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HALA GORANI, WALEED ALY, INDIRA NAIDOO, AHMED FAHOUR CHAMPION GREATER WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY AT WOMEN WORLD CHANGERS SUMMITS IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY.

Announcement posted by Markson Sparks! 09 Oct 2016

WOMEN WORLD CHANGERS SUMMITS IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY.

HALA GORANI, WALEED ALY, INDIRA NAIDOO, AHMED FAHOUR CHAMPION GREATER WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY AT  WOMEN WORLD CHANGERS SUMMITS IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY.

Over 1,000 Australian and international business leaders will attend the Women World Changers Summits at The Peninsula, Central Pier, Shed 14,161 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands in Melbourne from 8.15am to 5pm on Monday October 10 and The Star, Pyrmont in Sydney on Wednesday October 12 from 8.15am to 5pm to discuss the importance for greater workplace diversity and equality.

Emmy award winning CNN anchor and correspondent Hala Gorani joins an incredible list of speakers including DOW CEO Tony Frencham,Patricia Milligan, Mai Chen, Kate Jenkins, Wendy McCarthy, Carol Schwartz, Holly Ransom, Graeme Watson, Christine Bartlett, Ronni Khan, Giam Swiegers, and Australia post CEO Ahmed Fahour – as well as Melbourne MC Waleed Aly and Sydney MC Indira Naidoo.


Full agenda and speakers time are here

http://www.thegrowthfaculty.com.au/index.php/education-program/womenworldchangers/agenda/#.V_mBdfl96Uk

 

FULL LIST OF WWC SPEAKERS

  • Hala Gorani, Multi-Award winning International Anchor and Correspondent at CNN

  • Patricia Milligan, Global Leader for Mercer's Multinational Client Group, and Chief architect and advocate of the When Women Thrive program

  • Tony Frencham, Regional President, Australia & New Zealand, DOW

  • Mai Chen, Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life (Global Diversity List 2016)

  • Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner

  • Wendy McCarthy, mentor, author, change activist, women & children rights campaigner

  • Carol Schwartz, Founding Chair of the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia and Chair of the Property Male Champions of Change group

  • Holly Ransom, CEO, Emergent Solutions

  • Graeme Watson, Vice President, Fair Work Commission

  • Christine Bartlett, Non-Executive Director Mirvac Ltd

  • Ronni Khan, Founder, OzHarvest

  • Giam Swiegers, Global CEO, Aurecon

  • Ahmed Fahour, CEO, Australia Post 

  • Dr Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, The Ethics Centre

  • Professor Robert Wood, Director of the Centre for Ethical Leadership, AGSM

  • Avril Henry, Author & Leadership coach

  • Jenny Leong, MP for Newtown, The NSW Greens

  • Libby Lyons, Director for Workplace Gender Equality Agency

  • Adam Fennessy, Secretary of the Victorian Government’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

  • Dr Elaine Stead, Investment Director and Head, Blue Sky Funds 

  • Sadhana Smiles, CEO at Harcourts Group Victoria

  • Kim Lidell, Founder & CEO, Non-Destructive Excavations

  • Susan Pond, AM, FTSE, Co-chair SAGE, Vice President of the Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering

  • John Lydon, Managing Partner, McKinsey Australia and New Zealand 

  • Melissa Brown, CEO, A+TA, Co-founder of The Money Barre, Director of Business at Thinkers.inq

  • Amy Mullins, Executive Director of the Women's Leadership Institute Australia

  • Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Australian Research Council,  Laureate Fellow, Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology

  • Ming Long, Former MD, CFO & Fund Manager at Investa

  • Genevieve George, Founder & MD, OneShift Jobs/Skilld 

  • Michelle Melbourne, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Intelledox

The Women World Changers Summit is on 10 October at The Peninsula in Melbourne and 12 October at The Star in Sydney 2016. Tickets are available at: www.womenworldchangers.com.au