John Howard, served as Australia’s Prime Minister between March 1996 and November 2007.

One of the defining achievements of his time in office was introducing gun control legislation in the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

Under his leadership he strongly supported the United States and other nations fight against terrorism and led the United Nations sanctioned Interfet force following East Timor's vote for independence.

From meeting Barack Obama to barracking for Port Adelaide as their first female and youngest board director, there isn’t much that 28 year old Holly Ransom can’t tick off her career bucket list.

Holly is the CEO of Emergent, a company that specialises in the development of high performing intergenerational workforces.

She’s also delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, helped get world leaders to take notice of youth issues at the G20 Summit and was named one of Australia’s ‘100 Most Influential Women’ at age 22.

Considered to be the greatest Australian cyclist of all time and made Olympic history in Rio in 2016 by being the first Australian athlete to have ever won individual medals at four consecutive Olympic Games.

During her 15 year career as an elite athlete, Anna has collected 18 gold medals, 16 silver medals and 10 bronze medals at Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games level.

Upon personal request, Platon worked for John Kennedy Jr. at his political magazine, 'George.' He has worked for international publications including British Vogue, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ and TIME magazine, where he produced over 20 covers. In 2007, he photographed Vladimir Putin for TIME magazine, which was awarded 1st prize at the World Press Photo Contest. His presentation, "Powerful Portraits: An Intimate Look at Humanity and Leadership" will be a first for Australasia!

The Melbourne-based toy maker beat 55 contestants to win the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year title in Monaco, the first Australian to win this award. The global title comes after Stul, 67, won EY's Australian Entrepreneur of the Year.

A legend in the music world and currently on tour with P!NK, Mark Schulman is an incredible musician, dynamic performer and a strategic business mind who has turned his success on stage into true business success.

Unlocking strategies to help audiences “hack the rockstar attitude”, you will be treated to an incredible show that will empower and inspire, while also providing practical, innovative business strategies.

Using music and real-world experience as a teaching tool, Mark Schulman will leave you drumming up a new level of peak performance!

An internationally renowned engineer, Dr Nguyen designs life-changing technologies that are intelligent, futuristic and inclusive, and are made to transform the lives of people with disabilities.

With an ability to translate highly technical concepts into insightful and entertaining content, Dr Nguyen’s presentation will resonate with businesses seeking to understand the big implications of innovative, game-changing technologies that affect the way we live and work.

Sharb Farjami is the CEO of Storyful, a division of News Corp. Storyful is a global Social Media Intelligence Agency that partners with news and business to make sense of social. Clients include The Wall Street Journal, Weber Shandwick, ABC, Coca-Cola, The New York Times, Google, Ford and many others.