Fern Canning is a distinguished marketing leader with over 20 years of experience, renowned for her expertise in growing, evolving and safeguarding some of the world's largest brands such as HP, PayPal, Microsoft, Audi, IKEA and Unilever.

Fern's leadership roles include serving as Managing Director of Australia, and Executive Vice President, across Asia Pacific, at leading global marketing communications firms, where she drove significant business transformations and fostered high-performing teams across multiple regions.

Fern has served as an advisor to the United Nations Development Programme, The Lion’s Share, a planet-forward movement and is also a sought-after speaker at major events, including this year’s Australia and New Zealand CMO Summit.

Fern is the founder of Kyna, an independent marketing consulting firm where she works with organisations to develop brand and marketing strategies. She also coaches leading executives on building their personal brands and serves as a fractional marketing leader for businesses seeking strategic guidance.

Previously, Fern served as Marketing Director at Deloitte Australia, where she continued to shape the future of marketing and communications with her visionary leadership and commitment to excellence.

Fern is currently co-authoring a book with The Ethical CEO, Adam Long titled Getting People to Give a F*ck: Marketing Strategies for Ideas That Matter.

Aleisha is an award-winning entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO of Ultimate Edge Communications – a boutique media communications and creative consultancy.

For 15 years, she has been delivering market-beating results for hundreds of business owners, CMOs and marketing managers. Aleisha and her team of experts help their clients outperform their competitors by leveraging strategies to create self-funded, profitable campaigns that scale. Aleisha and her team have designed campaigns worth more than $50 million, generating over $200 million in sales and over 1 million new prospects for their clients.

Mark Bonchek is the founder and CEO (Chief Epiphany Officer) of Shift Thinking. His mission is to enable leaders and organizations to adapt and thrive in a world of discontinuous and exponential change. Mark has been on the vanguard of the digital revolution since receiving Harvard's first PhD on the topic of social media in 1997. Throughout his career as an executive, entrepreneur, and advisor, Mark has been a catalyst for unlearning outdated ways of thinking and embracing new mental models to achieve breakthrough results. Mark serves on the Goldman Sachs Advisory Board and is a faculty member for Singularity University. He speaks regularly to audiences around the world and has published over 50 articles with Harvard Business Review.

As the founder of IFLYFLAT for over 12 years now, Steve has perfected the art of using credit cards and frequent flyer points to secure Business Class flights at a fraction of the cost.

He believes that using points strategically provides the ultimate travel advantage, as travel has the special power that makes you feel wiser and younger at the same time.

As a CPA accountant, Steve honed his financial skills during an 11-year tenure at Macquarie Bank.

Inspired by the financial ingenuity he witnessed at Macquarie, Steve recognised the immense but confusing value of points. He developed a simple, systematic approach to turn business expenses into Business Class travel.

Known as ‘The Points Whisperer,’ Steve is the Australian travel industry’s go-to points expert. Major media outlets like TV channels 7, 9, and 10, SBS, ABC, 2GB radio, podcasts, and newspapers across the nation regularly seek his insights.

Also recognised as one of LinkedIn’s ‘Top Voices,’ Steve is a familiar face on the platform.

Jackie Furey is a psychotherapist, specialising in bringing out the best in people and maximising their personal and professional relationships.

Jackie travels extensively delivering keynote presentations, facilitating workshops, and conducting individual and group consultations. In the past eight years she has spoken in over thirty major cities around the world. The feedback she has received has been nothing short of spectacular. She cites her Irish heritage with giving her the ability to get the story across to her audiences in an entertaining and enlightening way.

For three years Jackie hosted Australia’s number one relationship talkback radio show “Bedrooms to boardrooms”, sharing her wisdom on relationships and the key factors that make them successful. Her opinions are frequently cited in the media and her documentary with the ABC called “Welcome to Intimacy” was bought by the BBC UK.