Past Speakers
The dates, locations and guest speakers of many of the Founders Forum events held over the past 10 years are presented below:
1 8/Feb/2000 Gold Coast John Farrar Bond University
2 11/Apr/2000 Gold Coast Brett Heading Chairman, McCullough Robertson
3 13/Jun/2000 Gold Coast 
4 8/Aug/2000 Gold Coast John McGuire CEO, Dryasabone
5 10/Oct/2000 Gold Coast Adrian DiMarco CEO, Technology One
6 12/Dec/2000 Gold Coast Mark Von Itzstein Griffith University
7 13/Feb/2001 Gold Coast David Inscoe CEO, Pyramid Dome P/L
8 10/Apr/2001 Gold Coast
9 12/Jun/2001 Gold Coast Alan Slade CEO, AWB Photo & Film
10 14/Aug/2001 Gold Coast Patrick Silvey QLD State Dev
11 11/Sep/2001 Brisbane Lloyd Bond CEO, TobeWild
12 6/Oct/2001 Gold Coast Edward DeBono Debono Institute
14 12/Feb/2002 Gold Coast Sahah Cobb GCCC
16 11/Jun/2002 Gold Coast John Wightman CEO, Swagman Motorhomes
17 30/Jul/2002 Gold Coast Paul Rogers Director, InterFinancial Limited
18 13/Aug/2002 Gold Coast Ron Creevey CEO, The Cabinet
19 10/Sep/2002 Brisbane Bob Ansett Bob Ansett & Assoc
20 8/Oct/2002 Gold Coast Kelvin Hutchinson CEO, Vision in Action
21 12/Nov/2002 Brisbane Lloyd Ernst Founder and CEO, WebCentral
22 3/Dec/2002 Gold Coast Terry Morris
23 11/Feb/2003 Gold Coast George Friend CEO, Southern Cross Events
24 11/Mar/2003 Brisbane Peter Andrews CEO, IMBcom Pty Ltd
25 8/Apr/2003 Gold Coast Ron Clarke President, CEPA Trust
26 14/May/2003 Brisbane Adrian DiMarco CEO, Technology One
27 3/Jun/2003 Gold Coast Paul Readdy AMP Henderson Global Investors
28 3/Jul/2003 Perth Rick McElhinney Chairman, Founders Forum
29 8/Jul/2003 Brisbane Ken Porter CEO, QMI Solutions
30 12/Aug/2003 Gold Coast Dr Rowan Gilmore CEO, Australian Institute of Commercialisation
31 9/Sep/2003 Brisbane Chris Golis CEO, Nanyang Ventures
31 2/Oct/2003 Perth Phil Harman Digital Dynamic Depth
32 14/Oct/2003 Gold Coast Sue-Ann Strain Care of Excellence
33 11/Nov/2003 Brisbane Doug McTaggart CEO, Queensland Investment Corporation
34 9/Dec/2003 Gold Coast Tony Smith CEO, Breakfree Limited
36 10/Feb/2004 Gold Coast Mr. Karl Rodrigues Past Manager Strategic Investments, Intel Capital
37 9/Mar/2004 Brisbane Mr. Michael Aldridge Director, Peplin Biotech Limited
38 6/Apr/2004 Gold Coast Mr. Wes Moxey CEO, Riviera Marine
39 11/May/2004 Brisbane Hon Tom Barton Minister for State Development
40 3/Jun/2004 Perth Ms. Sciona Browne
41 8/Jun/2004 Gold Coast Michael O'Neill Director, Pacific Capital Corporation Ltd
42 6/Jul/2004 Brisbane Mr. David Barbagallo Mincom
43 10/Aug/2004 Gold Coast Professor Glyn Davis AC Chancellor, Bond University
45 12/Oct/2004 Gold Coast Mr. Jim Raptis Founder, Raptis Group
46 9/Nov/2004 Brisbane Jay S Kunin, Ph.D. CEO, Bank of Queensland
48 7/Dec/2004 Gold Coast Mr. Greg Woods Past Billabong Executive
49 8/Feb/2005 Gold Coast Brett Chamberlain CEO, Corporate Development
50 8/Mar/2005 Brisbane Sonja Bernhardt CEO, ThoughtWare Pty Ltd
51 12/Apr/2005 Gold Coast Craig Rispin Professional Speaker (Innovation & Motivation)
52 10/May/2005 Brisbane Bruce Scott Director, NBC Capital
53 7/Jun/2005 Gold Coast John Hummelstad IBM
54 12/Jul/2005 Brisbane Dr John Cole Director, Environmental Protection Agency
55 9/Aug/2005 Gold Coast Dr Laurie Hammond CEO, InQbator
56 13/Sep/2005 Brisbane David Liddy CEO, Bank Of Queensland
57 11/Oct/2005 Gold Coast David Cotton Gntech
58 8/Nov/2005 Brisbane Greg Beaver Director, Pioneer Development Fund
59 6/Dec/2005 Gold Coast Anne-Marie Birkill iLab
60 14/Feb/2006 Gold Coast Ms. Liesl Capper Founder, Mooter
61 14/Mar/2006 Brisbane Mr. Paul Dunn ResultsNet Australia
62 11/Apr/2006 Gold Coast Mr. Bob Hayward Gartner
63 9/May/2006 Brisbane Mr John Witheriff CEO, Minter Ellison
64 6/Jun/2006 Gold Coast Mr. Rob Hunt CEO, Bendigo Bank
65 11/Jul/2006 Brisbane Dr. Roger Buckeridge Director, Allen & Buckeridge
66 8/Aug/2006 Gold Coast Phillip Smith CEO, Institute of Business Leaders
67 7/Sep/2006 Newcastle Rick McElhinney Chairman, Founders Forum
68 12/Sep/2006 Brisbane Justin Roff-Marsh CEO< Balistix
69 10/Oct/2006 Gold Coast Lloyd Bond CEO, Creative Intelligence
70 14/Nov/2006 Brisbane Richard Symon National Stock Exchange
71 5/Dec/2006 Gold Coast Clint Ramsay Uniquest
72 13/Feb/2007 Gold Coast Colin Graham CEO Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast
73 23/Feb/2007 Newcastle Neil Weste Founder, Radiata Communications
73 20/Mar/2007 Brisbane Professor Peter Andrews Queensland Chief Scientist
73 7/Jun/2007 Darwin Peter Towers COMET Advisor
74 17/Apr/2007 Gold Coast John Hummelstaad Microsoft
75 8/May/2007 Brisbane Dr. Rowan Gilmore CEO, Australian Institute of Commercialisation
75 11/May/2007 Newcastle
76 19/Jun/2007 Gold Coast Brett Heading Chairman, McCullough Robertson Lawyers
77 10/Jul/2007 Brisbane Richard Symon CEO, National Stock Exchange
78 14/Aug/2007 Gold Coast Craig Lawn Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia
79 11/Sep/2007 Brisbane Peter Dowding MD, DB Capital Partners
80 26/Sep/2007 Darwin
81 9/Oct/2007 Gold Coast Angela Bird Cornerstone International
82 12/Oct/2007 Newcastle
83 13/Nov/2007 Brisbane Laurie Hammond InQbator
85 15/Jul/2008 Gold Coast Patrick Clancy Clancey's Pies
86 16/Sep/2008 Gold Coast Chris Heaton Mustang Marine
87 11/Nov/2008 Gold Coast Adam Tremlow KPMG
88 24/Feb/2009 Gold Coast Kenton Cambell Zarraffa's Coffee
89 21/Apr/2009 Gold Coast Tom McKaskill Author
90 14/Jun/2009 Gold Coast Dr John Cole EPA
91 9/Mar/2010 Gold Coast Hon Mark Vaile Past Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade
