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Michael Phelps Joins World Business Forum Sydney 2025

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New WOBI Membership Model Expands Access to Speaker Content and Exclusive Resources

 

  • Scheduled for November 11-12, 2025, at the ICC Sydney
  • Headlined by Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time
  • Introducing WOBI Membership, an annual subscription delivering year-round learning, inspiration, and networking opportunities, including exclusive access to 2024 speaker content

 

The World Business Forum has announced its return to the ICC Sydney on November 11-12, 2025, with an outstanding program, headlined by the extraordinary 23-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps.

 

This year, the Forum takes a bold new step forward, introducing the WOBI Membership model, designed to empower leaders beyond the two days of the World Business Forum, offering the opportunity to access learning, networking and inspiration 365 days a year.

 

The new annual subscription, provides not only access to World Business Forum Sydney 2025 but a gateway to World Business Forums worldwide on-demand, including sessions from events in New York City, Milan, Madrid, Mexico City, and Bogotá.

 

Members also enjoy access to 300+ hours WOBI’s digital content, receiving recommendations and the latest news, in various topics and formats - live masterclasses, courses, inspirational videos, podcasts and more.

 

Additionally, WOBI Membership unlocks unique networking opportunities to attend in-person content and networking events, allowing participants to connect, learn, and share experiences with other executives throughout the year. And, finally, they will be able to join the Global Executive Community of business leaders from around the world.

 

Special discounts on WOBI Memberships are available until December 20, 2024. More information can be found at wbf.wobi.com/wbf/wbf-sydney/.

 

For over 20 years, the World Business Forum has been a pioneer in professional development, impacting over 159,000 global attendees from 26,000+ companies. The event’s powerful curriculum covers a wide range of business-critical topics such as leadership, creativity, strategy, finance, sustainability, marketing, and more.

 

The speaker cast assembled for the 2025 Sydney event will provide unequalled insight to many pertinent topics for modern business professionals.

 

Tackling the subject of sustaining high performance, Michael Phelps will bring unparalleled experience from his decorated swimming career, covering topics such as goal setting, facing failure and self-doubt, staying motivated, and the importance of mental health awareness and personal wellbeing.

 

Another highlight will be Amy Edmondson’s insight into the topic of leadership.

 

Recognised as the world’s number one ranked management thinker, Edmondson is a professor at Harvard Business School, and is a multi-bestselling author, with her most recent work entitled “Right Kind of Wrong” winning the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2023.

 

Silicon Valley icon Guy Kawasaki will delve into the world of creativity, drawing on his experience as Chief Evangelist at Apple.

 

He is currently a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation and is the Chief Evangelist at Canva.

 

Jon McNeill will bring his unique perspective into innovation with a study on Tesla Motors, where he was formerly President.

 

In 2018 he became the COO at Lyft, while he is currently the Managing Director at DVx Ventures, and serves on the board of directors at companies such as General Motors, Lululemon and Stash Financial.

 

Covering how to make AI work for your business, Ayanna Howard will draw on experience from her time as a senior robotics researcher and engineer at NASA, and her current role as the Dean of Engineering at Ohio State University.

 

Darren Shand, the New Zealand All Blacks Manager for more than two decades will delve into talent, with special insights into creating and maintaining the culture that shaped the team’s peerless international reputation.

 

Focusing on Customer Experience Strategy, Renée Richardson Gosline will draw upon her globally recognised credentials as award winning Research Scientist and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the head of the Human-First AI group at MIT’s Initiative on The Digital Economy.

 

Peter Wilton, a Marketing Professor at UC Berkeley, meanwhile, will focus on business transformation, drawing upon lessons learned as Senior Product Manager at Colgate and as Chief Operating Officer at Myer Pacific Holdings.

 

Key speakers at the 2024 World Business Forum Sydney included Andre Agassi, Richard Hall, Marcus Collins, Gary Hamel and Cathy Freeman.

 

Further details on the World Business Forum are available at www.wobi.com.

 

 


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