Organizers

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.

Shannon McNee is a Senior Associate in Coleman Greig’s Commercial Property and Commercial Advice team. Shannon has broad commercial advice experience including large scale business acquisitions/disposals, commercial contracting and terms of trade, corporate structuring and business succession, and commercial property.

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.

Alfonso Layson is a Principal Lawyer and Accredited Specialist in Coleman Greig’s Family Law Team. Alfonso has more than 10 years’ experience in Family Law with key practice strengths including advocacy, pre-nuptial binding financial agreements, complex property matters and more.

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.

Michelle Bowden is Australia’s most sought after presentation and influencing skills expert with a client list that reads like a ‘who’s who’ of Australia’s top companies including Westpac, Suncorp, CSL, AUSTAR, Novartis and Optus.
Author of “STOP! Your PowerPoint is killing me” and “Don’t Picture Me Naked,” Michelle is an expert at helping people easily.

Deborah Thomas, Editorial Director of the Australian Women’s Weekly, is one of Australia’s most admired and respected journalists and corporate presenters. She appears regularly on

Ambassador – 2010 Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Campaign One of Australia’s most successful fashion exports, and a red carpet favourite of A-listers around the world,

Yes you’ve heard it before – Janine Allis, a mother of four starts new retail concept; Boost Juice. It explodes; she makes a bucketful of money and everything’s just dandy. Or is it? The truth is it’s been 10 years of relentless pressure on a woman with no formal business training but a brilliant simple.