27/05/2026
Melbourne, Australia
Talis Asia-Pacific Insight 2026
Wednesday 27th May – Thursday 28th May 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 27th May – Thursday 28th May 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Talis Asia-Pacific Insight 2026 brought together our regional community for two days of lively discussion, practical insight, and forward-looking conversation.
Talis Insight events are designed to connect our customer community through user-led discussions, inspiring presentations on innovative library practice and exclusive insights into future developments across Talis and Kortext.
This free event welcomed APAC Talis Aspire customers and institutions exploring the platform. Attendees had the opportunity to network with peers and engage in sessions covering topics such as OER and Open Access, working with library and reading list data, and the evolving role of the library in guiding student use of AI.
Date: Wednesday, 27th May – Thursday, 28th May 2026.
Venue: La Trobe University, Melbourne city campus, Level 3/360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC, Australia.
09:30 – 10:00: Arrival and Registrations
10:00 – 10:10: Welcome to Day 1 – Simon Mavin, Chief Revenue Officer, Kortext
10:15 – 10:45: Introduction from La Trobe University – Beth Flack, Manager, Scholarly Collections, La Trobe University
10:45 – 11:45: Testing, learning, evolving: Deakin Library’s AI Lab in practice – Kat Cain, Lead Outreach & Engagement and Co-Lead Library AI Lab, Deakin University
Michael Horn, Lead, Full Stack Engineer, Deakin University.
11:45 – 12:00: Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00: Open Discussion Session
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:15: Talis and Kortext: The Future – Simon Mavin, Chief Revenue Officer, Kortext
15:15 – 15:30: Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15: Talis Product Update – Scott Gibbens, Head of Product, Reading and Innovation, Talis
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16:15 – 16:30: Close
09:30 – 10:00: Arrival and Registrations
10:00 – 10:05: Welcome to Day 2 – Simon Mavin, Chief Revenue Officer, Kortext
10:05 – 10:35: Beyond Records: Exploring Relationships in Library Data – Huw Sandaver, Library Hub Manager, University of Divinity
10:35 – 11:05: When Subscriptions Shift: Joining the Dots Between Reading Lists, Usage, and the Real‑World Cost of Journal Cancellations – Bex Carruthers, Coordinator, Course Resources and Access, Deakin University
Wendy Campbell, Collection Performance Librarian, Deakin University.
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11:05 – 11:35: Increasing Faculty Engagement with Reading Lists – Isabelle Laskaris, Customer Success Consultant, Talis
11:35 – 12:00: Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30: Insight into what? Lessons learned from five years of measuring reading lists impact – Hugh Rundle, Manager, Digital Discovery, La Trobe University
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12:30 – 13:00: New Features, New Use Cases – Isabelle Laskaris, Customer Success Consultant, Talis
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13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: Exploring Student Use of Generative AI – Robin Gibson, Director of External Affairs, Kortext, Rachel Maxwell, Director of Sector Engagement & Academic Research, Kortext
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15:30 – 16:00: Close
