Program speakers

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
Professor Miranda Rose

Principal Research Fellow and Director of the NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation, La Trobe University
Professor Sarah Russell

Group Leader, Cancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Swinburne University of Technology
Emeritus Professor Judyth Sachs

Principal, Judyth Sachs Consulting
Professor Elaine Saunders

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health, Arts & Design, Swinburne University of Technology, and Chair of the Swinburne Innovation Precinct Advisory Board
Professor Helana Scheepers

Professor, Academic Director Research Training, School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Co-Chair of the P2022 WATTLE Organising Committee
Professor Brian P. Schmidt

Vice-Chancellor and President, The Australian National University 2011 Nobel Laureate Physics
Professor Cordelia Selomulya

Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, and ARC Future Fellow
Kean Selway

Executive Vice-President, Futures, Deakin University
Professor Cindy Shannon AM

Pro Vice Chancellor (Indigenous), Griffith University
Professor Jennie Shaw

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic), The University of Adelaide
Luke Sheehy

Executive Director, Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN)
Professor Emma Sherry

Dean, School of Management, RMIT University
Professor Adam Shoemaker

Vice Chancellor and President, Victoria University
The Hon. Bill Shorten

Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
Ms Tracey Slatter

Managing Director, Barwon Water
Dr. Andrew J. Smith

Business Director, Pneutech Pty Ltd
Mark Smith

Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President (Operations), La Trobe University
Ms Anna Song

Senior Advisor, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victorian Government
Bridget Soulsby

Executive Director, Operations, Office of the Provost, La Trobe University
Associate Professor Sharna Spittle

Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching, La Trobe University
Julie Steiner AM

Executive Search Consultant
Professor Rosemary Stockdale

Dean (Engagement), Griffith Business School, Griffith University
Mr Phillip Stork

Vice President (Future Students and Strategic Communications), Griffith University
Professor Gabriele Suder

Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Federation University Australia
Professor Helen Sullivan

Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University