Program speakers

Ms Michele Martin

Co-creator, The Data Experience, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Anne Martin AM

Director, Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre, The Australian National University
Professor Iain Martin

Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
Ms Pauliina Mattila

Coach and Lecturer, Design Factory Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Sally McArthur

Director, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
Dr Dianne McCarthy CRSNZ CNZM

Former Chief Executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand and co-founder of the New Zealand Universities Women in Leadership Programme
Louise Meadows

Chief People Officer, Greater Western Water
Michelle Melbourne

Digital Strategist, Non-Executive Director, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Deputy Chair, ANU Foundation
Ms Jessie Mitchell

Manager, South and Southeast Asia, International Engagement, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victorian Government
Sally Moore

Head of Disability, Melbourne City Mission
Associate Professor Sara Moridpour

Dean, Student Experience (Engineering), RMIT University
Honorary Associate Professor Sally Moyle

College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, and former Chief Executive, CARE Australia
Councillor Rosanna Natoli

Mayor, Sunshine Coast Council
Professor Karen Nelson

Vice-Chancellor, University of Southern Queensland
Professor Paddy Nixon

Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
The Hon. Wade Noonan

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

Dean, Graduate Research, Charles Sturt University
Professor Sarah O’Shea

Dean, Graduate Research, Charles Sturt University
Associate Professor Nana Oishi

Associate Professor in Japanese Studies, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
Professor Yin Paradies

Chair in Race Relations and Indigenous Knowledges and Culture Coordinator, Deakin University
Professor Alex Parker

Executive Director, Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University
Professor Dominique Parrish

Deputy Vice Chancellor: Academic, Torrens University Australia
Professor Helen Partridge

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching and Learning, Deakin University
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
The Hon. Jaala Pulford

Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Chair of MTP Connect, Director, Cyban and the Children’s Cancer Foundation
Professor Pascale Quester

Vice-Chancellor and President, Swinburne University of Technology
Katrina Reynen OAM

Ambassador, Skyline Education Foundation, Managing Director, Brightest Horizons, Principal Consultant at Melbourne Business School and Chair of the Advisory Board for Monash University Centre for Youth Policy and Education Priorities
Ms Deanna Riach

Academic Registrar, Executive, Student Life, Griffith University
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