The Future Belongs to the Visible - Presented by LearnAble
Schedule
Thu May 21 2026 at 08:30 am to 10:30 am
UTC+10:00Location
The Grounds of Alexandria | Alexandria, NS
A masterclass in growth, AI, and what it takes to lead in the NDIS’s next chapter.About this Event
For this very special event, Brent Thomas - who leads Global Affairs for OpenAI across Australia and New Zealand - joins LearnAble co-founders Lee Hunter and Kezia Kingston for an intimate breakfast conversation on AI, the future of the NDIS, and what it takes to lead in this sector right now.
The NDIS is being redesigned around you. Budget reform, registration changes, margin compression, and an AI revolution are all arriving at the same time. For some providers, that's an existential threat. For others, it's an opportunity to pull ahead.
The difference between those two outcomes is not clinical quality. It's visibility, brand, and the willingness to build with new tools.
This breakfast is for the leaders who want to be in the second group.
What you'll learn
How algorithms actually work - and how to use them. Lee Hunter, co-founder of LearnAble and former Head of TikTok ANZ, breaks down the mechanics of the platforms your participants and referrers live on. Not theory - the actual systems that decide whether your organisation gets seen or buried.
How to build a brand that generates its own referrals. Kezia Kingston grew a multi-disciplinary allied health practice from sole trader to 20+ staff and 150+ participants in under two years - with no external funding, built almost entirely on content and personal brand.
How LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Google actually work for your sector. What each platform rewards, what it ignores, and how to build genuine inbound demand without a marketing team.
What the NDIS reforms mean for your business in the next 90 days. Registration changes, tighter plans, shifting referral patterns - and why brand becomes a survival strategy, not a nice-to-have.
Where the innovation gap is - and why it's wide open. The NDIS has almost no technology built for how participants actually think and learn. The organisations that move early will define the next decade.
Closing fireside chat - Brent Thomas, Global Affairs ANZ, OpenAI in conversation with Lee Hunter. Brent has spent his career inside some of the world's most consequential platform businesses during their most contested moments -- Airbnb, TikTok, Mastercard, eBay, and PayPal. He is now doing it again at the most watched company in the world.
Agenda:
- 8:30am - Doors open, coffee and arrival platters
- 8:45am - Welcome and introductions
- 8:50am - Masterclass: Lee Hunter and Kezia Kingston
- 9:20am - Fireside chat: Brent Thomas in conversation with Lee Hunter
- 9:50am - Breakfast and networking
- 10:30am - Close
Where is it happening?
The Grounds of Alexandria, 2 Huntley Street, Alexandria, AustraliaAUD 79.00
