Program speakers

2024 Academic Program


  • Professor Duncan Bentley

    Vice-Chancellor and President, Federation University Australia
  • Rita Cincotta

    Leadership Development Practitioner
  • Emeritus Professor Wendy Cross

    Federation University Australia
  • Professor Helen De Cieri

    Director of Research, Department of Management, Monash Business School, Monash University
  • Professor Theo Farrell

    Vice-Chancellor and President, La Trobe University
  • Professor Karen Hapgood

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Dionne Higgins

    Partner, Performance Improvement, KordaMentha
  • Professor Virginia Kilborn

    Chief Scientist, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Professor Jenni Lightowlers

    Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University
  • Professor Sally McArthur

    Director of the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University
  • The Hon. Wade Noonan

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Relations and Partnerships), Victoria University
  • Professor Sarah O’ Shea

    Dean, Graduate Research, Charles Sturt University
  • Professor Alex Parker

    Executive Director, Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University
  • Emeritus Professor Judyth Sachs

    Principal, Judyth Sachs Consulting
  • Associate Professor Sharna Spittle

    Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching, La Trobe University
  • Professor Wendy Wright

    Dean, Graduate Research, Federation University Australia

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