2025 First Speaker Announcement

Sweden

Nora Bateson

President of International Bateson Institute
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UK

Alexander Beiner

Author, Founder of Kainos & co-Director of Breaking Convention
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Canada

Julia Kim

Club Of Rome member and Global Wellbeing Expert
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Tyson Yunkaporta

Author and Founder of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab
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Lesley Hughes

Climate Scientist & Pro Chancellor at Macquarie University
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N'arwee't Carolyn Briggs

Chairperson & Founder of Boon Wurrung Foundation
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Lisa Miller

CEO of Wedgetail
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UK

Ben Goldsmith (Virtual)

Founder and CEO of Menhaden Capital PLC
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Oliver Costello

Executive Director of Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation
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Sweden

Pella Thiel

Co-Founder of Swedish Transition Network & End Ecocide Sweden
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Canada

Dara Parker

CEO of Toniic
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Joshua Yeldham

Artist
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Helena Norberg-Hodge

Founder of Local Futures
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Eytan Lenko

CEO of Boundless Earth
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Dane O'Shannassy

Country Director of Patagonia
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Paul Liknaitzky

Head of the Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University
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Amanda Sturgeon

CEO of The Biomimicry Institute
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Uganda

Peter Apell

Program Director of The Jane Goodall Institute
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Dr Jenny Gray AM PSM

CEO of Zoos Victoria
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Claire O'Rourke

CEO of Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network (AEGN)
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Rachel Lowry

CEO of Bush Heritage
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David Ritter

CEO of Greenpeace
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Damon Gameau

Filmmaker & Founder of Regen Studios
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Laura Hamilton O'Hare

CEO of Living Future Institute of Australia
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Andrew Davies

CEO of B Lab Australia & New Zealand
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Tammy Ben-Shaul

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
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Beatrice Imbert

Founder of Wattle Bank Farm
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Hayley Morris

Executive Director at Morris Group
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Mele-Ane Havea

Co-Chair B Lab Australia & NZ
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Cathy Wilkinson

CEO of Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
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Paul Hameister

Executive Chairman & Founder of Nature Based Cities
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Jade Hameister

Polar Explorer & Environmental Advocate
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Ewan Wallen

Chief Officer - Fire & Emergency Management DSE
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John Stewart

Creator at Living School
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Jo Yeldham

Photographer
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Mietta S.

Researcher and Storyteller at Learning Creates Australia
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Joel Pearlman

Storyteller & Filmmaker
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Pete Bland

Founder of Wattle Bank Farm
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Alison Whitten

Director of Research at Regen Melbourne
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Berry Liberman

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy
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Danny Almagor

Co-Founder of Small Giants Academy
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Kaj Löfgren

CEO of Regen Melbourne
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Tamsin Jones

Head of Programs at Small Giants Academy
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Francie Doolan

CEO of Small Giants Family Office
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Samual Beard

Family Office Chief of Staff at Small Giants Academy
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