F5 Solution Day 2026 Wellington
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
10.00 AM – 3.45 PM
Harbourside Function Centre, 4 Taranaki Street, Wellington
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Advance your expertise in AI security, multicloud delivery, and resilient application design.
Join your peers and experts to connect, collaborate, and gain hands-on skills with the latest F5 solutions.
Agenda
| Time | Session | Presenter | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:15 - 10:00 | Registration and Arrival Morning Tea | ||
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome Address | Jason Baden, Regional Vice President, ANZ | |
| 10:15 - 10:55 | Keynote: F5 Vision & Strategy | Michael Christie, Snr Director, Solutions Engineering | |
| 10:55 - 11:20 | Solution Keynote: F5 AI Guardrails: AI security that keeps pace | Chris Bull, Principal Solutions Engineer - Team Lead | AI introduces risk from all dimensions. Bad guys find new ways to attack, users find new ways to break things, and AI models find new ways to confidently give wrong answers. As more organizations scale their AI initiatives, these three risk dimensions continue to evolve. Learn how F5 delivers comprehensive security to secure and govern AI systems from every angle, and adapt as business needs evolve. |
| 11:20 - 11:45 | Three Layers, One Platform: Defending Against Agentic AI | Kayvan Farzaneh, Solutions Architect - F5 Distributed Cloud | AI agents now act autonomously inside your applications — trading, querying, and submitting forms — using valid credentials with no obvious trace. This session breaks down what full‑stack protection really requires, from WAF and API business logic abuse to detecting, authorising, and governing AI agents at scale. |
| 11:45 - 12:10 | Solution Keynote: Shaping the future of BIG-IP: Innovations in app delivery and security | John McInnes, Principal Solutions Engineer | 2025 marked a pivotal moment for BIG-IP as we shifted our focus, guided by valuable customer and partner insights. We made the decision to discontinue development of BIG-IP Next and focus on modernizing the BIG-IP TMOS platform for the future. Join us to explore updates on BIG-IP’s future in the Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), innovations in app delivery and security and improved software quality. |
| 12:10 - 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 - 15:45 | AI Runtime Security Hands-on Lab | Leon Seng, Sr Solutions Engineer | Gavin Wu, Principal Solutions Engineer | AI runtime security Academy is 2.5 hours long and delves into the security aspects of generative AI and large language models. It contains two classes:
Class 1: Secure, deliver and optimise GenAI/agent services Class 2: AI assurance with AI Red Team |
Keynote Speakers
Jason Baden
Regional Vice President, ANZ
Michael Christie
Snr Director, Solutions Engineering
Chris Bull
Principal Solutions Engineer - Team Lead
Kayvan Farzaneh
Solutions Architect - F5 Distributed Cloud
John McInnes
Principal Solutions Engineer
Leon Seng
Sr Solutions Engineer
Gavin Wu
Principal Solutions Engineer