The HR Summit Melbourne 2024 is the definitive event for senior HR professionals dedicated to crafting future-ready, high-performing workforces. Set in the heart of Melbourne, our two-day conference will provide you with the tools, insights and strategies to address the most pressing workforce challenges.
Featuring influential speakers, a robust agenda and the opportunity to network with the industry’s best; the summit is your opportunity to gain practical insight to improve talent retention, accelerate skill development, and effectively support your workforce.
Register now to elevate your HR strategy like never before. Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools needed to lead your organisation into the future with confidence and success
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Leadership Insights: Hear from industry leaders on navigating HR challenges in today’s dynamic environment, providing you with guidance to lead confidently
Networking Opportunities: Meet and collaborate with your peers across industries, sharing challenges and solutions, enhancing your professional network
Cutting-Edge Strategies: Hear about the latest HR strategies and innovations that are reshaping workplaces across the globe
Skill Enhancement: Gain hands-on experience that you can directly apply to improve your organisation’s HR practices
Future-Ready Solutions: Prepare your workforce for future challenges with insights into upcoming trends and shifts in the HR landscape
Chief People Officer
IPG Mediabrands
Chief People Officer
IPG Mediabrands
Associate Director, Future Workforce
Eastern Health
Associate Director, Future Workforce
Eastern Health
General Manager People & Culture
MYER
General Manager People & Culture
MYER
Market Director of Human Resources (Melbourne) & Director of Human Resources, The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne
Marriott International
Market Director of Human Resources (Melbourne) & Director of Human Resources, The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne
Marriott International
Global Director People
T2 Tea
Global Director People
T2 Tea
Marnie is the Global People Director at T2 Tea, an omnichannel operation across Singapore and ANZ. She has worked in generalist HR in industries such as professional services, FMCG, mining, financial services, retail and local government in APAC and MNC’s. She has also led OD in global organisations and in 2018 completed a doctorate researching leading and engaging remote employees, a relevant focus post Covid. She also lectures in HR and has written HR programs to drive more practical experience for the HR professionals of the future. Whilst Marnie takes her work very seriously, she seriously values FUN and is a passionate, curious practitioner driving best practice and research in HR.
Chief People Officer
Judo Bank
Chief People Officer
Judo Bank
Jess joined Judo in early 2022 with over 15 years’ experience in People and Culture (P&C) roles across diverse industries, including FMCG, global Information Technology, Foreign Direct Investment and Professional Services. Jess brings to Judo a global perspective on best practice People and Culture strategies, having spent much of her career working in the US and the UK, and in global P&C roles with accountability for teams in Asia, Europe, North America and New Zealand. Prior to Judo, Jess spent almost seven years in senior P&C leadership roles at ASXlisted Treasury Wine Estates in Australia and the US, working across HR business partnering, culture and engagement, organisational design and business transformation, capability development and talent acquisition. Prior to this, Jess worked in senior P&C Business Partnering roles at Fujitsu across Australia and the UK. Jess holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (International Business) and International Studies (Politics and Languages) from the University of Adelaide and Post Graduate Certification in Human Resources Management from Coventry University, UK.
Talent Acquisition Lead
HESTA
Talent Acquisition Lead
HESTA
Senior Associate
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Senior Associate
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Tamsin is a highly credentialled employment lawyer with Australian Business Lawyers and Advisors in Melbourne, acting for a broad range of employers across both the public and private sector. She performs a mix of litigious and advisory work in workplace relations and is a regular author and presenter on a range of bargaining, employment, discrimination and work health and safety related topics.
Tamsin was very closely involved in responding on behalf of employers to the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australia Workplaces and lead the Chambers’ response to the introduction of the Respect at Work Act including the new prohibition on sex-based harassment in the workplace and role as an associate employer representative member on the newly formed Federal Government Respect@Work Council.
Tamsin takes a keen interest in and is often at the forefront of IR Changes, including providing feedback and advice to Government and employer groups on the implications of reforms.
General Manager, People & Culture
Carlisle Homes
General Manager, People & Culture
Carlisle Homes
Head of Technology Workforce
ANZ
Head of Technology Workforce
ANZ
Carina Parisella leads the Technology Workforce agenda at ANZ Bank. She is the Architect behind ANZ’s Tech Talent Marketplace, an internal mobility platform designed to mobilse talent to the most important work and is the co-founder of ANZ’s award winning Return to Work program – the first returnship program in the Australian financial services sector.
Carina’s team is focused on attracting, developing and retaining a diverse and highly capable global workforce through building early talent, internal mobility, learning and development, ways of working and workforce management.
A passionate diversity and inclusion advocate, Carina and her teams have been recognised globally for their work across various initiatives focused on leveraging untapped talent like the ANZ award-winning Return to Work program and the highly successful Spectrum program for autistic individuals.
Prior to her current role, Carina has held a number of leadership roles across banking, media, communications, innovation and partnerships and plays an advisory role in the innovation and start-up economy. She’s a regular in the Australian speaking circuit and passionate about increasing awareness of diversity in business and untapped talent. A relentless optimist and business creative, Carina loves working with people and technology to bring ideas and solutions to life.
Global Skills Program Director
Arcadis
Global Skills Program Director
Arcadis
Consulting Services Leader ANZ
Mercer
Consulting Services Leader ANZ
Mercer
Andrew is a Partner at Mercer working with clients across a range of workforce and transformation initiatives. Over the last 25 years, Andrew has held senior roles in both global technology and consulting firms as well as having held senior HR roles with some of Australia’s largest organisations.
Andrew has worked with large global and multinational organisations in various locations specialising in workforce transformation, HRIS strategy & implementation, assessment, capability building, culture, engagement and strategic workforce planning.
Andrew is passionate about working with organisations to affect real change in their organisation and workforce.
Head of People and Culture
Employment Hero
Head of People and Culture
Employment Hero
Liam is Employment Hero’s Global Head of People & Culture, focused driving high performance and alignment across the organisation. With over 10 years experience in the field, Liam has worked in a number of hyper-growth technology companies across People Partnering, OD, Talent, Employee Experience, Sales Leadership, and Commercial Operations roles. He has focused on solving complex problems with scalable thinking that enhances the working lives of those impacted. Prior to Employment Hero, Liam worked at Xero, Whispir, and Sidekicker.
Director
Inner Rhythm
Director
Inner Rhythm
Jessica founded Inner Rhythm with a desire to share the herd wisdom of horses with collective cultures to create cohesive, psychologically safe environments for people to thrive in.
With over 15 years in the Education industry, to completing her Master’s degree with Honours in Equine Assisted Therapy in Germany, a public speaker and facilitator, Jess utilises Equine Assisted Coaching, working on improving cultures across a diverse range of sectors including schools, nursing homes, sporting teams and the corporate space.
Jessica advocates for the belief that to truly thrive we need to embrace our humanity, emphasising the importance of being, rather than merely doing, to truly embody the essence of human connection in any environment.
“Jessica is a highly intuitive leader whose inner confidence has always had her challenging the status quo and leading life on her terms.” – Augusti Vera, Europe Executive Coach
Chief People Officer
Defence Bank
Chief People Officer
Defence Bank
Senior VP, Global People & Culture
Telix Pharmaceuticals
Senior VP, Global People & Culture
Telix Pharmaceuticals
Meredith is a People & Culture executive specializing in organisation growth and culture, global operations, and organisation effectiveness.
As Senior VP, Global People & Culture at Telix Pharmaceuticals, she leads a global team with focus on talent acquisition and management, and building flexible and future-proofed People & Culture practises that can scale with a business. Telix is an ASX200, fast growing and highly innovative biopharmaceutical company with employees across APAC, EMEA and AMER.
Meredith has worked in Healthcare and BioTech for most of her career, and excels in high-stakes, purpose-driven environments. She have a keen curiosity for all things people, particularly in how the systems and networks in the workplace influence capacity for accountability, communication, empathy, and self-awareness.
Chief People Officer
Costa Group
Chief People Officer
Costa Group
Origin 360 EV is a dedicated business within Origin Energy focused on providing holistic solutions to help customers accelerate the switch to electric vehicles. Origin recently launched a salary packaged EV subscription offer to help employees of sustainability focused organisations to get into their first EV by providing flexible month to month contracts combined with the tax benefits through salary packaging.
Employment Hero is the world’s leading HR, payroll and employee engagement platform. Its powerful employment platform and groundbreaking employment superapp, Swag, are changing work for the better. The award-winning employment software helps launch businesses on the path to success by powering more productivity every day. Employment Hero powers over 300,000 businesses and its core platform reduces admin time by up to 80 per cent. For more information visit employmenthero.com
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) is one of Australia’s leading employment and workplace legal practices. We focus on representing and advocating for business. Our success with clients is founded on the principles of mutual respect, craft, collaboration and communication. Our motto ‘experts make things simple’ sets us apart.
SG Fleet improves the way people and businesses move with an industry-leading suite of vehicle leasing, fleet management and salary packaging services. SG Fleet will keep you mobile and save you time and money. They help customers manage total cost of ownership, focus on employee safety and satisfaction, while reducing emissions. They'll lead you to a more connected and electric future as the world of mobility rapidly changes. With SG Fleet as your mobility partner, you can spend more time on what you do best.
Contact details:
Aparna Ahmad, Manager Sponsorship, Events and Strategic Partnerships ANZ
+61 3 9269 2251 / +61 423 029 226
Bigfish Benefits is the latest in employee recognition software, offering best-in-class solutions for motivating, attracting and retaining talent. BigRecognition and BigRewards offer flexible and exhaustive solutions to all R&R needs of small and large enterprises. Make your employees feel special and celebrate key milestones through our extensive reward store for all gift cards, and curated experiences. Measure the impact and progress through customised surveys, created by psychologists and powered by AI.
Contact details:
Art of Mentoring
We advise our clients on how to succeed in the evolving world of work, helping organisations build their capabilities and individuals build better, brighter futures through career transition, career development, leadership development and assessment.To understand how LHH can support organisational change please contact us for more information.
Contact details:
HRD AU
Contact details:
Key Media
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