Auth0 Leadership Series

Bring your customer into focus.

Customer Visions is an invitation only leadership series for CDOs and CMOs, exclusive to Australia's top digital and marketing executives. One question sits at its centre: what is your business vision?

Series speakersGracie Otto, "Big" Sam Young & Zoe Foster Blake

Series
Customer Visions ANZ
Cities
Sydney & Melbourne
When
Oct 15 & Nov 12, 2026
Format
Roundtable dinner, 6pm to 9pm
Capacity
12 senior execs per event
FilmmakerGracie Otto
Chef"Big" Sam Young
Author & EntrepreneurZoe Foster Blake

01 · Why this conversation, now

The information that matters is often nowhere to be seen.

How well are we connecting with our customer? As marketing leaders we manage large technology stacks, filled with data, inputs and insights. Yet so often on the campaign trail, the information that matters is nowhere to be seen.

We need to create a sharp vision for what it is our customers actually want. To do that, we need a strategy that is customer centric, personalised, and frictionless.

Join Auth0 and Innovatus Media as we explore this alongside some of Australia's leading visionaries, and work through what it means to be visionary, and how to build the steps to successfully execute upon it.

So the biggest question we need to answer is, what is our business vision?

The question at the centre of the series

02 · Series speakers

The Curated Visionaries, Leading Their Fields

The sessions and speakers have been curated to showcase what it means to be visionary, and how to build the steps to successfully execute upon it.

Filmmaker

Gracie Otto

A distinguished Australian filmmaker whose documentary OTTO BY OTTO, about her father Barry Otto, won Best Film at the AACTA Awards. Her earlier films earned international acclaim, and she has directed hit series including HEARTBREAK HIGH and DEADLOCH. Between projects, she creates striking fashion films for brands including Zimmermann.

Chef

"Big" Sam Young

A career pressure cooked, flash fried, and now braising on a low, gentle simmer. Inspired by the taste of his travels through Italy, Canada, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Malaysia among others, Sam has worked in Sydney's top restaurants including Mr. Wong, Ms G's, Queen Chow and Totti's, and more recently as head chef at Lotus.

Author & Entrepreneur

Zoe Foster Blake

An Australian author, entrepreneur and former beauty journalist, best known for founding the skincare line Go-To Skin Care and writing numerous books, including bestselling novels and award winning children's picture books.

03 · The focal path

Three lenses. One point of focus.

A sharp customer vision is not found, it is focused. Each session works the strategy through three lenses until the picture resolves.

Customer centric

Put the customer, not the stack, at the centre of the strategy. What does a genuine customer signal look like before your tools decide what to do with it?

Personalised

Recognised once, personalised everywhere it matters. How do you turn identity into relevance without asking the customer to repeat themselves?

Frictionless

The experience promised in the strategy deck, delivered in production. Where does friction still hide between your brand and your customer?

The point of focus: what is our business vision?

The sessions and speakers have been curated to showcase what it means to be visionary, and how to build out the steps to successfully execute upon it.

04 · The series, city by city

Sydney and Melbourne.

Two executive roundtable dinners, 12 senior execs at each table.

Thursday, October 15

Sydney

  • DateThursday, 15 October 2026
  • Time6pm to 9pm
  • FormatExecutive roundtable dinner
  • VenueTBC
  • Capacity12 senior execs
Thursday, November 12

Melbourne

  • DateThursday, 12 November 2026
  • Time6pm to 9pm
  • FormatExecutive roundtable dinner
  • VenueTBC
  • Capacity12 senior execs

05 · Run of show

The shape of the evening.

6:00pm

Arrival & registration

Guests check in and are seated.

6:30pm

Welcome & context briefing

Auth0 opens with a short framing of the focal path: centric, personalised, frictionless.

6:45pm

Leadership conversation

Facilitated discussion with the session's speakers.

8:00pm

Closing remarks & networking

Key takeaways, then open networking.

06 · Request an invitation

Seats are limited and confirmed by invitation.

Complete the form and the Innovatus team will follow up to confirm your place in Sydney or Melbourne, or add you to the waitlist if the room is full.

Invitation only · CDO / CMO