2026 Performance Teams Forum
Stronger together. Where collective insights drive a competitive advantage.

The Performance Teams Forum aims to address a clear objective in our HP2032+ strategy, exploring what world-leading knowledge and practice looks like for integrated, high-functioning Performance Teams.
The Forum will bring together coaches and performance support to:
- Connect and strengthen community between coaches and performance support practitioners across the HP sporting system
- Discuss contemporary issues and opportunities for high-functioning Performance Teams
- Share best practice, collaboration and applied problem solving
Audience includes NIN and NSO engaged Performance Team members across Performance Support disciplines, Performance Support managers, coaches and HP-funded sport researchers.
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm (followed by a Networking Function on Tuesday 20 October)
Discipline Network Activities
These events will take place on Monday 19 October 2026 in Melbourne, commencing at 10am. Visit the Program page for further information.
A number of National Discipline Networks have aligned their annual Discipline Network Activity with the Performance Teams Forum. Practitioners who are members of these National Networks are eligible to attend.
Event Date
Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 October 2026Location
Melbourne Cricket Ground, VictoriaRegister
Registration is by invitation only
This is an-in person event - live streaming is not available.
More Information
Join the conversation on social media #PerformanceTeamsAus
Video
Subject to speaker approval, most sessions will be recorded and made available on Clearinghouse for Sport after the event. Sessions will not be live-streamed.
The Clearinghouse is an Australian knowledge sharing initiative. Clearinghouse membership is free and available to everyone. Some areas of the resources in the Clearinghouse is publicly available for knowledge information base on key topics relevant to the sport sector. Other areas of the Clearinghouse is restricted to Australian high performance sport staff and require you to login. This is generally due to the licencing of resources such as access to the full-text electronic journals and research databases, videos and research and reference services.
If you are not yet a member of the Clearinghouse, please register by following this link.
Upon registration you will automatically be granted ‘public level’ access. Clearinghouse security requires staff to verify your account before you can access the webinar content. Once verified, your account will be linked, and you are free to access the webinar and secure content.
Please contact the Clearinghouse team via clearinghouse@ausport.gov.au if you are having technical difficulties.
Contact
For further information contact performancesupport@ausport.gov.au