Danielle Seymour, Director, _Southstart

Danielle is a director & co-owner at _SOUTHSTART, an innovation and impact festival which has nestled itself at the heart of Australia’s startup ecosystem. She is also the founder of Sidestep Creations, and established the Adelaide chapter of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the world economic forum.

Dominiqe Bird, White Box Enterprises

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Anna Guenther, NZ Trade & Enterprise

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Pete Horsley, Founder, Remarkable

Peter is the Founder of Remarkable, the startup venture arm of Cerebral Palsy Alliance, whose mission is to harness tech and innovation for (all) human potential. Peter is a catalytic leader for global change on disability inclusion and is one of the co-founders of +N Inclusive Innovation Network.

Christina Chun, Chair, The Social Enterprise Council of NSW and ACT

Christina Chun is an honouree of the 2019 Forbes 30under30 Asia list (social entrepreneur), a winner in Marie Claire’s Glass Ceiling Awards and is an avid problem solver in the social impact space. She is committed to building solutions that remove systemic barriers and provide equitable access to skill-building opportunities for young people.

Kia, Byron & Ethan, Founders, Aquashield

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Poppy Rouse, Head of Strategy & Innovation, Digital Creators

Poppy is a design thinking practitioner, facilitator and innovation leader who is passionate about unleashing potential in the clients she works with and solving problems that matter. She has worked across Not for Profit, Government, Academia and Enterprise for Good and loves taking ideas from a post it note to seeing it in the hands of customers.

Kylie Porter, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Whitsunday Alliance

Kylie Porter is the Chief Executive Officer of Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3). GW3 is the peak independent, economic development organisation for the Mackay, Isaac, Whitsunday region. The organisation advocates for, and promotes prosperity across across the Greater Whitsunday region in all industry sectors.

Elise Stephenson, Social Good Outpost

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Daizy Maan, SPARK Deakin

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Peter Ball, Founder & MD, Greater Outcomes

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Anna Reeves, That StartUp Show

Anna is CEO and co founder of That StartUp Show, an Webby Award honored TV series focused on future technology and start up culture, recently featured on Amazon Prime, whose mission is to explore the impact of technology and to showcase diverse startups creating a positive future.

Gabrielle Lim, Founder & Non-Executive Director, Arcadium Adventures

Gabrielle Lim is an entrepreneur and advisor. She is the Creative Lead at Arcadium Adventures and TRAPT, pioneering the immersive entertainment industry, and acts as an advisor with a particular passion for wellness and education. Gabrielle is currently appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Methodist Ladies’ College, Melbourne.

Joel Connolly, Blackbird Foundation

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Laura McBain, Co-Managing Director, Stanford d.school

Laura McBain (she/her) (@laura_mcbain) is a designer, educator and the co-director of the K12 lab at the Stanford d.school. As a human-centered designer, her work focuses on understanding the ecosystem of education and finding meaningful opportunities to advance racial and social justice.

Lucy Thomas, CEO, PROJECT ROCKIT

Lucy Thomas OAM stepped up to challenge (cyber)bullying when she was fresh out of high school, co-founding social enterprise PROJECT ROCKIT to empower teens to take positive action in their schools. Her social enterprise is now a National movement, with over 500,000 young people sharing their vision of a world where kindness and respect thrive.

Murray Galbraith, Creative Director, Syntropic Studio

Best known as co-founder and CEO of Myriad, Murray has spent 15+ years as a creative and strategist, working across media, advertising, technology and events. In addition to his design practise, he is a founding board member of Aboriginal Art Co, Beyond Blue’s Healthy Dads and countless other super fun side projects.

Hannah Ahn

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Jahin Tanvir, Echo Chamber Escape

Jahin Tanvir is a policy adviser, keynote speaker, author, and multicultural youth advocate. With a penchant for being multifaceted, Jahin possesses a strong background in youth advocacy and healthcare in leading youth-led organizations. In 2021, Jahin received the 2021 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year in Individual Community Service.

Makayla Finch, Founder, The I AM Project

Makayla Finch is a passionate high school student helping to battle negative through her social enterprise, The I AM Project. After coming second in the Future Anything Grand Final last year, she hopes to make a change in society with products branded with ‘I AM’ affirmations.

Moira Were, Ethical Field, SheEO, Hen House Co-Op

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Rosie Thomas, Co-Founder & CEO, Project Rockit

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Kai Lovel, Product Lead, Ammo Marketing

I build and grow digital products. I also enjoy not-for-profit advisory, public speaking and writing.

Kelsey Doorey, Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services

Kelsey is an entrepreneur and lover of disruptive concepts. She has spent most of her career in startups, since uni in 2003. She has worked with startups that include 2 now unicorns, 1 IPO, 1 acquisition and over $1B USD capital raised, including founding and running her own startup in LA for 5 years.