Program speakers

2018 Academic Program


  • Lisa Baker

    Director, Kaleidoscope Consulting Executive Coach and Supervisor, Facilitator and Consultant
  • Professor Anne Bardoel

    Professor of Management, Department of Management & Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Professor Helen Bartlett

    Vice-Chancellor, Federation University
  • Professor Duncan Bentley

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Swinburne University of Technology
  • Mr Paul Bolton

    General Manager – Enterprise Sales, Telstra
  • Lord Mayor Sally Capp

    Lord Mayor of Melbourne
  • Professor John Dewar AO

    Vice-Chancellor and President, La Trobe University
  • Dr Wafa El-Adhami

    Executive Director, Science in Australia Gender Equity
  • Professor Lisa Farrell

    Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
  • Mr James Fazzino

    Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University, Chairman, Manufacturing Australia, and Member of the Male Champions of Change Institute
  • Dr Bree Gorman

    Manager, Diversity and Inclusion at Deakin University
  • Professor Jenny Graves AO

    Distinguished Professor, Ecology, Environment and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University
  • Ms Sam Hannah-Rankin

    Director, Public Sector Innovation, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victorian Government
  • Professor Karen Hapgood

    Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University
  • Professor Jane den Hollander AO

    President and Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University Australia
  • Ms Rana Hussain

    Marketing & Fan Development Coordinator (Diversity), Richmond Football Club
  • Professor Virginia Kilborn

    Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Samantha Krajina

    Director, Geelong Women in Business
  • Professor Kerri-Lee Krause

    Co-Chair, Universities Australia Executive Women’s Group and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), La Trobe University
  • Professor Kay Latham

    Deputy-Dean (Learning & Teaching), School of Science, RMIT University
  • Professor Sarah Leberman

    Professor of Leadership, School of Management, Massey University, Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa
  • Professor Linley Lord

    Pro Vice-Chancellor and President, Curtin Singapore
  • Professor Swee Mak

    Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research Capability), and Professor of Innovation
  • Ms Sonia Pechner

    Executive Director, Academic Search International
  • Professor Cordelia Selomulya

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, and ARC Future Fellow
  • Professor Rosemary Stockdale

    Head of the Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University
  • Professor Simone Taffe

    Associate Professor, Communication Design, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Ms Tara Waller

    Manager, Organisational Development, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian State Government
  • Dr Leonie Walsh

    Board Chair, Centre for New Energy Technologies, Founder and Director, Productive Management Solutions, and former Victorian Lead Scientist, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources (2013-2016)
  • Lisa Watts

    CEO & Executive Director, The Conversation

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