March 13, 2026 – Technology leaders across Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region are being asked to modernise, secure, optimise, and innovate at the same time. While investments in AI, data, and digital modernisation continue to increase, many IT organisations remain constrained by siloed capability improvements and reactive operating models. Without coordinated execution across architecture, applications, security, operations, and data, leadership teams face challenges in converting investment into measurable results.
At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, March 17–18 at the W Brisbane, featured keynotes and workshops anchored in the firm’s integrated IT Playbooks framework will provide attendees with structured 12-step methodologies designed to move IT functions from firefighting to forward-driving performance. By aligning domain-level improvements under a unified leadership model, organisations can strengthen governance, accelerate delivery, and scale capability systematically rather than incrementally.
“Many IT organisations investing heavily in AI, data, and digital transformation are struggling to translate that investment into sustained performance because improvements are made in silos rather than through a coordinated system,” says George Khreish, Managing Partner at Info-Tech Research Group, APAC. “The IT Playbook sessions at LIVE Brisbane are structured to equip leadership teams with a shared operating model that aligns architecture, security, data, and operations under a unified framework. When domain leaders move in coordination, execution accelerates across the enterprise.”
IT Playbook Keynote and Workshops at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane
The IT Playbooks programming at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane combines a mainstage keynote with hands-on workshops designed to help leaders apply structured improvement across core IT functions. The keynote will introduce the integrated Playbooks framework and how it scales across domains, while workshops translate the 12-step methodologies into prioritised, environment-specific roadmaps. Together, these sessions will help attendees turn broad transformation goals into coordinated, practical action:
- The Exponential IT Leader – Info-Tech’s Playbook for IT Transformation
The keynote session, The Exponential IT Leader: Info-Tech’s Playbook for IT Transformation, will introduce Info-Tech’s integrated IT Playbooks framework as a coordinated model for scaling leadership maturity across the IT function. Anchored by the CIO Playbook and extended across Data, Security, Applications, Infrastructure & Operations, Enterprise Architecture, and AI, the framework is designed to help leadership teams improve both individually and collectively under a unified structure.
- The Enterprise Architecture Playbook
This workshop will explore how enterprise architects can unify business and IT under a connected operating model. With a focus on strategic alignment and execution clarity, the session will examine how architecture can guide investment decisions, reduce organisational complexity, and ensure initiatives translate into measurable value across the enterprise.
- The Security Playbook
Focused on strengthening risk discipline across digital environments, this workshop will examine how security leaders can embed clearer governance, enhance threat visibility, and formalise response capabilities. By aligning controls and accountability with business priorities, organisations can shift toward a proactive security posture that supports resilience and sustained performance.
- The Artificial Intelligence Playbook
As AI initiatives expand, this workshop will address how organisations can scale responsibly while balancing innovation with risk management. The session will examine governance models, operating structures, and value alignment practices that help transform AI from isolated experimentation into a coordinated capability that drives measurable business impact.
- The Data and Analytics Playbook
This session will focus on strengthening data governance, improving quality standards, and aligning analytics initiatives to strategic objectives. By clarifying ownership and embedding disciplined practices, organisations can move beyond reactive reporting toward a culture of trusted insight and performance-driven decision-making.
- The Infrastructure and Operations Playbook
Centred on operational maturity and service reliability, this workshop will examine how IT leaders can modernise core environments while strengthening accountability and performance visibility. The session will focus on improving stability, scalability, and service alignment to support sustained enterprise growth.
- The Applications Playbook
This workshop will explore how organisations can bring greater structure and visibility to application strategy and lifecycle management. By strengthening portfolio discipline, modernisation planning, and delivery oversight, leaders can ensure applications consistently align with business priorities and deliver long-term value.
Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane will provide CIOs and senior IT leaders with a focused environment to strengthen how their leadership teams operate as a system rather than as isolated functions. Through keynote sessions, domain workshops, and direct analyst engagement, attendees will gain clarity on how to coordinate execution across architecture, applications, security, data, operations, and AI to improve enterprise-wide performance.
For more information about the event, please visit the Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane page.
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