Currently Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Communications, Office of Olympic and Paralympic Games, Stephanie has over 25 years of experience as a major events presenter, sport producer, commentator and MC. She also has wide experience beyond the sporting domain, regularly facilitating conferences and moderating panels in the fields of education, technology advancement and corporate product rollouts. Stephanie is immediate past Chair of DFAT’s Sports Diplomacy Advisory Council and Deputy Chair of the Football NSW board, and is currently a director on the Venues NSW, Volleyball NSW and Stadium Australia Club Boards. She is Deputy Chair of the Carbine Club of NSW and sits on the organising committee of the Primary Club of Australia and the Pacific Sports Diplomacy Network as well as the UNSW Sport Advisory Council. Previously trained in Health Sciences, she owned a complementary medicine clinic for 8 years before beginning her media career at SBS followed by stints with Channel 9, Fox Sports and ABC TV. Stephanie is a contributor for ESPN, World Feed Host for Tennis Australia as well as a football commentator and producer for FIFA TV. An Adjunct Fellow of the Griffith University Business School, she is also a Membership Ambassador for the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground, an Ambassador and student mentor for both the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and The Chappell Foundation.

Neil is a Doctor of Philosophy, board member, author, academic and Fellow of the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. This, however, is not where he started. For 16 years Neil worked in professional football (Europe) at both the club and national team level in the role of head of performance, working collaboratively with coaches and coordinating science and medicine services to full time athletes. Neil left football to work in academia, publishing 38 peer reviewed scientific articles and supervising multiple postgraduate research projects on the topic of sport science and medicine. Post academia Neil moved into the world of construction delivering the first national performance centre for sport in Scotland before moving to Sydney to oversee the redevelopment of an Olympic legacy site. Neil is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a board member at Football New South Wales and owner of AHG consulting. As well as his academic writing (which can be viewed here tinyurl.com/bdd635jd), Neil is a regular contributor to Nutmeg, the Scottish Football Periodical, the Scotsman, the Conversation, Australian Leisure management quarterly, the Sport and Exercise Scientist and his own Substack page which can be viewed at the link here neilgibson.substack.com

Alex Weber is a youth development leader based in Queensland who specialises in managing community programs that increase engagement and opportunity for young people. His work focuses on removing barriers to participation and designing initiatives that connect young people with their communities through practical development pathways. Alex has a strong interest in the role of physical activity as a tool for youth engagement, recognising its ability to build confidence, resilience, and social connection. Through partnerships, volunteer development, and program strategy, he works to expand sustainable opportunities that help young people, particularly those from diverse communities, develop skills, belonging, and positive life outcomes.