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)
  • Emma Sherry

    Professor Emma Sherry

    Dean, School of Management, RMIT University
  • Professor Adam Shoemaker

    Vice Chancellor and President, Victoria University
  • Bill Shorten

    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

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