From OpenAI to Byron

A rare chance to hear what's changing from inside OpenAI, then bring it back to Byron.

We're excited to announce a special Remix event this May, with OpenAI's Teri Yu joining us live from San Francisco.

This is a chance to hear what is changing across AI, products, business and creative work, then explore what those shifts mean for people building, leading and creating here.

Special guest

Speakers

Teri Yu

Product, OpenAI

Product leader at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, with over a decade of experience building technology that changes how people work and connect. Former Head of Product at Kajabi and co-founder of Vibely (acquired by Kajabi).

Joël Kalmanowicz

Director of Trust & Safety, Canva

Joël leads Trust & Safety at Canva, working to achieve impact safely at platform scale. Previously he led Cloud Developer Platform at Atlassian, Product & Privacy at Sonder.io, and multiple products at Google across consumer, enterprise, AI/ML, and hardware. He also co-founded a social impact startup and has mentored dozens of startups and nonprofits.

Luka Lesson

Slam Poet

Brisbane/Meanjin-born Greek-Australian poet-rapper. Aus Poetry Slam champ, global performer, creator of live hip hop theatre.

Matt Williamson

President | Founder & Principal Broker, Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce & Good Cover

He brings more than 20 years’ experience across insurance, senior leadership and Insurtech, including helping Honey Insurance grow from concept to Australia’s largest Insurtech seed funding round. Rather than chasing every new AI trend, Matt’s perspective is centred on utility: how businesses can use AI to reduce friction, improve workflows, support teams and create more capacity for higher-value human work.

Hosts

Michelle Williams

Founder and MD, The Remix

Michelle Williams is the founder of The Signal Studio and The Remix. She helps businesses reduce manual work, improve operations, and implement practical AI. Through The Remix she runs learning pathways for people figuring out what AI means for their work.

Based in Byron Bay, she works with organisations across the Gold Coast, Tweed, and Northern NSW.

AI is no longer just about keeping up with new tools.

AI is changing how we work, create, make decisions, build businesses and organise our lives. This conversation is about making that shift clearer, more practical and more human.

The Remix exists to help people move beyond scattered experimentation and into real capability, shared learning and practical next steps.

A grounded conversation about what is changing and what it means in practice.

• What is changing across AI, products and business
• How these shifts are changing work, creativity and leadership
• What local businesses, builders and creatives need to understand
• How we can move from hype and tools into real-world capability

More clarity, better questions and a stronger sense of where to focus next.

• A clearer understanding of how AI is shifting products, work and business
• Practical language for making sense of the change
• Signals to watch as AI becomes part of everyday workflows
• A stronger connection into The Remix community and next steps

A live guest conversation followed by local reflection and practical discussion.

• 7:45am — Arrival and coffee
• 8:00am — Live conversation with Teri Yu
• 8:20am — Local panel and discussion
• 9:00am — Close