Conference 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.


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

Early Bird Registration Available
Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Early Bird Registration Closes
Monday, 29 April 2024

Standard Registration Available
Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Conference Commences
Monday, 19 August 2024

Conference Concludes
Wednesday, 21 August 2024

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