Program speakers

2021 Academic Program


  • Professor Janine Deakin

    Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Canberra
  • Professor Rae Frances

    Dean, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University
  • Professor Joan Leach

    Director, Australian Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, The Australian National University
  • Barbara Livesey

    Executive Director, GAPP Consulting Services
  • Michelle Melbourne

    Digital Strategist, Non-Executive Director, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Deputy Chair, ANU Foundation
  • Honorary Associate Professor Sally Moyle

    College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, and former Chief Executive, CARE Australia
  • Professor Paddy Nixon

    Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
  • Emeritus Professor Judyth Sachs

    Consultant, and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Macquarie University
  • Professor Brian P. Schmidt

    Vice-Chancellor and President, The Australian National University 2011 Nobel Laureate Physics
  • Julie Steiner AM

    Executive Search Consultant
  • Professor Helen Sullivan

    Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
  • Dr Vivienne Thom AM

    Independent Consultant, specialising in integrity and governance
  • Anna Tsikouris

    Chief Financial Officer, The Australian National University
  • Dr Niki Vincent

    Commissioner for Gender Equality in the Public Sector, Victorian Government
  • Professor (Emeritus) Sally Walker AM

    Former Vice-Chancellor and President, Deakin University
  • Sophia Hamblin Wang

    Chief Operating Officer, Mineral Carbonation International
  • Lisa Watts

    CEO and Executive Director, The Conversation
  • Georgeina Whelan

    Commissioner, ACT Emergency Services Agency
  • Jenny Wilkinson

    Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Australian Government

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