Day One - 1 July 2026
8:00 - 9:00
REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:15
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
9:15 - 9:30
SUMMIT WELCOME
MC – Dan Ilic
9:30 - 10:20
OPENING KEYNOTE
Clarity forged under pressure
Keynote Speaker – Professor Arnold Dix
Moderator – Dan Ilic
10:20 - 11:00
CONNECTION AND CLARITY
11:00 - 11:30
MORNING TEA
11:30 - 12:45
Profit & Purpose
Clarity on cost and outcomes for employment‑focused social enterprises
Speakers
Rachel Power (Deloitte Access Economics)
People & Communities
Youth co-design in action: Lessons from regional Queensland
Speakers
Sara Brown + Steve Williams (CQUniversity)
Jodie Gosel Ågotnes (The John Villiers Trust)
Nova Whitmore – Youth Participant
Alime Ali – Youth Participant
Collective Transformation
Small shifts, big impact: What primary care teaches us about change
Speakers
Beth McKenzie, CEO (GPEx)
11:30 - 12:45
IMPACTLAB MASTERCLASSES
12:45 - 13:45
LUNCH
13:45 - 15:00
Profit & Purpose
How social performance is reshaping corporate strategy
Speakers
Aaron Reid (Ventia)
Tara Anderson (Social Traders)
People & Communities
Purpose under pressure: Leading for social cohesion in contested environments
Speakers
Adele Stowe-Lindner (Institute of Community Directors Australia)
Collective Transformation
The data funders want (and how to use it)
Speakers
Jo Garner, Founder and CEO (Strategic Grants)
Kristi Mansfield, Founder and CEO (Seer Data)
13:45 - 15:00
IMPACTLAB MASTERCLASSES
Co-Designing with regional communities: Practical tools for impact
15:00 - 15:30
AFTERNOON TEA
15:30 - 16:45
Profit & Purpose
Creating the conditions for social innovation
Speakers
Paul Thambar (Monash University)
People & Communities
Are we okay? Australia’s wellbeing check
Speakers
Siobhan Henderson (Australian Unity)
Collective Transformation
What happens when we design care differently?
Speakers
Monika Wheeler (Healthy North Coast)
16:45 - 17:30
MEET THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
17:30 - 19:00
NETWORKING DRINKS
Day Two - 2 July 2026
8:30 - 8:45
REGISTRATION
WELCOME TO SUMMIT
MC – Dan Ilic
9:00 - 11:00
INTERACTIVE KEYNOTE: SEEING THE WHOLE: CLARITY IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
11:00 - 11:30
MORNING TEA
11:30 - 12:45
Profit & Purpose
Impact stacks in practice: from the organisations capital is built for
Speakers
Hanna Ebeling (Sefa)
People & Communities
Community 2050: designing the places we’ll belong
Collective Transformation
Building pathways, not programs: A systems approach to youth futures
Speakers
Assmaah Helal (Creating Chances)
Laurie Michel (Creating Chances)
11:00 - 12:45
IMPACTLAB MASTERCLASSES
12:45 - 1:45
LUNCH
13:45 - 15:00
Profit & Purpose
Burden, bias and blind spots: When impact measurement creates impact risk
People & Communities
Seven keys to social connection in growth areas
Speakers
Bronwen Clark (National Growth Areas Alliance)
Ezgi Sahin (City of Whittlesea)
So Pyay Thar (City of Whittlesea)
Collective Transformation
Who decides? Ethics, judgment, and AI in the real world
Speakers
Kara Bombell (EthicAi)
13:45 - 15:00
IMPACTLAB MASTERCLASSES
15:00 - 15:30
AFTERNOON TEA
15:30 - 16:30
HINDSIGHT 2020: THE VALUE OF GETTING THINGS WRONG
Speaker – Paula Cowan, ImpactInstitute
16:30 - 16:45
CLOSING KEYNOTE: WHAT NOW? WHAT NEXT?