Leading, Empowering, Celebrating. 22–24 May 2016 @ Rydges hotel South Brisbane,

2016 conference program schedule

10.00am – 11.00am Generation Z Defined: sunday, 22 May The 5 key factors of this 10.00am – 2.30pm Leadership Agility Masterclass global generation Career Birds Claire Madden – Director, Hello Clarity RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL The Honour Room 11.00am – 11.30am MORNING TEA 3.00pm – 5.00pm Registration 11.30am – 12.30pm Patterned Perceptions: RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Discoveries Between Art, Science and Pre–conference Sessions Indigenous Cultures Rebecca Kamen – Artist and Professor 3.00pm – 4.00pm Philanthropy can make the difference Emeritus, Northern Virginia Daniel McDiarmid – AskRight Community RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL MFit®: Planting seeds for change 12.30pm – 1.30pm LUNCH Meg Dunham – Open Mind Education (opportunity to visit trade exhibitors) RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Sponsored by furnware 4.00pm – 5.00pm LinkedIn Masterclass Kirsty Mitchell – Bond University

RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Establishing good professional Breakout Series Session a learning programs Dr Phil Cummins – Circle RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL 1.30pm – 2.10pm 5.30pm – 7.00pm Opening Event Fearless self leadership: Empowering young women to Qld Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) confidently be themselves River Lounge and Balcony Pavillon Kim Adams, Consultant RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL monday, 23 May Achieving equity for girls in leadership and STEM Dr Nicole Archard, 8.00am – 10.00am Registration RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL International leaders: How and why should you take your 8.45am – 9.00am Conference Welcome school on to the global stage Ros Curtis – Conference Committee Dr Helen Wright, Global Thought Leadership Chair and Alliance Vice President RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Becoming a great girls’ school: Discovering school 9.00am – 10.00am Creating a more gender equal world culture, diagnosing critical issues and setting direction Elizabeth Broderick ao for your preferred future. RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Dr Phil Cummins, Circle RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL

1 / 3 www.agsa.org.au monday, 23 May cont’d tuesday, 24 May Breakout Series Session B 8.00am –9.00am Registration RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL 2.20pm – 3.00pm 8.30am – 9.30am Single-sex classes: Do they affect

STEM the TIDE economic outcomes? Adrian Puckering and Alex Borlenghi, St Catherine’s School Professor Alison Booth – Professor of RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Economics and ANU Policy Fellow Australian National University Empowering girls for mental health and resilience in a RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL classroom setting Dr Tom Nehmy, Flinders University 9.30am – 10.30am Navigating CEO appointments: RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Do top male and female CEOs differ in how they made it to the top? Empowering Year 9 students through teamwork and Professor Terry Fitzsimmons, leadership development University of Annette Ware, RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL 10.30am – 11.00am MORNING TEA Wellbeing not weight: A whole of school approach towards body acceptance 11.00am – 12.30pm the Gender Odyssey: How Do Girls’ Lara Silkoff, Mentone Girls’ Grammar School Schools Make the Journey? RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Presentation from Mariandl Hufford and Megan Murphy, National Coalition of Girls’ Schools Transgender Taskforce, and 3.00pm – 3.30pm AFTERNOON TEA interactive discussion with with panelists 3.30pm – 4.30pm Women, work and a problem that including Dr Stephen Stathis, Director of needs to be resolved Queensland’s Child and Youth Mental Georgina Dent – Editor, Mamamia Health Services RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL 4.30pm Session Closes 12.30pm – 1.30pm LUNCH 5.30 – 7.00pm Career connection – (opportunity to visit trade exhibitors) effective networking session Catherine O’Sullivan – Pro Vice Chancellor Breakout Series Session c Pathways and Partnerships, Bond University & Madonna King, author and journalist 1.30pm – 2.10pm RYDGES ROOFTOP Canapes and drinks sponsored by I love (insert school name here) – becoming a brand that BOND UNIVERSITY students (past and present) and their parents love Georgia Symmons, Toorak College 7.30pm – Dinners hosted by conference committee members RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL THE COVE Toni Riordan – Deputy Principal, From strength to strength: happy teachers, happy girls!! St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School and Dr Kate Hall and Dr Beryl Exley, QUT Daniel Crump – Assistant Principal, RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Mt Alvernia College Thriving girls: A proactive approach to student wellbeing STOKEHOUSE Jacinda Euler – Principal, Anne Ingram and Jody Forbes, Brisbane Girls Grammar School Brisbane Girls Grammar School and RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Karon Graham – Dean of Students, Somerville House Journey into senior management for women – you can do it and this is how! Ahmet Ros Curtis – Principal, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School and Nikki Townsend, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School and Kathy Bishop – Acting Principal, Karen Gorrie, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School Clayfield College RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL TICKETS aVAILABLE SOON 2 / 3 www.agsa.org.au 3.00pm – 3.30pm AFTERNOON TEA tuesday, 24 May cont’d 3.30pm – 4.30pm The Power of the Word in Accessing Breakout Series Session d Girls’ Full Potential Robyn Moore – Professional Speaker 2.20pm – 3.00pm RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL InsideOut: a Kindergarten to Year 12 self–leadership 4.30pm – 4.45pm Concluding Remarks program, enhancing leadership identity and Fran Reddan, Alliance President encouraging girls to flourish RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Jenny Ethell and Dr Debra Perich, Perth College 6.00pm –7.30pm Alumnae Event – Interstate and RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL Regional Members Alumnae Integrative thinking for global leadership SOMERVILLE HOUSE Sophie Testart, High Resolves RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL wednesday, 25 May SEED: Seek Engage Enrich Diversify and empowering 8.30am – 12.30pm Post–conference school visits with return girls to use their voices to explore, question and evaluate to Rydges Hotel or Brisbane Airport the world beyond the classroom Dr Charlotte Forwood, Strathcona Baptist Girls’ Grammar School For further information contact: Alliance Executive Officer Loren Bridge RYDGES PODIUM LEVEL T. +61 5521 0749 M. +61 408 842 445 E. [email protected]

event sponsors

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