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Sydney · Wed 4 November 2026

Australia's Workplace Culture Conference

A one-day conference on workplace culture for senior leaders.

Wed 4 November 2026 · 9:00am–5:00pm AEDT · Pier One, Sydney Harbour
Limited places Book your seat $695+ GST

What CultureCon™ is

CultureCon™ is Australia's workplace culture conference.

A full day built on the most common and critical issues senior leaders are facing in 2026: high-performance leadership, artificial intelligence, culture governance and burnout.

CultureCon™ brings together bestselling authors, acclaimed workplace scientists and elite performance coaches who've shaped culture inside newsrooms, boardrooms and elite sporting teams.

Run by The Culture Institute of Australia, for executive leaders, HR leaders and the people setting the culture agenda in their organisation.

The 2026 themes

High-performance leadership

Holding standards and holding people, in organisations that are asking for both at once.

Artificial intelligence

What it is actually doing to how teams work, decide and trust each other, past the productivity slides.

Burnout

The largest single threat to high performance, and what leaders can change before people leave.

The line-up

Published as each speaker is confirmed
Karl Treacher

Karl Treacher GAICD

Host · CEO, The Culture Institute of Australia
Built to Burn: burnout as the biggest threat to performance
Amantha Imber

Amantha Imber

Founder, Inventium
The energy games
Dean Gale

Dean Gale

Phuel
Session title to confirm
Dara Simpkin

Dara Simpkin

Full Stack Human
Full stack human
Enterprise Culture panel — panellists announced soon

Enterprise Culture panel

Panellists announced soon
Shaping culture for thousands of employees

More speakers
confirmed soon

Names are added to this page as they land

Tickets

Pricing has come down for 2026. Current rate only, shown on the page rather than behind the ticket link.

Standard ticket · On sale now
$695 + GST per person

Full-day access · all sessions · lunch and refreshments · post-event materials · team rate for three or more

Book your seat Secured via Humanitix

Who the day is for

You own culture and you are out of benchmarks

You are reporting on engagement to a board that wants a number and a plan.

Your team is producing while running hot

Performance is holding. You know what it is costing and you want it to stop being the trade.

AI landed in your organisation before the policy did

You are being asked what it means for roles, trust and the way work gets decided.

Pier One, Sydney Harbour

Pier One boardwalk on Sydney Harbour Sydney Harbour view from Pier One
Address
11 Hickson Road, Dawes Point NSW
Getting there
Circular Quay train and ferry, 12 min walk. Paid parking on site.
Accessibility
Step-free access throughout, accessible amenities.
Dietary and dress
All requirements catered. Business casual.

Partners

Phuel The Culture Institute of Australia Inventium Haworth Partner with CultureCon™ — get in touch

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Wed 4 November 2026 · Pier One, Dawes Point

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