Meet our first 2026 speakers
Stay tuned - more will be announced soon!
70+ of the industry's leading voices will take the stage this October.
Government regulators.
WHS leaders.
AI specialists.
UN and WHO advisors.
Mental health and psychosocial risk experts.
Olympic-level performance coaches.
Abbie Janssen
Founder & Principal Consultant / Clear Boundaries
Bonnie Kite
Compliance Manager / Cm3 Contractor Management
Charlie Cole
Founder & Principal Consultant / Clear Boundaries
Craig Bleakley
Safety & Risk Specialist / ecoPortal
Dayna Fawkes
Director of Research Strategy / Safe Work Australia
Elise Manns
Executive General Manager - People & Safety / Coates
Erin Gooey
Head of Health / Safety & Wellbeing, Medibank
Dr Farnad Nasirzadeh
Director of Workforce Safety and Performance Research and Innovation Group / Deakin University
Dr Georgi Toma
Director / HeartBrain Works
Georgie Chapman
Partner / HR Legal
Georgina Poole
Co-Founder & Director / Event Learning Australia
Heather Ikin
Head of Product and Organisational Psychologist / FlourishDx
James Kolozsi
Senior Director / Forge Works
James Wood
Director / CNB Safe
Jennifer Suh
Manager Regulatory Policy / SafeWork NSW
Joanne Bartley
Head of Prevention and Education / icare NSW
Joel Anderson
CEO / Foremind
John Toomey
CEO, The Wellbeing Thought Leaders & Host, The Masculine Intelligence Podcast /
Katrina Aubrey
Fatigue and Sleep Specialist / AutoSense
Keith Govias
Workplace Safety and Risk Principal / EML Group
Laura Chapman
Director of Sales, APAC / Sine by Honeywell
Dr Laura Kirby
Executive Director & Chief Psychologist / APS
Mark Butler
Performance Specialist & Speaker / Mark Butler
Dr Martin O'Neil
Head of Health & Safety / Boral
Dr Martin Stirling
Code & Approvals (Passive Firestop) / HSE Manager / Hilti Australia
Matt Steel
Lead Auditor / LRQA Limited
Maya Gazzard
Head of People, Safety, Systems / Trescon
Melanie Moffatt
Senior Corporate Health and Wellbeing Lead / Medibank
Mel Larsson
Senior EHS Product Manager / Ideagen
Melissa Weller
General Manager / Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds
Michael Weller
State Inspector, Occupational Health and Environment / SafeWork NSW
Michelle Boundy
Multi Award Winner in Government | Speaker | Founder / She Inspires Me
Ollie Jay
Director, Heat & Health Research Centre & Co-Chair, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change / University of Sydney
Dr Patrick Aouad
Founder and CEO / CU Health
Patrizia Cassaniti OAM
Founder and Director / Touched by Christopher Foundation
Peter Barron
Team Coordinator, Psychosocial Programs / SafeWork NSW
Rachael Ford
Advocacy Lead / It Pays To Care
Rich Maloney
Founder and CEO / Quality Mind AI
Richard Rowe
Head of Product EHS / Ideagen
Riley Bryn
National Head of Safety, Standards and Assurance / Before You Dig Australia
Roni Millard
Founder / The Wellbeing Edge
Scott Amy
Principal Consultant / Sentis
Scott Barber
CEO / Working at Heights Assosication
Sharon Richens
Head of Customer / Altius
Tanya Pelja
Executive Director, HSEQ APAC / BGIS
Toni McQuinn
Director / Body Armour
Dr Trent Watson
CEO & Workplace Health & Safety Consultant / Ethos Health
Will Batty
AVP Business Developement, APAC / GEOTAB