The conversation around AI has shifted. It’s no longer about whether organisations should adopt AI — it’s about how fast they can do it responsibly, securely, and at scale.
On 16 July 2026, Crown Melbourne Conference Hall Level 2 will bring together Australia’s sharpest AI engineers, infrastructure architects, and technology decision-makers for the Clutch Melbourne AI Engineering & Infrastructure Summit 2026. And XENON, together with NVIDIA®, will be front and centre.
This year, we’re not just sponsoring the event — we’re on the stage.
KEYNOTE 1: AI FACTORIES — WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE BECOMES A BUSINESS ENGINE
Joao Almeida,GM and Sales Director
At 9:40 AM, Joao Almeida, XENON’s General Manager and Sales Director, takes the stage to deliver his keynote: AI Factories: When Infrastructure Becomes a Business Engine.
Joao brings more than 25 years of HPC and AI infrastructure experience to the conversation. His session cuts through the hype and gets practical — what does it actually take to move AI from prototype to production? What infrastructure decisions define success or failure? And how do you build compute environments that scale with your ambitions rather than constrain them?
It’s a question XENON has been answering for some of Australia’s most demanding organisations, powered by NVIDIA technology.
KEYNOTE 2: NVIDIA BRINGS SECURITY AND PRIVACY TO AGENTIC AI WITH OPENCLAW
Michael Lang,Solutions Architecture Manager for APAC South
Also joining us on the day is Michael Lang, Solutions Architecture Manager for APAC South at NVIDIA. Michael’s keynote — NVIDIA Adds Security and Privacy to Make Agentic OpenClaw Enterprise-Ready — tackles one of the most pressing questions in AI right now: how do you make agentic AI systems safe, private, and enterprise-ready?
As autonomous AI agents move from research papers into production environments, the stakes around identity, access and data privacy have never been higher. Michael will share how NVIDIA is addressing these challenges head-on with OpenClaw, and what it means for organisations building the next generation of agentic systems.
WHY THIS SUMMIT IS WORTH YOUR TIME
The Clutch Melbourne AI Engineering & Infrastructure Summit is built for practitioners. No fluff, no vendor theatre — just real conversations from the people actually building and running AI systems. Across the day, sessions cover:
- Deploying AI at scale in critical infrastructure
- Ethical and responsible AI engineering
- Cloud vs. on-prem trade-offs for AI workloads
- AI observability, reliability, and knowing when your AI is actually working
- Edge AI, agentic systems, and zero-trust security for autonomous agents
Speakers from nbn Australia, Commonwealth Bank, SEEK, JB Hi-Fi, MYOB, Suncorp, Monash University, Andromeda Robotics, and more will be in the room. This is where Australia’s AI infrastructure decisions get made.
THE XENON X NVIDIA PARTNERSHIP
XENON’s partnership with NVIDIA is operational, not ornamental. From NVIDIA-Certified Systems™ to our AI JumpStart program, we give engineering and infrastructure teams the compute foundations, software stack, and hands-on expertise to build AI systems that actually perform in production. Whether you’re running large language models, training vision pipelines, or designing data infrastructure for agentic workloads — we’ve got the stack.
COME FIND US IN MELBOURNE
If you’re attending the summit, we’d love to connect. Catch both keynotes, join the roundtables and find the XENON team on the floor for a proper conversation about what AI infrastructure looks like for your organisation. Spots are filling fast. This is one of Melbourne’s biggest AI engineering gatherings of 2026 — free for practitioners, but not unlimited. Register now before you miss out.
Crown Melbourne
Conference Hall Level 2 Crown Promenade Melbourne 8 Whiteman
Street SOUTHBANK VIC 3006
Can’t make it in person? Follow along on LinkedIn for live updates and key takeaways from the day.
