Bernard Salt is partner property at KPMG Australia and is best known to Australian business for his commentary in the media on the business implications of demographic and social change. He is a columnist with The Australian, MELBOURNE magazine and Property Australia and is the author of the popular best-selling book The Big Shift: Welcome to the Third Australian Culture.

On the 7th May 2007, Bernard presented a compelling case for continual learning based on the pace of change in the workplace and on the home front. He argued that Generation Y in particular will have to re-skill several times over in their lifetimes to manage jobs that have yet to be defined in industries that are fledging.