FUTR of Federal Government 2026

Australia’s federal leaders come together to accelerate trusted digital government, delivering real service outcomes through data, platforms, cyber resilience, and responsible AI.

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  • September 17, 2026

  • 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

  • Hotel Realm, Canberra

Delivering the 2030 Vision: Where Australia’s Federal Leaders Turn Strategy into Service Outcomes

The Australian Public Service is at a critical delivery point between the launch of the Data and Digital Government Strategy and its 2030 horizon. As expectations shift from reform intent to measurable outcomes, agencies face increasing pressure to deliver visible service improvements while maintaining trust, resilience, and accountability.

The FUTR of Federal Government Summit brings together senior APS leaders across digital, data, ICT, cyber, AI, and policy to focus on translating strategy into real service delivery, strengthening digital foundations, and sustaining public confidence.

Themes Shaping Federal Government Delivery

  • Trusted digital service delivery and citizen confidence

  • Cross-portfolio platforms, digital identity, data sharing, and interoperability

  • Cyber resilience across shared and critical government infrastructure

  • Responsible adoption of data, analytics, and AI in decision-making and services

  • Modernising legacy systems while maintaining essential service continuity

  • Building APS workforce capability across digital, data, cyber, and delivery disciplines

WHO ATTENDS

  • Senior public sector executives leading digital, data, technology, and service transformation across federal, state, and local government

  • Leaders responsible for delivering citizen services, platforms, and shared government capabilities

  • Cyber, data, and AI leaders enabling secure, trusted, and connected government operations

  • Policy, regulatory, and assurance leaders shaping standards, accountability, and public confidence

Preliminary Agenda

Subject to refinement as speakers and sessions are finalised.

    • How the Data and Digital Government Strategy is shifting the focus from reform intent to measurable service outcomes across portfolios 

    • The role of WoG platforms, identity, and data in lifting service performance and delivery confidence 

    • What central agencies now expect in assurance, accountability, and benefits realisation as digital capability becomes core national infrastructure 

    • Turning WoG strategy into measurable delivery outcomes across portfolios, missions, and shared services.

    • Scaling shared platforms, digital identity, data, and AI to support secure, connected, and reliable government services.

    • Managing risk, assurance, and public trust in shared delivery environments as digital capability becomes core to government service delivery.

    • Rotating roundtable discussions enabling candid peer exchange on delivery challenges, insights, and practical implementation experience.

    • Rotating roundtable discussions enabling candid peer exchange on delivery challenges, insights, and practical implementation experience.

    • Reducing duplication while respecting portfolio legislation, risk appetite, and agency autonomy 

    • Enabling interoperability across legacy and modern environments through standards, APIs, and shared architecture principles 

    • Operating shared capability with clear ownership, funding models, service expectations, and assurance aligned to whole-of-government investment oversight 

    • Rotating roundtable discussions enabling candid peer exchange on delivery challenges, insights, and practical implementation experience.

    • Rotating roundtable discussions enabling candid peer exchange on delivery challenges, insights, and practical implementation experience.

    • Sequencing modernisation around critical services so transformation, cyber uplift, and new policy delivery can progress without disrupting essential services 

    • Making architecture and sourcing choices that support reliability, maintainability, and future reuse across portfolios 

    • Building delivery confidence through testing, operational readiness, and strong incident and change management 

    • Translating the 2023–2030 Cyber Security Strategy and Horizon 2 priorities into practical controls, operating playbooks, and clear accountability across government 

    • Managing shared, third-party, and concentration risk across critical government technology and service environments 

    • Maintaining service continuity during incidents through coordinated response, communication, recovery, and cross-agency learning 

    • Turning the APS Data, Digital and Cyber Workforce Plan 2025–30 into practical capability uplift across agencies, delivery teams, and specialist cohorts

    • Building real-world delivery capability across product and service design, cyber security, AI, and data literacy at the frontline

    • Using workforce insights, mobility, and partnerships to compete for critical skills while sustaining an ethical, public-purpose APS culture

    • Embedding the Data Governance Framework and privacy safeguards so AI‑enabled decisions are explainable, auditable, and community‑trusted.

    • Lifting frontline data and AI capability – making tools usable in policy, service, compliance, and emergency response, not just central teams.

    • Enabling interoperable, cross‑agency data use and analytics that support whole‑of‑government missions, while managing security and classification. 

    • What government and the public will expect from digital services by 2030, including simpler services, greater transparency, and real-time accountability 

    • How leadership can balance risk, pace, and innovation as AI, cyber threats, and service expectations continue to accelerate 

    • The priority moves for the next 12–18 months to strengthen the connection between strategy, delivery, and public trust across portfolios 

Reserve Your Seat

Places are limited and reserved for public sector employees supporting the future of government services across Australia.

Please complete the form below to request an invitation. Confirmed participants will receive a calendar hold and event details by email.

📅 Date: Thursday, September 17 2026
📍 Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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