Catalyst
Thursday 27, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November 2025 in Hobart, Tasmania.
For woman who want more than business as usual:
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Business owners and founders who are juggling vision, leadership and growth. You don’t need another cookie-cutter strategy, you want fresh perspective, honest conversations and meaningful support.
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Executives & senior leaders. You deliver results, but you’re ready to step off autopilot. You’re craving renewal, deeper connection and space to think beyond the next quarterly target.
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High-achieving professionals. You’re ambitious, driven and committed to growth. What you want now are conversations that cut through surface networking and open doors to real transformation.
If this feels like the invitation you’ve been waiting for we have saved you a seat.
And for women who are looking for something deeper:
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To pause and reconnect with your purpose, your vision and yourself.
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To learn in ways that are practical and deeply human, not theory, but tools and insights you can carry forward
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To expand your leadership and amplify your impact in your work or community
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To create space for genuine connection and conversations that move beyond small talk into shared experience and wisdom.
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To honour the women who came before us while shaping a new vision for the future we want to see.
Registration
Investment
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$1900 + GST Per Person includes:
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Welcome signature cocktails, canapés and premium gift bag with Tasmanian artisanal gifts
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1.5 days of immersive sessions, designed for deep thinking, real talk and practical transformation with industry-leading facilitators and key note speakers across mindset, leadership and impact marketing
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Morning & Afternoon Tea and Lunch included and wait to you try the freshly baked Hadley’s Hotel signature scones and more!
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Private immersive tour of Cascade Female Factory, a UNESCO World Heritage site where over 7,000 convict women once lived and laboured under harsh conditions. We will honour resilience and history, before closing with shared reflections on how you will become a Catalyst for impact
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Private dining and 3 course dinner with special guest at the Athenaeum Club, Hobart’s historic private social club for business, professional and academic leaders. Established in 1864, it has been a gathering place for ideas, debate and connection for more than 150 years
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Saturday morning for dynamic debrief sessions, open group discussions and a closing lunch to seal connections and send you home renewed and ready for impact! Officially we will close Catalyst at 1pm
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Professional photography at the event for candid “in action” shots for your marketing channels
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Catalyst “check-in” group call after the event, to revisit insights and support your accountability and impact.
Catalyst for Success: Amplify Your Transformation without Losing Your Core Essence.
Keynote Speaker: Rachael Downie, B.Ag.Sci (Hons), B.Teach, M.Ed, MBA, Business Success Mentor | Keynote Speaker | Author | Co-Founder, Elite Minds
Rachael is a highly sought-after speaker who is truly focused on converting thinking into results. An enthusiastic and engaging speaker, Rachael educates and inspires her audience to facilitate real growth across their professional and personal lives.
Since 2010, she has worked with government agencies, industry leaders, and individuals, guiding people through lasting change in business and in life.
Her journey spans agriculture, education and entrepreneurship, all while raising four children and co-founding Elite Minds, a program for young people to build stronger minds and brighter futures.
Rachael’s keynote will help you explore success not as an external achievement, but as alignment with who you truly are and how you show up in work, family and community. This is transformation that amplifies your impact without losing your core essence.
Catalyst for Leadership: Accelerating
Change Without Being Consumed
Eve Nelson, GAICD, MAHRI, Founder Red Bridge HR
Eve will challenge the way you think about leading change. Many leaders get consumed by transformation.
How can you accelerate it, without burning out or losing yourself or crushing your team?
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Find and see the potential in your people and systems by amplifying existing energy and not forcing it.
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Spot the leverage points where small shifts create massive ripple effects.
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Stay steady under pressure, absorbing chaos without being consumed.
This is leadership that transforms cultures, not just your calendar. If you want to know how the best leaders create lasting impact while keeping their identity intact, you need to be in the room.
Catalyst for Marketing: Learn How to Leverage Your Intent and Impact.
Amanda Jones (AJ) Founder, Jones & Sons and Podcast Host at Grow A Small Business
Marketing isn’t about the loudest voice or the biggest budgets anymore.
It’s about clear is kind.
In a noisy world, your intellectual property could be your most powerful marketing tool. AJ has spent 30 years helping brands from Saks 5th Avenue and Dell to founder-led businesses untangle their message and build legacies, not just campaigns.
In this session, she’ll show you how to codify your ideas into frameworks, stories and strategies that outlast algorithms and elevate your influence.
Are you marketing to chase clicks, or to create impact that’s true to you? If you’re ready to shift from the old way to the now, this session is for you.
