Program speakers


  • Ms Aileen Loi

    Faculty General Manager, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University
  • Professor Linley Lord

    Pro Vice-Chancellor and President, Curtin Singapore
  • Ms Natalie MacDonald

    Vice-President, Strategy and Development, La Trobe University
  • Professor Claire Macken

    Pro Vice-Chancellor and General Director, RMIT University Vietnam
  • Professor Swee Mak

    Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research Capability), and Professor of Innovation
  • 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
  • Paul Oppenheimer

    Paul Oppenheimer

    Chief Operating Officer, Federation University Australia
  • 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
  • Clare Pollock

    Professor Clare Pollock

    Vice-Chancellor and President, Edith Cowan University

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