AITD 2026 Conference Conversations: Queensland Edition

Join the AITD Qld Divisional Council for AITD Conference Conversations: Queensland Edition, an evening designed to bring the big ideas, practical insights and energy of the AITD Conference back into the Queensland L&D community.

This member and guest event is your chance to connect directly with Queensland-based speakers from this year’s AITD Conference in a more personal and interactive setting. Rather than listening from the back of a room, you’ll be part of the conversation, asking questions, sharing your own experiences and exploring what these ideas mean in real workplaces.

Hosted in a World Café style format, the evening will begin with drinks, nibbles and networking before moving into small table discussions led by invited speakers. Participants will rotate through several tables across the evening, giving you the opportunity to hear different perspectives, meet new people and engage with current thinking across learning, capability, leadership and organisational development.

There are no formal presentations and no long slide decks. Instead, expect thoughtful prompts, lively discussion, practical takeaways and generous sharing from people working at the edge of L&D practice.

Whether you attended the conference or couldn’t make it this year, this is your opportunity to be part of the conversation, connect with Queensland’s L&D community and leave with fresh ideas, useful connections and renewed energy for your own work.

By attending this event, you will:

• Gain fresh insights from Queensland-based speakers from this year’s AITD Conference and explore how their ideas apply in real L&D contexts.
• Connect with other L&D professionals through small-group conversations, questions and shared experiences.
• Hear practical perspectives on current challenges, opportunities and emerging practice across learning, capability, leadership and organisational development.
• Leave with new ideas, useful connections and prompts to take back into your own work.
  

Presenters:

1. Téa Angelos
Téa Angelos is the founder of Vivlo Learning and Smart Women Society. She’s an entrepreneur, author, speaker and media commentator who focuses on making complex life and workplace topics easier to understand and apply. Through her work, Téa builds education-focused platforms that support practical learning, confidence and capability at scale.

2. Brian Inglis
Brian Inglis is the founder of Inglis Consultants Pty Ltd and an L&D professional with more than 40 years’ experience across energy sector operations, management and training. His work focuses on training and competency strategy, energy transition capability, hydrogen, renewables and accredited training design for Australia’s changing energy workforce.

3. Marc Ratcliffe
Marc Ratcliffe is the CEO and founder of MRWED Training and Assessment. He’s a multi-award-winning trainer, author and education entrepreneur with more than 25 years’ experience in the VET sector. Marc is known for creating engaging, interactive and practical learning, including his work with “edu-tainment” as part of effective facilitation.

4. Dr Samantha Rush
Dr Samantha Rush is a cognitive decision-making expert who works with leaders, executive teams and boards to strengthen judgement, clarity and performance in complex environments. She brings more than 20 years of corporate experience in senior leadership and board roles, supported by qualifications in psychology and human resources, an MBA and a PhD in decision-making.

5. Cathy Sanders
Cathy Sanders is an experienced L&D practitioner and AITD Fellow with a strong commitment to lifelong learning. She’s completed more than 20 qualifications across vocational and postgraduate study and brings an energetic, practical approach to helping people think through learning design choices for different contexts.

6. Dr Cathryn Lloyd
Dr Cathryn Lloyd is the founding director of Maverick Minds, a creative human-development practice that supports individuals, teams and groups through coaching and facilitation. She’s an educator, author, creative arts practitioner and leadership coach whose work explores creativity, collaboration and human-centred development.

7. Glin Bayley
Glin Bayley is the founder of SimplyGlin and an award-winning author, negotiation strategist, executive adviser, speaker and self-leadership coach. Her work supports leaders and teams to strengthen clarity, confidence, self-leadership and decision-making, particularly in complex conversations, personal transformation and high-stakes negotiation.

8. Jina Hardy
Jina Hardy is the Founder and Chief Learning Officer of LX Design Agency and a Fellow of AITD. She’s an adult learning specialist, facilitator and learning strategist with more than 30 years’ experience across instructional design, leadership development, compliance, VET, healthcare, government and organisational capability. Her work focuses on practical, human-centred learning that connects people, performance and workplace impact.

Thank you to Cliftons Brisbane for hosting. 

Finger food and light refreshments will be served. 

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Event and course cost pricing is quoted GST exclusive.