Alisa Camplin

Olympic gold medal aerial skiing champion

Alisa Camplin is an Olympic champion aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

It was the second skiing gold medal ever won by Australia, and the first won by an Australian woman. She also won the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Originally training as a gymnast and sailor, Alisa turned to skiing at the age of 19. After a great deal of training, she was involved in a skiing accident shortly before the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Doctors found that she had fractured both of her ankles and she was advised not to compete, but she decided to go against the medical advice. She went against all odds and during her event, landed a spectacular triple twisting double somersault.

Alisa was again injured in the lead up to the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. A serious knee injury in October 2005 led to a second knee reconstruction operation just four months prior to the event. She returned to limited training eleven weeks after the operation, and managed to finish with a bronze medal in her event.

She was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2007. While training to become an aerial skier, Alisa completed a Bachelor of Information Technology at Swinburne University of Technology, and started working for IBM. Throughout her 16 years as an executive with IBM, Alisa was active in her promotional and charity work. She joined the board of the Collingwood Football Club in December 2009, replacing Sally Capp.

Following the tragic death of their first child, Alisa and husband Oliver Warner set up the charity Finnan’s Gift which helps the Royal Children’s Hospital raise money to buy equipment for the treatment of babies with heart defects.

Alisa is requested as a public speaker by multi-billion dollar companies and small organizations alike. Eloquent, passionate, and always professional, Camplin is both entertaining and motivating and we look forward to having her share her experiences with us in Adelaide.

Michael McQueen

Award-winning speaker, social researcher and best-selling author

Michael McQueen is an award-winning speaker, social researcher and best-selling author on emerging trends shaping business and culture. With clients including KPMG, Pepsi and Nokia, he has helped some of the world’s most successful brands navigate change and stay ahead of the curve.

Michael McQueen understands what it takes to thrive in a rapidly evolving world.

Widely recognized for having his finger on the pulse of business and culture, he has helped some of the world’s best-known brands navigate change and stay ahead of the curve.

As a leading specialist in demographic shifts, change management and future trends, Michael features regularly as a commentator on TV and radio and has written three bestselling books.

His first book, The ‘New’ Rules of Engagement focuses on strategies for leading and connecting with Generation Y. His newest release, Winning the Battle for Relevance is a revealing look at why even the greatest brands and organisations become obsolete... and how to avoid their fate.

Michael is a familiar face on the international conference circuit having shared the stage with the likes of Bill Gates, Whoopi Goldberg and Larry King. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people across 5 continents since 2004 and is known for his high-impact, research-rich and entertaining conference presentations.

Daniel Flynn

CO-FOUNDER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THANKYOU.

At the age of 19, Daniel was deeply affected by hearing about children in Africa who would spend hours each day collecting water for their family – water that wasn’t even safe to drink. So he decided to do something about it!

After researching the World Water Crisis, Daniel discovered that Australians spend $600 million on bottled water each year, while in developing nations over 900 million people didn’t have access to safe water.

The injustice of these two facts inspired Daniel come up with the idea to marry these two extremes together in the form of a bottled water company that would exist for the sole purpose of funding safe water projects. Thankyou Water was born in August 2008.

Peers and established business people said it would be impossible to launch the brand. However, in late 2008 Daniel and his team landed deals with distributors around Australia and hit shelves of independent cafes early in 2009. It wasn’t until 2011 that they got their first major retailer on board with 7-Eleven Australia, after a dynamic social media campaign that captured the attention of the convenience giant.

In July 2013 Thankyou Water rebranded to Thankyou with the launch of two new ranges, Thankyou Food and Thankyou Body Care. After a successful nation-wide social media marketing campaign, Thankyou's products were taken on by Australia’s largest supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths. To date, Thankyou has helped over 107,000 people with safe water access, nearly 112,000 people with health and hygiene training and almost 23,000 people with short-term food aid and long-term food security in nations like Cambodia, Kenya, India, Timor Leste and Haiti. Thankyou now has over 100,000 people in its social network community. The organisation also recently launched an Australian first app called Track Your Impact, which allows customers to see the exact project their purchase is assigned to fund.

Daniel was named 2014 Victorian Young Australian of the Year and also was awarded the 2013 Victorian Young Achiever of the Year title. As a company, Thankyou won the "Social Innovation Award" in the 2014 Social Enterprise Awards and was named ‘Youth-Led Social Enterprise of the Year’ in the 2013 Social Enterprise Awards.

We welcome Daniel to Adelaide and look forward to learning about his passion for entrepreneurship, leadership and inspiring others to achieve their dreams and do what others might say is impossible.

Tony Stephens

Owner- Business Health Pty Ltd

Tony’s career includes roles in marketing, business development, strategic and operational planning and consulting.

He has worked in countries such as Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand and is academically qualified with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in marketing and a MBA majoring in finance. Today he is leading the way as the owner at Business Health Pty Ltd.

One of four principals of Business Health, an independent organization that helps successful businesses make informed decisions and implement proven solutions.

Business Health work extensively with leading organizations in the financial services industry including product manufacturers (banks, fund managers, insurance companies), distribution groups (aggregators, broker / dealer groups) and advice businesses (planners, advisers, brokers, accountants).

Business Health provides specific services and products designed to enable individual businesses to identify and address both problems and opportunities.

Services offered include customized advice and solutions in areas such as:

• Business Diagnostics
• Client Surveys
• Practice Benchmarking
• Tools & Templates
• Packaged Programs
• Manufacturer, Vendor and Distribution Management Support
• One-To-One Coaching
• Strategic Consulting & Analysis
• Research

Matt Church

Founder of thought leaders global

Founder of Thought Leaders Global, Matt Church is without a doubt Australia’s and possibly the worlds foremost authority on the topic of Thought Leadership.

Obsessed with helping clever people, organisations and businesses to be commercially smart he founded Thought Leaders Global - an international education business that teaches Thought Leadership to consultants, business owners and executives in large organisations.

His mission is to demonstrate and educate on the exceptional power of thoughtleadership as a driving solution to the key business issues facing 21st century organisations.Thought Leadership drives growth, develops leadership, feeds innovation , develops talent, increases engagement, instructs strategy and is without a doubt the best B2B sales and marketing solution around.

Not only does this mean he leads and speaks on the topic, but he also teaches others why they should and how to go about doing it brilliantly.

A prolific author and serial entrepreneur he has a lot of evidence to draw upon in his own story of the power of thought leadership. Matt is reluctant though to get overly carried away with this as he believes that empowering leaders to explore their thought leadership is more important than sharing his own inspiring journey.

Matt is unlike any motivational speaker you might engage - he sees his job is to teach your people how to bring out greatness in others - not just be great themselves. Ironically you can’t shine a light on another’s path without also lighting your own.

In an era where ME seems to have taken precedence over US, Matt rebalances the equation by teaching that leadership in all its forms is about the affect we have on those around us that drives them to greatness.

Vince Sorrenti

MC- Leading comic entertainer

When event coordinators are looking for an entertaining, multi-talented individual, Vince Sorrenti is the first person they call.

He can bring a room to its knees with one joke, and ensure that the only thing people talk about for months or years later is the event he hosted.

Winner of the 2001 MO Award for Stand-Up Comedian of the Year, Vince’s quick mind and even-quicker tongue has lead him to develop on of the most extensive careers in comedy and public speaking in Australia.

A lover of film, literature, and sports, Vince Sorrenti has provided commentary for the Rugby World Cup for Channel 7 and penned an award winning documentary entitled No Laughing Matter, which won the gold medal at the famous New York Film Festival. He regularly pens articles for various Australian publications, including The Bulletin, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Weekend Australian. One of the most recognizable Australian celebrities, Vince has hosted and appeared in several television programs in both Australia and the United States, regularly making appearances on shows such as Good News Week.

Outside of media, Vince has used his public persona and love of sports to develop an impressive MC career, hosting events such as the Alan Border Medal, the AXA AFL Grand Final Breakfast, the Bledisloe Cup, the Rugby League State of Origin, the Clipsal 500, and the One Day Cricket Final. He has also presented awards for various organizations and clubs, including the Housing Industry Awards, Master Builder Awards, Urban Taskforce Awards, Australian HR Awards, NSW Clubs Awards, POP Awards, Local Government Awards, National Print Industry Awards, Price Waterhouse Cooper Awards, Apple Computer Awards, and the Australian Liquor Suppliers Awards.

His hilarious mind and charming personality have caught the attention of several major companies, leading to him doing promotional work for Lend Lease, Pfizer, Lion Nathan, Siemens, Yamaha, and Snap, as well as campaigns for Coca Cola, News Ltd, Miele, Telstra, Wattyl, and even Toyota.