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May 6, 2026

Level 4, 330 Collins St Melbourne VIC Australia 3000

Move beyond compliance and manage risk with confidence

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

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EVENT OVERVIEW

Navigating the future of AI governance in Victoria

Victoria’s push to build a world-class AI economy is accelerating expectations for regulated organisations. Critical infrastructure and government leaders are now being asked to prove control, fast, across SOCI, VPDSS, Essential Eight, and emerging AI infrastructure requirements. This invitation-only forum brings Melbourne executives together to explore what sovereign AI governance looks like in practice, and how to move from periodic self-attestation to continuous, evidence-based assurance.

Key topics

Victoria's AI mandate and the convergence of SOCI, VPDSS, and Essential Eight
Sovereign AI: what control means for critical infrastructure operators
Practical steps to operationalise assurance across multi-framework obligations
Geopolitical volatility (incl. Middle East conflict) and what it changes for critical infrastructure assurance: supply chain resilience, third-party risk, and the need for always-current evidence
The Sovereign GRC Stack: a unified platform for Victoria's obligation environment

SPEAKERS

Meet our experts

The only thing we take more seriously than compliance is a good conversation

Andrew Robinson Co-Founder, 6clicks Andrew is a 6clicks co-founder and former CISO. Leveraging his prior experience as a cyber security specialist, manager, consultant, and now CISO, Andrew provides regular commentary on cyber security trends and issues. As a Founder, Andrew has developed an acute understanding of business and innovation and puts cyber security into practice not only for his own company but for partners and customers that adopt the 6clicks cyber governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform. He holds CISSP, CISM, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor and ASD IRAP qualifications as well as a Masters in Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism majoring in Cyber Security.
Magic Freeman Principal Consultant - Governance, Risk & Compliance, CyberCX Magic is an accomplished cyber security leader, experienced in both technical and leadership capacities, including former CISO in the healthcare industry. He is currently working as a principal consultant in Governance, Risk and Compliance practice at CyberCX where he leads complex engagements across Critical Infrastructure and FSI sectors.He holds several professional certifications including CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 Lead Auditor as well as a master’s degree in computer networks. He is also the chair of centre of excellence for NIST Cybersecurity Framework service line within CyberCX.
Paul Foley Executive Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance, CyberCX Paul Foley is the Executive Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance for CyberCX. Paul has been passionately supporting the mission of Australian state and federal government law enforcement and national security agencies for over 20 years. Paul has held executive leadership roles in the private sector and cyber security technical specialist roles in several federal government agencies. Paul has been relied upon to successfully navigate complex problem spaces, building relationships and finding paths to solutions in high pressure environments and tightly constrained timeframes.
Darryl Morphett Strategic Partner and Growth - APAC, 6clicks Darryl is a technology and business transformation leader with over 15 years of experience helping senior executives turn technology strategy into measurable business outcomes. With a background in senior leadership roles at Ernst & Young, he has partnered with ASX50 and public sector organisations across multiple industries. Darryl is known for cutting through complexity to connect strategy with execution and deliver scalable, real-world results.

EVENT PROGRAM

Throughout, we’ll open key topics to the room for peer perspectives, shared patterns, and practical takeaways.

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Arrival, registration, and networking

Settle in over coffee and refreshments, meet the room, and get straight into the real conversations.

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Welcome & introductions

Quick intros (name, company, role) and your key focus areas

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM

Part one: Sovereign AI & regulatory frameworks

Provocative prompts + discussion on sovereignty as control:

- Where regulation struggles (lag, drift, false confidence)
- “Sovereign AI” claimed vs demonstrated
- Deployment outpacing obligations
- Accountability for AI harm

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Part two: From policy to continuous regulatory confidence

A practical path from documents to evidence: assurance maturity (0–5), the role of shared standards (e.g., ISO 42001 / NIST AI RMF), and the operating model for continuous regulatory confidence (evidence linked to obligations, controls mapped to real services, assurance that runs continuously).

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM

Key takeaways & forward outlook

We’ll distill the debates into practical “do this next” insights; the kind you can take back to your org and use in governance, assurance, and risk decisions immediately.

3:30 PM onwards

Afternoon tea and networking

Keep conversations going beyond the agenda! Lock in connections, peer-to-peer war stories, regulator-operator perspective checks, and the kind of off-record clarity you don’t get in webinars.

Venue Level 4, 330 Collins St Melbourne VIC Australia 3000
Duration Approximately 3 hours from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Format In-person forum with interactive sessions
Dress code Business professional

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Learn more about the CyberCX × 6clicks partnership and joint initiatives supporting sovereign AI, governance, and assurance across government and critical infrastructure.

CyberCX is a strategic partner of 6clicks and a leading cyber security and cloud services company supporting government and enterprise organisations across cyber resilience, risk management, compliance, and secure transformation initiatives. Learn more about the CyberCX × 6clicks partnership and joint initiatives.

6clicks delivers sovereign GRC infrastructure built for government, defence, and critical infrastructure operators. The platform combines AI-powered risk and compliance workflows, flexible sovereign deployment models, and agentic connectivity across complex environments.

Learn more about the CyberCX × 6clicks partnership and joint initiatives.

This session is designed for regulators and quasi-regulators (policy teams, assurance functions, oversight bodies), plus regulated entities working in high-accountability environments where AI systems and dependencies change faster than the audit cycle.

Yes, we welcome multiple attendees from the same organization if they hold relevant senior roles in security, compliance, risk, or governance.

Please have each person register individually as seating is limited to 35 total attendees.

No, this is a complimentary executive forum. Attendance is limited seats and is by invitation only, prioritizing senior leaders from organizations actively addressing AI governance and regulatory challenges in Canberra.

No — it’s a discussion-first forum focused on the real assurance challenge: how to move beyond point-in-time snapshots and self-attestation toward structured evidence and continuous confidence.

Short framing segments followed by facilitated, open-floor discussion on the key topics — so you can test assumptions, pressure-check ideas, and learn what peers are seeing across sectors.

Yes. The format is designed for constructive, facilitated discussion — with shared problem-solving and clear takeaways, not point-scoring.

Bring 1–2 real questions you’re wrestling with (e.g., what “comparable evidence” should look like, where self-attestation breaks, how to tier oversight).

No pre-read required.

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WHY 6CLICKS

Trusted where getting it wrong is not an option.

Government, defence, and critical infrastructure.

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Customer satisfaction rate

80

Increase in efficiency through AI automation

100

Channel-aligned for tailored advisory and MSP delivery

1000

Frameworks across industries and use cases

5000

Users in 40+ countries

About 6clicks

6clicks is the leading AI-powered GRC platform enabling organizations to evolve toward adaptive compliance and demonstrate continuous regulatory confidence at scale. Purpose-built for sovereign AI environments, 6clicks supports CISOs and GRC teams in building evidence-based governance frameworks that scale with innovation.

Move beyond compliance and manage risk with confidence

Navigating the future of AI governance in Victoria

Key topics

Victoria's AI mandate and the convergence of SOCI, VPDSS, and Essential Eight

Sovereign AI: what control means for critical infrastructure operators

Practical steps to operationalise assurance across multi-framework obligations

Geopolitical volatility (incl. Middle East conflict) and what it changes for critical infrastructure assurance: supply chain resilience, third-party risk, and the need for always-current evidence

The Sovereign GRC Stack: a unified platform for Victoria's obligation environment

Meet our experts

Andrew Robinson

Magic Freeman

Paul Foley

Darryl Morphett

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM

3:30 PM onwards

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Duration

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Dress code

Frequently asked questions

When systems fail, can you prove control within 12 hours?

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Dubai

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Trusted where getting it wrong is not an option.

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About 6clicks