Derek Sadubin brings over 25 years of experience to strategy and commercial development, having led CAPA - Centre for Aviation's development in various roles, including as its Managing Director until 2022. He co-founded Greener Airlines with Peter Harbison in 2023.

Peter Harbison founded CAPA - Centre for Aviation and has recently established Greener Airlines - an Australia-based incubator of ideas and platforms that seek to educate and inform on sustainability challenges facing the global aviation and travel industry. He has over 50 years of aviation industry experience and is a highly-regarded expert and sought-after media commentator and speaker.

Virginia Fitzpatrick brings almost four decades of experience in the Corporate Travel and Meetings & Events sectors in roles at Flight Centre Travel Group, ATPI, CAPA, Corporate Travel Community (Informa), Department of Finance and as a consultant to hundreds of clients on travel procurement strategy.

David Peller is a global leader in travel, hospitality, and technology, celebrated for driving digital transformation and innovation across the industry. He currently serves on several corporate and venture capital boards, leveraging over 30 years of experience, including leadership roles as Global Managing Director of Amazon Web Services Travel & Hospitality, and with Booking.com and Google/ITA Software.

Tracey Edwards brings over 30 years of global experience in the Travel & Events industry, leading teams and delivering exceptional outcomes across markets. Known for her collaborative approach and forward-thinking mindset, Tracey is passionate about driving innovation and building partnerships that elevate event delivery and client engagement. Her deep industry knowledge and strategic insight make her a trusted voice in shaping the future of events.

Jackie is a highly experienced professional with a rich and successful history working in business development, account management, and event management roles across various events industry sectors, including AIME, GainingEdge and the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB). Jackie's past events industry roles are varied - some as a buyer and some as a seller - and she has terrific industry knowledge of both sides that she's brought with vigour to FACTS

Janelle is an events and hospitality professional with over 20 years experience. Having managed events for some of Australia's largest national and multi-national corporations, Janelle has a wealth of event operations and sales knowledge and deep know-how of the conference and events market from the ground up. Janelle has worked with Limelight Events and IHG Hotels & Resorts before embarking on her freelance events management career.

With over 20 years of experience across marketing, creative direction, and content development, Sam brings heart and soul to every story. A true Jill-of-all-trades, she blends strategic marketing insight with creative execution - spanning graphic design, brand development, campaign planning, and multi-format content creation. She specialises in uncovering the human story behind every brief and transforming it into engaging, memorable brand experiences that resonate.