SPS Community Builder & Connection Guide


Hi, I'm Stefan. I'm the founder of Brazen and a lecturer in Management and Leadership at NIODA. My path has wandered through theatre, clown, education, youth work, organisational development, and leading play and connection in a high-growth tech company. These days, I'm obsessed with helping leaders create the conditions where people can connect, collaborate, and do their best work together. My work blends research, storytelling, play, and a healthy suspicion of corporate fluff to help groups tackle meaningful challenges with a whole lot more humanity.
Networking, but better. Join a facilitated networking session designed to help you find your people and build a genuine, lasting community of peers. Through guided conversation, story-mining and small breakout groups, you'll move beyond awkward introductions and connect with other People people on a more human level. Meet people who understand the unique challenges of your role, share experiences, and leave with relationships that extend well beyond Startup People Summit.
What you'll leave with:
Final tickets are now selling. Choose the pass that works for you. However you join us, you’ll get access to the ideas, people and sessions shaping startup People teams right now.
Get in while you still can. SPS 2026 kicks off in:
The full SPS 2026 experience. Live sessions across 5 tracks, real-time Q&As with speakers, guided networking built into the day, and your event workbook.
This is the one. Be in the room.
Join the sessions you can live, then catch the rest on replay for the next 12 months.
Bring your whole People team to SPS for one flat fee, with live access for your team, and 12 months of replay included.
A simple way to turn SPS into a shared learning experience.
Sales close 2 September (AEST).
Can’t join us live? Get the complete SPS 2026 session library and watch every session and every speaker at any time.
It's not the same as being in the room, but it means you won't miss a thing.
Price rises to $360 on 4 September (AEST).
Need a little flexibility? BNPL options are available at checkout.
Most attendee's choose to use their L&D budget for their ticket, and Startup People Summit is easily expensed. Here's a template to help you make the case to your boss.
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