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Leadership in the Loop
The Leadership In The Loop event series, hosted by Medianet, is a space to discuss reputation at the intersection of technology, communication and leadership. Join the waitlist to be invited to high-impact events with high-calibre guests, panelists and the leaders in Corporate Communications.
AI impact on communication teams. Some thing change. Some stay the same.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 | 8am - 9:30am
In AMEC’s first in-person Melbourne event in partnership with Medianet, unpack how senior leaders are navigating the hype, practical realities, environmental concerns and organisational challenges of getting started and/or implementing AI in Communication, Measurement and Corporate Affairs teams. Also discuss what changes but what remains true.
In trust we trust
Tuesday, 31 March 2026 | 8am - 9:30am
At this event, we discussed how to protect a brand's most valuable asset: trust! Featuring Edmund Tadros from The Australian Financial Review, Stuart Austin from the Australian Taxation Office and Jennifer Sexton from TAL Australia.
From Influence to Authority. The State of Australian Corporate Affairs.
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 8am - 9:30am
At this exclusive event, our high calibre panellists explored the findings of our State of Australian Corporate Affairs report and tested them against real-world experience.
Large Language Models vs Media Business Models
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 | 8am - 9:30am
In this session our speakers explored the shifting balance of power between content creators and content synthesisers, and what that means for corporate comms leaders managing reputation, policy narratives and board expectations.
A conversation on Leadership, Communication and AI Adoption
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | 8am - 9:15am
In this session our speakers unpacked how senior leaders are navigating the hype, practical realities, and organisational challenges of implementing AI in Communications, Media and Corporate Affairs teams.
One crisis, three points of view
Tuesday, 13 October 2026 | 8am - 9:30am
When a crisis strikes, the CEO serves as the ultimate line of defence and often bears the brunt of public scrutiny. However, restoring trust and preventing long-term reputational damage depends on more than just executive action. What critical role does corporate affairs play in steering the outcome?
Join us at Nine HQ for an exclusive Leadership in the Loop panel session featuring top industry leaders alongside journalists from Nine. Together, we’ll explore real-world leadership responses drawn from the insights of our upcoming CEO and Reputation Report.
Inspired by recent examples of reputation crises, this session will provide an open, candid discussion on the gap between the real-case scenarios and best practice, and the tension between three key aspects of a crisis: communication teams, their executives and the media.
What to Expect:
- Media Insights: The media’s point of view on what really happens when a corporate crisis breaks and how media narratives take shape.
- Executive Strategy: Practical takeaways on board alignment, public communication, internal morale, and maintaining control under intense scrutiny.
- Interactive Q&A: An opportunity to challenge the panel with your own leadership scenarios.
Public sector comms and AI: How to control the synthetic narrative
Wednesday, 21 October 2026 | 7:30am - 9:30am
While many public sector communications teams are focused on how they can use AI to write faster, summarise coverage, or manage large volumes of information, a more urgent question is needing an answer: how is AI representing a department, minister or policy position, right now? And how can communication teams steer that narrative when there is no journalist to pitch and no presser to set the record straight?
Medianet's Opening the Black Box ground-breaking study into generation citation analysis sheds light into how AI is shaping “synthetic” narratives. Its findings help communicators in the public sector understand how AI uses government comms and how to manage it as citizens and stakeholders increasingly turn to AI tools for information.
Join us in conversation bringing together senior public sector communicators for a morning of thought leadership and networking. Enjoy the learnings from the Opening the Black Box report - Government edition, followed by two panel/fireside conversations featuring senior comms leaders unpacking what public sector comms in the AI era look like and what government organisations can realistically do about it.
Walk away with:
- A clear picture of how AI is shaping narratives for government issues, policies and organisations.
- Practical next steps for auditing and influencing AI-driven visibility, grounded in Medianet's Opening the Black Box research.
- A peer network of counterparts facing the same questions, challenges and success stories.
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#MeetTheMedia Melbourne
Tuesday, 27 October 2026 | 8:30am - 1pm
Australia's leading media introduction event: #MeetTheMedia. Designed to bring the decision-makers of media together with the experts and leaders of industry, you will be able to meet the Senior Producers, Editors, Chiefs of Staff, Presenters and Journalists and learn what makes them tick and interested in your stories.
#MeetTheMedia Sydney
Thursday, 29 October 2026 | 8:30am - 1pm
Australia's leading media introduction event: #MeetTheMedia. Designed to bring the decision-makers of media together with the experts and leaders of industry, you will be able to meet the Senior Producers, Editors, Chiefs of Staff, Presenters and Journalists and learn what makes them tick and interested in your stories.
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Corporate Affairs Summit 2026
Tuesday, 12 May 2026 |
Australia’s essential event for corporate affairs leaders, where professionals come together to gain actionable insights that address the real-world challenges facing businesses today. Medianet is a Platinum Partner at this event. and Managing Director Amrita Sidhu hosted a session "Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the most trusted of them all? A reality-based tale about shaping trust for Corporate Affairs".
Amrita Sidhu presented the 2026 Media Landscape Report at Mumbrella CommsCon
Wednesday, 25 March 2026 |
At Mumbrella's 2026 CommsCon event, Amrita gave the audience an exclusive first look at Medianet's 2026 Australian Media Landscape Report. Sharing key findings and takeaways that comms professionals need to know about.
Amrita Sidhu Presents at AMEC AI Day
Tuesday, 04 November 2025 |
AMEC AI Day was an event that explored real-world applications of AI that let you dive into action. At this event, Medianet Managing Director, Amrita Sidhu, presented and showcased the core findings from Medianet's Australian market-first pilot on Generative AI citation analysis.
The rise of Agentic PR! – ANZ PR and Comms Leaders’ GEN AI Summit 2026 Future of Generative AI in Public Relations & Communications Summit
Thursday, 28 May 2026 | 9am - 5pm
The ANZ PR and Comms Leaders’ Gen AI Summit 2026 is the region’s most senior-level forum dedicated to how Generative AI and Agentic PR are reshaping communications, reputation management, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement. As AI moves beyond tools into agent-driven workflows, communications teams are entering a new era — where intelligent systems can plan, monitor, generate, and optimise communications at scale. This two-day summit brings together ANZ and global communications leaders, brand executives, agency heads, and AI specialists to explore what this transformation means in practice. Across keynote presentations, interactive panels, real-world case studies, and executive roundtables, the summit focuses on what works, what doesn’t, and what remains fundamentally human in modern communications. Attendees will gain practical insights into building AI-enabled PR functions while safeguarding trust, ethics, brand integrity, and organisational culture.
Gen AI Transforming Government Public Affairs and Comms 2026: The future of Gen AI for Public Sector Communications and Public Affairs
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 | 9am - 5pm
This two-day conference brings together leading voices from government, public sector agencies, technology experts, and communications professionals to explore the transformative role of Generative AI (Gen AI) in public sector communications and public affairs. Through case studies, expert presentations, fireside chats, and interactive panels, delegates will gain a clear view of current capabilities, practical applications, ethical considerations, and the next frontier of digital engagement.
Associations Communications Summit
Monday, 20 April 2026 | 9am - 4pm
This comprehensive one-day event will provide delegates with an understanding of the current issues and trends emerging from associations producing communications across multiple platforms and walk away with some practical tips and tools that they can apply in their respective associations. Suitable for delegates from associations, industry bodies and not-for profit organisations.
#MeetTheMedia Sydney
Thursday, 23 October 2025 | 8.30am - 1pm
Australia's leading media introduction event: #MeetTheMedia. Designed to bring the decision-makers of media together with the experts and leaders of industry, you will be able to meet the Senior Producers, Editors, Chiefs of Staff, Presenters and Journalists and learn what makes them tick and interested in your stories.
#MeetTheMedia Melbourne
Tuesday, 21 October 2025 | 8.30am - 1pm
Australia's leading media introduction event: #MeetTheMedia. Designed to bring the decision-makers of media together with the experts and leaders of industry, you will be able to meet the Senior Producers, Editors, Chiefs of Staff, Presenters and Journalists and learn what makes them tick and interested in your stories.
Corporate Affairs Summit 2025
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 |
Australia’s essential event for corporate affairs leaders, where professionals come together to gain actionable insights that address the real-world challenges facing businesses today. Medianet was a Gold sponsor at this event and Managing Director Amrita Sidhu hosted a panel "Bridging the Digital Divide: Navigating AI & Emerging Technology for Communications Excellence".
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