SPEAKERS

Luli Adeyemo

Director & Founder, Best Case Scenario

Dr Ben Hamer

Sociologist and Futurist

Dr Christian Ketels

Lead Economist, World Bank

Bec Daniher

Executive Director, FightMND

Sorita McGrane ACEcD

Director, Economic Development Australia

Matt Grant ACEcD

Chair, Economic Development Australia

Jacqueline Brinkman GAICD

CEO, Economic Development Australia

Jennifer Mathews

Deputy Chair, Economic Development Australia

Simon Massey ACEcD

Director, Economic Development Australia

Boris Wong GAICD

Director, Economic Development Australia

Greg Bowden FIML

Director, Economic Development Australia

Vaughan Cooper

Chair, Economic Development New Zealand

Michael Campbell ACEcD

Founding Director, Lucid Economics

CR Declan Clausen

Newcastle Labor Councillor, City of Newcastle

Therese Dargin

Welcome to Country, Spiritual Waterways

Claire Quigley

Consultant and Founder, Launchpad9

Annie Lawrence

Head of Industry Advancement, City of Moreton Bay

Adrian Spencer GAICD

Co-Founder and Director, Grantguru

Sasha Lennon

Director, SC Lennon & Associates Pty Ltd

Vanessa Leigh ACEcD

Manager Economic Development, Rural City of Murray Bridge

Andrew Wear

Founder, Econovation

Bruce Wilson

Director of the European Union Centre of Excellence, RMIT

Phillip Kemp

Chief Executive, Business Foundations Ltd

Professor Roberta Ryan

Professor of Regional and Local Governance, University of Newcastle

Zanda Cameron

Principal, Hatch RobertsDay

Dr Madeleine Lawler

CEO and Director, Regional Development Mid North Coast

Dr Susan Stone

Credit Union SA Chair of Economics, UniSA

Duncan Burck

CEO, MCB Business Partners

Gordon Noble

Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Tim Browne

CEO, Dantia

Jane Wong

Senior Analyst, Geografia

Julia Callaghan ACEcD

Managing Director, Preternatural

Stu Speirs

Director, Australia, INSTID

Tony Palmer

Founder & CEO, Blackrock Motor Resort

Ivan Waterfield

CEO, HunterNet

Jason McFarlane

Director, Western Australian GreenTech Innovation Hub

Mike Ruzzene

Director, Strategic Planning, Economic Development and Tourism, Urban Enterprise Director, Monitor CRMS

Eshita Dutia

Principal Smart Places Officer, Cumberland City Council

Chris Kelly

Senior Consultant, REMPLAN

Rohan Webb

Business Development Manager, Monitor CRMS

Karishma Kodavali ACEcD

Principal Economic Advisor, City of Adelaide

Robert Hall

Chief Economist, .id

Bess Nolan-Cook GAICD

CEO, Tourism North East

Tory Loudon

Festival Director, New Annual Newcastle

Darren Godwell

Chair of the Board, Indigenous Business Australia

Kerrianne Haggie ACEcD

Head of Economic Intelligence, City of Moreton Bay

Federico Moreno ACEcD

Opportunity Creator, Problem Solver, Sparrowly Group

Franziska Iseli

Founder, Basic Bananas and Oceanlovers

Deb Barwick

CEO, NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce

Craig Jenkins

Director Economic Development Network, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Dean Magee

Chief Data Scientist, Geografia

Andrew Smith

CEO, Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council

Anne Blakeway

Manager Economy, Tourism & Culture, Yarra Ranges Council

Leandro Lopez Digon

Manager City Shaping, City of Salisbury