Competing in a fragmented world: Building resilience and capturing value in the AI era
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Competing in a fragmented world: Building resilience and capturing value in the AI era

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 15, 20261 hr 2 min

The next wave of AI and emerging technology promises productivity gains but the conditions for realising them are becoming more complex. In a more contested and constrained global environment, technology strategy can no longer be separated from geopolitics or policy settings. This session brings together leading economic and geopolitical perspectives to unpack: • where risks are rising • where opportunities remain and are emerging, and • how organisations can build resilience and advantage in a more fragmented digital world. Dr Stephen King (Productivity Commission), Dr Merriden Varrall (VantageGeopol) and Cameron Mitchell (ANZ) examine how AI, data...

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Music Good morning and welcome to DFS 2026, our final day. I'd like to begin by acknowledging that we are coming to you from the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and

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emerging, and I extend my respects to all First Nations people joining us today. The theme for this year's summit is harnessing change, and that topic is nowhere more relevant, we think, than in this question. Can we in Australia capture the value from emerging technologies in a world that is closing

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in? Our audience will be well aware of the productivity challenges that Australia faces. This was the subject of extensive roundtable discussions in 2025, a five-pillar report from the Productivity Commission, a recent reforms tabled by government, and ongoing

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