SYNERGY Sydney 2026
Agenda
Intelligence in action:
Navigate tomorrow, today
Thursday, 12 March 2026 | 9 am – 6 pm AEDT
Ilumina, 1 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000
Please note: Agenda subject to change
Registration [ Opens at 9 am ]
9:30 am – 10 am
Thomson Reuters Vision for 2026
Thomson Reuters leaders will unveil the key focus areas for the company's markets in 2026 and beyond.
Vishal Bali
Managing Director, Asia and Emerging Markets, Thomson Reuters
10 am – 10:45 am
Keynote: Janine Allis, Founder, Boost Juice and Retail Zoo
Janine Allis
Founder, Boost Juice and Retail Zoo
Morning tea [ 25 mins ]
11:15 am – 11:45 am
Thomson Reuters Global Product Roadmap
Discover the product innovations coming and how Thomson Reuters will help legal, tax compliance, and finance customers in 2026 and beyond.
David Wong
Chief Product Officer, Thomson Reuters
11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Realising Growth Through the Complexity
The complexity of the professional landscape isn’t going anywhere, and the pace of change is ever-growing. So how do leaders find ways to move forward when nothing is certain?
This panel of industry-leading CEOs will explore strategies and approaches to find growth opportunities through the complexity.
Paul Howes
Chief Executive Officer, Tenet Advisory & Investments
Dr Aruna Sathanapally
Chief Executive Officer and Economic Prosperity and Democracy Program Director, Grattan Institute
Axel Threlfall
Editor-at-Large, Reuters
Lunch [ 75 mins ]
Legal professionals track
1:45 pm – 2.10 pm
The Double Bottom Line: Financial and Human Benefits of Legal Tech and AI
Catherine Roberts
Senior Director, AI & LegalTech, APAC and the Middle East, Thomson Reuters
2:10 pm – 2.45 pm
Time to Think Again
The Honourable Justice François Kunc
Supreme Court of New South Wales
2:45 pm – 3.30 pm
The Future Legal Professionals
Timothy Burt
Director Strategy & Planning, Future Skills Organisation
David Newman
Chief Executive Officer, Maddocks
Catherine Renshaw
Dean of Law, Western Sydney University
3:30 pm – 4 pm
AI in Use
Tax & finance professionals track
1:45 pm – 2.35 pm
2026 Governance as a Strategic Focus
Andrew Hay
Head of Product Software Solutions, Thomson Reuters
Andrew Ko
Head of Group Strategy, Aware Super
2:35 pm – 3.10 pm
AI in Finance and Tax
Ray Grove
SVP Global Head of Product, Thomson Reuters
3:10 pm – 4 pm
Technology in Tax
Zoe Martinez
AI & Global Trade Segment Lead, Thomson Reuters