2026 Programme

Welcome to Country

The Next Wave: Solving Problems Using Radical Innovation

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• As sport and sports organisations become more complex, the notion of creative thinking and problem-solving can impact communication and the execution of a vision.
• We’ll hear approaches to solving the challenge faced by leaders across our world of sport, and other industries.

Going Global: What Australia Can Learn From the World

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• Identifying the growth opportunities for Australian organisations looking to internationalise.
• Learning from internationally-focused businesses evaluating and active in the Australian market.

Improving Decisions, Actions and Outcomes: Behind Risk Environments

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• Understand how decisions are shaped in high-risk, high-pressure environments and what separates good intent from good outcomes.
• Apply lessons from risk environments to leadership, performance and accountability when stakes are high and information is incomplete.
• Strengthen decision discipline across teams and organisations by recognising behavioural patterns that influence actions and results.

Pressure Point: Training for Those Critical Moments

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• How do you train for critical moments in sport? How much is luck and intuition, and how much is training or immaculate judgement?
• It takes a certain type of person to keep calm under that intense pressure and thrive in these intense conditions – and usually the world’s best athletes are these types of people.
• We’ll hear from one of the world’s best performers on strategic thinking, trusting intuition and managing risk.

Roundtable: Translating Insight to Practice

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• An opportunity to meet informally with speakers from across the day
• Ask the experts and go deeper on the key topics of the day
• A chance to share ideas, challenges and build on the on-stage conversations

Rich Pickings: What the World’s Best Talent Systems Get Right

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• A key role we have as leaders is to help shape a positive, winning culture within organisations. To do this we need to have a clear vision of the culture we are trying to nurture, and we need to encourage people to speak up about what is getting in the way.
• We also need to aware of the different ways in which we as leaders can reinforce and help embed the behaviours we want to increase.
• No matter what industry you’re in, two of the main ingredients of success are the people and the culture.

Welcome Back

City of Winners: Celebrating the Best of Brisbane

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• The ability for coaches to grow and evolve a team is fundamental in building success. But what are the key principles needed to nurture team growth?
• In this session, we will delve into those essential strategies with two elite coaches, champions of 2025 from the NRL and AFL, touching on the importance of creating safe and inclusive environments, fostering a sense of belonging, promoting a growth mindset, and achieving substantial progress through marginal gains.

It’s an Art: Learning Environments for Young Talent

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AI in Practice: A Toolkit for Leaders

The Athlete-Involved Model: Co-Creating High Performance

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