Brian Biro is America's Breakthrough Coach! He is one of the nation's foremost speakers and teachers of Leadership, Possibility Thinking, Thriving on Change, and Team-Building. He has delivered over 1,200 presentations around the world over the last 20 years. A major client described Brian best when he said, "Brian Biro has the energy of a ten-year-old, the enthusiasm of a twenty-year-old, and the wisdom of a seventy-five-year-old." A former vice-president of a major transportation corporation and the author of nine books including bestseller, Beyond Success!, Brian was rated #1 from over 40 Speakers at four consecutive INC. Magazine International Conferences. With degrees from Stanford University and UCLA, Brian has appeared on Good Morning America,CNN's Business Unusual, and theFox News Network and as a featured speaker at the Disney Institute in Orlando. He was recently named one of the top 100 most inspirational graduates of the UCLA Graduate School of Business in honor of their 75th Anniversary.

Robert Brand has a long history with space and the moon. At the age of 17 he wired up much of the video and communications systems in Sydney Australia that brought the world the Apollo 11 video from the moon. Over many years he has been stationed at the Parkes Radio Telescope for NASA's Voyager encounters with Uranus and Neptune and ESA's Giotto encounter with Halleys Comet. In more recent years h ...

Peter Donegan is one of Australia's most respected sports presenters and commentators. In addition to being critically recognised, and a multi-award winner in the racing codes, Peter's versatility in sports broadcasting has seen him cover the full spectrum of world sport. Over the course of his career he has covered a range of sporting events, the highlights of which include; four Olympic Games, ...

Matt Long had life by the horns—until the day he got crushed by a 20–ton bus. Though the New York City firefighter and Ironman suffered horrific injuries, he somehow survived. Then he had to learn to live again. More than 40 operations later, he finally began a grueling rehabilitation regime. Matt found the psychological consequences of the accident nearly as hard to process as the phys ...

Lucy Marcus is a highly experienced conference and keynote speaker and the Founder and CEO of a venture consulting company. She is an adept and knowledgable speaker on global economic trends and best practices for investment. Lucy is committed to fostering sustainable success for funding organisations. She works in venture capital and private equity funds, to help her clients create robust businesses with strong foundations for their funding efforts. She is a fellow at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, teaching and researching on leadership & innovation, and exploring the changing landscape in funding in biotech, pharma, and cleantech. Lucy speaks regularly on board dynamism, and is a prolific writer-including in social media channels. In fact, she received the Rising Star of Corporate Governance award from Yale University, and The Independent ranked Lucy as 43rd in their Most Powerful Britons on Twitter. She has been profiled and published in a vast selection of international business and economic magazines and broadsheets. She has been appointed Professor of Leadership and Governance at IE Business School.

Wendy Matthews has a reputation as an artist par excellence with a sublime, expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it. Both acoustically and physically, Wendy Matthews moves with an enviable minimalism. Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace. In an age when grunge is thought to be hip and cynicism an attribute, Wendy has proven ...

Called a 'marketing guru' by the Wall Street Journal, Michael Port lectures, trains, inspires and provides coaching and consulting services to business owners. Michael is the author of bestselling books - Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, The Contrarian Effect: Why It Pays To Take Typical Sales Advice, Do The Opposite and The Think Big Manifesto. Michael's company runs some of the largest and most respected online distance learning and coaching programs for small business owners. Before starting his consulting business, Michael spent years honing his management skills by working in senior management for some of the premiere health and fitness companies, including The Sports Club Company and Clay, the most luxurious health club in New York, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Operations.

Craig Reucassel is an acclaimed keynote speaker, TV presenter, and comedian best known for War on Waste and Fight for Planet A. He inspires audiences to take practical action on climate and sustainability through powerful storytelling, sharp insight, and humour. With deep media experience and a strong environmental voice, Craig delivers impactful keynotes that challenge thinking and spark real change.

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Scott Steinberg is the CEO of a management consulting and market research firm which helps clients more effectively connect, communicate and create lasting value. One of the world's best-known business strategists and communications experts, he serves as a strategic advisor to Fortune 500 corporations, non-profits, universities and startups, helping them identify emerging cultural, social and technology trends, and implement powerful leadership, marketing and communications strategies to capitalize on these opportunities. A bestselling author and futurist, his latest books include The Business Expert's Guidebook, The Crowdfunding Bible, and The Modern Parent's Guide high-tech parenting series. Hailed as a top business and technology analyst from NPR to The Wall St. Journal, and a nationally-syndicated columnist who teaches executives, educators and entrepreneurs to be more effective, his training and coaching workshops show businesses and individuals how to become indispensable in an increasingly disposable world.

Mat is one of the most sought after real estate speakers in the Country. His story is compelling and captivating. Working in a small town and starting in Real Estate with no car he was determined to make it. Many years on Mat now owns multiple offices across the Central Coast with his business partner. Best known for his abilty in working a core farm area, Mat's Real Estate System changed the r ...

Narelle Hooper is an adviser, author, director and one of Australia’s most respected business commentators and communicators. She was the founding co-chair of the Australian Financial Review-Westpac Women of Influence Awards and editor of the award-winning AFR BOSS Magazine.

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William Jefferson Clinton, the first Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice, led the U.S. to the longest economic expansion in American history, including the creation of more than 22 million jobs. President Clinton's core values of building community, creating opportunity, and demanding responsibility resulted in unprecedented progress for America. After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the environment by fostering partnerships among governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private citizens to turn good intentions into measurable results.

Who, during a meeting, the sales process, an interview or during a negotiation wouldn't love to have the skillsets to read people like a book and gain the upper hand or advantage in the process? Meet the Human Lie Detector. Steve van Aperen is known as an international expert in the field of behavioural interviewing, reading body language and detecting deception. Steve has received extensive training from the world's leading international investigative authorities (LAPD, FBI, US Secret Service) in how and why people deceive. He has conducted behavioural interviews and polygraph tests on 64 homicide and 2 serial killer investigations and has been consulted by the Victoria Police Homicide Squad, Major Crime Squad and the media. Steve  travels around the world teaching organisations how to read their customers, detect deception and watch profits soar.

Matt Barrie is an award winning entrepreneur, technologist and lecturer. He is Chief Executive of the world's largest outsourcing marketplace connecting over 10 million professionals from around the globe, and in the top 250 websites globally. In 2013, he was named in the top 10 Australian entrepreneurs to watch in 2013 by SmartCompany, the Blackberry Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Yea ...

Mark prides himself on being a problem solver who tries to use the law to achieve the desired effect. As a solicitor advocate, his tenacious and brave pursuit of the civil wrongs perpetrated by journalists at the News of the World lead to: - The establishment of the Leveson Enquiry; The $3 million payment to the bereaved parents of Milly Dowler. The ultimate closure of the News of the World. He h ...

Ben Hewett kicked off his TV career as the energetic and entertaining Host of Override and The Big Breakfast on the Seven Network. He then moved from morning Television to afternoons to Host The Big Arvo for four years. Ben says that his favourite part of the show was a segment called 'Celebrity Make Me A Sandwich' where the celebrity he was interviewing made him a sandwich! Ben has appeared in n ...

Chris Gardner is an Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist, and single parent whose work has been recognized by many esteemed organization. Gardner is the author of the autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, a New York Times and Washington Post #1 bestseller that has been translated into over forty languages. Gardner is also the inspiration for the acclaimed movie “The Pursuit of Happynessâ ...

Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. His tremendous success has made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. Ruslan grew up in the Elsternwick commission flats in Melbourne, and was interested in technology at an early age, building his first computer at the age of nine. He has started over 20 businesses since the age of 10, with Kogan being his most successful. By the age of 23 Ruslan had worked at the IT departments of Bosch, GE, Telstra, and was a management consultant at Accenture. Disappointed that he couldn't personally afford the latest LCD TV technology, Ruslan started Kogan in his parent's garage and has gone on to grow it into a multinational consumer electronics and online retail business. His company has been in a constant war of words with Australian retailers Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi, and the UK's Currys and John Lewis. Ruslan Kogan has time and time again successfully exposed the shady underbelly of traditional bricks and mortar stores. His open and transparent approach to retail has changed the way people all around the world transact. Ruslan Kogan believes technology can make the world a better place, and Kogan's goal is to make it more affordable for everyone.

Matt Newell is a customer experience innovator who works with companies like Shoes of Prey. He is the recent recipient of two major awards ‘Store Design of the Year’ at the World Retail Awards in Paris and ‘Emerging Agency of the Year’. Matt’s keynotes and workshops on retail strategy, innovation, trends, human insights and marketing are interactive, insightful and entertaining. He speaks with a depth of knowledge that empowers his audience to revisit their way of thinking and challenge their current assumptions.

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David Thomas recently headed up the Australasian Mission to the 2013 Asian Financial Forum. Asian business interests in Australia are frequently overlooked, however David provides a compelling argument for why our business leaders need to recognise the sheer market force of the coming Asian century and act now to take a place in it.

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Paul Wallbank is one of the leading business technology experts in Australia and will be headlining at our National Speaker Showcase on February 19 2013.

I first heard the term "throwing the problem over the fence" from a telco project manager a few years ago, it describes how modern organisations shift risk to others.

Throwing the problem over the fence usually involves contracting out a task, the philosophy is once the contract is signed delivery is no longer management's problem, it's now the responsibility of the contractor. Once the job is over the fence it's out of sight and out of mind.

Governments, financial institutions and most corporations have become very good at throwing their problems over the fence.

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Jeremy Clarkson began his career in television as a budding journalist, broadcaster and writer who specialised in motoring. The original format Top Gear uncovered his unique presenting appeal and his popularity on the hit motoring show soon took off. During his rise in television he guest-appeared on a number of other shows always being true to his tongue-in-cheek, yet humorous self. This irrever ...

Scott Farquhar is the cofounder of Atlassian. He has come a long way in the 10 years since he and his cofounder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, launched their company. Today, Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes are the two wealthiest young Australians, according to BRW magazine, with an estimated net worth of $480 million. In the early days, Atlassian was a tech-support company founded with the hope it would keep them in beer money. Flash-forward to today. Atlassian did "$100 million in sales last calendar year, and is growing north of 30% per annum,". Farquhar says success hasn't changed him, much, the big difference is having less time. While Farquhar can't give as much personally, he makes sure the company makes up the difference. Atlassian donates one percent of its revenue, one percent of its employee, and one percent of its products to charity.

In 1949 June-Dally Watkins emerged as Australia's 'Model of the Year' and was declared "Australia's Most Photographed Model" for the same year. Building on her modelling success and driven by her mother's determination, Miss Dally set about establishing the first Personal Development School in the southern hemisphere. From there, Miss Dally has expanded the school to include Australia's first Busi ...

Awarded 2018 Keynote Speaker of the Year by the Australian Professional Speakers Association.  Amanda is Energetic. Inspiring. Humourous. Engaging. Memorable. These are just some of the words used to describe Amanda Stevens, CSP. After wowing audiences in 14 countries for more than a decade on the speaking circuit, Amanda is widely regarded as one of the best female speakers in Australia.

Her her ability to craft powerful messages, infused with humour and insight makes her presentations memorable and actionable. A master storyteller, Amanda captivates her audiences with a distinctive combination of current insights, social commentary and dynamic examples, delivered with a sharp wit and take-away value. If you're looking for a speaker on sales, marketing, gender psychology, customer service or the future of consumers, Amanda can tailor something specifically for your audience with a powerful message that will last well beyond the presentation. With five keynote topics and five workshop options that can be mixed and matched to suit your conference theme and unique needs, Amanda's depth of experience and breadth of content means she can kick off or close any conference with a high energy, entertaining keynote or she can facilitate a structured, tailored workshop for a small group - and anything in between.

Melissa Hoyer has developed into Australia's leading and most respected and credible lifestyle, fashion and pop culture commentators in print, online, on television and radio. As Entertainment Editor at Large for News.com.au, Melissa is also a regular commentator on style and pop culture issues on TV shows like The Morning Show, Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and Today Tonight and is also part of the r ...

"Australia's Most Travelled Woman", that's the title earned by Catriona Rowntree after more than 16 years at the helm of Australia's favourite travel show Getaway on Channel Nine. Catriona celebrated her 10 years on Getaway by publishing 'Catriona's Australia: 100 of my favourite Aussie locations' through JDP. In addition to her TV roles, Catriona has been able to utilise her passion for Community ...

At just 33 years of age, Luke Van Dyck is a third generation builder who has transitioned from completing his apprenticeship to becoming an award winning custom home builder, successful businessman, accomplished television presenter and author. Building runs in Luke's blood and he owns a successful and award winning custom home building business. He has established a strong reputation working with ...

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Following a decorated career as a RAAF combat fighter, Australia's very own top gun pilot Matt Hall became the first Australian ever to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championships, the fastest and most exciting sport on the planet. Hall finished the season third overall to become the first rookie in history to end his debut season on the podium. He followed that up with two podium finishe ...

Mark started his working life as a Victorian State High school Physical Education and English teacher. After completing 10 years of service for the Education department of Victoria he took long service leave and followed his child hood dream of becoming a helicopter pilot -he first learnt to fly aeroplanes and then helicopters and worked as a flight instructor teaching people to operate both kind ...

Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology and the author of the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He serves on the advisory board of a ...

Watching Steve Philp perform is like watching an episode of 80's TV show - It's A Knockout! except he assures us no-one will get hurt!! Actor, Comedian and Former Radio Announcer Steve has adapted to most things his parole officer has given him. Starting out on an acting career Steve starred in kid's stage show's such and quickly found kids to be on his level of intelligence. Steve then moved into ...

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Ross is the foundation director of the Centre for Customer Strategy in Australia and is co-author of the new business book, "I-Cons The Essential Guide to Winning and Keeping High Value Customers"

He is a social ecologist focused on the future of business

Ross is widely quoted in the national media and is in demand as an international speaker on the subject of unlocking customer value..

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