For the community, from the community.

Free evenings where the people building Australian digital teams work through the hard questions in front of their peers. Practitioners on stage, the room asking the questions, and no pitch at the end.

Next event2027

Next topic: to be announced

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 60 free seats a night. Dates early 2027.

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panellists
200+
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Since April 2026. Free to attend, free to speak. Updated after every night.

For the community

From the stage

“Community is everything. Kindred is about supporting the industry and facilitating discussions that benefit the wider community.”

Wylan Ho, founder of Kindred, from the opening of each night.

Past events

Two topics, four nights, every recap and panel
From the community

The people who run it, on stage.

16 panellists and counting

Industry leaders from different sectors, on stage to share what they think and have it questioned.

In-house, agency, independent and founder, from REA Group, Optus, Airtasker, IAG, Omnicom, Media Merchants and more.

Got an opinion worth testing on a room of peers? Pitch a topic.

Past panellists

All panellists
Aidan Beanland, Digital Discovery Lead at Optus
Aidan Beanland
Digital Discovery Lead
Optus
Agentic Commerce
Sydney, October 22, 2026
Anky An, panellist at Agentic Commerce Brisbane
Anky An
Apps Engineering Practice Principal (QLD)
NCS Australia
Agentic Commerce
Brisbane, October 8, 2026
Brendan Christie, panellist at Agentic Commerce Brisbane
Brendan Christie
Head of Performance & Data Science
Media Merchants
Agentic Commerce
Brisbane, October 8, 2026
Jean-Yves Scauri, Independent SEO and AI Search Advisor
Jean-Yves Scauri
Independent SEO and AI Search Advisor
Ex Head of SEO, iProspect (Dentsu)
Measuring AI Search
Sydney, April 16, 2026
Jessica White, Marketing Leader
Jessica White
Marketing Leader
Ex-DEPT VP, SXSW panel host and moderator
Measuring AI Search
Sydney, April 16, 2026
Jine Wu, SEO Operations Manager at REA Group
Jine Wu
SEO Operations Manager
REA Group
Agentic Commerce
Melbourne, October 1, 2026
Lovee Jain, panellist at Agentic Commerce Melbourne
Lovee Jain
Agentic Systems Engineer
IAG
Agentic Commerce
Melbourne, October 1, 2026
Maricel Custodio, Director of Digital Marketing
Maricel Custodio
Director of Digital Marketing
Torrens University
Measuring AI Search
Sydney, April 16, 2026
Matthias Depoortere, Head of Growth and Marketing
Matthias Depoortere
Head of Growth and Marketing
Vine Apparel
Measuring AI Search
Sydney, April 16, 2026
Nitin Karunakaran, National Head of SEO at Alley Group
Nitin Karunakaran
National Head of SEO
Alley Group (part of Nunn Media)
Agentic Commerce
Melbourne, October 1, 2026
Rahul Sengupta, Melbourne SEO and GEO Lead at Prosperity Media
Rahul Sengupta
Melbourne SEO & GEO Lead
Prosperity Media
Agentic Commerce
Melbourne, October 1, 2026
Regan McGregor, Discoverability Lead at Airtasker
Regan McGregor
Discoverability Lead
Airtasker
Agentic Commerce
Sydney, October 22, 2026
Sally Mills, panellist at Agentic Commerce
Sally Mills
Senior SEO Consultant
Independent
Agentic Commerce
Brisbane, October 8, 2026
Sarah Saputra, Founder of Belle Fever and ORIAI
Sarah Saputra
Founder
Belle Fever & ORIAI
Agentic Commerce
Sydney, October 22, 2026
Stelios Moudakis, panellist at Agentic Commerce Brisbane
Stelios Moudakis
General Manager, Discoverability
Omnicom
Agentic Commerce
Brisbane, October 8, 2026
Tara Iwamoto, Founder of Vibe Coding Lab
Tara Iwamoto
Founder
Vibe Coding Lab
Agentic Commerce
Sydney, October 22, 2026
How a night runs
5:30
Doors, drinks, name badges
6:05
Panel, four practitioners, one moderator
7:15
Questions from the room
7:30
Networking until 8:30
Hosted by Kindred Talent

Every night is run by Kindred Talent in partnership with brands across Australia, who open their offices, back the bar and bring their communities.

Want your brand on the next night? Talk to Wylan about partnering.

Prosperity Media
Iru
Mantel Group
Google Developer Group Brisbane

Still from the community

4.4
out of 5, average attendee rating from the feedback forms.
“You can outsource your thinking, but you cannot outsource your understanding.”
Regan McGregor, Discoverability LeadAirtasker · Sydney panel
“The perspective around agentic commerce, and how to communicate it to people outside our team and clients. Reassurance that experts in the field are having the same issues as us.”
Senior Digital Marketing LeadEcommerce agency · Sydney
“Technical SEO and structured data are becoming even more critical in an AI-first search landscape.”
Sagar G, Marketing ManagerWorkplace Access and Safety · Melbourne
“It was reassuring to confirm that other industry leaders are at a similar stage to us.”
Gavin Jones, Head of DigitalMaisona · Sydney
“Always remember the basics are the key. Knowing basic engineering is the first step of an AI agent.”
Subin Choo, Software DeveloperECKOO · Brisbane
“The key panel recommendations for optimising for the AI era.”
Melbourne attendeeOn the one thing they took back to the team
“Keeping sites accessible for crawlers, particularly server side.”
Brisbane attendeeOn the one thing they took back to the team

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