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Welcome to Country9:00 AM|10 mins

Opening keynote: How to create and sustain a high performing business every day9:10 AM|30 mins

• Steven WorrallTelstra Digital Infrastructure

Keynote from our headline partner9:40 AM|20 mins

Panel: Strategies to protect staff from customer abuse10:40 AM|40 mins

• Mason GismondiBupa
• Tracey TaylorTransport for NSW
• Megan BudekNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District NSW Government
• Kathryn TaylorWellbeing Australia & Winner of the 2025 Most Influential Educator AwardMODERATOR

Protecting employees from online abuse12:00 PM|30 mins

• Sarah CookRowing Australia

Panel: Exploring the role of recruitment in candidate wellbeing1:10 PM|40 mins

• Jenna BlackbeardOrora
• Kate LudwigStory House Early Leaning
• Caitlin LefeverMESHKI
• Julie NetkowCisco
• Dr Patrick AouadCU HealthMODERATOR

How to attract and select people who strengthen culture2:10 PM|30 mins

• Liz HawesAvance Clinical

Panel: ‘More than just a fruit bowl” - Understand the trends in what employees are wanting from their work2:50 PM|40 mins

• Caroline HenshawMantel
• Shaleigh LennoxNGM
• Keith GoviasEML
• Melanie FisherQantas

What it takes to be Australia’s best place to work?10:40 AM|30 mins

Panel: Strategies and tips from Australia's Best Workplaces11:10 AM|50 mins

• Marilla AkkermansEquality Media
• Maria KoralisSmokeball
• Rebecca MoulynoxGreat Place To Work Australia & New ZealandMODERATOR

Rapid fire case studies: What simple change did these businesses make that made the biggest difference to employee wellbeing12:20 PM|60 mins

• Nell HardieHeidi Health
• Brianna CattanachAllianz

Fireside chat: Best practices of peer support wellbeing program1:25 PM|35 mins

• Danielle BamentNational Mental Health Consumer Alliance
• Ellie HodgesLived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network

Panel: How to support an employee going through a mental health crisis2:10 PM|40 mins

• Gracie KarabinisMind Australia
• Rachel GreenSANE
• Lachlan SearleR U OK?
• Georgie HarmanBeyond Blue
• Priscilla BriceNational Mental Health Consumer AllianceMODERATOR

Keynote: How Canva is building a workplace that cares for the whole human3:00 PM|30 mins

• Nicole SinghCanva

Panel: Reducing social isolation for staff in regional and remote regions3:40 PM|40 mins

• Shareen McMillanCentral Queensland Hospital and Health Service
• Jo NortonSitzler
• Chanda ChibuyeLatrobe Health Services

Why employee mental health and wellbeing is now a leadership imperative9:50 AM|30 mins

• Georgie HarmanBeyond Blue

WELLBEING ECONOMICS - Why employee health is becoming business infrastructure, not an employee benefit10:20 AM|30 mins

• Dr Patrick AouadCU Health

Panel: Culture as a commercial differentiator11:00 AM|50 mins

• Shruti GaneriwalaUnilever ANZ
• Sharon GrayOzHarvest
• Adriarna NunnCobild
• Jo StammersInLife
• Dr Natalie FlattSuperFriendMODERATOR

The secrets of high-performing teams12:00 PM|30 mins

• Rohan TaylorSwimming Australia

When pressure becomes performance12:40 PM|30 mins

• Timothy FrankelToll Helicopters

Panel: What leaders of high-performing teams have learnt about wellbeing1:20 PM|50 mins

• Professor Samuel HarveyBlack Dog Institute
• Nidhi ChopraAdobe
• Clayton HowesMONEYME
• Dr Natalie FlattSuperFriendMODERATOR

How cultural and wellbeing improvements can lead to direct organisational savings2:20 PM|30 mins

• Joe TooheyQube Holdings

The psychosocial safety information leaders actually need to know3:00 PM|30 mins

Rethinking presenteeism: The benefits of staying-at-work and how to achieve them3:40 PM|30 mins

• Alex CollieMonash University

Opening remarks from the chair10:05 AM|5 mins

• Brigitte FairbankCatholicCare

Keynote: How AI, inclusion and engagement are shaping high-performing organisations like Google10:10 AM|30 mins

• Jo Keiko TerasawaGoogle

AI is changing work. How are we designing roles for human-AI partnerships?11:20 AM|30 mins

• Sharon ParkerCurtin University

Panel: What we've learned about employee wellbeing and productivity from implementing AI at scale12:10 PM|60 mins

• Darren FewsterTelstra
• Nick FarhanInfrastructure Australia
• Professor Margo LydonMentally Healthy Workplaces Australia & Independent Chair, Mentally Healthy Workplaces Alliance
• Mason GismondiBupaMODERATOR

Fireside chat: Creating a high-performance team while effectively implementing digital transformation1:10 PM|30 mins

• Michelle TheophilouAmazon
• Kevin TanALDI Stores AustraliaMODERATOR

OneModel1:40 PM|25 mins

AI-powered skills intelligence: Connecting talent, capability and business outcomes2:05 PM|35 mins

Panel: Designing people-centric AI experiences across the employee lifecycle2:40 PM|45 mins

• Chelsea ShawQBE Insurance
• Michelle FichmannRamsay Health
• Jan RodenEndeavour Energy
• Kate BoothMinterEllisonMODERATOR

Fireside chat: Beyond productivity: Building workplaces where people and AI thrive3:25 PM|25 mins

• Kyla Banksnib Health Funds
• Jim Kellyicare NSWMODERATOR

Closing remarks from the chair3:50 PM|10 mins

• Brigitte FairbankCatholicCare

• Big Ideas StageDay 1Welcome to Country9:00 AM|10 mins
• Big Ideas StageDay 1Opening keynote: How to create and sustain a high performing business every day9:10 AM|30 mins

  • Steven WorrallTelstra Digital Infrastructure
• Big Ideas StageDay 1Keynote from our headline partner9:40 AM|20 mins
• Leadership StageDay 1Why employee mental health and wellbeing is now a leadership imperative9:50 AM|30 mins

  • Georgie HarmanBeyond Blue
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Opening remarks from the chair10:05 AM|5 mins

  • Brigitte FairbankCatholicCare
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Keynote: How AI, inclusion and engagement are shaping high-performing organisations like Google10:10 AM|30 mins

  • Jo Keiko TerasawaGoogle
• Leadership StageDay 1WELLBEING ECONOMICS - Why employee health is becoming business infrastructure, not an employee benefit10:20 AM|30 mins

  • Dr Patrick AouadCU Health

  
• Big Ideas StageDay 1Panel: Strategies to protect staff from customer abuse10:40 AM|40 mins

  • Mason GismondiBupa
  • Tracey TaylorTransport for NSW
  • Megan BudekNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District NSW Government
  • Kathryn TaylorWellbeing Australia & Winner of the 2025 Most Influential Educator AwardMODERATOR
• What Works StageDay 1What it takes to be Australia’s best place to work?10:40 AM|30 mins
• Leadership StageDay 1Panel: Culture as a commercial differentiator11:00 AM|50 mins

  • Shruti GaneriwalaUnilever ANZ
  • Sharon GrayOzHarvest
  • Adriarna NunnCobild
  • Jo StammersInLife
  • Dr Natalie FlattSuperFriendMODERATOR
• What Works StageDay 1Panel: Strategies and tips from Australia's Best Workplaces11:10 AM|50 mins

  • Marilla AkkermansEquality Media
  • Maria KoralisSmokeball
  • Rebecca MoulynoxGreat Place To Work Australia & New ZealandMODERATOR
• AI @ Work StageDay 1AI is changing work. How are we designing roles for human-AI partnerships?11:20 AM|30 mins

  • Sharon ParkerCurtin University
• Big Ideas StageDay 1Protecting employees from online abuse12:00 PM|30 mins

  • Sarah CookRowing Australia
• Leadership StageDay 1The secrets of high-performing teams12:00 PM|30 mins

  • Rohan TaylorSwimming Australia
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Panel: What we've learned about employee wellbeing and productivity from implementing AI at scale12:10 PM|60 mins

  • Darren FewsterTelstra
  • Nick FarhanInfrastructure Australia
  • Professor Margo LydonMentally Healthy Workplaces Australia & Independent Chair, Mentally Healthy Workplaces Alliance
  • Mason GismondiBupaMODERATOR
• What Works StageDay 1Rapid fire case studies: What simple change did these businesses make that made the biggest difference to employee wellbeing12:20 PM|60 mins

  • Nell HardieHeidi Health
  • Brianna CattanachAllianz
• Leadership StageDay 1When pressure becomes performance12:40 PM|30 mins

  • Timothy FrankelToll Helicopters
• Big Ideas StageDay 1Panel: Exploring the role of recruitment in candidate wellbeing1:10 PM|40 mins

  • Jenna BlackbeardOrora
  • Kate LudwigStory House Early Leaning
  • Caitlin LefeverMESHKI
  • Julie NetkowCisco
  • Dr Patrick AouadCU HealthMODERATOR
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Fireside chat: Creating a high-performance team while effectively implementing digital transformation1:10 PM|30 mins

  • Michelle TheophilouAmazon
  • Kevin TanALDI Stores AustraliaMODERATOR
• Leadership StageDay 1Panel: What leaders of high-performing teams have learnt about wellbeing1:20 PM|50 mins

  • Professor Samuel HarveyBlack Dog Institute
  • Nidhi ChopraAdobe
  • Clayton HowesMONEYME
  • Dr Natalie FlattSuperFriendMODERATOR
• What Works StageDay 1Fireside chat: Best practices of peer support wellbeing program1:25 PM|35 mins

  • Danielle BamentNational Mental Health Consumer Alliance
  • Ellie HodgesLived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network
• AI @ Work StageDay 1OneModel1:40 PM|25 mins
• AI @ Work StageDay 1AI-powered skills intelligence: Connecting talent, capability and business outcomes2:05 PM|35 mins
• Big Ideas StageDay 1How to attract and select people who strengthen culture2:10 PM|30 mins

  • Liz HawesAvance Clinical
• What Works StageDay 1Panel: How to support an employee going through a mental health crisis2:10 PM|40 mins

  • Gracie KarabinisMind Australia
  • Rachel GreenSANE
  • Lachlan SearleR U OK?
  • Georgie HarmanBeyond Blue
  • Priscilla BriceNational Mental Health Consumer AllianceMODERATOR
• Leadership StageDay 1How cultural and wellbeing improvements can lead to direct organisational savings2:20 PM|30 mins

  • Joe TooheyQube Holdings
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Panel: Designing people-centric AI experiences across the employee lifecycle2:40 PM|45 mins

  • Chelsea ShawQBE Insurance
  • Michelle FichmannRamsay Health
  • Jan RodenEndeavour Energy
  • Kate BoothMinterEllisonMODERATOR
• Big Ideas StageDay 1Panel: ‘More than just a fruit bowl” - Understand the trends in what employees are wanting from their work2:50 PM|40 mins

  • Caroline HenshawMantel
  • Shaleigh LennoxNGM
  • Keith GoviasEML
  • Melanie FisherQantas
• What Works StageDay 1Keynote: How Canva is building a workplace that cares for the whole human3:00 PM|30 mins

  • Nicole SinghCanva
• Leadership StageDay 1The psychosocial safety information leaders actually need to know3:00 PM|30 mins
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Fireside chat: Beyond productivity: Building workplaces where people and AI thrive3:25 PM|25 mins

  • Kyla Banksnib Health Funds
  • Jim Kellyicare NSWMODERATOR
• What Works StageDay 1Panel: Reducing social isolation for staff in regional and remote regions3:40 PM|40 mins

  • Shareen McMillanCentral Queensland Hospital and Health Service
  • Jo NortonSitzler
  • Chanda ChibuyeLatrobe Health Services
• Leadership StageDay 1Rethinking presenteeism: The benefits of staying-at-work and how to achieve them3:40 PM|30 mins

  • Alex CollieMonash University
• AI @ Work StageDay 1Closing remarks from the chair3:50 PM|10 mins

  • Brigitte FairbankCatholicCare