Wednesday 26 February – Thursday 27 February, 2025
International Convention Centre Sydney
ARA Leaders Forum 25
Secure your tickets to the premier retail industry event.
The ARA Leaders Forum 25 will unite retail executives from all corners of Australia, offering unparalleled networking and cutting-edge insights from the most influential leaders in the retail sector and industry experts. Don’t miss this agenda-setting conference on 26 and 27 February 2025 at the ICC, Sydney!
Early bird tickets now on sale and are expected to sell out… secure yours today.
Hurry! Offer ends 30 November 2024.
Early Bird - Single Ticket
Venue: International Convention Centre Sydney
Non Member: $1,995.00
Early Bird Ticket - Buy 3 and save
Black Friday Deal - Buy 5 and save
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Black Friday Deal - Buy 10 and save
Black Friday Deal - Buy 5 and save
Buy 3 and save
Single Ticket
Venue: International Convention Centre Sydney
Non Member: $2,195.00
Premier line-up of
industry leaders and CEOs
Vanessa Matthijssen
Deloitte AU Executive Member, Deloitte
Michael Schneider
Managing Director, Bunnings Group Limited
Sarah Hunter
Managing Director, Officeworks
Nicole Sheffield
President, Australian Retailers Association and Managing Director, Wesfarmers OneDigital
Mirja Viinanen
CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Australia
Ian Bailey
Managing Director, Kmart Group Australia
Agnieszka Pfeiffer-Smith
Managing Director, Dan Murphy’s (Endeavour)
Matt Benham
Director & Country Leader – Retail, Amazon Australia
Sarah Faorlin
Head of Acts of Violence & Aggression, Woolworths Group
ARA Leaders Forum 2024 Highlights
Testimonials
"The ARA leaders forum has been a great event to get a great cross section of some of the best thinking in retail today."
Angus McDonald
CEO, BBQ Galore
"Wow... what a great opportunity to connect. We are all so busy in our lives and to come to an event like this, we get some time to listen to some great speakers..."
Ian Bailey
Managing Director, KMART Group
"I brought my team here today because they really enjoying learning from the best in retail. You don't need to fly around the world to learn from the best in retail, you just need to come to forums like this."
Sarah Hunter
Managing Director, Officeworks
2
DAY IN-PERSON EVENT
60+
INFLUENTIAL SPEAKERS
400+
ATTENDEES
AGENDA-SETTING CONVERSATIONS
NETWORKING SESSIONS
EXCLUSIVE ONDEMAND CONTENT
2024 Leaders Forum Gallery
About the ARA
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is the oldest, largest and most diverse national retail body. We represent a $430 billion sector that employs more than 1.4 million Australians and is the largest private sector employer in the country. As Australia’s peak retail body, representing more than 120,000 retail shop fronts and online stores, the ARA informs, advocates, educates, protects and unifies our independent, national and international retail community.
The ARA is a not-for-profit, so every dollar is reinvested back into initiatives that support our members. We have a pro-bono council of member representatives with a leading executive team that help navigate the retail industry challenges and collaborate on important industry opportunities and campaigns.
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