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Join us for two days of insight, challenge, and practical learning

The 2026 Business Excellence Australia National Conference brings together leaders, practitioners, and award-winning organisations to explore what it really takes to build resilient, high-performing organisations - now and into the future

Pathways to Excellence: Integrating Systems, Culture & Strategy for Sustainable Performance

In today’s environment of digital disruption, ESG scrutiny, governance reform and workforce transformation, sustainable performance demands more than isolated initiatives - It demands integration.

The Business Excellence Australia (BEA) National Conference 2026 will explore how leading organisations align strategy, systems and culture to deliver measurable, enduring performance.

• This is where governance meets execution
• Where culture aligns with strategy
• Where excellence becomes systemic.

Thursday 28 & Friday 29 May 2026

Location: Moore Park Golf Club, Sydney

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Conference Features
Keynote speakers
Hear from thought leaders in strategy, governance, digital enablement and sustainable performance

Excellence Isn’t a department – it’s a way of thinking: Leading Through Crisis, Recovery and Renewal

Leadership behaviours and decisions that enable sustained performance during uncertain times

Strategic Integration in Action
Case studies from BEA Award winning and high-performing organisations demonstrating measurable gains in productivity, stakeholder outcomes and financial sustainability.

The Australian Business Excellence Framework (ABEF) as a System
How Leaders can move beyond compliance toward performance stewardship and sustainable value creation.

Data, Benchmarking & Performance Intelligence
Turning measurement into meaning

The Excellence Dividend: What Award-Winning Organisations Do Differently
Pulling back the curtain on those who consistently win BEA awards - how they think, act and embed excellence.

Local Government, Global Impact: Public Sector Excellence on Display
Keynote showcasing a council or agency that has embedded the ABEF for social, environmental and citizen impact.

Culture as a Strategic Asset
Embedding accountability, engagement and improvement capability into the DNA of the organisation.

Executive and Practitioner Workshops
Connect with Australia’s leading excellence practitioners, corporate members, educators and transformation leaders - Networking with Purpose

A Gala Conference Dinner and presentation of the Excellence Award winners for 2024 and 2025

Program

Who should attend?

• Board Chairs and Directors
• CEOs and Senior Executives
• Strategy and Transformation Leaders
• Operational and Continuous Improvement Professionals
• ESG and Risk Leaders
• Public Sector and NFP Executives
• Business Excellence and Quality Practitioners

Registration and Fees

Category	Rate
BEA Member 2 days including gala dinner	$999
Non-Member 2 days including gala dinner	$899
Gala dinner only	$170
Streaming - Day 2 only	$299

✔ Group discounts available contact Romy at rbaker@businessexcellenceaustralia.org.au

✔ Sponsorship and exhibitor packages available
✔2 months free BEA membership with registration fee for non-members.

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Meet the speakers

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Stephanie Naidoo

From Perception to Performance:

Rethinking Employee Engagement Measurement

Ace Naidoo

From Perception to Performance:

Rethinking Employee Engagement Measurement

Jennifer Ross

Inside the Excellence System: Building Confidence and Readiness for ABEF Evaluation

Zoe Vayanos

Inside the Excellence System: Building Confidence and Readiness for ABEF Evaluation

Matthew Cosgrove

Using AI and Digital Technology to Better Understand the Voice of Customer in Local Government

David Sikorski

The New ABEF

Faye Johnstone

Council Constraints to Improvement.

Monique Moore

Council Constraints to Improvement.

Elisa Mokany

When Strategy Meets Reality: Building Excellence Without a Map

Dr Moira Scerri

Workshop: Quality circles - we can't help you, if we can't hear you.

Keynote: Business Excellence - pushing the productivity frontier forward - The Elder persona and Ageing in Place Case Study

Ravi Fernando

Benchmarking for Excellence: Using Real Life Learnings for Sustainable Transformation

Robin Mann

The Power of Benchmarking for Real Business Impact

Dr Indi Ray

The Link Between Coaching and Leadership: Unlocking the Potential in Your Teams

Martin Hawson

Workshop: ABEF for Local Government: From Policy to Practice

Keynote: The ‘stop doing’ decision to do things differently to achieve Public Value: How the ABEF supports change in a dynamic environment

Cheree Jukes

Workshop: ABEF for Local Government: From Policy to Practice

Why This Conference Matters

Excellence is not a program - It is a system of leadership.

Join Australia’s Business Excellence community as we shape the future of performance, governance and sustainable value creation.

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