
2026 NATIONAL LOCAL
ROADS, TRANSPORT &
INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS
25 - 26 August 2026 | Cairns, Queensland
2026 Roads Congress Countdown
“Tomorrow’s citizen will not live like today’s.”
Stephen Yarwood is a futurist and urbanist, and the former Lord Mayor of Adelaide. He helps cities, communities and businesses understand what’s coming and prepare for it, working where AI, technology, society and the future of urban life meet.
He doesn’t just forecast the agentic shift, he runs on it. Stephen has gone agentic, building AI workflows across his smart home, health, travel and business and tuning them to his productivity, life longevity, wellbeing and fitness. He brings that lived experiment to the stage and into his coaching, helping CEOs across Australia make the shift to contemporary leadership, where contemporary leadership and lifestyle, professional and personal, are no longer separate.
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