Dr Jason Fox is a wizard-philosopher masquerading as a motivational speaker and leadership futurist — and arguably the most compelling presence you'll encounter on a conference stage.

The bestselling author of The Game Changer and How to Lead a Quest, Jason has lectured at three universities in systems and behaviour, and his monthly museletter reaches more than 11,000 leaders worldwide.

At Communitas '26, Jason won't be delivering a keynote. He'll be delivering a provocation. Expect to leave with more questions than you arrived with. That, as it turns out, is exactly the point.​

Rebecca Johnston-Ryan came to principal life through the sharpest possible training ground: Victoria Police Family Violence, the Coroners Court of Victoria, Russell Kennedy Lawyers, and the Fitzroy Legal Service.

As Founding Principal of Johnston Ryan Legal, a Melbourne firm specialising in criminal law, family violence and personal safety matters,

At Communitas '26, Rebecca brings the hard-won wisdom of a practitioner who has seen both sides of the bar, and who is building a practice life that is sustainable precisely because it is honest.

Barrister Catherine Scott has been doing the hard yards in commercial litigation and administrative law since 2002 — with a sharp specialisation in discrimination and environment and planning law. She has appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court, Federal Court, Magistrates Court and TCAT, and brings two-plus decades of strategic legal thinking to every brief.

After five years as Head of Legal at ConMoto Group, Catherine returned to the Bar in 2026, joining Derwent & Tamar Chambers in Hobart. She brings to Communitas '26 the perspective of a lawyer who has moved fluidly between private practice, the bar and in-house — and has the wisdom to show for it.

Annalise Romer co-founded Romer Maud Family Lawyers in Melbourne in 2019 alongside partner Aimee Maud — a firm built entirely on their own terms, with a focus on complex parenting matters and family violence. She has spent her entire career in family law and brings a depth of commitment to her clients that is rare.

Annalise represents what happens when a skilled practitioner stops waiting for the right firm and builds one. At Communitas '26, she's here to talk about the reality of that journey — and why the co-opetition model is the infrastructure that makes it sustainable.

Justine McKeogh is the Director of Annara Consulting and a force for reimagining what it means to practise law as your whole, wired-differently self. Justine works at the charged intersection of neurodivergence and the legal profession — coaching neurodivergent lawyers and helping organisations identify and harness their own neurodivergent strengths.

At Communitas '26, Justine brings her manifesto to the room — a call to arms for a profession that is only just beginning to reckon with the extraordinary range of minds that have always been doing its most important work.

Ben Deverson has built a 30-year executive career doing one thing better than almost anyone else in Australia: making law firms actually work. As founder and MD of Lawganised, he helps solo and small firm principals stop being the bottleneck in their own business — installing clear strategy, clean systems and financial clarity so their practice can run without them.

At Communitas '26, Ben hosts one of two deep-dive workshops for Principals. This isn't a slide deck. This is getting down and dirty with the real questions about your systems, your strategy and the practice you actually want to build. Come prepared to work.

Talya Faigenbaum is on a mission to redesign how family law is practised — and she has the track record to back it up. As Managing Director and Principal of Nest Legal in Thornbury, she combines legal-tech fluency with a fierce commitment to access to justice, earning the Women in Law Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award in 2015 and a LIV Award finalist nod in 2016.

Her firm's philosophy — helping couples transition apart so they can live happily even after — says everything about the way she approaches the work. Talya doesn't do family law the traditional way, and she's at Communitas '26 to show you why that's entirely the point.

Megan Puszkar founded Macedon Ranges Family Law in Gisborne, Victoria in 2013 with a clear vision: that authentic, consistent legal advice could make even the most difficult moments feel human. With nearly two decades of legal experience and a practice specialising in family law and wills and estates, Megan has spent her career proving that warmth and tenacity are not in conflict.

At Communitas '26, Megan brings the perspective of a founder who has navigated the middle chapters of a legal career with both eyes open — and is here to talk honestly about what it takes to make it last.

Ruth Chowdhury is a Lawyer, Nationally Accredited Mediator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Collaborative Coach, Parenting Coordinator and Conflict Management Practitioner. She founded Abridge Mediation in 2016 and has spent the years since building a practice defined by genuine resolution, not protracted conflict.

With seven-plus years of mediation experience, and an appointment as a Court Appointed Costs Assessor for the Queensland Courts, Ruth brings serious credentials to a field that desperately needs more of her approach.

Kirstie Colls is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, Nationally Accredited Mediator and Collaborative Practitioner with over two decades in the field. Her specialisation in complex parenting, Hague Convention matters and international child relocation puts her among the sharpest minds in Australian family law.

As co-director of the newly founded Tosh Colls Family Law in Brisbane — a firm built around fixed pricing, genuine care and serious expertise — Kirstie is actively building the kind of practice that co-opetition makes possible. She arrives at Communitas '26 ready to talk about what that actually takes.

Mollie Tregillis is a facilitator, coach, MC and strategic advisor who has made it her mission to help organisations navigate disruption without losing their humanity. As founder of Mollusc — a facilitation and strategic design agency — she creates workshops and conversations that push people to confront discomfort, break old thinking and step into genuine experimentation.

Her background spans litigation, legal operations leadership at MinterEllison, and executive coaching — which means she understands the legal world from the inside, and exactly where it gets stuck. She is equal parts strategy and soul, and she has a gift for saying the thing everyone's thinking but no one's said yet.

Yule Guttenbeil is a principal at Attune Legal and a recognised authority across technology, energy and commercial law — with 19 years spanning biotechnology, digital innovation and the National Energy Market. He was named AI Consultant of the Year at the 2024 Australian AI Awards and is a finalist in three categories at the 2025 Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards, including Technology, Energy and Cyber.

Yule's guiding principle is deceptively simple: design legal relationships that function, rather than clean up the mess after they don't. At Communitas '26, he brings the perspective of a principal who is operating at genuine velocity — and who believes the future of law belongs to those willing to build it differently.