Program speakers

Linda Adnyana

Director, Student Life and Community, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Curtin University, and Co-Chair of the P2023 WATTLE Speaker Nomination Committee
Professor Shirley Alexander

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President (Education and Students), University of Technology Sydney
Lisa Baker

Director, Kaleidoscope Consulting Executive Coach and Supervisor, Facilitator and Consultant
Deepa Balakrishnan

Director, Research Grant Development and Transformation, Co-Chair, La Trove University Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Working Group, Research Office, La Trobe University
Professor Elisabetta Barberio

Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
Professor Anne Bardoel

Professor of Management, Department of Management & Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Jo Barraket

Director, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Helen Bartlett

Vice-Chancellor and President, University of the Sunshine Coast
Professor Duncan Bentley

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Swinburne University of Technology
Associate Professor Chanelle van den Berg

Pro Vice Chancellor (First Nations), Murdoch University
Jackie Besley

Managing Partner, Devereaux Consulting
Associate Professor Fiona Bird

Associate Provost (Academic Partnerships), College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University
Professor Melanie Birks

Professor of Nursing (Quality and Strategy), College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University Australia
Sue Bolt

Director of Portfolio Strategy and Operations, Australian Catholic University
Mr Paul Bolton

General Manager – Enterprise Sales, Telstra
Claire Bowers

Director, Media and Communications, La Trobe University
Dr. Janin Bredehoeft

Chief Executive Officer, Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE)
Professor Tania Broadley

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education, University of Canberra
Professor Paula Brough

Director, Centre for Work, Organisation and Well-being (WOW), Griffith University
Laura Burge

Director, Swick Learning
Dr Amanda Caples

Lead Scientist, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victorian Government
Ms Elizabeth Capp

Head of Campus at La Trobe University, Shepparton
Lord Mayor Sally Capp

Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Professor Fabrizio Carmignani

Professor of Economics and Head of School, Dean of the School of Business, University of Southern Queensland
Professor Rachel Caruso

Director of the Enabling Capability Platform for Advanced Materials and Professor of Physical Chemistry, RMIT University
Professor Keryn Chalmers

Dean, School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology
EmPr Brenda Cherednichenko AM

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University
Ms Tasneem Chopra

Cross-Cultural Consultant
Nidhi Chopra

Asia Pacific Senior HR Business Partner, Adobe
Rita Cincotta

Leadership Development Practitioner
Professor Julie Cogin

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) & Vice President, RMIT University
Associate Professor Eva Collins

Associate Dean of Research & Postgraduate – Waikato Management School Director of the New Zealand Institute for Business Research (NZIBR)