Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- One-day conference focused on data security, resilience, and AI risk management
- Designed for IT leaders, security professionals, and resilience practitioners
- Dedicated tracks covering resilience strategies and security operations
- Hands-on technical labs featuring Veeam technologies
- Takes place July 30, 2026, in Sydney
Introduction
VeeamON Sydney: CONVERGE brings together IT and security professionals for a focused examination of data protection, organisational resilience, and the emerging risks associated with artificial intelligence. Scheduled for July 30 at Ilumina in Sydney, the event addresses challenges that have become increasingly urgent as enterprises expand their use of AI systems while simultaneously facing sophisticated cyber threats. The conference is particularly relevant for technology leaders navigating the complexities of securing data assets in environments where autonomous AI agents are becoming more prevalent.
About This Event
VeeamON Sydney: CONVERGE is a regional iteration of Veeam’s global conference programme, tailored specifically for the Australian market. The single-day format concentrates content delivery into an intensive schedule that balances strategic keynotes with practical technical sessions. Attendees gain exposure to both high-level perspectives on data and AI trust alongside opportunities for hands-on engagement with backup, recovery, and data management technologies.
Resilience and Security Tracks
The conference programme is organised around two parallel tracks that reflect the interconnected nature of modern data protection challenges. The Resilience track examines strategies for maintaining business continuity and recovering from disruptions, whether caused by ransomware attacks, infrastructure failures, or operational incidents. The Security track addresses the defensive measures and architectural approaches required to protect data assets from compromise.
This dual-track structure acknowledges that resilience and security, while distinct disciplines, must function as complementary capabilities within enterprise IT operations. Organisations that excel at threat prevention but lack robust recovery mechanisms remain vulnerable, just as those with strong backup practices but weak perimeter defences face unnecessary risk exposure.
Data Trust in the Age of Autonomous AI
A central theme of the conference concerns the implications of agentic AI for data governance and security. As AI systems transition from passive analytical tools to autonomous agents capable of taking actions and making decisions, the integrity and protection of underlying data becomes more critical. Compromised or corrupted data feeding into AI agents can propagate errors at scale, while AI systems themselves introduce new attack surfaces that traditional security frameworks may not adequately address.
Keynote sessions and customer presentations explore how organisations are establishing trust frameworks for AI deployments, balancing the operational benefits of automation against the governance requirements necessary to maintain data quality and security.
Technical Labs and Practical Learning
Beyond presentations and panel discussions, the event includes hands-on laboratory sessions where participants work directly with Veeam technologies in guided scenarios. These labs provide practical experience with backup, recovery, and data management tools in environments designed to simulate real-world operational conditions. For technical practitioners, such sessions offer opportunities to evaluate capabilities and explore implementation approaches that can inform decisions within their own organisations.
Who Should Attend
The event is designed for IT leaders responsible for infrastructure and data protection strategies, security professionals managing threat detection and response capabilities, and resilience practitioners focused on business continuity planning. Technical staff seeking hands-on experience with data protection technologies will find value in the laboratory sessions, while those in strategic roles can benefit from the broader discussions of AI risk and organisational resilience frameworks.