Keynote & Invited Speakers
Steph Tisdell
Actor, Comedian, Writer, MC and Keynote Speaker
A proud Ydinji woman, Steph Tisdell is a shining star of Australian stage and screen. Steph is renowned for her luminescent present on stage, her warmth, wit, and ability to talk with candour about her issues with mental health, identity, body image and her perspective on reconciliation.
Since her spot on the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Gala for Oxfam went viral, Steph has sold-out comedy shows nationwide, appeared on Spicks & Specks, Hughesy We Have a Problem, Studio 10, Drunk History, and more.
Steph has honed her skills as a presenter on Stuff You Should Know About Australia, The Project and Australia Talks.
Since making her ‘serious acting debut’ as Joely McKinnon in Total Control Season 2, Stephs acting career has taken off, she played fan favourite ‘Phoebe’ in Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Class of ‘07, has a recurring role in Bump Season 4 (Stan), appeared alongside Delta Goodrem in the feature film Love is in the Air (Netflix), just wrapped filming The Deb (directed by Rebel Wilson) and Total Control 3 in 2024 as Joely.
Peter Doherty
Director
Peter has been working with ITIL since Version 2 and was a contributing Author to V3 as well as a V2 Manager and V3 Expert, but don't let the paper qualifications fool you - he is a hands on practitioner that many will know and have worked with.
Over the years he has worked for Computer Associates and ServiceNow helping organisations take a pragmatic approach to the balance of process and platform customisation as well as the symbiotic relationship between Service and Operations Management. He is also a leader in organisational change management and builinging leaders.
He has presented and keynoted at conferences all over the world talking on topics from new technology, pragmatically rolling out Service Operations from a technology, process and OCM perspective.
With new technology, such a Agentic AI he has been at the cutting edge of preparing organisations for the shift and separating the marketing hype from the platform capabilities - something that is often quite blurred.
Lucas Patchett OAM
Co-Founder
2016 Young Australian of the Year and 2020 Order of Australia Medallist, Lucas Patchett is an entrepreneur, innovator and storyteller. Lucas is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Orange Sky - the world's first free mobile laundry and shower service for people experiencing homelessness. Lucas plays acritical role in all areas of Orange Sky from the strategic direction to managing key relationships with our supporters. He is committed to leading Orange Sky to deliver on its five year strategy to help 40,000 friends by 2025.
In October 2014, Lucas Patchett co-founded Orange Sky alongside his best mate Nic Marchesi. Together, they built the first van and Orange Sky was born, the foundation for which thousands more people would be helped over the coming years.
Awarded Young Australian of the Year in 2016 and a 2020 Order of Australia medal, Lucas has a passion and commitment to supporting friends doing it tough. He has been instrumental in the significant growth of Orange Sky and is passionate about leading Orange Sky to deliver on its five year strategy of supporting 40,000 friends by 2025. In 2023 Lucas has been awarded the Churchill Fellowship that will allow him to understand how other organisations around the world provide support and services to people experiencing homelessness.
Orange Sky now operates over 55 services across more than 35 locations in Australia and five services across four locations in New Zealand, with continued expansion across both countries. The focus is on creating a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment for people who are too often ignored or feel disconnected from the community. Since 2014, Orange Sky has provided more than 238,000 loads of free laundry, over 25,000 warm, safe showers, and more than 370,000 hours hours of genuine and non-judgemental conversation.
Lucas has been a Board Member since Orange Sky was founded and has played a critical role in the strategic direction of Orange Sky including establishing Orange Sky New Zealand in 2018.
Lucas is genuine, relatable, and a true leader who sets the example of how an Orange Sky Person should act every day and tries to incorporate his two values of learning and having fun into everything he does.
