The wait is nearly over and we’re very close to selling out! So if you want to join us at REMIX Summit Sydney 2026 then you’ll need to act now…
Not only is REMIX Sydney Australia’s leading innovation summit for culture and the creative industries, but this is one of our biggest ever line-ups with over 50 inspirational, hand-picked speakers. Creative collisions, lateral thinking AND real inspiration. PLUS our much-loved Follow the Speaker roundtables means you’ll get plenty of chance to connect with a room full of new collaborators!
HEAR FROM 50+ INSPIRATIONAL CREATIVE LEADERS INCLUDING:
- Tony Ellwood AM, Director, NGV – Top 20 most attended global gallery
- Patrick Moran, Head of Commercial Strategy & Partnerships, Barbican (UK) on Barbican Immersive and their £231 million redevelopment
- Sean Lee (South Korea), CEO, ARTE Museum – fastest growing global digital/immersive art experience with 11 million visitors to locations in USA, UAE, South Korea & China
- Michael Gonski, Chairman, Carriageworks
- Prof. James Bennett, Dean, Faculty of Design and Society, UTS & ex-Director, CoSTAR National Lab, the UK’s largest ever investment in creative industries R&D
- Justin Paton, Chief Curator, Art Gallery of New South Wales – on ‘Mike Hewson’s: Keys Under the Mat’ and the rise and rise of experiential art
- Amy Jenkins (France), Strategic Alliances Director, Ubisoft (creators Assassin’s Creed on collaborations with British Museum, Grand Palais & British Library & many more to develop history within gaming engines)
- Celina Yeh (Taiwan), Executive Director, VIVE Arts (HTC) – global arts/tech initiative partnered with Château de Versailles, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Musée d’Orsay & many more
- Dr Liming Zhu, Director, CSIRO’s Data61, the digital and AI division of Australia’s national science agency on where AI is headed and what it means for the cultural sector
- Chris Harvey, GM, Museum of Illusions – 25M+ Visitors across 60+ locations in 10-years
- Susan Lee, Acting CEO, Place Management NSW on The Cutaway, Sydney Fish Market (TIME’s “Worlds Greatest Places 2026”) & White Bay Power Station
- Hon. John Graham MLC, Special Minister of State, Minister for Transport, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music & the Night-time Economy
- Michael Rodrigues, 24 Hour Economy Commissioner, New South Wales
- Lisa Havilah, CEO, Powerhouse on the imminent arrival of Powerhouse Parramatta
- Anne-Louise Sarks, CEO/Artistic Director, Melbourne Theatre Company – on ‘Eliza’ a play about the birth of AI, and the ethical consequences of outsourcing our humanity
- Bliss Jensen, Director, Gallery Development, Australian War Memorial on the impact of their new $550 million galleries and the role of museums in a changing world
- Kris Nelson, Artistic Director, Sydney Festival, ex-Director LIFT (London International Festival Theatre), UK & Dublin Fringe Festival
- Chris Arneil, Digital Games Curator, National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)
- Alexandra Cassim, Head of Marketing, Product & Digital, BridgeClimb on BridgeMuseum a new $10m immersive revitalisation project inside the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Suzanne Cotter, Director, MCA
- Nic Whyte, Co-Founder, Art Processors – on Phrontisterion, Mona’s new Library which is rewriting all the usual rules
- Chris Stanley, Managing Director, Rugby World Cup 2027, hosted in Australia – joins the panel ‘When worlds collide: sport, arts and culture as co-authors’
Get a sneak peek at some of the unmissable sessions and global innovators you’ll hear from at REMIX Summit Sydney 2026:
Economic Sustainability for Arts & Culture Institutions: What’s Changed, What’s Holding, and What Comes Next
- Andy Edwards, Founder, Wundr & former CEO of Nitro Circus
- Michael Gonski, Chairman, Carriageworks
- Romina Calabrò, Director of Commercial Operations and Development at Museums Victoria
- Sean Morris, General Manager at Fever & Secret Media Network, Australia & New Zealand
Wall Labels Are Dead. Dewey Is Dead. Inside Phrontisterion, Mona’s New Library
Nic Whyte – Founding Principal, Art Processors & CEO, Pladia
Hear how one of Australia’s most innovative creative technology companies continues to push the boundaries of audience engagement. Behind the scenes of Phrontisterion the breathtaking new library at Mona to discuss how they are completely rewriting the rules of cultural space, experiential design and how visitors interact with books and information.
Rewiring Culture: Why More Money Won’t Fix a Broken Model
Debbie Spence – Director, MHM Insight
Most cultural organisations don’t have a funding problem. They have an allocation problem. For a sector that prides itself on creativity, we remain structurally conservative spreading resources thinly, trying to serve everyone, and mistaking activity for impact. The result is exhaustion, not effectiveness. If more funding isn’t coming, better strategy isn’t optional – it’s existential. This sessions explores how shifting resource based on audience value can lead to sharper priorities, stronger alignment, and greater impact without increasing budget.
The New Cultural Entrepreneurs
Simon Cronshaw – Co-founder, REMIX Summits (UK)
18 years ago, we wrote ‘Intelligent Naivety’ as a handbook for Cultural Entrepreneurs, convinced of their transformative power to reach new audiences and deliver financially sustainable models for arts and culture. Today that belief is just as strong – but we’ve seen the burnout of startup models, the challenges of sustaining innovation within institutions, and the harsh realities of Big Tech’s dominance. So what is the state of cultural innovation today? Here’s the blueprint for cultural entrepreneurship in 2026: cultural interfaces that make excellence accessible; business models grounded in committed communities; valuing coherence over scale and depth over distraction.