Organizers

Thomas De Martino is an Associate in Coleman Greig’s Family Law Team.

Sophia Johnston is a Senior Associate in Coleman Greig’s Wills & Estates Team. She specialises in estate litigation, probate applications and estate administration.

Erin Dawson is a Special Counsel and team leader of Coleman Greig’s Wills & Estate Planning team. Erin is an Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law and specialises in estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation.

Lisa will share her success and challenges as an elite athlete as well as her personal experiences as a coach, working mum, wife, author, public personality and health and fitness advocate, drawing on a lifetime of experiences to motivate and inspire.

Sophie Delezio was critically injured when a car crashed into her day-care centre. Her journey didn’t stop once leaving the hospital wards and her grit and determination then and now to live the fullest life is testament to her spirit.

Elite athlete. Partner. Wife. Mother. From her beginnings as Australia’s youngest Ironwoman, Candice has risen to become one of Australian’s most loved sports and media stars.

Therese Austin-Carrick is a Senior Licensed Conveyancer in Coleman Greig’s Conveyancing team. With more than 35 years’ experience in property law, Therese is experienced in all aspects of property and conveyancing including leasing.

Barbara Papevski is a Conveyancing Manager in Coleman Greig’s Commercial Property team. She has over 20 years’ experience in the field, starting as a Junior Conveyancing Assistant in 1999 before gaining her qualifications as a licensed conveyancer in 2005.

John Bennett is a Special Counsel in Coleman Greig’s Commercial Advice team. He is an expert on the PPSA. John has documented various security agreements, achieved significant asset recoveries for secured parties, and helped insolvency practitioners resist PPSA claims.

Rebecca Watters is an Associate in Coleman Greig’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. Rebecca has worked across a broad range of commercial areas and has a particular strength in commercial disputes/litigation.

The co-founder and managing director of KeepCup, Abigail Forsyth is a leader in the global movement to inspire reduce. Abigail is passionate about improving the take-up and reducing use of single use items.

Victoria Quayle is a Senior Associate in the Employment Law Team and has almost 15 years’ experience in employment and commercial litigation, with skills to assist business to minimise their legal risks.

Kaitlyn Loo is an Associate in Coleman Greig’s Family Law team. Prior to joining Coleman Greig, Kaitlyn was an Associate to two Judges of Division One of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

Jess Hill is a Walkley award-winning journalist who specialises in reporting on coercive control and gendered violence. Prior to this, she was a Middle East correspondent, and worked as both a producer and reporter for various current affairs programs across the ABC.

Silvia Damiano founded the About my Brain Institute in 2009, with the purpose of democratising leadership & neuroscience to shake up how we develop ‘the human’, ‘the leader’ and ‘the creative’ we all carry within. She has a passionately held belief, that leaders in our global innovation economy and their organisations must radically change long-held ideas of what constitutes effective leadership.

Jana Wendt was born in Melbourne in 1956 and began her career as a researcher for the ABC before becoming a reporter for Channel 10.

Diana Ryall is one of Australia’s leading businesswomen. A well-known mentor for women, and a vocal supporter of increasing skill-levels within the workforce, she is passionate about inspiring leadership, developing supportive workplace cultures, life/work balance, and career resiliency through ongoing professional and personal development.

Dr Helena Popovic is a medical doctor, researcher, counsellor, fitness instructor and all-round adventurer! A specialist in lifestyle-based diseases, Helena has dedicated her life to showing men and women how to achieve peak health and peak performance in every area of their life – through education not medication.
One of Australia’s leading experts on neuroplasticity.