AELERT 2026 Conference: Future Ready Regulation
AELERT 2026 Conference: Future Ready Regulation
Embracing innovation, leading change, and strengthening regulatory systems
6-8 October 2026 | Sofitel Melbourne on Collins | Naarm Melbourne, Australia
The AELERT 2026 Conference: future ready regulation will bring together regulatory leaders, practitioners, and researchers to explore how we can future-proof and strengthen the systems we rely on to meet these demands.
Over three days of dynamic keynotes, collaborative sessions, and cross-sector dialogue, the program will explore strategies to build the capability of regulators to harness innovation and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, to deliver smarter, more effective regulation.
Future ready regulation will address key themes and topic clusters such as:
- Digital innovation, emerging technologies and enhanced regulation
- Leading change across specific industries and sectors
- Public trust, ethics, governance and accountability
- Sustainability and long-term resilience in regulatory systems
- Collaborative and cross sector leadership
Conference concept
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What to expect
Future ready regulation will empower you to lead change within your function and across your organisation to contribute meaningfully to the evolution of regulatory practice by providing:
- Practical tools, real world examples, and actionable insights to implement within
your team, branch, and agency, - Exposure to best-practice frameworks and tested approaches that improve
regulatory performance, impact and leveraging results to build public trust; and, - Opportunities to build connections, share experiences and develop partnerships
with peer regulators across jurisdictions and solve complex challenges together.
The future of regulation is sophisticated, cross-functional, collaborative, and focused on upholding regulatory integrity for the public good. As complexity grows, regulators must be ready not only to respond to change, but to lead it.
A proven platform for regulators in Australasia
AELERT events have demonstrated unparalleled value in building regulatory capability, developing best‑practice approaches, and sharing innovative solutions to complex problems for regulators across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and beyond. At the recent 2024 Global Summit:
- Nearly 400 delegates attended, representing 100+ organisations across federal, state and local government, academia, international partner networks and other NGOs
- Delegates were representative of regulators at all levels including a rich mix of practitioners, team leaders, function managers, senior leaders, specialists and academics
- Delegates highlighted the events’ role in providing strong networking and cross‑agency collaboration opportunities
- 97% rated the overall event program as Excellent or Good
- 82% rated the content as highly relevant to their work
Delegates reported meaningful personal and professional growth, practical ideas they can apply immediately, and a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities within their own teams and across the sector.
At this years’ conference you can look forward to an action‑focused format and rich mix of perspectives from policy and law making, to impact assessment, approvals and licencing, communications, auditing, investigation and compliance and enforcement to foster regulatory excellence.
Save the date!
Join the AELERT 2026 Conference and help build regulatory systems that are resilient, forward
looking, and equipped for the challenges ahead. The future of regulation is already unfolding – don’t get left behind!
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The AELERT 2026 Conference: Future Ready Regulation is delivered in partnership with the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
