Program speakers

2025 Professional Program


  • Claire Bowers

    Director, Media and Communications, La Trobe University
  • Professor Tania Broadley

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Australian Catholic University
  • Laura Burge

    Director, Swick Learning
  • Dr Ruwangi Fernando

    Founder and Director, STEM Sisters
  • Professor John Germov

    Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, Victoria University
  • Renee Hamilton

    Managing Director, Equality Partners
  • Sam Jacob

    Chief Executive Officer, Collarts (Australian College of The Arts)
  • Professor Liz Johnson

    Deakin Distinguished Professor, Deakin University
  • Professor Iain Martin

    Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
  • Professor Karen Nelson

    Vice-Chancellor, University of Southern Queensland
  • Professor Julia Richardson

    Program Facilitator, and Head of School, Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University
  • Louise Robinson

    Executive Director, Swinburne Edge, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Professor Jennie Shaw

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic), The University of Adelaide
  • Tara Waller

    Director Employee Experience and Capability, RMIT University
  • Simone Wright

    Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Sponsor for Disability Inclusion, Victoria University
  • Rohenna Young

    Manager, thrive* Program, Sport and Health, Victoria University

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