20-21 March 2024, Winx Stand, Royal Randwick, Sydney
Host
Key Media
Host
Key Media
Kylie Speer is a television host, media professional and author with international experience spanning more than 15 years. Since graduating from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kylie’s career has seen her assume posts in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Dubai, Los Angeles and New York across numerous print, online and broadcast television media outlets including The Sunday Telegraph, nineMSN, the Nine Network Australia and Sky TV in the UK.
5-time Olympic Gold Medallist
World Record Holder
5-time Olympic Gold Medallist
World Record Holder
Ian Thorpe is without doubt, one of the most successful sportspeople Australia has ever produced. Ian’s accomplishments are nothing short of amazing.
Over his highly-successful swimming career, Ian won 11 World Championship titles, claimed 10 Commonwealth Games medals, broke 22 World Records and was the first person in history to win six gold medals in one World Championship.
He won Nine Olympic gold medals during his swimming career, the most won by any Australian and a record that cements his place in history as Australia’s greatest Olympian to date.
Ian’s most famous wins however, came at the Sydney 2000 Olympics where he won three gold medals and two silvers, making him the most successful athlete at the Games. The gold in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay in which the American’s lost for the first time at Olympic level will forever be remembered as one of the greatest victories in Australian sporting history and was a defining moment of the Games. He later went on to win another two gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics and shortly thereafter made the decision to retire from the pool.
Ian was awarded an AM for his significant service to youth and Indigenous education, and
Swimming. He’s the winner of the Australian Sports Medal, Young Australian of the Year in 2000 and Four time World Swimmer of the Year.
Ian’s received the Human Rights Medal in 2012 for his work fighting for better services for
Indigenous children in remote communities and he’s been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Western Sydney University and Macquarie University.
He’s hosted one the world’s largest Olympic Games broadcasts for Star Sports India at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and provided his expert commentary for Seven Network at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Australian Swim Trials, FINA World Championships, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Ian hosted the critically acclaimed ABC documentary series ‘Bullied’ which resulted in the ABC’s biggest ever social media event.
Ian’s currently the Ambassador for Australian Marriage Equality, Invictus Games Sydney and AIME, Patron and Board Member for frontline youth mental health service, ReachOut and has advisory roles with Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).
As a keynote speaker, Ian can draw on his experiences with international competitive swimming to explore high performance, goal-setting and overcoming adversity. He is also a proud advocate for mental health and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Chief People Officer
NSW Land Registry Services
Chief People Officer
NSW Land Registry Services
As the talent shortage continues, how are HR teams ensuring they are securing the best employees in the market? Hear how Australia’s top companies are attracting and finding the best employees.
Chief People and Culture Officer
St. Vincent’s Health
Chief People and Culture Officer
St. Vincent’s Health
Rebecca is a versatile executive with an extensive background in People and Culture and law who has led organisational change to ensure operations are strategic, optimised and service focused. After a career in law both within Australia and internationally, Rebecca joined St Vincent’s as Executive Director Legal and Commercial Services in 2014 at St Vincent’s Public Hospital Melbourne. In 2018, Rebecca was appointed to lead the People and Culture and Corporate Services and 2021, Rebecca took up the same role at St Vincent’s Public Health Network Sydney. Rebecca commenced her role as Chief People & Culture Officer at St Vincent’s in early 2023 where she now proudly leads our 30,000 people who deliver incredible care to those we serve.
Director HR – China, Australia & South East Asia
Amazon
Director HR – China, Australia & South East Asia
Amazon
Project Director, International Recruitment Program
Department of Health, Victoria
Project Director, International Recruitment Program
Department of Health, Victoria
As teams and managers continue to face burnout and stress, what preventative measures can companies adopt to take a proactive approach? In this session, hear how Australia’s top companies are supporting and motivating employees through successful wellbeing initiatives.
Head of Benefits and Wellbeing APAC
Datadog
Head of Benefits and Wellbeing APAC
Datadog
General Manager, People Advisory, Talent & Learning
Allianz
General Manager, People Advisory, Talent & Learning
Allianz
Chief People Officer
Carman’s Kitchen
Chief People Officer
Carman’s Kitchen
Lainie Tayler is the Chief People Officer for Carman’s Kitchen. With over 26 years’ human resources experience Lainie has worked in large global and local organisations specialising in business strategy, organisational development, leadership development, talent management and generalist human resources.
Lainie is also the founding Managing Director of HR Squad, a boutique HR consultancy with a philosophy of building capable and engaged organisations and leaders.
Lainie believes the key to an organisations success and longevity is a clearly communicated and understood business strategy, enabled through the quality of its leaders and organizational operating rhythm.
“Getting the People stuff right is so important, we know that a people mindset is the biggest lever you can pull to ensure sustained financial and cultural success in an organisation. However, it is important that this is supported by a clearly designed and understood business strategy.”
Lainie has deep expertise in oganisational development and talent management and in addition to her role at Carman’s Kitchen is a qualified executive performance coach. Lainie’s real passion is unlocking the potential in all leaders and has deep expertise in strategy, organizational capability, and leadership development.
Expand your network, make connections and meet fellow delegates in a structured networking session.
How are companies developing and implementing internal mobility initiatives to upskill and improve retention? This session will discuss how companies are rolling out internal mobility plans across their workforce.
Director of Human Resources
ICC Sydney
Director of Human Resources
ICC Sydney
ICC Sydney’s Director of Human Resources, Luke Fleming, is a business events and hospitality industry specialist with over 20 years’ experience in managing expansive workforces both in Australia, Asia and the United States. Luke was an integral part of ICC Sydney’s pre-opening stage having joined the premier Convention, Exhibition and Entertainment venue in March 2016.
Initially responsible for managing ICC Sydney’s sizable permanent and casual workforce planning requirements, Luke’s strengths in strategic business planning, talent acquisition and onboarding, employment relations and industrial compliance earned him a sound reputation as a highly effective people leader.
Luke was recognised by his peers winning the Extraordinaires Awards in 2019 in the Innovation and Creativity category and again in 2021 by the Human Resource Director Magazine as the Australian Human Resource Manager of the Year. Luke is an avid champion of ICC Sydney’s Diversity and Inclusion program. He is a Diversity Inclusion Trainer, certified DISC Practitioner, trained Mental Health and First Aid Responder and key member of ICC Sydney’s internal COVID Taskforce.
A long standing member of the Australian Human Resources Institute, Luke’s Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Human Resources, coupled with being a qualified Trainer and Assessor holds him in good stead to bring business best practices to his role.
Luke is highly skilled at leading top performing, multi-disciplinary teams; developing and maintaining key relationships with stakeholders to drive quality and exemplary service delivery in the business events sector while ensuring team member safety, health and wellbeing remains a focal point.
Director, LinkedIn Talent Solutions
LinkedIn
Director, LinkedIn Talent Solutions
LinkedIn
David Bellas is a Director for LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions business for Australia and New Zealand. David and his team are responsible for helping organisation the way they plan, hire, and develop talent. This is possible through the disruptive technology and unique data and insights from LinkedIn’s 875+ million members and 57 million companies.
He is passionate about investing in people, everything sales, turning business visions into reality and working with customers to meet their business objectives.
Over the past 10 years at LinkedIn, David has had the opportunity to lead the growth and distribution efforts across all sectors at LinkedIn. When LinkedIn acquired Lynda.com in 2015, an online learning company, David was appointed as Head of Learning for Australia and New Zealand and helped oversee the successful transition to LinkedIn Learning.
Over the past several years David has been recognised with awards such as Diversity and Inclusion Manager of the Year and LinkedIn Manager of the Year and has a reputation for inspiring, coaching and developing talent.
Head of Culture, Leadership & Learning
Findex
Head of Culture, Leadership & Learning
Findex
Head of Learning and Development Transformation
Merivale
Head of Learning and Development Transformation
Merivale
In this interactive session, delegates will discuss key HR challenges covered at the conference and develop action points to implement change.
Host
Key Media
Host
Key Media
Kylie Speer is a television host, media professional and author with international experience spanning more than 15 years. Since graduating from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kylie’s career has seen her assume posts in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Dubai, Los Angeles and New York across numerous print, online and broadcast television media outlets including The Sunday Telegraph, nineMSN, the Nine Network Australia and Sky TV in the UK.
From inclusive hybrid work arrangements to career development programs, how are companies rethinking their retention strategies? In this session, a top company will share how they retain their employees in this competitive market.
Vice President, Head of HR Asia Pacific & Global M&A Lead
Atlassian
Vice President, Head of HR Asia Pacific & Global M&A Lead
Atlassian
Avani Prabhakar is the Global Head of Talent and HR Business Partners at Atlassian. Avani is an accomplished People executive with international experience across APAC, the Middle East and US. Avani leads a team of ~100 people across Human Resource Business Partners, Employment Relations, Talent, M&A and DEI across Atlassian’s global footprint. She’s passionate about leading people strategy to deliver outcomes and driving culture transformation in organisations going through a change journey.
How can HR professionals harness the benefits of AI tools to improve efficiency? This practical workshop will cover a step-by-step guide on how to use ChatGPT to support the HR function.
It’s essential for HR leaders to ensure employees are using ChatGPT responsibly and effectively to mitigate risks. This session will discuss how to manage the use of ChatGPT at work.
Founder and Director
Martha Travis People Innovators
Founder and Director
Martha Travis People Innovators
Organisations are working with an increasingly dispersed workforce. How can you track productivity in this modern workplace? This session will examine how to measure productivity to improve performance.
Chief People Officer
JCDecaux
Chief People Officer
JCDecaux
Alissa Bartlett is JCDecaux’s Chief People Officer and leads the Out-of-Home media company’s People and Culture strategy.
She is an experienced executive leader with over fifteen years leadership, talent management, and organisational development experience, holding both internal positions and consulting to local and international organisations.
Alissa has a wealth of experience in creating and driving high performance cultures and is spearheading organisational transformation at JCDecaux. Previously she was the Global Head of Talent & Culture at international mining conglomerate Sibelco, where she worked for almost seven years. She has also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers, CompAssess Psychologists and as an Organisational Psychologist with Macquarie Group.
Alissa holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology from Macquarie University.
Director, Strategy, Organisational Development & Analytics
AMP
Director, Strategy, Organisational Development & Analytics
AMP
Delivery focused executive leader and management consultant. Holds a Master of Business Administration. Specialist in strategy and business performance. Has 25 years’ experience in leadership, 15 in transformation, 12 in financial services. Is passionate about the future of work, and shaping inclusive, high performing working communities that ensure people operate at their full potential.
David is currently Director Strategy, Performance & Reporting, AMP, working across company strategy, reputation, performance improvement and culture transformation objectives.
Director Workforce Insights and Transformation
NSW Health
Director Workforce Insights and Transformation
NSW Health
In this interactive session, delegates will discuss key HR challenges covered and develop action points to implement change.
How can companies deliver effective learning experiences for a hybrid workforce? This session will discuss strategies for employees to capture learning opportunities both in and out of the workplace.
HR Business Partner
Nestlé Australia
HR Business Partner
Nestlé Australia
Chief People & Culture Officer
Australian Payments Network
Chief People & Culture Officer
Australian Payments Network
General Manager, People & Culture
Sympli
General Manager, People & Culture
Sympli
Gemma brings nearly two decades of expertise in sales, service, operations, and Human Resources. Specialising in driving startups and scaling businesses, specifically in financial services and private equity, Gemma’s HR approach aligns innovation with organisational goals. Her pivotal role in a transformative 18-month people and culture shift led to wealth management firm Centric Wealth’s $130 million sale to FINDEX. At life insurer Integrity Life, as their inaugural employee, she rapidly expanded the workforce, getting them into the market in 9 months, and earning various employer and industry accolades, including the esteemed Good Design Award. As the General Manager for People and Culture at Sympli, Gemma has also secured the Great Place to Work certification for two consecutive years, underscoring her unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation. Her team’s recognition as the HR Team of the Year in 2023 further exemplifies her dedication to driving excellence and innovation within the field.
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