Real conversations. Real connection. In a world that needs both more than ever.
The 2026 Access4 Annual Partner Conference is three days in the Hunter Valley built around something the industry talks about less and less — genuine human connection. The platforms are smarter. The automation is real. The AI is here. But the conversations that build trust, the stories that close deals, and the relationships that retain clients are still irreducibly human. This year’s programme was built around that exact concept.
Attendees can enjoy keynotes on AI, storytelling, and what the next five years look like for channel partners. You'll hear about the Access4 product roadmap and enjoy workshops you can put to work immediately. Whether you're the owner, the ops lead, or the person your team looks to for direction — there's a reason to be here. Bring your partner too. Significant others are welcome for Monday afternoon's activities and all conference dinners — and the Hunter Valley is a proper reason to make a week of it.
Early Bird pricing ends Friday June 26, enjoy a 25% discount and register early to secure your Accommodation and preferred activity - places are limited.
WHY ATTEND?
Every session has been built around real outcomes. Here’s why you should attend:
The stories that were always there. Two hands on workshops - Participants actually build the stories, deliver them in the room, leave with a personalised plan ready for Monday morning. All done in the room, no theory to revisit, no slides to re-read.
Get a sneak peak of the roadmap . Hear from the R&D team and see everything that's coming soon across the platform — new releases, what's in build, what's next. For anyone making product or commercial decisions in the next 12 months, you'll be able to start the conversations with your customers ealy.
Not just another AI presentation. Delivered by someone running an AI-native business, the point isn't AI for its own sake — it's AI that gives the people in your business more time for the work that actually requires a human. You leave with a clear read on where this is heading and what to do about it.
A year's worth of access in three days. One-on-one time with the Access4 leadership team and key vendors. From the CEO to the subject matter experts, if there's a conversation you've been trying to have, this is how you have it.
Three days. Bring everyone worth investing in. This programme is built for owners, ops leads, sales staff, and technical teams. Bring the right people and they return with certifications, real assets, and a shared context that's hard to build any other way.
WHATS ON
Three days. Five things worth knowing! The program is stacked, here is a sneak peak. The full programme unlocks after registration.
Three keynotes. Three very different sessions.
Mike Adams on the stories that close deals. Daniel Anderson on AI and what it means for how partners operate right now. Diego Nievas on why the people running your business need more than a strategy to stay at their best.
One gives your team a sales capability. One gives your business a direction. One gives your industry a conversation it's been avoiding.
Access4 leadership, in the room.
CEO and Chairman welcome. Marketing, sales, and operations updates from the leadership team. Product releases and the full platform roadmap. This is the one time a year you get the unfiltered view of where Access4 is heading.
Practical workshops
The storytelling and AI adoption breakouts are hands-on. Your team builds and delivers in the room. They leave with something real, not notes from a session they'll get to eventually.
Sessions you won't find at other tech conferences
Agent burnout, partner fatigue, customer frustration — these are real, and they don't show up on most conference agendas. This year's programme includes a dedicated men's health keynote, alongside breakouts on APEX commercials, AI at Access4,
Three days that use the Hunter Valley properly.
Golf, horse riding, axe throwing, laser clay shooting, winery tours. Dinner at Mount View Estate and the Gala at Ben Ean. The programme makes space for it — because the conversations that happen outside the room matter as much as the ones inside it.
Speakers
Mike Adams
International bestseller & Store teller
Daniel Anderson
Microsoft MVP | Independent M365 & AI Consultant
Diego Nievas
Atturra CTO | Men's Health & Business Performance leading voice
Featuring sessions with...
Scott Carter
Access4 Chairman
Tim Jackson
Access4 CEO and Managing Director
Brad Milne
Access4 COO
Matt Milne
Access4 CRO
More speakers will be revealed as we get closer to the event.
SEE YOU AT THE RYDGES, HUNTER VALLEY
430 Wine Country Dve, Lovedale, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 2325, Australia
Three days in one of Australia's best regions. The sessions are for strategy — the rest of it is for everything else.
Golf. Wine. One of the best gala dinner venues in regional NSW, the kind of space that makes it easier to think.
HAVE A LOOK A THE RECAP OF THE 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE