The Ortus Club and GitLab invite you to the GitLab Epic Tour in Sydney — a half-day built for AI, Security, and Software Engineering leaders across ANZ. Expect thought leadership, first-hand customer stories, peer roundtables, and good food, all designed to send you back to your team with insights you can actually use. Half a day. Full impact.

Topic

Intelligent orchestration, now with context

Software engineering is being reshaped by AI faster than most teams can absorb. Platform engineering, developer productivity, and AI tooling have moved from experimental to essential — but the gap between adopting these capabilities and proving their ROI remains wide. Leaders across ANZ are wrestling with the same questions about where to invest, how to scale, and what genuinely moves the needle.

This Epic Tour brings together technology leaders from leading Australian organisations to share what's working in practice — not in theory. From the latest research on engineering productivity to a clear-eyed look at the GitLab roadmap, every session is built to be actionable. The central question: how do you orchestrate intelligent, AI-enabled development at scale without losing the context that makes it trustworthy?

How are leading ANZ organisations measuring real ROI from AI tooling and platform investments? What does the future of platform teams and developer productivity look like as AI capabilities mature? How do you adopt AI-enabled orchestration while keeping security and context at the centre?

The Half-Day

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM — Registration & Breakfast Networking 9:00 AM – 9:35 AM — Opening Keynote (Craig Nielsen, VP of APJ, GitLab; Andrew Haschka, Field CTO, GitLab) 9:35 AM – 10:05 AM — Customer Spotlight 10:05 AM – 10:25 AM — Customer Panel Interview 10:25 AM — 10:45 AM — Morning Tea Break 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM — Roundtable Discussions 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM — Featured Keynote 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM — Networking Lunch

Who Should Be in the Room

This half-day is designed for senior technology leaders across ANZ who own decisions on AI adoption, platform engineering, and developer productivity. Ideal attendees include CTOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, Heads of Platform Engineering, Directors of Software Development, Heads of AI, Heads of Developer Experience, and Security Engineering Leaders.

How to Join

Attendance is complimentary and open to technology leaders, but seats are limited — register early to secure your place. Once your seat is confirmed, you'll receive a calendar invite along with full event details and agenda timings ahead of the day.

The Host

GitLab is the AI-powered DevSecOps platform that helps software teams plan, build, secure, and ship code in a single application. Trusted by organisations worldwide, GitLab brings intelligent orchestration and built-in security together so teams can move faster without trading away context.