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On Friday 4 August, YWCA Canberra will deliver its tenth She Leads Conference at the National Convention Centre Canberra, bringing together female and non-binary leaders from across the country ready to share their story of disrupting for positive change in their communities.
Comedian and MC Chris Ryan will lead the charge for an awe-inspiring day of speakers, panellists and seminar presenters. YWCA Canberra CEO Frances Crimmins said, “This event is absolutely unique in the ACT when it comes to showcasing female leaders who’ve brought significant change at all levels of our society”.
“When it comes to leadership, we were interested this year in exploring the idea of “disrupt for good” and how through courage, passion and perseverance people impact change. We have a remarkable line-up of speakers and panellists who have one way or another been an effective disrupter,” Ms Crimmins said..
Distinguished Professor Fang Chen one of the world’s leading Artificial Intelligence and Human-Machine Interaction experts is coming to Canberra to talk about how women can disrupt and harness AI. Vice-Chancellor of Charles Sturt University Professor Renée Leon PSM will argue to drive societal change we need structural reform driven by collective action.
The woman who brought Australia’s attention to the plight of the Biloela family, Angela Fredericks will share her story of the ‘Home to Bilo’ campaign. Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, a proud Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul woman will talk of her experience as a 10-year-old being forcibly removed from her family which led to her becoming a national human rights advocate, and recipient of the Australian Human Rights Medal in 2019.
Kate McBride who alerted the world to the mass fish kills in the Darling River will be joining health and research disrupter Dr Ruth De Souza and ANU biomedical engineer, researcher and lecturer, Dr Kiara Bruggeman, facilitated by President of Women in ICT, Tara Searle to discuss how do we harness disruption in science, technology, health, and climate and examine it through the lens of gender equality?
Wiradjuri woman, 2020 ACT Australian of the Year and legendary rugby league player and leader, Katrina Fanning AO PSM will talk with April Hélène-Horton, aka “The Bodzilla’, Women’s Agenda editor-in-chief, Tarla Lambert and local Wiradjuri author, poet and artist, Judith Nangala-Crispin about challenging the social norms in sports, art and culture.
YWCA Canberra also recognises the support of conference partners: Pulse8 Strategies, HESTA, Woolworths, Gallagher, Beyond Bank, Women’s Agenda, Prinstant and the National Convention Centre Canberra.
More information: https://sheleads.org.au/she-leads-conference/#overview
Media contact: Jane Wilson, jane.wilson@ywca-canberra.org.au
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