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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: Are checklists leaving people out in the cold?
Mon, Aug 10, 7:30 AM## Accessibility Allies monthly roundtable - on Monday Normally the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Proudly supported by **[Builure](https://www.builure.com.au)**[.](https://www.builure.com.au) ### Topic for August: Are checklists leaving people out in the cold? Passing a checklist doesn’t mean it's accessible. Join us with special guests to discuss WCAG, Section 508, and other checklists. Ever wanted to know how WCAG guidelines are made? This is your chance to learn about version 3, and how you can be part of it. * **[Charlii Parker](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlii-parker/)**, Senior Usability and Accessibility Consultant at **[TTC Global](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ttcglobalqa/)**. * **[Amanda Mace](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-mace-85171b77/)**, Australian Chapter Manager for **[W3C](https://www.w3.org/evangelists/list/)**. **Wear your favourite winter scarf as we discuss how we can build digital experiences that don’t leave people out in the cold**. Meet accessibility professionals and advocates. * No presentations * Open discussion * Exchange ideas * Genuine connections ### Monday 10 August 2026 **< Note: This month will be on Monday, not Tuesday** **5:30 pm** \- 7:30 pm #### Free **Registration via Humanitix is essential** (for building access). Light refreshments provided (including gluten-free and vegan). #### Location **Tank Stream Labs** 440 Collins Street, Melbourne * Quiet exclusive space * Wheelchair access * Accessible toilet **Building Entry** Enter via the entrance on **Collins Street**. **Come to Level 5**. Meet other attendees. **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 questions** Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs or questions not covered in the FAQs. We will do what we can to help you feel comfortable attending.
🤖 Group Therapy: An Honest Session on How We Actually Feel About AI
Thu, Aug 13, 8:00 AMWe are finally doing it. A talk themed around AI. But we know it's session nobody wants to admit they need. We've all heard the AI buzzwords - "excited," "leaning in," "embracing the tools", "It's about Taste" But what's the version we tell our partner at 11pm? This session is a confession booth disguised as a meetup: no corporate talking points, no performative optimism, just a room full of professionals finally saying the quiet part out loud. What you'll hear: ✨ The mood ring check-in: Has your relationship with AI actually evolved - curiosity, to fatigue, to something like grudging acceptance? Or are you stuck on repeat? ✨ Empowered or expendable: The gap between the tools making us faster and the fear that "faster" was never really the point ✨ The honesty audit: Are we saying what we actually feel, or reciting the script we think we're supposed to perform? ✨ Slop or stealth: Is AI-generated mediocrity actually improving - or has it just gotten better at hiding in plain sight? ✨ The invoice after the honeymoon: Businesses got the discounted intro rate. Is anyone budgeting for what this actually costs once the novelty pricing ends? ✨ Who's actually watching the risk: How leaders are (or aren't) identifying, assessing, and managing AI risk before it becomes a headline 👉 The debate on the table: "Most people are more anxious than they admit" vs "People are largely fine and adapting" Pick a side. Defend it. Or admit you're not sure, which might be the most honest answer in the room. 📌 The details: * Date: Thursday 13th August * Host: Melbourne Design Thinking Meetup x Scyne Advisory * Refreshments included: Pizza and fizz! Our Speakers: **Liz Collins León** *Experience Architect \| Design Operations Strategist* Liz is an Experience Architect with over 15 years designing systems, campaigns, and communication solutions across retail, telecommunications, and front-to-back office operations. With tenure at Telstra, Google, and more recently Genesys, she is a design leader and mentor whose passion for creating inclusive experiences expands beyond delivering data-driven, digital products. Whether fostering a community effort to found a greenbelt reserve, designing learning spaces, or promoting psychological safety in the workplace, she endeavors to strengthen communities through online and offline connections. **Gemma Mooney** *Product Design Lead \| RACV* With over 20 years of experience spanning UX, digital product design and design leadership. She specialises in helping organisations understand customer needs and translate insights into improved products, services and experiences. At RACV, Gemma leads strategic discovery, research and experience design initiatives across a range of member experiences, including onboarding, emergency roadside assistance, payments, chat and AI-enabled digital services. She also led the design of the RACV app from concept through to launch, helping shape the vision, user experience and member proposition for one of RACV's most important digital products. More recently, she has been helping embed AI into the design practice, developing practical approaches for using tools such as Copilot to support research, synthesis, journey mapping and opportunity identification. Prior to RACV, Gemma was UX Manager at Intrepid Travel, where she established the company's UX practice and championed user-centred design across the organisation. She also led Intrepid's first innovation hackathon, bringing together cross-functional teams to solve customer and business challenges through design-led thinking. Throughout her career, Gemma has been passionate about creating evidence-based, customer-centred experiences and helping teams use research and emerging technologies to drive better outcomes for customers and organisations alike. Her work has been recognised with Intrepid Travel's Outstanding Achievement Award and Travel Weekly's Women in Travel Award. **David Cullen** *Managing Director, Scyne Advisory (GAICD)* David has spent two decades on the front line of Australia's cyber resilience — the kind of career where "incident response" isn't a slide in a deck, it's a 3am phone call. As Victoria's former Chief Information Security Officer, he built the state's Cyber Incident Response Service from scratch and led the response to Victoria's largest-ever public sector cyber-attack, all while establishing the frameworks that now coordinate cyber emergencies statewide. At the national level, David represented Victoria on the National Cyber Security Committee and built the National Operations Subcommittee to get states talking to each other before a crisis, not during one. He's now a Managing Director at Scyne Advisory, leading national incident response capability and helping organisations across the public and private sector get serious about cyber preparedness before they need to. David holds a Master of Public Policy and Management, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a recipient of the Resilient Australia Award. He brings a rare thing to a stage: someone who's actually been the person picking up the phone when it all goes wrong — and has the scars, systems, and stories to prove it.
Tell better stories, or we are stuck with this…
Thu, Aug 20, 7:30 AM* Topic: Tell better stories, or we are stuck with this… * Date: Thursday 20th August 2026 at 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm * Networking: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm and 6:45 pm - 7:30 pm * Presentation Time: 6:00 pm - 6.45 pm *(includes welcome, presentation 30 mins & community marketplace)* * Location: Thoughtworks HQ Level 35/360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 * Ticket: Free of cost, however, registrations and RSVP are required! * Sponsor: Thoughtworks **Precis** In a room at the Canberra Parliament in late 2013, a group of engineers and officials gathered to brief Federal Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the struggling NBN rollout. There was a hard choice to make - fibre to the node, or fibre to the premises. The topic was so complex, the explanations so extensive, the impacts so varied, and the powerpoint slides so detailed, that making a decision proved vexing to the Minister. In the end, he chose the 'hybrid' model, based on data he could fathom the meaning of. This proved famously costly to Australia's economic development. Nigel Dalton will relate this moment to the decisions being made in Boardrooms in 2026, about similar choices on the adoption of AI & ML tech that could be equally momentous. How can data professionals ensure the narratives they are producing provide the maximum clarity to decision-makers, and avoid another NBN? **About The Speaker** Nigel Dalton is a social scientist at Thoughtworks Asia-Pacific. He is well-known for his work in technology and innovation, stemming from his time as CIO of REA Group and GM of Technology at Lonely Planet, as well as a diverse background in government, startups, and private enterprise across multiple countries. Nigel joined Thoughtworks in 2020, and has continued his work speaking at conferences, writing articles, podcasting, advising executives, and mentoring. After witnessing the highs and lows of high-stakes story-telling around technology and business decision-making for 4 decades, he is passionate about improving the quality of tech communications. The AI era is providing plenty of opportunities to improve that.
Learning / Projects - A Social Roundtable 🧠✨
Sat, Aug 15, 1:00 AMJoin us for a relaxed Saturday hangout to chat about whatever you've been working on recently or any courses you've taken or things you've learnt! No lectures or workshops - just good conversation in a roundtable format where everyone's input is welcome! \#\# What's the Vibe? * Relaxed, conversational roundtable format * Share your wins, fails, or discoveries * Discuss anything you've studied recently or any projects you are working on. * Connect with others exploring this space in Melbourne \#\# Who Should Come: * Anyone who's studying coding formally or casually * Developers building things they want to share * Complete non-coders who want to build things * Tech enthusiasts wanting to connect with like minds \#\# Practical Details: * Location: Melbourne Central Lion Hotel * Time: 11 AM to 2 PM (Saturday) Leave early if you like, no set schedule. * Format: Casual roundtable discussion * Bring: Your stories and questions (laptop optional) The pub was nice last time, let's discuss interesting coding projects or things you've been studying or learning. Join our Discord for location and updates: [https://discord.gg/uBxdn7R8SF](https://discord.gg/uBxdn7R8SF) **No registration needed - just show up and join the conversation!**
Group Chat #1: Me, Myself & AI
Sun, Aug 23, 1:30 AM**Group Chat #1: Me, Myself & AI** 🫖 Saturday brunch, one long table, twelve women from everywhere and one question: *what is AI actually doing to us?* What's one thing you've stopped doing since AI started doing it for you? Do you trust your own taste more or less than a year ago? What are we handing over without noticing and what should we absolutely keep? No pitches, no panels, no tech knowledge required — if you've ever used ChatGPT (or refused to), you're qualified. **You'll leave with:** a new community, a short list of reads, films and resources to keep pulling the thread and a say in what we talk about next. Every session ends with the table proposing the next topic and swapping recommendations, so this becomes *our* reading list, not a syllabus. **Format:** we go around with a question, then we talk. That's it. **Bring:** yourself. Order whatever you like (everyone covers their own). **Only 12 seats.** Small on purpose, so everyone actually gets to talk. Come as you are. Leave with better questions. 📍 Higher Ground, 650 Little Bourke St · 🗓 Sun 22 Aug · ⏰ 11:30am–1:20 pm
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