See our 2023 Speaker Line-Up

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Anders Sörman Nilsson

Global Futurist

Anders is a futurist and the founder of the think tank and trend analysis firm - Thinque, which provides data-based research, foresight, and thought leadership.  This Swedish-Australian has shared the stage with Hillary Clinton, Nobel   Laureates, and European and Australian heads of state. He is an active member of TEDGlobal, has keynoted at   TEDx in the United States and Australia, was nominated to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders,   and was the keynote speaker at the G20’s Y20 Summit in Australia. His presentations are meticulously researched,   highly energetic, and always fascinating with content tailored to the audience, which is why clients like Apple, Cisco,   Mercedes Benz, Hilton, SAP, Gartner, and Macquarie Bank have turned to Anders over the years to help them turn research into foresight and business impact. 

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Nicola Clement

Renowned and visionary eCommerce leader

Nicola Clement is the former General Manager Omni Experience for Myer and a highly regarded eCommerce leader. She has had more than 18 years’ experience across international markets within the retail, travel and services industries. Throughout these years, Nicola's had multi-million-dollar P&L responsibility and ownership of digital strategy, eCommerce, digital marketing, innovation, design, customer experience, social, mobile, and service channels for several brands including MYER, Jetstar, Smiggle, Forever New, Kathmandu, Telstra and Quiksilver/Roxy/DC Shoes. She has worked within many group roles, spanning multiple brands, regions and business structures. Nicola is currently in London studying for her Executive MBA at Oxford University and is looking forward to journeying back to Australia for the iMedia Online Retail Summit to share her wealth of stories, experience and opinions.

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Paul Zahra

CEO Australian Retailers Association

Paul is a leading figure of Australian retail having worked in the industry for 40 years including in senior executive and non-executive roles and as a company advisor.  He has previously held senior leadership positions at Target, Officeworks and David Jones where he was the CEO and Managing Director. 

Paul leads the team at the Australian Retailers Association – Australia’s oldest, largest and most diverse retail body, representing a $400 billion sector that employs one in ten Australians. 


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Lucy Bloom

Speaker, Author, Presenter

Lucy Bloom is not afraid to break rules. A successful business leader, she is renowned for being an innovative thinker and exceptional communicator. With a strong track record in digital marketing, branding, story telling and fundraising, and having achieved online audiences in their millions, Lucy was Australia's first person to be named in the world's top 30 #socialceos. Her charitable work has transformed lives in Australia and overseas, and her top-selling memoir, Get the Girls Out, was published by HarperCollins in 2019 to rave reviews.

 




Brad Austin


APAC VP
Marketplacer

Bradley Austin is Vice President Sales – Asia Pacific at Marketplacer, a global technology platform that enables brands, retailers, suppliers, communities and innovators to easily build and grow successful online marketplaces at scale. Brad has 13 years of experience in the IT industry, including 10 years working exclusively in the Australian e-commerce technology industry for organisations including SAP and Salesforce, where he has held several regional director, and account executive positions.

As VP of Sales at Marketplacer based in Sydney, Australia, Brad is responsible for creating long-term customer relationships and partnerships, working with organisations seeking to build their online marketplace momentum in support of outstanding customer engagement and unparalleled growth.

Prior to joining Marketplacer, Bradley was ANZ Regional Director – Commerce Cloud at Salesforce where he worked with customers to move to market faster, connect with more customers, and create personalised experiences across mobile, social, digital, and store through the power of cloud-based unified commerce.

Bradley is quickly becoming one of Australia’s most prominent voices on strategy and implementation of online marketplaces to enable business transformation and is a leading voice on the rapidly expanding Social Commerce environment.