After 40 years as a high-performing professional business person in the property industry, 10 years as Board Chairman of one of Queensland’s largest real estate marketing companies, and current Chairman of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, Peter Brewer has transitioned his professional career to now being one of Australia’s most respected digital media strategists for small business, licensed clubs and the real estate industry.

Peter understands digital media. He knows what works and what doesn’t. As a veteran Ambassador for the USA Based Inman News Organization, Peter is renowned as one of the most influential and authoritative people in today’s online marketing world.

Melanie Hoole, Digital & Social Media Marketer at Hoole.co specialises in helping real estate professionals perfect their personal reputation, build a first-class digital presence, implement social media marketing activities and generate leads.

She’s not your typical digital professional. She loves her craft but she is equally passionate about property. In fact, she’s been a property investor since 1998, after picking up the book ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’.

Fast forward some 22 years and she’s a digital and social media agency owner, a judge on the Real Estate Business Awards, coach for Elite Agent, a speaker at Digital Live and the Property Management Learning Retreat, and featured regularly in the trade press.

Tara Christianson is realestate.com.au’s Digital Strategist with first-hand knowledge of the power of the online world in real estate.

A world-renowned speaker with a background in real estate, Tara regularly presents at industry events on technology trends, online content and digital strategies. She also works with individual businesses to ensure they are utilising technology to their best advantage.

Tara’s passions lie in enhancing the efficacy of online profiles, offering ways to create and continue relationships online, and empowering real estate agents and agencies with the tools they need to succeed in their businesses.

Nigel Dalton is known globally for his work in the digital economy, from time in the USA after 2000, to transforming Lonely Planet from the world’s largest travel guide publisher to something relevant to 21st century travellers using massively agile approaches; then 8 years leading technology and R&D at REA Group in Australia. Now, alongside being a Director of Lean Enterprise Australia and the LEI, he is a social scientist for global tech consulting firm ThoughtWorks, where his job is to equip organisations with the tools and thinking that can accelerate them to becoming a modern digital business. He works on new organisational capabilities around speed to market, strategy, comfort with technology being at the core, applying human-centred design, using data for intelligence driven decisions, plus a productivity-centric delivery mindset – all mandatory to thrive in the 2020s.

Jack Broadhead is no stranger to the Real Estate landscape. He spent 8 years in Bayside Real Estate before he made the switch to Podium after he saw the potential it had to help agencies grow their online presence in a crowded space in ways which start conversations with potential clients in a convenient way.

Jonny Warren’s meteoric rise in real estate from assistant to nationally recognised, respected, awarded agent and, now, director of his own agency is no surprise.

Known for his unique, personable selling style and, as a leader in digital marketing and social media, Jonny delivers campaigns using out-of-the ordinary platforms tailored for his clients.

Jonny’s ability to adapt to new business strategies, along with his energy, hard work, relentless drive and passion helps him continuously achieve the best results for his clients and played an enormous part in achieving multiple record sales across a wide range of suburbs within the ACT.

Kasey is the National Head of Growth and Leasing at :Different and brings over 22 years of experience in the real estate industry, including being a property management business owner herself.

The past ten years has seen Kasey coach, consult and mentor property managers, BDM’s and businesses around the globe as well as conduct workshop training and conference events.

In 2019, Kasey was named an industry influencer by Elite Agent, and has been a finalist in the REB Awards “Mentor of the Year” category.

Peter Schravemade until February 2022, was the global director of sales, marketing, and revenue for BoxBrownie.com. His words have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the List, medium.com, Inman News, countless NAR articles, and in scores of other major publications across the United States, Europe, the UK, and the Asia/Pacific region.  Most recently Peter was accepted as a contributor and member of the Forbes Magazine Business Development Council. Peter enjoyed a prosperous and multi-dimensional career in real estate.  Over the course of 20 years, Peter racked up a rare algorithm of experience and achievement in property sales, property management, brokerage ownership/management, commercial leasing, print, radio, and television advertising, and virtual property marketing. In 2018 Peter was part of the Reach USA class and has since gone on to be a Mentor on the panels of REACH Canada, UK, and the USA alongside many incubators and accelerators worldwide. As virtual conferences became the new norm during the pandemic, Peter tripled his number of guest-speaking positions and webinars and became a vital web conference consultant on many major virtual property marketing projects across the globe. Whether virtually or in person, Peter loves debunking the myths and misconceptions related to property and is a refreshing voice in an industry overloaded with white noise, fleeting fads, and false trends. Anyone who has met Peter knows that he’s a fun-loving, friendly, and highly social bloke, who is never too busy to spread some good ol’ Aussie cheer wherever he happens to be.

Daniel has a rare combination of the ability to build customer lead strategies and deliver quality implementation to drive great commercial outcomes. He achieved early success through the founding of Real Time Agent, a digital point of sale platform for salespeople which was acquired by Domain.com.au in 2019.

Testament to his ability to build strong, high-performing teams that deliver awesome value, Real Time Agent grew from an idea to exit in 3.5 years, by scaling from 2 to 20 team members and delivering a platform that has now transacted over 200B worth of real estate.

Obsessed with solving problems and ensuring the right balance between sales, product and tech, he is helping other early-stage businesses navigate the challenges of scaling by helping them focus on the things that have the greatest impact on achieving their objectives.

As Head of Marketing for Australia’s leading online conveyancer and fast-growing proptech start up, Beth Oleyar leads the direction and management of Settle Easy’s sales operations, go-to-market strategies and portfolio of industry and integration partners.
With proven expertise across sales, marketing, business development and real estate technologies, Beth is committed to delivering industry-wide initiatives that improve the customer experience through an end-to-end service that delivers greater value and connectivity across the property ecosystem.

Godfrey is the Founder and CEO of Futurerent and has over 15 years’ experience in property investment and finance. He has invested over A$1.3bn in property transactions, including as VP of Commercial Real Estate for Deutsche Bank in Australia, an Associate at Investec and personally in his own investment properties in Australia and the USA. At university, Godfrey was awarded prizes by the Australian Property Institute and Property Council of Australia for his 1st class honours thesis in property derivatives.