Connecting Business Across Australia

SmallBiz Week 2024

28 - 30 May 2024
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Wed 24th - Thu 25th May

9AM - 4PM

Australia's largest SME expo. A vibrant marketplace held over two days and FREE to attend.

Wed 24th - Thu 25th May

9AM - 4PM

FREE to attend keynote and panel sessions covering critical topics affecting SMEs in 2023 at the expo.

Wed 24th May

12PM - 2PM

Network with prominent business leaders. This year's theme: how artificial intelligence will impact SMEs.

100+

Exhibitors

3000+

Visitors & Delegates

90+

Speakers

Take your business to the next level

CommBank SmallBiz Week brings together thousands of small business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders and visionaries under one roof. Whether you’re starting, running, or growing your business, this marketplace for SMEs provides the ideal opportunity to connect, learn and grow. ​

Event Program

CommBank SmallBiz Week is Australia's largest and most anticipated SME event of the year! The three-day program is packed with events and functions specifically designed for small-to-medium businesses to take strategic action to improve their businesses, to learn from industry experts, meet best in class vendors/suppliers, celebrate Australian small business and network to build important relationships.

Meet our 2023 VIP Speakers

Amanda Johnstone

Founding CEO
Transhuman
Transhuman

Bruce Billson

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
ASBFEO
ASBFEO

Colleen Callander

Former award winning CEO of Sportsgirl & Author of Leader by Design
Callander

Harish Vellat

Executive Director – Small, Medium & Corporate Business
Microsoft ANZ
Microsoft

Sally Capp

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne
City of Melbourne
City-of-Melbourne

Feature Functions

Tue 23th May

6PM - 10PM

Celebrating the achievements of young entrepreneurs and business leaders 35 y/o and under.

Wed 24th May

3PM - 4:30PM

A two hour startup pitch competition to fast-track business success.

Wed 24th May

4:30PM - 6PM

A b2b networking event for SMEs, business leaders and entrepreneurs to build meaningful connections.

Our 2023 speakers

Alex Kain

CEO
Human Pixel
Human-Pixel

Allana Smith

Senior Associate
Gilchrist Connell
sp-logo-gilchrist

Alyssa Herr

Editor, Small Business Connections & Co-Host ABF Vision 
Small Business Connections
SBC

Amal Wakim

CEO & Co-Founder
Equalution
Equalution

Amanda Johnstone

Founding CEO
Transhuman
Transhuman

Amy Morgan

Executive Manager Small Business Banking
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Andreas Rey

Sustainability & Public Affairs Manager
Neste
Neste

Ashesh Jalota

Senior Associate
Blue Rock Law
Blue-Rock

Ben Ford

Head of Growth
Frollo
sp-Frollo

Benjemen Elengovan

Founder & CEO
MyGigsters
MyGigsters

Bill Nikolouzakis

Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach & Entrepreneur
Levels Growth Consultants
Levels

Brad Daffy

Partner, Intelligent Automation, Low Code & AI - Data & Cloud
KPMG
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Bree Petherbridge

Digital Transformation Specialist, Enterprise
Salesforce
salesforce-speaker

Bridget Carmady

Director
Clémence Organics
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Bruce Billson

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
ASBFEO
ASBFEO

Caleb Harward

Senior SEO Specialist
Studiohawk
Studio-Hawk

Caroline North

Market Research Manager
SEEK
Seek

Carolyn Breeze

CEO
Scalare Partners
Scalare-Partners

Chris Montgomery

Assistant Director, Business Industry and Regional Outreach VIC/TAS, Immigrat...
Department of Home Affairs
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Colleen Callander

Former award winning CEO of Sportsgirl & Author of Leader by Design
Callander

Dan Ferguson

CMO
Adore Beauty
Adore-Beauty

Darren Pauli

Senior Project Specialist
Telstra
Telstra

Dean Salakas

Chief Party Dude
The Party People
The-Party-People

Dennis Midgley

Sales & Service Operations Manager
SEEK Business
Seek-Business

Di Newell

General Manager - Real Time Payments
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Dr Nataliya Ilyushina

Research Fellow
Blockchain Innovation Hub RMIT University
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Dr Natassia Goode

Program Manager, Manual Handling
WorkSafe Victoria
Work-Safe

Elizabeth Gould

Best Selling Author, Entrepreneur & Success Coach
Zuckerberg Institute
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Emily Bobis

Co-Founder
Compass IoT
Compass IoT

Farzin Hesari

Managing Director
LINK Business Brokers
Link-Biz

Franz Munnich

Solution Sales Director
Cloud Factory Solutions
Cloud Factory

Gavin Morse

Senior People Scientist
Culture Amp
Culture Amp

Geoffroy Henry

Founder & CEO
Ofload
Ofload

George Feast

Deputy Director, SME Connect
CSIRO
CSIRO

Giovanni Pino

Co-Founder & CEO
Sourci
Sourci

Grant Cairns

Executive General Manager, Business Lending
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Harish Vellat

Executive Director – Small, Medium & Corporate Business
Microsoft ANZ
Microsoft

Hollie Thistlewood

Head of GTM & Commercialisation, Products & Solutions Australia, New ...
Visa
Visa

Holly Foster

Senior Culture Enablement Partner
Culture Amp
Culture Amp

Iolanthe Gabrie

Director
Ruby Assembly
Ruby Assembly

Jade Spooner

Co-Founder & Director
Big Uppetite
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Jane Thomson

General Manager Corporate Finance and ESG, Major Client Group, Business Banking
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Jason Murrell

Group Executive
AustCyber
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Jessica Sciberras

Financial Controller
Peter Stoitse Transport
Peter-Stoitse-Transport

Jessica Wilson

Co-Founder
Women Making Waves
Women-Making-Waves

Justus Hammer

Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive Officer, & Executive Director
Mad Paws
Mad Paws

Karen Cohen

Founder
Emerging Tech Talent & Founder & AlgoHUB.io
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Karen Katz

Director
KK Consulting Melbourne
KK-Consulting

Katrina Murdoch

Account Executive
Culture Amp
Culture Amp

Kerryn Saward

General Manager Commercial Transaction Products and Growth
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Kim Hughes

General Manager, Digital & Transformation
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Krunal Panchal

CEO
Groovy Web
Groovy

Libby Briggs

Project Manager
Scale Investors
Scale-Investors

Liz Huxley

General Manager, Working Capital
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Lucia Vuong

Head of SEEK Business
SEEK Business
Seek-Business

Lucy Lin

Founder & CMO
Forestlyn
Forestlyn

Lynda McAlary-Smith

Victorian Small Business Commissioner
Victorian Small Business Commission
Victorian-Small-Business-Commission

Maddie Campbell

Customer Success Coach
Culture Amp
Culture Amp

Malcolm Calder

Enterprise Business Development Manager
Waterman Workspaces
Waterman

Mark Oliver

Managing Director
PALO IT
PALO

Matthew Addison

Director & Chair
COSBOA
COSBOA

Meena Wahi

Director & Insurance Specialist
Cyber Data-Risk Managers
Cyber-Data-Risk-Managers

Melanie Timbrell

Acting Executive Manager, Security Education and Outreach
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Melissa Giles

VP, Learning & Organisational Development
Culture Amp
Culture Amp

Michael Breedon

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO
CSIRO

Michael Ermer

General Manager
Boost
Boost

Mike Halligan

Co-Founder
Scratch Dog Food
Scratch

Nadine Freitag

People & Culture Manager
BGL Corporate Solutions
sp-bgl

Nick Kumaran

Managing Director - Australia & New Zealand
Accubits Technologies
Accubits

Peter Strohkorb

Founder
Peter Strohkorb Sales Advisory
Peter

Rebekah Murphy

Chief Experience Officer
Hub Australia
Hub-Australia

Regan Bunny

General Manager & Human Resources
AFL Players’ Association
AFL-Players

Renee Francis

Founder & Director
The Bubble Co.
The-Bubble-Co

Ron Gounder

Head of Customer and Partner Lifecycle
Wiise
Wiise

Ryan Jones

Managing Consultant
Hyperception
Hyperception

Sally Capp

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne
City of Melbourne
City-of-Melbourne

Sara Pantaleo

Founder
Affari SP
Affari

Sara Sutton

General Manager Small Business
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Sarah Hadj

People Programs Manager
Mr Yum
Mr-Yum

Scott McCartney

Chief Executive Officer
Kinaway - The Victorian Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce
Kinaway

Shira Levine

Chief Community Officer Australia
Nextdoor
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Sonja Bernhardt OAM

Serial technology entrepreneur - Founder of ThoughtWare, Women in Technology ...
WIT
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Stephen Wu

Economist
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

String Nguyen

CEO
Chubbiverse
Chubbiverse

Susan Brown

Partner
Deloitte Digital
Deloitte-Digital

Tegan Gilchrist

Director - Marketing and Digital
89 Degrees East
89

Thomas Bligh

Grants Development Consultant
Grants Office Australia
Grants-Office_Vertical

Tim Griffiths

Partner
Scalare Partners
Scalare-Partners

Tim Smith

National Membership Manager
Family Business Association
Family-Business-Association

Tiziana Bianco

Head of Product & Solutions for Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific
Visa
Visa

Trena Blair

Founder & CEO
FD Global Connections
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Trent Barnes

Chief Innovation Officer
Zerocap
Zerocap

Trudy Bownds

National Procurement Manager
Total Hardware
Total-Hardware

Venkatesh Kanchan

Director
BroadWeb Digital
BroadWeb-Digital

Vikki Maver

Founder & Strategic Director
Refresh Marketing
Refresh-Marketing

Vincent Nair

CEO
SMARTECH Business Systems
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Vivienne Ryan

Co-Founder & Director
Gravia Media
Gravia-Media

William Mailer

Chief Behavioural Scientist
Commonwealth Bank
CommBank

Xavier O’Malley

Cyber and Infrastructure Security Outreach Officer
Department of Home Affairs
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Zhoe Low

Global General Manager
July
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Why Attend?

CommBank SmallBiz Week is Australia’s leading Business to Business Expo, Conference, Educational & Networking Event for Small to Medium Business Owners, Entrepreneurs & Start-Ups:

Engage

with passionate business owners

Build

brand awareness

Market

your business

Generate

leads and make sales

Find

new vendors to help grow your business

Expand

your network and business opportunities

Learn

from leading businesses, peers and industry experts

Be Inspired

with ideas to grow your business

What you will learn

This year’s interactive forum and sessions will deliver relevant insights, case studies and market intelligence on how to win business, help navigate critical challenges, and how to shape your own business strategies and future decisions. Some of the topics covered include:

  • Navigating inflation
  • Supply chain challenges
  • Interest rate increases
  • Digitalisation tools
  • Funding for growth
  • Future proofing your business
  • Driving business success
  • Scaling your SME

Navigating inflation

Supply chain challenges

Interest rate increases

Digitalisation tools

Funding for growth

Future proofing your business

Driving business success

Scaling your SME

Naming Sponsor

2023 Sponsors

2023 Partners

Organiser

2023 Exhibitors