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May 6, 2026
330 Collins St, Melbourne

Lead the next era of compliance

A closed-door executive forum on sovereign AI governance and continuous regulatory confidence.

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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

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

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Sovereign AI: what control means for critical infrastructure operators

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Practical steps to operationalise assurance across multi-framework obligations

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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

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Anthony Stevens

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, 6clicks


Ant is the Founder and CEO of 6clicks, an AI-powered SaaS platform for risk management and compliance. A former KPMG Partner and Chief Digital Officer, he’s led major digital transformation programs and overseen over $750M in IT procurement across large enterprises. He’s the author of Chasing Digital and regularly speaks on AI, governance, and the future of GRC. Ant holds degrees in Commerce and Information Systems, plus a Master of Commercial Law from the University of Melbourne, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

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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.

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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.

Paul Foley

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.

EVENT PROGRAM

Closed-door discussion for Melbourne critical infrastructure operators, security leads, and risk professionals on building the evidence foundations that SOCI requires and resilience demands.

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Arrival and registration

10:20 AM – 10:30 AM

Welcome & introductions

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Opening perspective
Sovereign AI & Operational Resilience

Why Melbourne, why now, and what “sovereignty” means when control has deadlines.

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Executive roundtable
Sovereign AI in practice

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

→ Sovereign AI: what “control” means for critical infrastructure operators

→ From self-attestation to continuous evidence-based assurance

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

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Closed-door executive dialogue

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

→ Practical steps to operationalise assurance across multi-framework obligations

12:00 PM -12:10 PM

Key takeaways & forward outlook

12:10 PM - onwards

Networking lunch

Continue the conversation in a relaxed setting with fellow senior leaders.

An opportunity to deepen connections, exchange insights, and explore potential collaboration or follow-up discussions.

Venue

CBD, Melbourne [TBA]

Duration

Approximately 3 hours from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Format

In-person forum with interactive sessions

Dress code

Business professional

EVENT TOUR

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

Melbourne is part of the 6clicks 2026 Sovereign AI and Regulatory Assurance Forum series, bringing the same closed-door executive conversation to critical infrastructure and government leaders across the region.

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EVENT TESTIMONIALS

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Other vendors we looked at drove significant implementation costs... 6clicks made it easy for us to address all of these use cases without incurring additional cost.

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Paul Conway
IT Security Manager at Freightways
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Going back about two years ago, we looked at different products and landed on 6clicks because it provided the scalability and ease of use we needed to encourage adoption.

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Joe Kelly
VP of IT and Data Security at Lumine
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The company selected 6clicks after being highly recommended by one of its sister companies and based on the comprehensive GRC solution offered.

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Kellie Colins
LPMA Head of Health & Safety at Liberty Steel
WHY 6CLICKS

Trusted by teams worldwide

See how 6clicks delivers measurable results at scale.

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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.