2026 Speakers
2026 Distinguished Speakers
Natasha Blycha
Chief Executive Officer
Stirling and Rose
Natasha is one of the world’s pre-eminent Live Contract experts.
She is recognized in Chambers as a global fintech expert with technical product design experience and deep legal understanding as a co-author of the seminal 2022 Oxford text on SLCs and is also a contributing author to the upcoming 2025 text, “Private Law: Digital Assets and Infrastructure.”
Founder of Chambers ranked national tech law firm Stirling & Rose and former Global Head of Digital Law at a major international law firm, Natasha advises Legal Commissions on SLCs, DAOs, and digital assets in the UK and Australia and has been awarded the Financial Times Most Innovative Lawyer, Thought Leader of the Year, Finalist Partner of the Year, and Innovator of the Year.
Speaking at
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9:15–9:45amWed 25 MarSummit StageWinthrop HallOpen
Roadmap for AI and Quantum
Agentic AI Is Here: How to Deploy Autonomous Agents Without Losing Control
Summit StageWinthrop HallOpen
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Charles StreetExecutive Manager: Everyday Digital ExperiencesBankwest
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Janie PlantChair, Women in Technology WA; Tech Lawyer; WA State Govt AI Advisory Board MemberWomen in Technology WA Inc.
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Natasha BlychaChief Executive OfficerStirling and Rose
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Prof. James OngFounder & Managing DirectorArtificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)Moderator
About this session
Agentic AI is no longer a lab experiment - it’s becoming a new operational layer in companies. The latest agent platforms are designed to plug into real workflows (risk, fraud, compliance, customer service, operations) & act with increasing autonomy. That’s why executives & markets are paying attention - autonomous agents can reshape productivity, cost structures, revenue models & even the definition of “the workforce.”
But scale without control is a liability. When agents act at machine speed, across interconnected systems, small design choices can create big consequences - from conduct & compliance failures to cyber exposure, customer harm or systemic risks. This session focuses on what it takes to deploy agentic AI responsibly & competitively in practice.
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