The AIS Coach Summit Program united some of the nation’s leading Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games coaches to better support the modern coach and make Australia a world-leader in high performance coaching by Brisbane 2032.

Stacey Marinkovich, Rohan Taylor, Colin Batch and Louise Sauvage were just a few of the coaches who spent 2022 working together as part of the inaugural program, which culminated in a three-day event in the heart of Australia, Alice Springs.

The AIS Coach Summit Program has been facilitated by AIS High Performance Coach Development Advisor, Dr Paul Perkins, and AFL legend and England Rugby Head of High Performance Neil Craig.

The AIS continues to address the under-representation of women in high performance coaching roles, bringing together representatives from across the sport sector for a forum in Melbourne in November 2022.

The Women in High Performance Coach Showcase brought together 90 coaches, sport executives, performance directors and researchers to share learnings and collaborate.

"We know that less than 10 per cent of our national high performance coaches across our 36 funded sports are women. Our vision is that people leave here today with a real sense of optimism that we can actually shift the dial," De Highden said.

The showcase forms part of a much bigger project the AIS has been working on behind the scenes aimed at addressing the underrepresentation of women HP coaches and ultimately improve their experiences