PERTH SUMMIT 2025

Connection to Country: Indigenous Leaders and Entrepreneurs Building the Future

Date: Monday, 8th December 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Venue: The Kingsman
Riverside Drive, Perth
(next to Supreme Court Gardens) - see map

TICKETS

Attendance is Free for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island People

Join us for a day of inspiration, connection, and collaborative visioning that bridges traditional wisdom with innovative approaches to business and community development.

Participants: Indigenous leaders, entrepreneurs, and cultural thinkers from across Australia.

Event Highlights:

Keynotes and Panels: Hear from visionary First Nations leaders on creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, digital inclusion, sustainability, and cultural knowledge exchange.

Networking & Connection: Build relationships with Indigenous entrepreneurs, changemakers, artists, investors, and collaborators from across Australia.

Cultural Celebration: Experience vibrant cultural performances and artistic showcases that honour tradition while embracing the future.

Venue: Hosted at The Kingsman, The Esplanade (next to Supreme Court Gardens), a unique space fostering collaboration, conversation, and creativity.

Celebrate First Nations excellence through powerful themes of economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, digital inclusion, cultural pride, creative collaboration, and meaningful connection.

Connection to Country: Indigenous Leaders and Entrepreneurs Building the Future

You are warmly invited to join us at First Nations House 2025, a powerful gathering spotlighting Indigenous innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurship – all grounded in connection to Country and driven by forward-thinking vision.

This year’s program brings together a select group of Indigenous leaders, entrepreneurs, and cultural thinkers to share insights, practices, and pathways shaping our collective future.

2025 SPEAKERS

MORE COMING SOON

  • Michael Woodley

    CEO Yindjibarndi Nation Ltd. Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation.

  • Dr Kate George

    Principal, Claypan Services

  • Stephen Dawson MLC

    Minister for Emergency Services; Innovation & the Digital Economy; Science; Medical Research

  • Bill Tai

    Global Venture Capitalist Investor, Ocean Advocate & Tech Visionary

  • Nicole M. Forrester

    Chief Regenerative Officer, WWF-Australia

  • Tangiora Hinaki

    CEO, Ngaarda Media

  • Aaliyah Nestoridis

    Whadjuk Nyoongar Yorga

    - Kaarla Koort Boodja

  • Daniel Morrison-Bird

    CEO, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation

  • Sam Kirby

    First Nations Node Leader, Powering Australia

  • Nyoka Morgan

    Founder & Director, NYYANI Life Coaching Agency

  • Shelley Cable

    Head of First Nations Strategy, ANZ Australia

  • Michael Wear

    CEO, Tidal Moon

  • Gordon Cole

    CoFounder, Blak Digital. Chair, Noongar Chamber of Commerce. 

  • Simone Kenmore

    Head of First Nations Business Banking, ANZ

  • Adele Peek

    Co-Founder and Head of Digital Strategy at The Cultural Intelligence Project and Cultural iQ

  • Tendai Chaitika

    Co-Founder & Sales Director, Danjoo AI

  • Emma Garlett

    Director, Garlett Group

  • Tamara Tucker

    Founder, Yalkarang Consulting

  • Scott Wilson

    Co-Founder & Author of the INDIGIVERSE

  • Kent Matla

    Chair, Blak Angels Investor Network

  • Jahna Cedar OAM

    Co-Chair, First Nations X.
    Principal, Jahna Cedar Consulting

  • Kim Collard

    Balladong/Wadjuk Elder, Noongar Nation

  • Rohan McDougall

    Director, Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer

  • Amanda Terry

    Managing Partner, ACTAI Ventures. Co-Founder, Metagood

  • Raquel Todd

    MD, Blak Line Industries. Director, Four Hills Group

  • Michelle Woosnam

    Co-founder and Chairperson of the South West Aboriginal Women’s Collective (SWAWC)

  • Henry Cooper

    Strategic Partnerships & Engagement Manager for CEOs for Gender Equity (CGE)

  • Tabitha McMullan

    CEO at FORM

  • Peter Rossdeutscher AM

    Chair, Industry Innovation and Science Australia

  • Paula Taylor

    CEO, First Nations House & Sovereign Green Compute

  • Darryl Lyons

    CEO & CoFounder, Rainstick

  • Melissa Wharton

    CEO, Canadian-Australian Chamber of Commerce

OTHER FIRST NATIONS HOUSE EVENTS

FIRST NATIONS WOMEN’S GATHERING

UPLIFTING INDIGENOUS FEMALE LEADERS

Date: 10 December 2025
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Address: Level 8 - 235 St Georges Terrace, Perth

REGISTER

The First Nations Women’s Gathering 2025 is a powerful, women only event designed to honour, celebrate, and uplift the leadership, wisdom, and cultural strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and the allies who walk alongside us.

Hosted by First Nations House, this gathering creates a culturally grounded, inclusive, and inspiring space for women in business, community, governance, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

Together, we will explore what courage, cultural integrity, and collective leadership look like for First Nations women in today’s world, through storytelling, deep yarning, cultural learning, and powerful conversations.

PERTH SUMMIT 2025 PARTNERS

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