Leading at the Edge Symposium

A one-day event with insights from the cutting edge of leadership.

2026 Launceston: Thursday 10 September

The Leading at the Edge symposium is the highlight of our year. In 2026 we explore one of leadership’s most enduring tensions, considering how leaders navigate the natural cycles of change.

How do we nurture what is emerging, strengthen what is thriving, let go of what no longer serves and create the conditions for new possibilities to take root as we lead at the edge of uncertainty and opportunity?

Whether you are new to Tasmanian Leaders or a long-time champion, the symposium offers fresh insights, practical tools and meaningful connection to support your continued
leadership.

Join us in Launceston to stretch your thinking on Thursday 10 September.

Revisit highlights from our 2055 Symposium

Ever feel like you’re at the edge – pushing your leadership limits, juggling competing demands, and making do with less? What if these moments were not barriers but invitations to rethink, experiment and lead differently?

Leaders today are expected to achieve more with less: fewer resources, tighter budgets, and growing demands on their time. Capacity is stretched, expectations are rising, and the space to pause, reflect, and reset feels out of reach. How do we find opportunity in these challenges, turn pressure into progress, and lead in an unpredictable world?

The 2026 Leading at the Edge Symposium provided an opportunity to step back from the edge, to pause, consider, learn and grow. Together, our community of 90-strong leaders forged genuine connection and gained deep insight exploring how we lead in an era of constraints.

Who is it for?

The Leading at the Edge Symposium is for leaders, professionals, and changemakers who are facing increasing demands with limited resources, including:

Senior executives and elected officials

Young professionals and emerging leaders

Managers, HR and L&D practitioners

Industry and community representatives

Public sector and not-for-profit professionals

Entrepreneurs and business owners

Community change-makers

Educators, trainers and coaches

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Speakers

Headlining the 2025 line-up is Jack Manning Bancroft, founder of AIME and IMAGI-NATION, author of Hoodie Economics, and featured on the ABC’s Australian Story and Conversations. Over two decades he has built a mentoring movement across 52+ countries, and his work has been recognised with the Australian Human Rights Medal and the youngest-ever honorary doctorate from UniSA.

We can’t wait to introduce Jack to Tasmania and connect his thinking with our local conversations and challenges.

Alongside Jack, an outstanding group of expert speakers will deliver thought-provoking, practical presentations, conversations and panels to help you lead in an era of constraints.

Meet the Speakers

Symposium Program Out Now

We are delighted to release the full program for the 2025 Leading at the Edge Symposium in September.

This year, we’ve brought together an outstanding group of expert speakers for thought provoking and practical presentations, conversations and panels to help you lead in an era of constraints.

Don’t miss Tasmania’s premier annual leadership event.

Download the Program

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Ready to step to the Edge?

What you’ll gain

Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops, at the 2025 Leading at the Edge Symposium you will gain:

- Practical tools to strengthen your ability to manage stress, and support your team in an era of constraints.

- Insights from top experts in resilience, and adaptive leadership.

- New perspectives and strategies to reframe current challenges and uncover opportunities.

- A chance to step back, recharge, and exchange ideas.

When and Where

Your investment includes the full-day symposium and networking event on Thursday evening. You can also choose to purchase tickets for an optional facilitated debrief breakfast on Friday.

Book your place today

The quality of presenters Tasmanian Leaders can gather at their symposiums is a great reason to attend. I find myself at the end of it all full of thoughts, energy and curiosity from the carefully cultivated program. That I get to also speak with a diverse collection of people from across the state at the table and in the breaks makes this an easy recommend for me. – Stephen Hill, 2024 Participant