Xinja is building Australia's first fully digital bank built entirely for mobile. Unlike other banks, it will be designed around customers' needs and in their interests. It will be incredibly simple and easy to use; you can start using a new account within seconds, see payments in real time with instant balance updates, set financial goals and monitor your progress, follow your money using simple visuals tools and set automatic checks in place to prevent you overspending. You can also ring fence funds you are saving for specific purposes without your having to open a separate account, and start saving with a single swipe.

In 2011 Peace Mitchell and her sister Katy launched the AusMumpreneur Network, an online business specialising in supporting, celebrating and empowering mumpreneurs through a range of online courses, the annual AusMumpreneur Awards and the AusMumpreneur Conference. She is inspired by the women she works with every day and the flexibility, freedom and creativity that this lifestyle allows is something she is passionate about sharing with other mums who are looking to create their dream life too!

Jonathan is a former senior Channel 7 reporter who now runs a consultancy company advising companies (big and small) on the impact of viral videos, in particular the science that occurs in the human brain to make people click that share button. Luck is the last thing on any one’s mind and it is responsible for billions of views every single day.  As a result he has developed the 'Spread Factor'. Spread Factor exists in all viral content and Jonathan breaks it down and teaches it to help people better understand their position in their own story.

Rhonda is GM of 3M Consumer  Business Group. Todd is 3M Post-it Brand Manager. In 1977 the world of stationery was overturned with the invention of 3M’s Post-it® Notes. Children, students, parents, kitchen’s and offices across the planet embraced the simplistic notion of paper notes that would hold in place. It transformed our way of communicating and gave rise to a new way of how organise ourselves and others. Rhonda & Todd discuss how 3M Post-it Notes are adapting to digital disruption & how new 3M innovations will see Activity Based Working retaining creativity and team collaboration in the workplace.

Philip Copeland has served as CEO of Avoka Technologies since 2002.  Avoka is a fintech company employing more than 90 people across three continents (USA, Australia and the UK). It is an enterprise software company that solves the problem of digital customer acquisition for large organisations, with particular benefits for financial institutions and government agencies.  Avoka’s focus has been on creating a solution that empowers clients to make outstanding customer experiences.

Tony Cavanagh has spent a lifetime in horse racing winning his first race in the City some 47 years ago. He Established his own Bloodstock Consultancy firm in 1980, is a Foundation Member of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents Ltd. & a life Member of Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria. As an Owner and Breeder, he has met with great success including Let’s Get Physical, Mr. Brooker & Bold Bridget to name a few. Over the last 2 decades, he has also been on the Menzies Advisory Board, the leading Art Auction House and has brought a lot of Racing People across in to the Art World. 

Sabri Suby is an Australian serial entrepreneur who in his early 30s runs one of the country’s fastest growing and most successful end-to-end digital marketing agencies, King Kong. Having originally founded King Kong in 2014 from his bedroom, Sabri has bootstrapped the company since day one and in three years has successfully built a team of 36 specialists now achieving $7m in annual revenue. As a pioneer in the digital marketing arena, the business has impacted 250,000 businesses in 42 different countries and has generated in excess of $200 million in sales for him and his clients.

Zed Sanjana is the CEO of Quest Apartment Hotels, the largest and fastest growing apartment hotel operator in Australasia with over 150 properties located across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Zed’s current role sees him working closely with the Quest Board of Directors to lead the development and execution of strategy across the company’s various business operations of Franchising, Growth, Development, Sales, Marketing and Property.

Christie is founder of the Hatching Lab, an app development and innovation agency. She’s also the creator of the Tech Ready Program, a short course for female tech founders starting in June, and a co-founder of content platform Poppy Renegade. Now a prominent woman in tech herself, Christie admits she’s come a long way for someone who almost failed high school maths and never had early ambitions to pursue a tech career.

Thrust into the business of beauty through a chance meeting with the LA based founders in 1995, Suzette has remained a trailblazer of the skincare industry ever since

With a background in PR and marketing, Suzette Cassie has been the General Manager of one of the world’s best loved skincare brands, Dermalogica, for over 20 years. She has built the business from a position of zero brand recognition, to now being a household name and the No.1 professional skincare brand in Australia.