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Higher Education Women's Leadership The 6th National Higher Education Women’s Leadership Summit 2015 Practical Advice and Strategies for Women’s Leadership Excellence and Career Advancement in Higher Education Advice to my younger self Liquid Learning is delighted to announce the 6th National Higher Education Women in Leadership Summit 2015 - the renowned professional development and networking opportunity for emerging and existing female leaders from across Higher Education. FEATURED SPEAKERS Professor Janice Reid Former Vice-Chancellor University of Western Sydney Pre-Summit Workshop Professor Emerita Di Yerbury Former Vice-Chancellor Macquarie University 18 August 2015 Professor Pascale Quester Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Summit Vice-President (Academic) 19 & 20 August 2015 The University of Adelaide Professor Pip Pattison Deputy Vice-Chancellor Post-Summit Workshop (Education) The University of Sydney 21 August 2015 Professor Iain Martin Vice President and Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Academic) Park Royal Darling Harbour University of New South Wales Dr Julie Wells Vice-Principal Policy and Projects EXPLORE The University of Melbourne Inspirational stories of achievement Professor Judyth Sachs Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost and success from accomplished Macquarie University leaders in Higher Education Professor Doune Macdonald Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) The University of Queensland Practical strategies and skills to Professor Jennelle Kyd Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost overcome key career challenges Swinburne University unique to women in the Sector Professor Geraldine Mackenzie Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) Southern Cross University Mastering critical leadership skills to Professor Judy Raper Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research enhance performance and Innovation) University of Wollongong Learn to communicate effectively, Professor Sally Kift Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) James Cook University project confidence and become influential Melinda Warnecke Deputy Vice-President (Advancement) Deakin University EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS Professor Margot Kearns Pro Vice Chancellor Academic Deputy Head of Sydney Campus Book & Pay by 15 May 2015 to The University of Notre Dame Australia receive an additional Value Plus Discount! Professor Michele Simons Dean, School of Education University of Western Sydney Phone: +61 2 8239 9700 Dr Neryl East Director Fax: +61 2 8239 9777 Neryl East Communications www.liquidlearning.com.au Dr Michelle Mulvihill Managing Director and Principal Consultant Booking Code - I The Corpsych Australia Cosimina Nesci Professional and Personal Brand Specialist Cosimina Catherine Nolan Founder Gender Gap Gone Anne Maree Wilshire Director Vibrant Voices Mastering the Tools to Become an Inspiring, Influential and Dynamic Leader Day One 19 August 2015 11.00 - 11.30 CASE STUDY “Learning the rules, changing the game” Effective leadership depends, to some extent, on grasping the right opportunity. Proactively seeking and seizing the right 2015 Theme “Advice to my younger self” opportunities helps to ultimately facilitate career progression. What do you know now that you wish you had known then? This is However, sometimes opportunities are not so clear-cut, and the question we have posed to some of the most senior women in the hard to identify, and when they do arise, may require you Higher Education Sector. These inspirational senior executive women to rethink your approach. Julie will share her thoughts and will reflect on their career journeys - the challenges they have faced, the reflections on: opportunities they have seized and the lessons they have learnt, to impart • Identifying and seizing the right opportunities to exercise advice to women aspiring to achieve professional and personal success. effective leadership • Developing an opportunity-searching and forward- focused outlook to improve performance 8.30 - 8.55 Registration and Morning Coffee Dr Julie Wells Vice-Principal Policy and Projects 8.55 - 9.00 Official Welcome and Opening Remarks from University of Melbourne the Chair 11.30 - 11.45 Questions and Discussion 9.00 - 9.30 OPENING KEYNOTE CASE STUDY 11.45 - 12.15 EXPERT COMMENTARY “Lessons I have learnt..the easy..and the hard “Embrace new challenges to effectively transition” way!” Transitioning across roles requires an ability to adapt quickly After an international career in academia that spanned and an open mind towards facing and solving new problems. three continents, Pascale became the Deputy Vice- Different challenges arise in a multitude of forms which may Chancellor & Vice-President (Academic) at the University require an advancement of current and new skills in order to of Adelaide in 2011, and she has been the most senior respond effectively. Alongside these different challenges that female senior executive at the University ever since. a new position will bring, one test which will always continue Her leadership has contributed to the advancement of is the juggling of your workload alongside your personal life. the University’s international standing as a world-class Judyth has learnt to effectively transition in her roles and research and teaching institution. Her personal leadership successfully blend a work life with a personal life. She will journey has not been a straight road, but rather a journey discuss: that has taught her many lessons. Pascale will share her • Challenges faced and overcome when transitioning across advice on: roles • Overcoming common career challenges • Benefits gained when choosing to face new challenges • Avoiding the obvious mistakes often made by women in • Strategies to effectively manage a professional career leadership alongside a personal life • Approaches you can apply to help navigate through tough times Professor Judyth Sachs Former Deputy Vice- Chancellor and Provost Professor Pascale Quester Deputy Vice-Chancellor Macquarie University and Vice-President (Academic) The University of Adelaide 12.15 - 12.30 Questions and Discussion 9.30 - 9.45 Questions and Discussion 12.30 - 1.30 Networking Lunch 9.45 - 10.15 CASE STUDY 1.30- 2.30 INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION “Developing the confidence to implement new Constructing a supportive, successful and strategy” satisfying workplace culture Initiating and implementing a new strategic direction for To cultivate achievement within your team, it is essential to a University in order to achieve better results requires create a workplace culture that is supportive and enabling confidence. When Pip joined the University, she was asked of success. It is proven that a positive workplace culture to use her strategy and vision to improve the students enhances overall satisfaction and engagement. Culture learning experience. To apply your own thinking into an has a large bearing on the productivity and performance of established model demands abundant confidence in your employees. As a leader it is your responsibility to ensure that own abilities. In order to drive change successfully, it is the appropriate culture is nurtured and maintained. This panel essential for the leader to be and appear both confident will explore: and courageous. Pip will discuss: • Creating a positive culture of engagement and success • Implementing change to enhance teaching, learning and • Supporting and encouraging the development and student experience progression of others • Developing the confidence to take calculated risks • Establishing a continuous dialogue of positive • Gaining your teams confidence and support in your communication decisions Professor Iain Martin Vice President and Deputy Professor Pip Pattison Deputy Vice-Chancellor Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (Education) University of New South Wales University of Sydney Melinda Warnecke Deputy Vice-President 10.15 - 10.30 Questions and Discussion (Advancement) Deakin University 10.30 - 10.45 INTERACTIVE NETWORKING SESSION Professor Judy Raper Deputy Vice-Chancellor 10.45 - 11.00 Morning Tea (Research and Innovation) University of Wollongong PLUS WORKSHOPS! VALUE PLUS DISCOUNT Plus Two Separately Bookable Full-Day Receive $400 off registration if you Workshops on 18 & 21 August 2015 register and pay by 15 May 2015 Mastering the Tools to Become an Inspiring, Influential and Dynamic Leader Optimising Opportunity to Facilitate Career Progression Professor Margot Kearns Pro Vice Chancellor Day Two 20 August 2015 Academic Deputy Head of Sydney Campus University of Notre Dame Australia Professor Michele Simons Dean, School of 8.30 - 8.55 Morning Coffee Education 8.55 - 9.00 Opening Remarks from the Chair University of Western Sydney 9.00 - 9.35 OPENING CASE STUDY 2.30 - 3.30 CASE STUDY “If only I’d known: Life, leadership and lessons “Be calm and authentic. (Note to younger self: from the Academy” passion is authentic)” Drawing on 25 years in tertiary and higher education Be it formal or informal, learning leadership in higher leadership positions, sixteen as Vice-Chancellor of UWS, education can and should be exercised by all. Sally has an institution that was divided and struggling when she always seen collaborative innovation and capacity building took up the role in the late 1990s, Jan reflects on lessons through mentoring, modelling and the support of teaching learned and pitfalls (mostly) avoided. She looks back and professional colleagues as integral components of her over her experiences and her earlier life and aspirations learning leadership roles; in more formal roles seeking to to consider what she might say today, with the benefit upscale influence so that leadership
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