ACA Victoria Conference: Unlocking Potential, Inspiring Growth
What if the leader you’ve always aspired to be is already within you?
Have you ever felt the spark of potential but wondered how to fully embrace it?
Leadership is not defined by a title—it's measured by the impact you create every single day, it’s all about influence, connection, and cultivating an environment where everyone can thrive!
Join ACA Victoria at the Unlocking Potential, Inspiring Growth Conference 2025 on the 22nd and 23rd of August at Pullman Melbourne on the Park —an exclusive two-day, expert-led event that pushes the boundaries of traditional leadership. Discover the leader within you and learn strategies from authors, academics, and influential speakers on how to harness that awareness to foster growth, collaboration, and meaningful change.
Why This Conference Matters?
Whether you’re an educator shaping young minds, a centre director guiding a team, or an approved provider steering the vision of your service, you play a vital leadership role. Leadership in early childhood education isn’t just about making decisions- it's about inspiring, mentoring and crafting environments where both children and educators thrive.
At the ACA Victoria Conference 2025, we invite you to step into your own leadership journey- not by waiting for a title or promotion, but by embracing the leader already within you.
What to expect?
- Tools to uncover and nurture your leadership potential, regardless of your title.
- Practical, hands-on strategies to create an inclusive, collaborative environment for growth.
- Inspiring talks from world-class speakers who have empowered leaders across industries and communities.
- Opportunities to network with like-minded leaders and share your vision for creating lasting change in early childhood education.
- Gala Dinner on Friday night—a chance to unwind, connect with fellow leaders, and celebrate the spirit of leadership together.
Don’t miss out!
The best leaders aren’t born- they're built through self-awareness, collaboration, and a commitment to growth. This year’s theme, “Unlocking Potential, Inspiring Growth,” is all about helping you recognise and develop the leadership qualities that already exist within you.
Last year, we inspired hundreds of educators and leaders with actionable insights and strategies to support children’s emotional and behavioural growth. This year, we are pushing the boundaries even further by focusing on leadership as a catalyst for growth, collaboration, and transformation.
This two-day conference will leave you feeling inspired, connected, and ready to lead with purpose.
Stay tuned for more exciting speakers and a thought-provoking panel discussion that will ignite your understanding of leadership.
Are you ready to unlock your potential?
Secure your place today!
Special accommodation rates at the Pullman
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Bulk tickets
If you are wanting to purchase 6 or more full (two day) Conference tickets, please contact us for a special rate.
Speakers
Kemi Nekvapil
Kemi Nekvapil is one of the world’s leading credentialed coaches for female executives and entrepreneurs, a bestselling author and a highly sought-after international speaker. She has studied leadership and purpose at The Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan and trained with Dr Brené Brown to become a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, working with teams and organisations to create daring leaders and courageous cultures. Kemi is a facilitator for The Hunger Project Australia and a regular interviewer of industry icons including Elizabeth Gilbert, Martha Beck and Marie Forleo. Kemi’s latest book POWER was featured in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Onward Book Club and through her Audible Original podcast, POWER Talks with Kemi Nekvapil, she’s helped thousands of people to live a more purpose-filled life, rooted in power. With a level of compassion and wisdom only gained through extraordinary life experience, Kemi is a powerful advocate for connected, value-based living.
Megumi Miki
Megumi Miki is an international speaker, author, and consultant in leadership, culture and diversity and inclusion, with earlier career experiences in strategy, economics and finance. She is best known for her book "Quietly Powerful: How Your Quiet Nature is Your Hidden Leadership Strength," which challenges conventional assumptions about what it takes to be a successful leader. The book received the Australian Career Book Award for 2020 from RSA Oceania and Best Leadership Book of 2020 from the Australian Business Book Awards. With clients ranging from multinationals, government agencies to smaller firms and not-for-profits, she supports clients to unleash their hidden talent and collective potential by examining their thinking and beliefs as well as providing practical strategies. Megumi has appeared on a range of media, including Radio National’s ‘This Working Life’, The Australian Newspaper’s ‘The Deal’ magazine, The Growth Faculty’s Book Club, and numerous podcasts and radio shows. For more information on Quietly Powerful, a range of resources are available on the Quietly Powerful website.