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National
Convention
& Exhibition

2023

BCEC, BRISBANE

8-10 AUGUST

8 – 10 AUGUST

Meet our NEXT speakers

Learn from globally-recognised thought leaders in HR and business as we look past the now and focus on NEXT.

NEXT Host

Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM

Author, Columnist and Company Director

NEXT Keynotes

Lucy Adams

CEO, Disruptive HR

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Chief Innovation Officer at Manpower Group, Co-Founder of Deeper Signals and Metaprofiling, and Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and Columbia University.

Keith Ferrazzi

Entrepreneur and global thought leader in the relational and collaborative sciences

Craig Foster AM

Australian retired soccer player and human rights activist

Yemi Penn

Thought leader for transformation, productivity, diversity and inclusion

NEXT Deep Dives

Peter Burow

Founding Partner and Chairman, NeuroPower Group

Dr Kirsten Ferguson

Author, Columnist and Company Director

Donna McGeorge

Global authority on productivity and bestselling author

NEXT Insights

David Burroughs

Workplace Psychologist, Australian Psychological Services

Shruti Ganeriwala

Head of HR, Unilever ANZ

Mofoluwaso Ilevbare CPHR

General Manager, People and Culture, Allied Pinnacle

Greg Keith

CEO, Grant Thornton

Aaron McEwan FAHRI

VP, Research & Advisory - Gartner

Clare Murphy FCPHR

Executive Director - Organisational Enablement, EACH

Mark Vickers

Director, Talent Acquisition APAC Region, Stanley Black & Decker Inc

Dr Michelle McQuaid

Founder, The Wellbeing Lab

Michael Bradfield

Director Talent Acquisition – Global Tech, Digital and DNA, adidas

Kathryn Dent CAHRI

Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

Sarah Queenan FCPHR

Founder and Managing Director, Humanify HR

Susan Sadler CPHR

AHRI State President – South Australia |CEO, Red Wagon Workplace Solutions

Nick Ruskin CAHRI

Partner, K&L Gates

Dr Michelle Phipps FCPHR

AHRI Director | AHRI DEI Advisory Committee Chair, and Chief People Officer, VetPartners

Elizabeth Griffin FCPHR

Principal, Complexity Consulting

Fiona Krautil

D&I Lead, Uniting NSW ACT

Rhonda Brighton-Hall FCPHR

Founder and CEO, mwah – Making Work Absolutely Human

Mathew Paine FCPHR

Executive General Manager - People and Culture, Australian Financial Complaints Authority

Sarah Schmalz MAHRI

Human Resources Director – ANZ, Kimberly-Clark

Dr Sean Gallagher

Director of the Centre for the New Workforce at Swinburne University

Donna Young MAHRI

Group Employee Relations Director, Accenture Australia and New Zealand

Brenda Hawke

Senior Director, Talent and Organisational Development, Queensland Health

Hayley Lock MAHRI

Emma Lowes

General Manager People and Performance, Standards Australia

Richard Rosenow

Vice President, People Analytics Strategy, One Model

James Hancock MAHRI

Co-Founder and Managing Director, mwah – Making Work Absolutely Human

Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR

Director and State Director WA, AHRI | Managing Partner, Talenting

Ruby Anandajayasekeram

Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Excellence Advisor, Shell

Dr Ben Hamer CPHR

Director, AHRI | Chief Futurist, CreativeCubes.Co

NEXT Public Sector

James Comey

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017)

Mark Puncher

CEO, Employer Branding Australia

David Guazzarotto

Pacific Leader, Digital HR & Technology Advisory Mercer Workforce Solutions

Rick Morton

Journalist and Author

Dr Michelle McQuaid

Founder, The Wellbeing Lab

Kathryn Dent CAHRI

Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

David Rumbens

Partner, Deloitte Access Economics

Greg Vines

Chief Executive Officer Comcare

Ella McPherson

Deputy Commissioner/ Chief Operating Officer, Victorian Public Sector Commission

Chris Lamb FCPHR

Deputy Commissioner, NSW Public Service Commission

David Mackie

Queensland Public Sector Commissioner

Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM

Australian Public Service Commissioner

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Melbourne
Victoria, 3000

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