Program speakers

2019 Professional Program


  • Professor Helen Bartlett

    Vice-Chancellor & President, Federation University
  • Professor Tania Broadley

    Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching, College of Design and Social Context, RMIT University
  • Ms Elizabeth Capp

    Head of Campus at La Trobe University, Shepparton
  • Ms Tasneem Chopra

    Cross-Cultural Consultant
  • Rita Cincotta

    Independent Consultant, Non-Executive Director and Chair, People and Culture Committee, Peninsula Health, and Director, Human Dimensions
  • Naomi Dempsey

    Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students), Victoria University
  • Professor John Dewar AO

    Vice-Chancellor and President, La Trobe University
  • Ms Amanda Flouch

    Partner, Consulting, Deloitte
  • Professor Peter Hodgson

    Vice President, Industry Engagement, Innovation and Commercialisation, Deakin University
  • Professor Louise Johnson

    Professor of Australian Studies and Geography, Deakin University
  • Brianne Johnstone

    Digital Learning Designer, Human Resources and Organisational Development, Deakin University & Project Manager, #StartWest
  • Professor Michael Leiter

    Professor of Organisational Psychology, School of Psychology, Deakin University
  • Ms Aileen Loi

    Faculty General Manager, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University
  • Ms Natalie MacDonald

    Vice-President (Development), La Trobe University
  • Ms Michele Martin

    Co-creator, The Data Experience, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Ms Pauliina Mattila

    Coach and Lecturer, Design Factory Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Ms Jessie Mitchell

    Manager, South and Southeast Asia, International Engagement, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victorian Government
  • Ms Sonia Pechner

    Executive Director, Academic Search International
  • Dr Janine Pickering

    Senior Management Consultant, Consulting & Implementation Services, and ‘Pracademic’, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Ms Bambi Price

    Co-Founder at StudentPartnerships, and Director, Tron Systems
  • Professor Sarah Russell

    Group Leader, Cancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Swinburne University of Technology
  • Kean Selway

    Chief Operating Officer, Deakin University
  • Ms Tracey Slatter

    Managing Director, Barwon Water
  • Ms Anna Song

    Senior Advisor, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victorian Government
  • Professor Simone Taffe

    Professor in Communication Design, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Ms Tiina Tuulos

    Innovation Coach and Lecturer, Design Factory Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Dr Jennifer de Vries

    Organisational Consultant, Gender Researcher and Strategist

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