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Salesforce Tower Sydney, 180 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
Hands-on executive session in Sydney CBD on automating outbound prospecting, CRM enrichment, and multi-channel follow-ups with AI agents.
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Private AI, real workflows, and a room full of people putting it to work. Join OpenOnion in Sydney.
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Upcoming workshop · Sat 7 Nov 2026
Private AI Sydney Workshop: Your Data, Your Control — Explore Local AI for Work & Business
Hands-on 2-hour Sydney session for business owners, partners, and operations leaders who want ChatGPT-class productivity without uploading sensitive client data to public clouds.
- Date
- Time
- 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM AEDT
- Venue
- UNSW MCIC, KensingtonMichael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC), Level G, Hilmer Building (E10), Union Rd, UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2033
- Tickets & capacity
- Early Bird A$79 (until Nov 2) · Standard A$99 · Strict 20-seat limit
Meet your workshop hosts
Aaron Xie
Founder of OpenOnion
6+ years enterprise production engineering, creator of ConnectOnion agent framework, delivered production AI systems for legal, finance, and operations teams.
Ody Zhou
Co-Founder & AI Workflow Architect at OpenOnion
Specializes in turning real company SOPs, documents, and client operations into reliable Private AI & multi-agent workflows.
What you’ll take away
Live Private AI Demo on Local Hardware
Watch a completely offline local LLM & document Q&A system run live with zero external API calls.
Public Cloud vs. Enterprise Cloud vs. Local Appliance
A clear breakdown of what happens to your client files on ChatGPT/Copilot vs. AWS Sydney vs. an on-premise Mac Studio / GPU server.
Cost, Hardware & ROI Blueprint
Exact hardware tiers, token cost savings, and realistic setup timelines for 5–200 person Sydney firms.
1-on-1 Workflow Triage
Map your own high-value document, compliance, or operational bottleneck with our engineers on the spot.
Built for high-trust work
Your client data. Your responsibility.
For Sydney & NSW leaders in legal, accounting/CPA, financial advisory, healthcare/NDIS, real estate, and engineering/construction handling confidential client records under the Australian Privacy Act.
Legal & Migration Firms
Client files, matter research, contracts and confidential correspondence.
Accounting & CPA Practices
Financial records, tax documents and repeatable client reporting.
Financial Advisory & Wealth
Client context, research and document-heavy review workflows.
Healthcare & Clinics
Sensitive patient records, NDIS documentation and practice operations.
Real Estate & Property Groups
Client histories, property documents and relationship management.
Engineering & Trade Businesses
Project specifications, construction records and operational knowledge.
The Sydney archive · Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
20+ sessions. Real work, together.
Six flagship talks and workshops, plus 14 Saturday build sessions. Explore the topics, venues and original event pages.
Flagship Talk & Live Demo
Agentic AI In Action & The Best Framework for FDE Work
UNSW MCIC & Google Sydney
Deep dive into Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) with AI agents — why 95% of generic AI pilots stall and how observation-driven harnesses ship working systems in weeks.
Hands-On Build Workshop
Fully Automate Your LinkedIn with Codex (ChatGPT), Hands-Off
Michael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC), UNSW Sydney
Live build workshop showing founders and operators how to automate LinkedIn content pipelines, browser workflows, and inbound lead replies.
Industry Case Study
How an AI Native Trading Firm Mines Alpha with Agents — Walked End-to-End
Online Live Technical Session (Sydney Host)
End-to-end architectural walkthrough of multi-agent financial research, signal extraction, and risk-gated execution pipelines.
Hands-On Workshop
Stop Repeating Your Business Context to ChatGPT — Build Your AI Personal Wiki in 2 Hours
UTS Central, 61 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007
Practical workshop teaching Sydney operators how to structure company SOPs, client history, and domain knowledge into a persistent local AI knowledge base.
Founder & Engineer Panel
Future Agent Infra — Panel Discussion
300 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Sydney AI builders panel exploring agent reliability, tool sandboxing, memory architectures, and enterprise deployment bottlenecks.
The Saturday build community
14sessions
December 2025 – May 2026
14 weekly/fortnightly Saturday sessions
OpenOnion Saturday AI Agent Co-Working & Skills Series
Michael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC), UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2033
Sydney’s longest-running hands-on AI agent build series hosted at UNSW Founders MCIC — over 300+ builders, business owners, and engineers shipping real workflows together.
Good questions. Clear answers.
Who is the Private AI Sydney Workshop designed for, and do I need a technical background?
It is designed for non-technical business owners, managing partners, practice managers, and operations leads in Sydney and NSW. Legal, accounting/CPA, healthcare/NDIS, financial advisory, real estate, and engineering teams are especially welcome. Zero coding or technical background is required.
Where and when is the next OpenOnion Private AI workshop in Sydney?
Saturday, 7 November 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM AEDT at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC), Level G, Hilmer Building (E10), Union Rd, UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2033. Early bird tickets are A$79 until 2 November; standard tickets are A$99. The workshop is capped at 20 seats.
What is the difference between public ChatGPT/Copilot, AWS Sydney cloud AI, and local Private AI hardware?
Public ChatGPT/Copilot services process data in provider-managed infrastructure; residency, retention and licensing depend on the product, plan and settings. An AWS Sydney private VPC can place selected workloads in an Australian cloud region, with ongoing cloud and model costs. A dedicated local appliance runs selected open-weight models and document processing on your own hardware, without per-seat SaaS model licensing. Data flows, access controls and Australian Privacy Principles obligations must be assessed for each deployment; hosting location alone does not establish compliance.
OAIC guidance on privacy & AICan OpenOnion deploy a custom Private AI system or workflow for our Sydney office after the workshop?
Yes. OpenOnion provides end-to-end Private AI Deployment and AI Workflows & Adoption services across Sydney and Australia: local LLM appliances, private cloud VPCs, document RAG, custom multi-agent systems, integrations and team training. Start with a 1-on-1 workflow assessment to agree on the use case, data boundaries and rollout plan.
How much does it cost to run a local Private AI server for a 10–100 person Australian business?
The typical hardware footprint starts with a compact Mac Studio or local GPU appliance for 10–30 staff and scales to dedicated rack servers or private VPC clusters for larger teams. Selected open-weight models can run with zero per-seat SaaS model fees. Total cost depends on model size, concurrent use, storage, hardware, electricity, support and any cloud services; there is no universal fixed price. The workshop explains hardware tiers, token cost savings and ROI, and an assessment provides a workload-specific estimate.
How can our team access slides, recaps, or book a private corporate AI training session in Sydney?
Explore the interactive FDE framework recap at https://openonion.ai/talks/fde-framework, browse past sessions and future dates at https://luma.com/user/OpenOnion, or book a private Sydney team briefing and corporate AI training discovery call at https://cal.com/openonion/30min.
For your whole team
Can’t make November 7?Bring us to your team.
Book a private in-house AI briefing, explore a sensitive-data workflow, or plan a deployment around your Sydney office. Start with a 30-minute conversation.