Global Thought Leader 1: The Leaders' Response

Wednesday, July 1, 2026
9:40 AM - 10:15 AM
Goldfields Theatre

Speaker

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Stephanie Brantz
Event MC

Chair

Biography

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.
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Darryl Condon
Managing Principal
hcma architecture + design

The Next Generation of Impact through Active Leisure Environments

Biography

Darryl Condon is interested in design that acts as a catalyst for positive social change. As Managing Principal at hcma architecture + design, he has helped create engaging public spaces across Canada for more than 35 years. Darryl is a registered Architect, and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). He is a Past-President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) and has been an Adjunct Professor at the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Darryl is also President of the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities’ (IAKS) Executive Board, a Senior Fellow with Design Intelligence’s Design Futures Council, a Global Fellow with WRLDCTY, and a Fellow of the UK’s Royal Society of Arts.
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Michele Levine
Chair
Life Be In It

50 Years of Data - The Intergenerational Response

Biography

Michele Levine was born with a passion for people and what makes them tick, social justice and an insatiable curiosity about life. With over 30 years’ experience as a researcher, Michele has been responsible for thousands of surveys, including many of the largest research projects ever undertaken in Australia, many of which continue to play a critically important part in shaping our society today. With a fundamental belief in the empowering value of information, Michele was instrumental in the development and refinement of Roy Morgan Single Source, the world’s leading consumer study (based on over 50,000 interviews a year) and, in 2010, the introduction of the Roy Morgan Business Survey. Michele was ahead of her time in foreseeing the exponential growth of Big Data and, consequently the need for software (like ASTEROID) which can manage and order massive volumes of data – as well as the need for highly trained analysts and data scientists who can help make sense of it. Affiliations • Chair of the Board, Life. Be in it • Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors • Member, Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria • Honorary Fellow at the Australian Institute for Business and Economics (AIBE) • Honorary Patron at Menzies School of Health Research
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David Lloyd
CEO
Heart Foundation

The Next Generation of Participation

Biography

David Lloyd is CEO of the National Heart Foundation of Australia. He is concurrently a Board member and Vice President (Elect) of the World Heart Federation in Geneva; Chair of the Timor Leste Hearts Fund; a board member of the Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum; and a board member of Momentum Triathlon Academy. Prior to joining the Heart Foundation, he served as founding CEO of the South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute at the University of Adelaide, CEO of Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, Chief Operating Officer of the Baker Heart Research Institute, and CEO of the University of Melbourne’s commercial subsidiaries Melbourne Enterprises International and Melbourne University Private. He is a keen but strictly amateur endurance sport enthusiast.
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Richard McInnes
EGM - Sport & Community Capability
Australian Sports Commision

The Next Generation of Industry Thinking

Biography

Across the past 30+ years, Richard has volunteered and worked across multiple roles, sports, metro and regional, domestic and international. From cricket to touch football to netball and water polo he has held a wide range of roles including development officer to head and assistant coach roles at club, state and national level, referee, president, high performance manager, national talent manager and CEO before undertaking his current role. He is energised by doing meaningful work that makes a difference to the experience people have with sport, regardless of their role, age, background, location or ability level. He is a system thinker who understands that nothing we do in sport, occurs in isolation and it takes a collaborative, system wide approach to ensure we can ensure sport can provide great experiences for everyone and that sport remains a valued and relevant part of the Australian lifestyle.
Shantel Netzler
CEO
QSport

The Next Generation Leaders

Biography

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