Speakers

Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply below.

Bert Verhoeven

Director, innovation and entrepreneurship, Newcastle Business School

University of Newcastle

Nikhil Achuthankutty

Business and communications assistant

University of Newcastle

Omid Ameri Sianaki

Senior lecturer and course chair

Victoria University

Kent Anderson

Deputy vice-chancellor, global

University of Newcastle, Australia

Tania Aspland

Vice President (Academic)

Kapln Higher Education

Nicole Bagnall

Program director, performance excellence

University of Newcastle

Amanda Barnier

Pro vice-chancellor (research performance and development)

Macquarie University

Geetha Baskaran

Procurement enablement manager

University of Sydney

Daniel Bell

General counsel

University of Newcastle

Anna Bennett

Director - PALS

Uni of Newcastle

Brett Berquist

Assistant vice-chancellor, engagement

University of Canterbury

Karen Blackmore

Acting head, School of Information and Physical Sciences

University of Newcastle

Tim Bluett

Chief financial officer

University of Auckland

Tracy Bowell

Pro vice-chancellor, teaching and learning

University of Waikato/Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

Janin Bredehoeft

CEO

Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE)

Adam Brimo

Chief Executive Officer

OpenLearning

Linda Brown

President and CEO

Torrens University, Australia

Penny Jane Burke

Chair in equity, social justice & higher education

University of Newcastle

Kath Butler

Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research strategy and leadership

University of Newcastle

Ann Campbell

Technical solutions manager

Digital Science

Abby Cathcart

Director, student success and teaching advancement

Queensland University of Technology

Julie Cogin

Provost and deputy vice-chancellor (academic)

Australian Catholic University

Eliza Compton

Campus deputy editor

THE

Hugo Contente

Vice-president, people and talent

Torrens University Australia

Bec Crew

Senior editor, Nature Index

Springer Nature

David Cross

Chief of staff

University of New South Wales

Jason Darney

Executive director, New South Wales North

Technical and Further Education

Patricia M. Davidson

Former vice-chancellor and president

University of Wollongong

Daswin De Silva

Professor and deputy director

La Trobe University

Simone Dilena

President (APAC)

THE

Nicki Elkin

Associate director, Pride inclusion programmes, ACON

University of Canberra

Dawn Emsen-Hough

Director

Pride in Diversity

Michael Fay

Special advisor

ASEAN University Network

Verity Firth

Vice-president, societal impact, equity & engagement

UNSW Sydney

Tim Fowler

Chief executive

Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand

Renea Gilbert

Group head of sustainability

nib health funds

Andrew Giles

Minister for Skills and Training

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Cate Gilpin

Welcoming Universities Coordinator

Welcoming Australia

Vanessa Graham

Acting program director, Net Zero and Sustainability

Monash University

Suzanne Grech

Head of supplier services

Supply Nation

Robert Greenberg

Pro vice-chancellor, college of human and social futures

University of Newcastle

Mick Grimley

Dean of future learning and development

University of Canterbury

Lisa Hanna

Dean of students

Deakin University

Jo Haslam

Manager, university engagement

TAFE NSW

Geoff Hinchcliffe

Pro vice-chancellor (learning and teaching)

Australian National University

Mark Hoffman

Deputy vice-chancellor (academic) and vice-president

University of Newcastle

Mary-Louise Huppatz

CEO

Association for Tertiary Education Management

Sarah Jones

Chief executive

Sydney School of Entrepreneurship

Marcia Langton

Professor and associate provost

University of Melbourne

Romy Lawson

Senior deputy vice-chancellor

Flinders University

Susan Ledger

Dean of education

University of Newcastle

Rongyu Li

Deputy vice-chancellor and vice-president (global engagement)

The University of Queensland

Jennifer Lowe

President

University of Newcastle Student Association

Claire Mason

Principal research scientist

CSIRO

Julie McMahon

Regional director (APAC)

THE

Jennifer Milam

Pro vice-chancellor, academic excellence

University of Newcastle

John Molony

Pro vice-chancellor and vice-president, international

Deakin University

Catherine Moran

Deputy vice-chancellor academic

University of Canterbury

Paul Moss

Manager, learning design and capability

University of Adelaide

Azadeh Motevali Zadeh Ardakani

Associate lecturer

Western Sydney University

Jingwen Mu

Director, Institutional Research and Strategic Planning

Hong Kong Baptist University

Joel Palmer

Director Strategy, Planning & Performance

The University of Newcastle

Casey Parkes

Director, curriculum, learning and teaching

Kaplan Australia

Leonie Patrick

Director of international recruitment and admissions

Western Sydney University

Davina Potts

Director, future students

University of Melbourne

Shilpa Pullela

Director, international policy

Australian Technology Network of Universities

Pascale Quester

Vice-chancellor and president

Swinburne University of Technology

John Ross

Editor (APAC)

THE

Mark Sampson

CEO

Cenote Solutions

Luke Sheehy

Chief executive officer

Universities Australia

Adam Switzer

Professor and Director

Nanyang Technological University

Will Syddall

Head of environmental sustainability

UNSW Sydney

Tracy Taylor

Associate deputy vice-chancellor

RMIT University

Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai

Deputy vice-chancellor Māori

University of Waikato

Jess Tiley

Director of communications

University of Waikato/Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

Nathan Towney

Pro vice-chancellor, Indigenous strategy and leadership

University of Newcastle

David Turvey

First assistant secretary

Jobs and Skills Australia

Steven Warburton

Pro vice-chancellor, education innovation

University of Newcastle

Chris Whelan

Chief executive

Universities New Zealand

Mary-Anne Williams

Michael J Crouch Chair for Innovation

University of New South Wales

Graham Wise

Director of international development

University of Canterbury

Trevor Woods

Vice-president (services)

Monash University

Sunny Yang

Vice-president (international engagement)

Monash University

Cherry Yeung

Vice-president and head, Enterprise learning data & insights

ST Engineering Training & Simulation Systems

Omer Yezdani

Chief data officer

University of the Sunshine Coast

Alex Zelinsky

Vice-chancellor

The University of Newcastle

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