Karen Ferry is a multi-award-winning advertising Executive Creative Director, writer and television personality known for her understanding of marketing and culture in today’s shifting landscape. Through nearly two decades of groundbreaking creative work, she’s been a driving force in transforming how brands embed themselves in culture. She’s previously worked at Australia’s most prestigious agencies, including Leo Burnett, DDB, The Monkeys Droga 5. Her work spans from crafting campaigns for iconic global brands like Volkswagen, McDonald’s, IKEA, Diageo, Samsung and Netflix, to social and earned PR campaigns driving fame and fans, to developing innovative product solutions that change the fortunes of Australian stalwarts like Suncorp, Allens and Tourism Australia. She also collaborates with forward-thinking companies and institutions to create cutting-edge resort, precinct and hospitality concepts, with her work winning over 200 industry accolades, including the coveted Cannes Lion Grand Prix. She’s appeared across Australia’s top shows including Gruen, The Project, Today, ABC News, Radio National, and A Current Affair. She’s brought her expertise to Celebrity Apprentice Australia, Todd Sampson’s Mirror Mirror, while inspiring audiences at world-class events like SXSW, The World Science Festival, and VIVID Sydney. Her passion for nurturing talent led her to transform AWARD School -- Australia's premier creative portfolio program -- where she mentored over 1,000 up-and-coming creatives, shaping the next generation of advertising innovators to create a future driven by authenticity.

Amy McLennan is a social researcher, education innovator and systems facilitator who’s all about improving human wellbeing. Her undergraduate training was in the medical sciences and French, and she completed doctoral and postdoctoral training in medical anthropology at the University of Oxford, in the world’s leading anthropology department. Her work on topics including chronic disease, gender, food and technology has reached audiences via a wide range of academic journals, government policies, and the global media, including The Guardian, ABC and BBC radio. Amy is currently an Associate Professor in the ANU College of Systems and Society, where she's establishing a chronic health co-lab focused on forging new, cross-disciplinary futures for chronic illness and disease.

John Fowlie spent 14 years coaching at the Australian Institute of Sport, where his athletes won 75 international medals, including 9 Olympic medals and 7 World Records. He was twice named Australian Swimming Coach of the Year and has won the Don Talbot Medal three times. 

After sport, John spent eight years as a high performance and team specialist at a leading design consultancy. He worked with high-pressure teams across a range of complex environments including international development, globally distributed teams, cross-departmental taskforces, and field research teams. His focus was on solving team challenges where conventional methods failed.

In recent years, John has focused on high-cognition 24/7 teams, globally distributed teams facing sustained pressure. He is also returning to sport, bringing coach-centred design, behavioural science, and business innovation back into elite performance environments.

Anna Lee is recognised as part of a new generation of CEOs redefining leadership - modern, human, and transformative. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Flybuys, Australia’s award-winning loyalty program with over 10 million members, where she leads a team committed to making the regular remarkable for customers, while driving both cultural and commercial transformation.

With a distinctive and rare career arc from CFO to COO to CEO, Anna has delivered impact in both high-growth digital and customer-first businesses and in large, complex corporate environments where financial discipline and governance are paramount. This breadth makes her one of the few leaders equally fluent in customer, digital, data, and technology while remaining firmly grounded in finance and operational rigour.

Anna is a Fellow Chartered Accountant whose achievements include being named #1 in Ragtrader’s Tech 20 and a finalist in the Thomson Reuters CFO of the Year Awards. She is a member of Chief Executive Women. She is passionate about inclusivity and future-focused leadership, frequently speaking on topics including gender equality, customer advocacy, and organisational transformation. Having had personal experience with endometriosis, Anna is passionate about how women's lives can be made better through continued research and enhancing health care experiences.

Kate is an experienced marketing analytics practitioner with a passion for evidence-based marketing. 

Kate has over 25 years experience in research, marketing analytics and technology having held senior positions for large multinational groups including Millward Brown (Now Kantar) and Omnicom Media Group and MaCann/Hero. Drawing on her background in statistics and econometric modelling, she has a deep understanding of how to get the maximise value of data and technology as well as some of the common pit falls. She has applied her skills to market mix modelling, customer analytics as well as digital transformation projects. 

Alongside her consultancy work Kate has a PhD in marketing at the university of Sydney with a focus on how best to combine traditional brand tracking approaches with digital performance measures. She plays an active role at the university teaching marketing insights and marketing analytics.