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22-23 JUNE 2020INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE SYDNEY
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JOIN THE REVOLUTION IN WORKPLACE HEALTH & WELLBEING
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST WORKPLACE
WELLNESS EVENT
CREATE ENGAGED, INSPIRED & PRODUCTIVE WORKPLACESA happy and healthy workplace is a more engaged, inspired and productive workplace. Create a business culture that fosters employee wellbeing and watch your bottom line improve.
By invigorating your workforce you’ll achieve higher productivity, less absenteeism, lower turnover and less workplace accidents.
With a dynamic 5-track conference, plenary and roundtable sessions Workplace Wellness Festival is the place to:
• Listen to case studies on best-in-class corporate wellness initiatives
• Explore cutting-edge methodologies for implementing strengths based, positive change in the workplace
• Hear how new approaches to office design and fit-out are boosting staff wellbeing and productivity
• Investigate the effects of bringing meaning and purpose to work
• Analyse how technology is driving new approaches to workplace wellbeing
• Discover methods to future proof the workforce by integrating health, wellness and safety
• Consider how to create a culture encouraging work/life balance
• Examine ways to promote a mentally healthy workforce
• Assess strategic approaches to diversity and inclusion
• Discuss solutions to the most pressing corporate wellness issues including mental health, diversity, bullying and discrimination.
Hear what Australia’s
coolest companies
are doing to make
their workplaces
healthier, more
engaged, productive
and inclusive!
200+ SPEAKERS5 CONFERENCE TRACKS1,500+ DELEGATES
80+ EXHIBITORS30+ WELL-TECH STARTUPS
FESTIVAL PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
08:50 – 10:30 OPENING PLENARY
10:30 – 16:00 CONFERENCE TRACKS
HEALTH &
WELLNESS
MENTAL
WELLBEING
WELL-TECH MEANING &
PURPOSE
WORKPLACE
EXPERIENCE
ROUNDTABLES
16:00 – 17:40 PLENARY
09:00 – 10:30 PLENARY
10:30 – 16:00 CONFERENCE TRACKS
HEALTH &
WELLNESS
MENTAL
WELLBEING
WELL-TECH MEANING &
PURPOSE
WORKPLACE
EXPERIENCE
ROUNDTABLES
16:00 – 17:30 CLOSING PLENARY
DAY ONE
DAY TWO
NOT JUST ANOTHER CONFERENCE, NOT JUST ANOTHER EXPO!Access the 200+ speakers, 5-track conference, and exhibition floor all on one ticket!Workplace Wellness Festival is Australia’s giant festival of workplace health and wellness, helping workplaces meet the health and mental wellbeing challenges of 21st century business.
Continuous content in five conference theatres gives a huge breadth of choice of workplace health and wellness topics. Integrating conference theatres, networking spaces and exhibition areas gives the event an unrivalled buzz!
• Plan your conference experience according to your interests and timetable.
• Join our big plenary sessions and dip in and out of 5 conference tracks running continuously all day, every day.
• Meet like-minded people in The Hub, grab a coffee at the cafe, browse the expo floor and check out the coolest tech ideas in the Startup Village.
PLENARY
Get the big picture, be motivated and inspired by the best and brightest experts from around Australia and
the world.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
How are Australia’s coolest companies improving health and
well-being and creating productive workplaces?
MEANING & PURPOSE
Work with meaning and purpose is key to retaining staff. Find out why
sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and CSR are all high on the agenda
of Australia’s top companies.
WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE
Learn about the trends in fit-out, design, facilities and office tech that are sweeping through the modern
workplace.
MENTAL WELLBEING
How do you create the conditions for a happy and engaged workforce? How are companies responding to
the mental health crisis?
WELL-TECH
Technology has a key role in improving health and wellbeing. Discover the latest tech tools to
boost collaboration, productivity and wellbeing.
50+ OF 200 EXTRAORDINARY SPEAKERS CONFIRMED!More names to be released!
Join a stellar faculty of 200+ top health and
wellbeing experts from Australia and
overseas!
Scott Hazard, Global Real Estate and Workplace Experience Leader, Atlassian, USA
Rasmus Hougaard, best-selling author of The Mind of the Leader; Managing Director, Potential Project International, USA
Dr Reena Kotecha, Medical Doctor, Organisational Consultant, UK
Brooke Dwyer, Qantas Group Wellbeing Manager, Qantas
Fiona Andrew, National Health & Wellbeing Manager, Australia Post
Ainhoa Emaldi Azcue, Culture & Learning Specialist, Canva
Katherine Perfect, Head of Agency, Google Marketing Platforms
Ian Simpson, Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, ABC
Geri Sumpter, Workplace Engagement Lead, Beyond Blue
Domino Risch, Principal, Hassell
Sue Langley, Founder and CEO, Langley Group
Tony De Leede, renowned Wellness and Fitness Entrepreneur, Wellness Solutions
Jon Baker, Group Head of Safety and Business Continuity, Coca Cola Amatil
Inga Vilkins, Head of Health & Wellbeing, Bupa
Professor David Dunstan, Head, Physical Activity Lab, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Shelley McDowell, Director, Customer Experience Strategy, CBRE
Jenny George, CEO, Converge International
Deborrah Lambourne, CEO, Job Centre Australia Limited
“The stars are aligning…This is a new frontier to be exploited for all
the right reasons.”Professor Rob Moodie, Nossal Institute
for Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Rebecca Jenkins, People Operations, Employee Engagement, Airtasker
Jeremy Moore, Assistant Commissioner, Workforce Strategy and Change, ATO
Professor Felice Jacka, Director, Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University
Diane Edwards, GM People, Foresight and Innovation, Ports of Auckland, NZ
Carli Phillips, Employee Wellbeing Lead Australia & New Zealand, Johnson & Johnson
Paul Heptonstall, NRL Senior Wellbeing & Education Manager, National Rugby League
Duncan Young, Head of Workplace Health and Wellbeing, Lendlease
Alex Diab, Director People & Property, NSW Business Chamber
Dr Sally Phillips, General Manager, Health Services, TAL
Leith Mitchell, Director Diversity, Culture and Engagement, Queensland Department of Education
Dr Christhina Candido, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technology, The University of Sydney
David Contarini, Head of Community and Education, RACQ
Professor Anthony Maeder, Professor of Digital Health Systems, Flinders University
Ali Skrzypiec, Head of Wellbeing, Safety and Environment, oOh!media
Dr Nicola Gates, Director and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Brain and Mind Psychology
Kaylene Little, Head of People & Communities, Tassal Group
Jack Heath, CEO, SANE Australia
Sharon Kolkka, General Manager and Wellness Director, Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
“Improving the health and well-being of our employees…offers a ‘win-win’ all around. Employees benefit from better support for their health. Companies
benefit from less absence and improved productivity. And society benefits from improved public health.” Steve Flanagan, Chief Executive, The Fremantle Trust
Tanya Howard, Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner, THE ICONIC
Ryan McGrory, Employee Experience Manager, Youi
Sonja Braidner, Churchill Fellowship Recipient; Member, AHRI Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Panel
Tracy Angwin, CEO, Australian Payroll Association
Associate Professor Genevieve Healy, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Dr Kaushik Ram, Neuroscientist, Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney
Kate Connors, Director of Wellness, PwC Australia
Robyn Batson, Group People & Development Manager, Sussan Group
Annelie Xenofontos, Senior Workplace Strategist, Axiom Workplaces
Renee Sturtevant, National HR Manager, Jeanswest
Valerie Mack, Principal – Interior Design, Buchan
Lucas Finch, Health and Wellbeing Specialist, Sydney Water
Emma Walsh, Founder & CEO, Parents At Work
Peter Pollnitz, Work Health, Safety & Injury Management, SA Health
Kylie Grady, Executive Manager Wellbeing and Safety, CSIRO
Michele Chevalley Hedge, Nutritionist, international speaker and author, A Healthy View
Joey Templin, HR Manager, Club Med
Fleur Marks, Founder and Chief Wellbeing Officer, WellYou
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Source: The Wellbeing Lab 2018 Workplace Survey, The State of Wellbeing in Australian Workplaces – The Wellbeing Lab & AHRI
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE THRIVING AT WORK THEY ARE:
Nearly
6 TIMESmore likely to feel engaged
29% likelyto be more productive
45% morelikely to be satisfied
125%less likely to burn out
32% lesslikely to quit
46% less likelyto experience unhealthy days
WHY WORKPLACE WELLNESS?
EXPLORE THE DYNAMIC FESTIVAL FLOOR! Workplace Wellness Festival connects businesses looking for workplace wellness solutions, whether it be office fit-out, fitness, mobile tech, medical, nutrition, safety, training or incentives, with the leading suppliers in this space.
80+ Exhibitors Meet the people and companies transforming the way we stay healthy, happy and productive at work at Australia’s definitive workplace wellness event!
lightbulb Workplace wellness solution providers play-circleMobile, wearable and cloud-based productivity solutions
cogsErgonomic furniture and office fit-out suppliers users
Leadership, coaching, training & development solutions
ambulance Corporate medical providers heartMindfulness, nutrition and corporate fitness suppliers
gemEmployee benefit and reward programmes sun Retreats, gyms and venues
homeProperty developers, co-working spaces and serviced offices money-bill-alt
Financial planning, insurance and banking solutions
puzzle-piece HR productivity software and solutions cog Wellness tech solutions
Well-Tech Startup Village A special feature of the Festival floor is the Startup Village. Check out the coolest tech ideas and meet over 30 well-tech startups and Australia’s new crop of tech entrepreneurs.
The HubGrab a coffee from the café and meet like-minded people in The Hub meeting place. This is the perfect place to network, arrange meet-ups or to relax, between browsing the expo floor and listening to speakers on the five conference stages.
APPLY TO JOIN THE STARTUP VILLAGE
GET INVOLVED!For information on sponsoring or exhibiting contact:
Tania Arlington Event Director
Source: The Wellbeing Lab 2018 Workplace Survey, The State of Wellbeing in Australian Workplaces – The Wellbeing Lab & AHRI
WORKPLACES THAT INVEST IN EMPLOYEE WELLBEING HAVE
HAPPY AND ENGAGED WORKERS AND, ON AVERAGE, EXPERIENCE:
70% fewersafety incidents
24-59%lower turnover
10% highercustomer ratings
10% overaverage shareholder return
3 TIMESmore likely to be seen as creative and innovative
41% lowerabsenteeism
WHO ATTENDSThe Workplace Wellness Festival is a must-attend event for everyone with a stake in creating healthier, safer, more engaged and productive workplaces.
The world of work is changing. Technology is disrupting, new business models are evolving and expectations of employees are rising. Business is responding by becoming more agile and productive, and by embedding health and wellbeing into their culture. This is an event for the times!
Whether you are a senior manager, business owner or directly responsible for implementing wellbeing, health & safety, and inclusion & diversity initiatives in the workplace, this event is for you!
Network with key personnel in the workplace wellbeing space:
• Senior Management and Business Owners• Health and Wellbeing Managers• Workplace/Occupational Health & Safety
Managers• Human Resource Managers• Personnel, Benefits and Remuneration
Managers• Facilities & Operations Managers• People & Culture Managers• Office Manager• Recruitment, Training and Talent Managers
Hall 7, Level 4, Exhibition Centre, ICC Sydney
We’re excited to be expanding the event into one of the large exhibition halls at ICC Sydney! Featuring a striking contemporary design and leading technology, ICC Sydney is the perfect venue for Workplace Wellness Festival.
At the heart of its very own Sydney Harbour waterfront precinct, ICC Sydney is set amongst restaurants, retail and a vibrant public domain on Darling Harbour, yet is only a moment’s walk to Sydney’s CBD and surrounding cultural quarters.
ICC Sydney is well connected to public transport with buses, trains, light rail, ferries and taxis all servicing the immediate area. The venue can also be accessed on foot, by car and by coach.
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“… the most valuable and high growth potential resource in an organisation is the collective energy of its people.” Dr Stefan Volk, The University of Sydney Business School
“We are embedding health and well-being at the heart of our business strategy because
our people are our greatest asset… a healthy, happy and committed workforce is
vital to our business success.”Alex Gourlay, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance, UK