SPEAKERS
Bernard Salt AM
Columnist, speaker, business advisor and media commentator
Bernard Salt is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading social commentators by business, the media and the broader community.
After a 20-year career as a Partner in a global advisory firm, Bernard founded The Demographics Group in 2017 to provide advice to business on demographic, social and property trends.
For more than 2 decades Bernard has been one of the most in-demand speakers on the Australian corporate speaking circuit.
He is a twice-weekly columnist with The Australian newspaper and was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day honours.
Bernard is also responsible for popularising the phrase “smashed avocado” … globally.
Melissa Clark-Reynolds
Futurist, business leader, inspirational role model and keynote speaker
Melissa is widely recognised as an inspirational role model and business leader.
Melissa Clark-Reynolds, a futurist, who is equally passionate about food, sustainability and climate change. She’s incredibly quick to jump onto signals and foresee patterns that help her to advise companies of disruptions, challenges and opportunities.Melissa works with companies to understand the future and become resilient while shaping the kind of world they want. She has a particular focus on sustainable business models and decarbonisation. Melissa received the ONZM for Services to Technology in 2015. She is a sought after speaker on what is coming next, new technologies and how we navigate complexity and uncertain futures.