Eve Clark, Population Health Promotion - School Years team, Northern Sydney Local Health District. Project designer, researcher and advocate for school play spaces and children's screen use management. Eve was a Social Worker for the first part of her career, working on community development initiatives, and has since been working in Health Promotion for many years. Eve has worked on a range of population health initiatives and currently implements the Live Life Well @ School program, a NSW Ministry of Health and school sector initiative to integrate health and well-being into school environments. Eve has a passion for projects that support children to be active outdoors to provide them with the best developmental outcomes. She loves being active outdoors and grew up enjoying the outdoors and had plenty of space and time to move and play.

Ellie Davidson has over 20 years of experience in education, sports, community development, and local government. As the Senior Regional Play Consultant at Sport New Zealand, she oversees national play initiatives across 18 partners and aligns Sport New Zealand's strategy of every body active through empowering a national workforce who work across education settings. Ellie supports the capability build of the workforce to maintain physical activity levels of tamariki through her specialist work. Ellie holds a Bachelor of Education and a Diploma of Teaching, which have supported her extensive teaching career both internationally and in New Zealand. Her passion for child development and play led her to become the first certified PARS Playwork Trainer in Australasia. Known for her dynamic leadership and enthusiasm, Ellie excels in aligning strategic goals with actionable plans, fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders, and achieving operational excellence. She inspires and mobilises teams to drive impactful initiatives that benefit communities and enhance children's lives. Beyond her professional achievements, Ellie is a dedicated advocate for the power of play in child development. She believes play is a fundamental right for every child and works tirelessly to ensure all children have access to quality play opportunities.

Kylie Keane is a highly experienced Playworker and advocate, business owner and consultant at Keen About and is dedicated to championing children and young people’s right to play. Kylie grew up attending an OSHC service in Sydney, that she later returned to work at before making the move to Canberra and taking on a role as an Educational Leader. It was there that OSHC became more than just a job. Kylie’s journey into Playwork happened the way it does for so many … stumbling into it and then fuelled by instincts and curiosity. Kylie spent the better part of a decade embedding a Playwork approach, grounded by the Playwork Principles, as the Educational Leader of a team who together achieved an ‘Exceeding’ and ‘Excellent’ rating not once, but twice. Kylie’s advocacy for Playwork, and play as a fundamental right, has had a lasting impact in Australia, including contributing to the integration of Playwork into My Time Our Place: Framework for School Age Care in Australia (V2.0) . Kylie’s professional journey spans the UK, the US, and Australia, where she has not only presented on, but fully immersed herself in, the global landscape of play and Playwork. Kylie is passionate about supporting individuals and organizations to create the ideal physical and psychological conditions for play and considers it an absolute privilege to contribute to this field and is honoured that she gets to do this each and every day.