Sarah Walsh is a former Australian international athlete with 70 caps and 35 international goals for the Matildas. She has a decorated career including appearances in the 2004 Olympics and 2007 FIFA World Cup. She clinched victory at the 2010 Women’s Asian Cup.

Since then, Sarah has evolved into an accomplished sports executive, Logie-nominated commentator, and compelling public speaker. Her firsthand experience in high-performance sports has translated into advocating for pay equity and inclusion, spearheading innovation in governance and policy driving social change at all levels of football.

Notably, as Head of Women’s Football for Football Australia, she influenced the strategy that generated a staggering $389M for football’s World Cup leveraging strategy through government and commercial investment, with an additional $200M earmarked to improve community infrastructure for women and girls across all sports. As hosts of the most commercial FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Matildas shattered attendance and viewership records, drawing over 11 million viewers during the semi-final against England, making it the single highest rating TV program of all Time.

Recently ranked 22nd on News Corps’ list of 100 most influential women in sport, Sarah’s illustrious playing and professional career converge in this pivotal moment. Today she serves as the Head of AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Office at Football Australia, charged with delivering the most prominent Women’s Asian Football Tournament to our shores.

With 25 years experience in television, radio and events, Adam loves curating challenging and thought-provoking conversations. He has interviewed prime ministers, Hollywood stars, Fortune 500 CEOs, Nobel Prize-winning scientists and Australians of the Year — and he was also the first person in the world to ever interview our legendary Thai cave rescuers.

Adam loves doing the research and crafting the narrative that helps people tell their story. He’s informative, fun and guaranteed to impart take-aways you’ve never heard before. If there’s only time to ask one quick question of a speaker before moving on, you know it will be an awesome question and just watch what he can get out of them. All done with an obsessive focus on keeping to time that only 15 years of breakfast radio can give you.

Simon Smith is a seasoned C-Level Technology Executive with over 15 years of experience spanning mining, financial services, telecommunications, and digital commerce. As Group CIO at Pallion Group, Simon has driven significant business growth through critical core systems implementations, AI-driven digital strategies, and robust data governance.

Renowned for his visionary leadership and innovative problem-solving, Simon has optimized operations, enhanced customer satisfaction, and ensured industry-standard information security.

His expertise in building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence has consistently delivered transformative business outcomes.

He is passionate about leveraging technology to solve real-world challenges and drive operational excellence.

As Chief Information Officer at Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), Kylie Fisher leads the technology team that supports the needs of CA ANZ and its 139,000+ members.

Through a digital transformation strategy founded on API-led, composable architecture to ensure flexibility and scalability, CA ANZ has improved member digital experiences over a 3 year horizon, consolidating and extending various technology solutions, launching a new member portal, preference centre and eStore, and establishing data foundations for the future.

Leading a trans-Tasman team responsible for cybersecurity, data, technology operations and agile project delivery, Kylie is passionate about fostering talented teams, driving change and delivering value to the organization.

Jason Frost is the Executive General Manager at Atturra Data & Integration. With over 25 years’ experience, he has held management and leadership roles in companies like Software AG, Onyx Solutions, Kofax, and ACI Worldwide.

Jason is well-known in the Australian IT landscape for building agile delivery teams and robust processes that get the job done. At Atturra – an ASX-listed IT services firm – Jason leads the Data and Integration practice, enabling organisations to unlock growth through best-in-breed integration advice, services and solutions. Atturra has over 200 integration consultants nationally, and they have worked with over 250 organisations, delivering thousand plus successful projects – all driven by their three tenets – simplification, modernisation and optimisation.

Jason is an avid golfer and would love to find more time to be skiing than working.

Jukka (pronounced Yook-kah) is an experienced business and technology leader with over 30 years in payments and banking with marquee organisations including NAB, Westpac, MasterCard and Diners Club.

As a thought leader in payments ecosystems, Jukka’s experience spans consumer and commercial payments, card schemes, supply chain payments, and transactional banking technologies. His deep understanding of the payments space with a knack for challenging the status quo enables him to develop innovative solutions that benefit both internal and external stakeholders. He has led various diverse high-performing teams, swiftly and strategically responding to emerging technologies and ever-evolving customer needs.

Currently Jukka leads Melbourne Catholic Development Fund product operations and is responsible for several market leading products and solutions making it easier for catholic organisations to manage their payments. In his free time, Jukka aspires to become a single figure golfer (unfortunately an elusive goal).

Lee Bustin is the Chief Information Officer of The Law Society of New South Wales. His key responsibility is to the Society’s internal and external digital services, the development of new services to the profession, and the wider cyber-security. His role is currently expanding to cover the Society’s Customer Experience strategy, managing both the CX team and the Customer Service Team who will triage the initial enquiries.

Lee’s strong business background and enthusiasm for staying current enable him to match technology to operational and strategic needs, focusing on continual transformation, maximising technology investment, and scaling implementation. Lee works with senior managers to ensure the continual adoption of changing operational processes not just system changes.

Mircel van der Walt is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in driving digital transformation across public and private sectors. With over 20 years of experience, Mircel has successfully led teams to deliver innovative solutions that address complex business challenges

Mike Hopkins is the General Manager of Digital Engineering at UnitingCare Qld and supports the Development, Integration, Cloud and Data services as part of Digital & Technology. Mike’s background in technology spans more than 20 years in strategy, architecture and delivery across Health, Aged Care, Banking, Insurance and Superannuation domains, having worked across large retail and digital transformations.

Louise leads the Enterprise business for AWS across ANZ, working with leading enterprises to leverage the AWS platform to accelerate innovation, reduce the cost of technology and harness the power of Gen AI & data to transform customer experiences.

At AWS prior, Louise was Head of Media & Telecommunications for AWS, working with Australia’s Media and sports organisations to help them reach the entire Australian population with purposeful content through multiple mediums, curated and stored effectively, whilst achieving their transformation objectives. Across Telecommunications, partnering with CSP’s to help them leverage the most advanced technologies on the market to reduce operational costs and create new propositions for their customers through next-generation capabilities in mobile edge computing, 5G and IoT.

With over 20 years’ experience in leadership, prior to AWS Louise held a number of senior positions across Global Tech companies. Starting her career in Broadcast start up’s, she has experience across M&A, Alliances, Commercial and Partnerships. Louise spent 10 years at Telstra, initially as Director for the UK in Telstra’s International business, subsequently re-locating to lead Telstra’s Global business from Australia, before transitioning as GM of Media & Supply Chain for Telstra’s Domestic Enterprise & Govt. business.

Ed Macosky is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Boomi (CPTO). He has more than 20 years of experience building high performing agile teams, designing and launching new software and service products, solution delivery and customer retention. Ed works to establish and execute Boomi’s product vision and roadmap – delivering an intelligent, flexible and scalable integration platform that accelerates business outcomes by making information, interactions and innovations flow faster.

Prior to joining Boomi in early 2019, Ed spent almost five years at Oracle, where he served as Vice President of Middleware/PaaS DevOps & Release Engineering. Prior to Oracle, he spent some time at Dell. In addition, starting in 2003, Ed spent more than seven years at Boomi during the formative years of the company.

Named one of the Top 25 Software Product Executives of 2022, Ed studied Information Technology at Penn State and holds two U.S. patents for integrating software systems.

As former President of Corporate Marketing at SAP, Alison brings more than 20 years of experience driving real-world impact through technology and the power of marketing. Having joined SAP through its acquisition of Business Objects, she led the company’s product marketing strategy, overseeing its global field and industry marketing teams, and played an instrumental role in the introduction and growth of flagship product SAP HANA in 2010.

Alison has held multiple global leadership roles in the platform business, including sales roles with the Vancouver Canuck Foundation, PGA Tour, and BC Lions. She attended the University of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma in Marketing Communications from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

David Irecki is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Asia Pacific / Japan (APJ) at Boomi, a category-leading, global software as a service (SaaS) company with more than 20,000 global customers and a worldwide network of 800 partners.

As CTO, David leads the region’s efforts in advocating and evangelizing the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in business with intelligent integration and automation. He is instrumental in helping organizations across the APJ region thrive in the digital age and on their AI journeys.

David is an IT veteran with over 20 years of experience in the enterprise integration and embedded computing markets. David joined Boomi in June 2015 as the first Solutions Consultant in APJ. Prior to Boomi, David worked for MuleSoft, where he led the APJ Solutions Consulting team.

David is a graduate of New Zealand’s Massey University, majoring in Information Engineering.

Mike Bachman, affectionately dubbed “Bachman” by peers, is Head of Research, Architecture, and AI Strategy for the Boomi Innovation Group. With over two decades of expertise, he has assisted executives and their teams in overcoming complex obstacles through innovative tech solutions. Bachman’s background encompasses AI R&D, data pipeline development, infrastructure planning, application integration, performance analysis, and the exploration of nascent technologies. Currently, he delves into pioneering and groundbreaking innovations, applying them to diverse use cases and patterns, ultimately crafting inventive problem-solving approaches. Bachman’s goals extend to aiding businesses in leveraging cutting-edge advancements for addressing social and environmental concerns. A published author, voracious learner, and technology philosopher, he revels in acquiring languages, indulging in literature, keeping active, tuning into podcasts, embarking on hikes, and savoring travel adventures. Spending quality time with his family is his priority. Bachman also possesses a penchant for bowties—spot him in person, and the likelihood of witnessing this sartorial signature is high.

Patricia Moore is the Senior Manager of Innovation Programs at Boomi, where she harnesses her extensive background across diverse sectors—including entertainment, food and beverage, higher education, and non-profit—to infuse creativity and practicality into the Product organization. With over 15 years of cross-sector experience, she adeptly combines technical development with strategic business analysis to champion initiatives that enhance the user experience and increase time to value.

As a dynamic international speaker, Patricia brings high energy whether she is leading a small hands-on workshop or presenting on the main stage to audiences of over 1,000 attendees. Patricia holds degrees from New York University and the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. She has also served as adjunct faculty for Virginia Commonwealth University’s da Vinci Center for Innovation. When she is not connecting data, you can find her connecting with people to discuss her most recent travels or DIY project.