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.
*CPD points may apply
Chris Freeland
Chief Executive Officer, CPA Australia
Paul Howes
Chief Executive Officer, Tenet Advisory & Investments
Tony O'Malley,
Independent Chair & Non-Executive Director, Wotton Kearney
Dr Aruna Sathanapally
Chief Executive Officer and Economic Prosperity and Democracy Program Director, Grattan Institute
Axel Threlfall
Editor-at-Large, Reuters
Lunch [ 60 mins ]
1:30 pm – 2.30 pm
Decoding Australia: Geopolitical tensions and economic shifts shaping today’s and tomorrow’s professional landscape
Join Reuters’ Andrea Shalal, White House Correspondent, Washington DC; Cynthia Kim, Chief Economics Correspondent, Seoul; Antony Currie, Breakingviews Columnist, Melbourne and Axel Threlfall, Editor at Large as they discuss the geopolitical and economic factors shaping Australia’s professional landscape.
Antony Currie
Breakingviews Columnist, Melbourne, Reuters
Trevor R. Hunnicutt
White House Correspondent, Washington DC, Reuters
Cynthia Kim
Chief Economics Correspondent, Seoul, Reuters
Axel Threlfall
Editor-at-Large, Reuters
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Time to Think Again
Technological change is nothing new for the law. However, never has there been a technological change that has the capacity to fundamentally alter everything that the law involves: study, practice and judging. That is why it really is time to think again.
*CPD points may apply
The Honourable Justice François Kunc
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Legal professionals track
3:00 pm – 3.45 pm
The Future Legal Professionals
*CPD points may apply
Timothy Burt
Director Strategy & Planning, Future Skills Organisation
The Honourable Justice François Kunc
Supreme Court of New South Wales
David Newman
Chief Executive Officer, Maddocks
Catherine Renshaw
Dean of Law, Western Sydney University
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Legal's final session
Tax & finance professionals track
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
2026 Governance as a Strategic Focus
Patricia Bertuzzi
Senior Finance Manager, Merivale
Sandie Boswell
Chief Executive Officer, Bentleys
Angela Giunta
Group Global Tax Manager, Multiplex
Andrew Hay
Head of Product Software Solutions, Thomson Reuters
Andrew Ko
Head of Group Strategy, Aware Super
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm
ONESOURCE+ 2026 and Beyond
Ray Grove
SVP Global Head of Product, Thomson Reuters
Networking & refreshments [ until 6 pm ]
*Attendees may be able to claim CPD points for attending this conference depending on their jurisdiction.