Conference Keynote Speakers 



Brendan Condon 

Brendan Condon works on the design and construction of sustainable carbon neutral communities, urban farming projects, and restoration of biodiversity and nature. Brendan is director and founder of land restoration and landscaping company Australian Ecosystems, urban farming company Biofilta, and sustainable community The Cape at Cape Paterson. Brendan and his teams work to create a better designed, more efficient, lower cost, circular economy society that is able to meet the challenges of the future, and to show that we already have the solutions at our fingertips to build a better world.



Craig Dixon

Craig’s portfolio delivers tactical service planning (typically up to 7 years) for asset and non-asset solutions, capital project development and delivery, asset management, operational technology, and the Program Management Office for the total enterprise capital program.  

Craig is an experienced executive having worked across the industrials, automotive supply, FMCG and more recently water sectors. Craig’s career has moved through operations and maintenance delivery, supply chain and logistics, as well as capital planning and delivery, including major business transformation as well as business acquisition and integration. 

He brings extensive experience and skill in leading strategic business transformation, complex projects, and operational excellence through a culture of continuous improvement. Highly focused on customer outcomes, and skilled in successfully managing complex stakeholder environments. 


Kellie Dean

Kellie is an advocate for the surveying profession who specialises in leading diverse technical teams to deliver iconic development projects for clients. Currently the General Manager Business Unit – Property Survey at Veris, and formerly the first woman President of the Institution of Surveyors Victoria, Kellie uses her multi-discipline project experience and professional expertise as a Licensed Surveyor to rethink the way spatial consulting services are delivered to clients across both government and private sectors.  As the availability of digital data increases exponentially, this is an exciting time for Kellie, land developers, and asset owners to optimise the use of spatial data for better insights and outcomes.



Steve Moneghetti 

Steve Moneghetti is one of Australia’s greatest ever distance runners having attended 4 Olympic Games finishing in the Top 10 in the Marathon on 3 occasions; 4 Commonwealth Games winning the full set of Marathon medals including Gold in 1994; 6 World Championships including a Bronze medal in Athens in 1997. He won the 1990 Berlin Marathon in the fastest time in the world for that year and the 1994 Tokyo International Marathon.

Steve also ran world bests for the Half Marathon 3 times when he won the Great North Run and the Tokyo Half Marathon twice.

Since retiring at the Sydney Olympics he has gone on to forge a career in sports administration as the Chair of the Victorian Institute of Sport, Mayor of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Village, Chef de Mission of the Australian Team for the Delhi, Glasgow & Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and is currently a Board Member of Athletics Australia & Commonwealth Games Australia.

Speaking on long-term goal setting, leadership, personal development & how to get there ‘in the long run’. 


More ALDE 2024 Speakers to be announced soon !


Key Dates

Standard Registration Closes
Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Conference Commences
Monday, 19 August 2024

Conference Concludes
Wednesday, 21 August 2024

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