2019 Vice-Chancellors' Panel
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2019 Vice-Chancellors’ panel Wednesday 4 September 2019, 11.30am to 2.00pm State Reception Centre, Fraser’s Kings Park MAJOR EVENT SPONSOR www.ceda.com.au agenda 11.30am Registrations 12.00pm Welcome Melinda Cilento Chief Executive Officer, CEDA 12.05pm Introduction Sean Higgins Employer Partnership Manager, UniSuper 12.10pm Presentation Professor Deborah Terry AO Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University 12.15pm Presentation Professor Selma Alliex Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of Campus - Fremantle, The University of Notre Dame Australia 12.20pm Presentation Professor Steve Chapman Vice-Chancellor and President, Edith Cowan University 12.25pm Presentation Professor Eeva Leinonen Vice Chancellor, Murdoch University 12.30pm Presentation Professor Dawn Freshwater Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia 12.40pm Lunch 1.10pm Facilitated panel discussion with Professor Stephen Parker AO, Partner and National Education Sector Lead, KPMG Professor Deborah Terry AO, Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University Professor Selma Alliex, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of Campus - Fremantle, The University of Notre Dame Australia Join the interactive Professor Steve Chapman, Vice-Chancellor and President, Q&A via Edith Cowan University Professor Eeva Leinonen, Vice Chancellor, Murdoch University ceda.pigeonhole.at Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, to have your questions University of Western Australia answered. Enter the 1.55pm Vote of thanks and closing comments passcode below Paula Rogers State Director, CEDA VCPANEL 2.00pm Event close sponsor Major Event Sponsor UniSuper Twitter: @UniSuperNews UniSuper is Australia’s dedicated superannuation fund for people working in the higher education and research sector. With more than 400,000 members and over $80 billion in net assets under management, they are one of Australia's largest super funds. UniSuper is also one of Australia’s most awarded super funds, reflecting their ongoing commitment to deliver greater retirement outcomes for their members, by delivering high quality, value-for-money retirement saving products and services. For more than 35 years, UniSuper has worked alongside Australia’s universities and research institutes. They are proud of the contribution the higher education sector makes in Australia. UniSuper have been members of CEDA since 2016. www.unisuper.com.au CEDA will be tweeting from this event using #HigherEd Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news speaker Professor Selma Alliex Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of Campus - Fremantle, The University of Notre Dame Australia Twitter: @notredameaus Professor Selma Alliex is currently Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of Fremantle Campus University of Notre Dame Australia. Prior to undertaking this role Selma was the Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University. Selma has been on the Board of several nursing and non-nursing organisations including research committees. She is the immediate past Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Selma has worked at the University for 17 years in roles ranging from teaching, research supervision to administration. Her interests are innovation and education and career progression of tertiary students. speaker Professor Steve Chapman Vice-Chancellor and President Edith Cowan University Twitter: @ECU Professor Steve Chapman commenced his role as Vice-Chancellor and President of Edith Cowan University (ECU) in April 2015. Prior to joining ECU, Professor Chapman was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University from 2009, and Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh from 2006. He received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh in 2011. In 2016 Professor Chapman was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to higher education. CEDA will be tweeting from this event using #HigherEd Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news speaker Professor Dawn Freshwater Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia Twitter: @uwanews Professor Dawn Freshwater was appointed Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia (UWA) in January 2017. She has led the design and implementation of a modernised academic structure to optimise UWA’s world- class research and improve educational outcomes and student experience. Under her direction, the UWA 2030 vision and the accompanying Strategic Plan 2020-2025 have been prepared, involving widespread consultation and collaboration. Professor Freshwater leads their implementation, driving an agenda which encourages the embrace of grand challenges and of strategic understanding of the possibilities for UWA’s development as a pivotal knowledge hub for the Indian Ocean Rim region. Professor Freshwater is Chair and Director of the Group of Eight, Chair of the Matariki Network of Universities, Vice-Chair of the Partnership Board of the Worldwide Universities Network and the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association, Board Director of Lifeline WA and the Perth USAsia Centre, and a Governor of the Forrest Research Foundation. She is also serving as a member of the National Health and Research Medical Council’s Women in Health Science Committee. Professor Freshwater was also instrumental in leading the development of the UWA Public Policy Institute (UWAPPI), established in May 2018. UWAPPI creates a bridge between academic research and government, public and business needs. It delivers real-world policy impact and solutions to local and global challenges for the Indian Ocean Rim and the broader Indo-Pacific region. Her contributions to public health and leadership practices won her the highest honour in her field of scholarship - Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing. As an academic, she has contributed to almost 200 publications, and continues to provide supervision to PhD students. Professor Freshwater is a strong advocate for values-led and inclusive leadership, about which she has written and researched extensively. speaker Professor Eeva Leinonen Vice Chancellor, Murdoch University Twitter: @MurdochUniNews Professor Eeva Leinonen joined Murdoch University as Vice Chancellor and President in April 2016, after three years of service as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Wollongong. Professor Leinonen has an academic background in linguistics and psychology and has extensive experience in higher education in the United Kingdom, Europe and internationally. Her academic research focuses on pragmatic deficits of children with autistic spectrum disorders as well as higher education topics relating to leadership, curriculum and use of technology in learning. Prior to moving to Australia in 2012, Professor Leinonen held the position of Vice-President (Education) and Professor of Clinical Linguistics at King’s College, University of London. She has also been Deputy Vice- Chancellor at the University of Hertfordshire, UK where she also held a number of other academic leadership positions including Dean of the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Director of the Health and Human Sciences Research Institute, Head of the School of Psychology and Head of the School of Humanities. Professor Leinonen has been actively involved in national and international higher education debates and advisory groups, including: Universities UK, Universities Australia; Chair of the UK Higher Education Funding Council/ Quality Assurance Agency advisory group into Employer Engagement in Learning, Chair of the King’s Warwick Project, Trustee of IntoUni Charitable CEDA will be tweeting from Trust; Trustee of the School’s Competition Settlement Trust, Member of the this event using #HigherEd Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group in Australia, Member of the CEOs Council of Open Educational Resources University; Director of Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter University of Wollongong Dubai Ltd; Director and Board Member of Future @ceda_news Directions International; Forrest Research Foundation Governors Committee Member; WA Health Translational Network Board Member and Chair of Innovative Research Universities Network. speaker Professor Deborah Terry AO Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University Twitter: @CurtinUni Professor Deborah Terry was appointed Curtin University’s Vice-Chancellor in February 2014. She is currently Chair of Universities Australia and a Fellow and past President of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA). She is also a member of the Australian Research Council Advisory Council, Committee for Perth Board, St Hilda’s Anglican School Council, Australia and New Zealand School of Government Board and Australia's Academic and Research Network Board, and a past Chair of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts in the Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences. Professor Terry completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the Australian National University in Canberra. She had a distinguished career at the University of Queensland, initially as an internationally recognised scholar in psychology, before progressing through a number of senior leadership roles, including Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor. She was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO), the country’s highest honours system for achievement and service, in June 2015 for distinguished service to education in the tertiary sector. chair Sean Higgins Employer Partnership Manager, UniSuper Twitter: @UniSuperNews With over 30 years’ experience in financial services