{"id":13741,"date":"2023-07-03T06:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancolddamoperatorsforum.com.au\/2025\/?page_id=13741"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:31:26","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ancolddamoperatorsforum.com.au\/2025\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13741\" class=\"elementor elementor-13741\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79efd94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79efd94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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