. **Agenda** * 6 - 6:30 pm networking * 6:30 - 7:45pm exploration of the topic * 7:45 - 8pm wrap up * 8pm onwards - dinner at a nearby venue for those interested. **Building access** * RSVP to the event * Go to Level 22 * Sign in as a guest using the touchscreen at reception * Someone will meet you and take you to the meeting room * Post in the event chat if you have any issues. **Accessibility** * Private meeting room so we can hear each other * Live captions * Wheelchair-accessible building entrance * Accessible toilet

Does your organisation decision-making feel like a cage fight?
Thu, Sep 3, 7:30 AM📌 **How to Manage Conflict Respectfully** What if constant compromise is actually the real problem? By always trying to meet in the middle, organisations usually end up with a lukewarm solution that satisfies absolutely no one. If your "evaporating conflict clouds" look more like corporate smog and are disappearing faster than an AI consultant's empty promises... it’s time for a rethink! Join the ebullient (but brilliant) **[Ross MacIntyre](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossxmacintyre/)** and his demonic sidekick, [Martin the Cheeseburger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinchesbrough/), in a live illustration of **the OST process for Rationalising Conflict.** 💡 **Why This Matters Today** Managing conflict is a vital skill in the modern toolkit for surviving in an organisation. 🛠️ **What You’ll Learn (No Prior Knowledge Needed!)** * **Rationalising Conflict:** A practical conflict management technique developed by Fred Emery as part of his innovative strategic planning workshops. * **The Art of Productive Disagreement:** How teams can disagree passionately, respect each others values, and move on together—without harboring lifelong grudges. Ross and Martin will teach by doing. You’ll walk away with actionable strategies to stop dodging friction and start turning it into operational momentum. Thanks to TeamForm, our event sponsor for providing a great place to meet and refreshments. Look at [teamform](https://teamform.co) for visualising your delivery teaming structures whether they be persistent or project based, and for desigining and operating the workforce behind them - given the work, aligning the right roles today and into the future. https://teamform.co/

AI & Robotics Innovation Expo
Fri, Sep 11, 1:00 AM**AI & Robotics Innovation Expo 2026** The AI & Robotics Innovation Expo 2026 brings together more than 30 emerging startups, scaleups and research organisations from across Australia’s innovation ecosystem. Visitors can experience live demonstrations, discover commercially deployable technologies and meet the founders, researchers, investors and technology leaders shaping the future of AI and robotics. The program spans enterprise AI, autonomous agents, robotics, digital twins, intelligent automation and emerging applications across business, industry and everyday life. **Register Here**: https://www.melbconnect.com.au/events/ai-robotics-innovation-expo **Event details** * Date: Friday, 11 September 2026 * Time: 11:00 AM–3:00 PM * Venue: The Launchpad and The Lab, Melbourne Connect * Host: AIBUILD * Partners: InnovateConnect Alliance, Global Elite School, StarPlan AI and AI Development Group **Speakers** * **Dr Daisy Liu** — Founder and CEO, StarPlan AI * **Dr Johan Barthélemy** — Senior AI Scientist, NVIDIA AI Technology Centre * **Yifei Wang** — Founder and CEO, AIBUILD * **Wendy Jiang** — Co-Founder and Managing Director, StrataXcel * **Sicheng “Joe” Zhou** — Co-Founder and Director, AskRomi * **Liam Kelly** — Head of Technology Practice, Method Recruitment * **Joseph Lee** — Associate Director, Data, AI and Delivery, Method Recruitment * **Professor Jenny Waycott** — Professor of Human–Computer Interaction, University of Melbourne * **Carey Hassall** — NVIDIA Business Manager, Multimedia Technology * **Dickson Li** — Co-Founder and Director, Roboly * **Kathy Coultas** — Strategic Adviser, AIBUILD * **Amber Main** — Founder and Ecosystem Builder * **Professor Lihai Zhang** — Professor of Engineering Management, University of Melbourne **Expo agenda** * 10:00 AM–11:00 AM: Exhibitor setup * 11:00 AM–11:15 AM: Official opening * 11:15 AM–12:00 PM: Industrial demonstrations and startup pitches * 12:00 PM–1:00 PM: Expo showcase and networking * 1:00 PM–1:30 PM: Expo Pitch Stage presentations * 1:30 PM–2:00 PM: University of Melbourne research presentations * 2:00 PM–3:00 PM: Expo showcase, live demonstrations and networking * 3:00 PM–4:00 PM: Exhibitor pack-down Be an Exhibitor: please contact team@aidg.au

Presenting - 'Speaking on the spot'
Thu, Sep 3, 8:15 AMSmashing! Try something new Thursday Interactive reality workshops- Tonight get involved and have some fun. Ever walked away from a conversation thinking you should have said this or that, but instead suffered 'brain freeze'? Learn methods to respond on the spot, and follow up with practice in small groups. Learn by doing! Serious about improving your leadership - **Why mess, come to the best** Why is Smashing different to other speaking clubs? Just two member's thoughts, "The fun/laughs factor is definitely a point of difference. We keep it moving with high standards so it’s a nice balance. Too strict makes it tense and boring, too loose and we can lose the energy/commercial feel. SmashSpeak's vibe's in the sweet spot." "At other clubs I used to listen to long speeches and lectures, here we get so many chances to talk every meeting, that we have to improve" **Free parking** close: O'Connell and Cobden streets **IMPORTANT: Be on time, as doors close when the show starts** “Proudly Australian" – Free-flowing teamwork, greater good focus, sharing the stage, etc Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St (Opposite Queen Vic Market) Level 1, PURPLE Room (End of corridor) More to come...
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