AI Events in Sydney, NSW

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Sep

Sat

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM AEST

Sydney Wetware #2: Biological Foundation Models

43 Botany Streetby Sydney Wetware

An informal evening on biological foundation models: specialised neural networks trained to predict molecular tokens across DNA, RNA and protein. Covers what it takes to build one, plus capabilities, data requirements and limitations.

MeetupFreeAdvancedResearchersDevelopers

Sep

Wed

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM AEST

Has AI and Big Tech Opted Out of Human Rights?

Art Gallery of New South Walesby Australian Human Rights Institute

The Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW hosts its annual Provocation Series debate on whether AI developers and large technology firms have stepped outside human rights obligations, with Toby Walsh and the ACMA Chief AI Officer on the panel.

MeetupAll levelsGeneralResearchersBusiness

Sep

Thu

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM AEST

Sydney AI Safety and Governance Monthly Meetup

The Chippo Hotelby Gigascale Laboratories

A relaxed monthly Sydney gathering for people working on AI safety and governance. It is a chance to meet peers, compare approaches to oversight and risk, and welcome newcomers to the local community.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersResearchersBusinessGeneral

Sep

Fri

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM AEST

[un]prompted.au

Iluminaby Vigilant Labs

The Australian edition of the US Unprompted conference, sitting at the intersection of AI and offensive and defensive security research. Two days of sessions on automated research workflows, AI governance and infrastructure, model behaviour and inference optimisation.

ConferenceAdvancedDevelopersResearchers

Sep

Thu

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM AEST

AI in Health with Professor Joseph Powell and Prashanth Rajan

The Pillarsby Barker Street Ventures

An investor-focused Sydney discussion on AI in healthcare, from biological data and precision medicine to translating research into diagnostics, therapies and companies. Professor Joseph Powell and investor Prashanth Rajan lead the conversation.

NetworkingFreeAdvancedBusinessResearchers

Sep

Tue

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM AEST

AAIF Agentic AI Night: Agents in Production

Vivanti Consultingby AAIF Community Sydney

A Sydney evening for engineers, researchers and builders working on agentic AI. The launch event examines what changes when agents move from demos into production, including technical trade-offs, failures, demos and peer discussion.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersBusiness

Oct

Sun

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM AEDT

Where's the AI Off Switch?

Sydney Opera Houseby Sydney Opera House

An hour-long panel on how to preserve critical thinking and creativity as artificial intelligence expands into more of daily life. Presented in the Sydney Opera House Talks and Ideas strand with the University of Sydney as part of Sydney Ideas, and open to all ages.

MeetupAll levelsGeneralResearchersStudents

Oct

Mon

7:00 AM – 11:30 PM AEDT

RIMPA Global Hackathon 2026

Royal Randwick Racecourseby RIMPA Global

A three-day hackathon on how AI-generated content accelerates bias, misinformation and disinformation at scale, and what information and records management practice can do in response. Free to enter, judged by an independent industry panel, sponsored by the National Archives of Australia, with a A$10,000 grand prize.

HackathonFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersStudents

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