Speakers
The ALPMA Program Committee are excited to have a range of leading industry speakers for the 2026 ALPMA Summit + ALTACON.
Keynote Speakers
More announcements coming soon.
Jordan Furlong
Jordan Furlong is a strategic consultant, adviser, and legal sector analyst who studies the impact of the changing legal world on law firms and legal organizations. He advises legal leaders on business model innovation, professional development, and the impact of Generative AI, among many other issues. Jordan has addressed thousands of lawyers and legal professionals at dozens of conferences and retreats, in person and online, in North and South America, Australia, and Europe. Read his work at https://jordanfurlong.substack.com.
Jana Pittman
Two times world champion, four times Commonwealth champion - in the sport of athletics, Jana Pittman personifies resilience and determination. When continual injuries hampered her athletic career and could have signalled retirement, she swapped the track for the ice, joining the Australian women's bobsled team and becoming the first woman to represent Australia inboth a Summer (2000, 2004) and Winter (2014) Olympic Games.
Off the track, Jana completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at Western Sydney University in 2019 (graduating with First Class Honours and the university medal) and is now a 3rd year Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a Masters of Reproductive Medicine. This busy woman is proud mum to six children:
Cornelis, Emily ,Jemima, Charlie and twins Quinlan and Willow.
Having experienced her own personal scare with cervical dysplasia, Jana became an ambassador for the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation. In 2021, Jana was a participant in the gruelling television show SAS Australia on Channel 7. She made it to the last day of the course and was the final female standing among the 18 celebrity recruits, despite having given birth only five and a half months previously
Opening Address
Stephen van Dorp
Stephen is the CEO of SLF Lawyers and has been working within law firms for almost 16 years. Prior to moving into management within lawfirms, Stephen worked in a Chartered Accounting firm for 15 years.
Stephen is a Chartered Accountant and is also a Fellow of CPA Australia & NZ.
Not only is Stephen a finance and operations executive with extensive professional service experience but he has been the ALPMA President for almost three years and has sat on the ALPMA Qld Committee for 11 years.
Session Speakers
Session speakers will be announced from 8 May 2026, once the call-for-abstracts process has concluded.