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Queensland Vice Chancellors’ panel Monday 1 March 2021, 11.45am to 2.00pm Grand Ballroom, Hilton Hotel Brisbane EVENT SERIES SPONSORS www.ceda.com.au agenda 11.45am Registrations 12.15pm Welcome Clint O’Brien Associate Director, Program and Innovation, CEDA 12.20pm Introduction Kevin O’Sullivan Chief Executive Officer, UniSuper 12.50pm Lunch 1.00pm Moderated discussion and audience questions facilitated by Stefie Hinchy, Principal, Nous Prof. Helen Bartlett, Vice Chancellor and President, University of the Sunshine Coast Prof. Tim Brailsford, Vice Chancellor and President, Bond University Prof. Carolyn Evans, Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University Prof. Sandra Harding AO, Vice Chancellor and President, James Cook University Prof. Nick Klomp, Vice Chancellor and President, CQUniversity Australia Prof. Geraldine Mackenzie, Vice Chancellor, University of Southern Queensland Prof. Margaret Sheil AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, QUT Prof. Deborah Terry AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland During moderated discussion CEDA will take online questions. Go to ceda.pigeonhole.at and enter passcode QLDVC21. 1.50pm Closing comments Clint O’Brien Associate Director, Program and Innovation, CEDA 2.00pm Close . sponsor Event series sponsor Nous Nous Group is an international management consultancy operating in 11 locations across Australia, the UK and Canada. For over 20 years we have been partnering with leaders to shape world-class businesses, effective governments and empowered communities. Our work reflects our optimism and ambition for a better future. We are your partner in the pursuit of performance and positive influence. We are bold and engaging for performance and influence. We help you to perform, to succeed, in terms you define. Our work is thoughtfully and carefully personalised to suit you, your challenge, your business, your context. We listen first and consider the system and context in which you operate to help you set the conditions for sustainable success. We think further. We know the best answers aren’t easy. 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We want the geographies we operate passcode QLDVC21 in to be prosperous, bold and cohesive. So, we strive to do work that creates and balances commercial, social and other forms of value. CEDA will be tweeting from this Nous have been CEDA members since 2013. event using #HigherEd Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news sponsor Event series sponsor UniSuper UniSuper is the super fund for Australia’s thinkers, creators and investigators working in the higher education and research sector. We’ve grown to be one of Australia’s largest super funds with more than 450,000 members and $90 billion in funds under management. UniSuper is also one of Australia’s most awarded super funds, reflecting our ongoing commitment to deliver greater retirement outcomes for our 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. We are proud of the contribution the higher education sector makes in Australia and we’re thrilled to be supporting our university partners at the 2021 CEDA Queensland Vice Chancellors’ panel. UniSuper have been CEDA members since 2016. introduction Kevin O’Sullivan Chief Executive Officer, UniSuper Twitter: @UniSuperNews As UniSuper’s Chief Executive Officer, Kevin O’Sullivan is responsible for developing, leading and implementing corporate strategy and culture. Kevin joined UniSuper in July 2013 and has more than 30 years’ experience in the superannuation and actuarial sectors. A qualified actuary, Kevin’s previous role was Director, Actuarial and Benefits Consulting at Russell Investments. Kevin has a degree in Commerce, is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA), a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA). During moderated discussion CEDA will take online questions. Go to ceda.pigeonhole.at and enter passcode QLDVC21 CEDA will be tweeting from this event using #HigherEd Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news panelist Professor Helen Bartlett Vice Chancellor and President, University of the Sunshine Coast Twitter: @usceduau Professor Helen Bartlett commenced as the third Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) on 17 August 2020. Prior to joining USC, Professor Bartlett was Vice-Chancellor and President of Federation University Australia from 2017 to 2020, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Monash University Malaysia from 2013 to 2017, and Pro Vice- Chancellor and President of Monash University’s Gippsland Campus from 2008 to 2012. Professor Bartlett brings to USC extensive international experience, having held various leadership roles in universities across Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Professor Bartlett attained a Bachelor of Arts at Northumbria University, a Master of Science (Public Policy) and a PhD from the University of Bath. A research specialist in health and aged care, Professor Bartlett’s career includes inaugural Director at the Australasian Centre on Ageing at the University of Queensland, the Oxford Centre for Health Care Research and Development and the Oxford Dementia Centre at Oxford Brookes University. Professor Bartlett was conferred as an Emeritus Professor at Monash University in 2017. She is the current Chair of the Regional Universities Network, an expert member of the Australian Government Council for International Education, and a member of the Australian Government’s National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund Working Group. panelist Professor Tim Brailsford Vice Chancellor and President, Bond University Twitter: @BondUniversity Professor Brailsford has served as the 7th Vice Chancellor of Bond University since 2012. Bond is Australia’s first private non-profit university having opened its doors in 1989. Prior to his appointment at Bond University, Professor Brailsford’s career in the tertiary sector was with the Australian National University, University of Melbourne, Monash University and the University of Queensland. In addition, Professor Brailsford has held numerous visiting roles in Europe, the UK, North America and China. His field of academic study is financial economics. Amongst various achievements, Professor Brailsford was appointed as the Foundation Dean of the UQ Business School and inaugural Frank Finn Professor of Finance in 2002. He was the first Australian to be appointed to the North American and European Boards for accreditation of business education. He has been elected by his peers as President of several professional and learned societies; and he holds Fellowships with CPA Australia, the Australian Institute of Managers & Leaders and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Professor Brailsford also has experience on commercial boards, government agencies and professional committees. His interests including making sense of During moderated discussion CEDA global economics; the transforming role of education on our youth; the role of will take online questions. Go to sport in modern society; the drivers of corporate performance. ceda.pigeonhole.at and enter passcode QLDVC21 CEDA will be tweeting from this event using #HigherEd Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news panelist Professor Carolyn Evans Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University Twitter: @Griffith_Uni Professor Carolyn Evans is Vice Chancellor and President of Griffith University. Carolyn graduated with degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne and a doctorate from Oxford where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Carolyn taught law at Oxford and Melbourne Universities. Prior to commencing at Griffith, Carolyn held the positions of Dean of Law, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Graduate and International) and Deputy Provost at the University of Melbourne. Carolyn works in the areas of law and religion and human rights and has published and spoken on these issues around the world. She was awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship in 2010 to work on comparative religious freedom. In 2019, Carolyn was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and became a member of the organisation, Chief Executive Women. panelist Professor Sandra Harding AO Vice Chancellor and President, James Cook University Twitter: @jcu Professor Sandra Harding, Officer of the Order of Australia, took up her appointment as Vice Chancellor and President of James Cook University Australia