Keynote Speakers


 

Chris Rolls
PieLAB

 

 

Bio

Chris Rolls is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold 4 businesses, 3 of which were amongst the largest of their kind in Australia.

Chris is a sought after media commentator and innovation expert. His work has been published in “Your Investment Property” and Australian Property Investor” magazines, “The Courier Mail” and “The Australian” newspapers, and he is the resident property management expert for Brisbane’s 4BC radio show “Real Estate Talk”

Topics

How to Future Proof your Business and Create Great Outcomes for your Clients


Rental Distress: How to diffuse any difficult conversation in a brutal market

Joel Davis
STAFFLINK

 

 

Bio

Joel’s passion for real estate has been recognised by industry peers and is evidenced in his impartial advice to tenants, property investors, property vendors and buyers alike. His expertise extends across residential property management, valuation and property investment and sales.

When Joel isn’t talking to clients, radio audiences, or as a panel member, he keeps himself busy talking to whoever will listen about real estate.


 

Topic

True Asset Management (Adding Value to Relationships with Tenant and Owner Alike)

Tom Panos
Real Estate Gym

 

 

Bio

Tom Panos needs no introduction.
 
He is widely known as an Influencer and the ‘go-to’ coach across the real estate industry.
 
Agents are drawn to Tom’s coaching style because they are evidence-based. He applies the techniques from his Master’s degree in Management (Coaching Psychology).

 

Topics

Moving from Sales Agent to Trusted Adviser (pre-recorded exclusively for REI-CON SA)


Vendor Servicing: How to use technology to build rapport (via Live Video)

Valentina Borbone
Banter Group

 



Bio

Valentina is a seasoned speaker and digital marketing educator, having taught digital marketing for blue-chip organisations and small businesses since 2008, and is an industry expert for the International Social Media Association. 
 
She prides herself on being down-to-earth, completely transparent, and helping businesses achieve great success through smart marketing solutions. Her real estate experience spans working with commercial developers, residential real estate agencies, and agents as well as property management services across Australia.
 

Topics

Property Marketing in our Modern Digital, Hybrid, Meta, Fickle Age


Non-negotiable takeaways for Modern Marketing

 

Session Speakers

 

Rachael Sporn
Port Adelaide Football Club

 



Bio

Icon of Australian Basketball and Women’s Sport. From shooting hoops in Murrayville, to Operations Manager at Port Adelaide’s AFLW – and everything in between. Rachael Sporn OAM will share reflections on her pathways and career as an elite athlete, and visions for the future.

Topic

Individual Commitment to a Group Effort

Stephen Yarwood
city2050

 



Bio

Stephen is the former Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Australia and a well-known and respected contemporary Urban Planner who consults internationally on urban futures, innovation, and change in cities.

His expertise lies in urban governance, city strategy and policy, smart cities and urban transformation.

He believes in “the possible” as well as “the practical” and is passionate about helping people create positive change with a focus on enabling communities to be more liveable, sustainable and productive.

Topic

Real Estate of the Future - Are we ready for a tomorrow we can't yet imagine?

Josh Cobb
Stepps

 



Bio

Australia’s most inspirational digital marketing advisor and keynote speaker to the real estate industry.

Josh is a trusted digital marketing advisor to Australia’s leading agents and most notable agency brands.

Josh has been named as a finalist in the REB Awards for Industry Thought Leader of The Year (2017 & 2018) and the winner of  Brisbane Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2017 – Marketing, PR & Events and a finalist in 2020.

Topic

Lost Property: How the Real Estate Industry is Fighting Back (and how agents are helping clients succeed)

Darren Hunter
Inspired Growth Training





Bio

Darren Hunter is a national and international property management speaker, consultant and trainer with Inspired Growth Training. Darren is a specialist in PM time, task management and effective communication, conflict and burnout management plus is also the international expert on property management fees, having just released his first book 'The PM Fee Scripts Secrets', with how to effectively respond to discounting and win your full fees.

For the last 20 years, Darren has trained thousands of property managers and real estate business owners in-office and at seminars and conferences over Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Topic

Survive, Thrive and Avoiding the Asylum

Kylie Dillon
PropTech Association Australia

 



Bio

Back in 2003, Kylie Dillon’s passion for conveyancing and her drive to deliver the highest-quality service lead her to launch her award-winning settlement agency, KDD Conveyancing Services. Since then, KDD has grown to become an industry leader, known within the industry as early adopters of new technologies to streamline their clients’ settlement experiences.

Today, she is excited to lend her business & proptech skills and experience to this new and exciting era of digital property transactions, building responsive and purposeful conveyancing technology to see transactions right through from contract to keys.

Topic

PropTech2022 - The Future Is Now

Sarah Bell
AiRE

 



Bio

Sarah Bell is best known to the real estate industry as RiTA’s mum and is coFounder of the proptech AiRE which is now a division of the global leader in property data, CoreLogic.

She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Middlesex (London) making a Transdisciplinary exploration of (mis)trust in technology.

She has been awarded Innovator of the Year 2022 at the REB Awards for Excellence.

Topic

In Tech We Trust: An exploration of the relationship between Trust and Technology

Tim Lawless
CoreLogic

 



Bio

Tim is the founder and Research Director of CoreLogic’s Asia–Pacific research division (formerly RP Data). In this capacity, he manages a team of specialists across Australia and New Zealand, bringing more than 15 years’ experience across property markets to the role. Recognised as a leading authority on residential property, Tim regularly provides expert commentary on real estate market conditions, demographic trends and economic factors.

He regularly appears on national television news and lifestyle programs including Channel 7’s Sunrise, and he’s often quoted in the country’s top business publications such as the Australian Financial Review, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian.

Topic

What's driving the SA housing boom and will it last?

Andrew Morello
The Entourage

 



Bio

Morello is an awarded entrepreneur, investor, author, and the winner of the first Australian Apprentice.

He spent 10 years alongside Mark Bouris AM building out the Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management branch network nationally.

Morello has summited Mount Kinabalu in Borneo and completed the Kokoda Trail to raise money for Seed Foundation and Sunrise Village Cambodia.

He is an active member of Australia’s entrepreneurial and real estate communities and an engaging and charismatic speaker.

His spirit animal is the turtle.

Topic

Accelerated Growth Strategies for Real Estate Professionals

Nicholas Route
A3C

 



Bio

An experienced ICT professional with a passion to help organisations deliver real value from ICT through improved cyber security, efficient ICT services or generation of additional revenue.

Nick's passion is delivering clear outcomes and benefits from cyber security and secure cloud services with flexible and scalable commercial models. He avoids jargon, preferring voice and video calls over email and love using analogies and visual communication methods for his explanations.

Topics

The Cyber Bad Guys and How You Can Protect Your Business Against Them

Cherrylee Harris
Cherrylee Harris - Professional Event Consulting

 

 

A well-known media presenter with over 20 years’ experience, she brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record. Highly professional, but offering a personal and friendly touch, Cherrylee has helped clients large and small make the most of their event and media opportunities.

 

 

 
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