Conference Speakers
Chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority
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As Chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority, Christine Nixon, will oversee the largest recovery and rebuilding operation Victoria has ever undertaken. Under Christine’s leadership, the Authority will work with communities, businesses, charities, local councils and other government departments to help people rebuild. Christine’s priority is to help communities recover and rebuild in a way that is safe, timely, efficient, cost effective and respectful of each community’s different needs. Christine shall be speaking to the confernence on Friday night. For Christine's full biography click HERE. |
Executive Director Save The Children Fund
Peter Brown is currently the Executive Director of Save The Children Fund and formally the Executive Director of Fifteen Foundation (Australia). Initially established by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in the UK, the Fifteen Foundation is an innovative not-for-profit charity, whose mission is to take in disadvantaged, marginalised and unemployed young people and provide them with training opportunities in a structured and supportive environment within the restaurant industry. Fifteen is now regarded as one of the most successful social enterprises in the world, with restaurants in London, Amsterdam, Cornwall and Melbourne.
Peter shall be speaking on Saturday afternoon
For Peter's complete biography click HERE.
Shelterbox
SRT Representative
Due to the disaster in Haiti where the government estimate of the death toll is over 300,000 people have lost their lives, we have been advised that Tom Henderson is unable to attend our conference. This is because ShelterBox has now deployed over 7,000 ShelterBoxes and disaster Relief Tents and a figure of over 10,000 ShelterBoxes is expected presenting Tom with a massive logistical problem. The previous largest deployment was 2000 boxes in Myanmar. This disaster is unprecedented.
BUT we will have an exciting presentation on Deployment of boxes with the SRT people, who have the personal experience of delivering these boxes. The struggles with logistics and the management of couriers with the added experience of seeing heart break everwhere. All of this combined with dealing with people who have lost everything. This session will be an intense and moving realisation of adversity.
This whole process highlighting a main goal of Tom Henderson being the help with diginity.
This session will be on Saturday afternoon and a must see.
Plese watch this space for updates of more to come.
Deputy Chairman of Beyond Blue
John believes that much can be done to alleviate the stigma experienced by people with mental illnesses. He believes the key to increased understanding is continual striving toward national awareness. As communities become better informed, those facing problems will be more likely to seek early intervention and crises will be less likely to occur. As a consequence of increased understanding, people with mental illnesses will be reassured and supported by compassionate behaviour from family, their peers, work mates and the general community.
John shall be speaking on Sunday morning.
For John's complete biography click HERE.
The Governor of Victoria
Professor David de Kretser AC was born in 1939 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and migrated to Australia in 1949.
He was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, the University of Melbourne and Monash University. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Melbourne in 1962, and his Doctorate of Medicine from Monash University in 1969. His doctoral research focussed on the structure and function of the human testis.
He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006, and received the Centenary Medal in 2003.
Professor de Kretser and his wife Jan have four sons, and five grandchildren. He was named Victorian Father of the Year in 2001. Professor de Kretser assumed office as the 28th Governor of Victoria on April 7th, 2006.
David shall be speaking on Saturday morning.
For David's complete biography click HERE.
Polio Plus
Born in North Parramatta, Bruce retired from full time work in 1999. Up until very recently, he spent his time balancing life between his many Rotary commitments, family life and running his own management and marketing consultancy.
Bruce’s first Rotary experience was when he joined the Rotary Club of Blackwood, Adelaide in 1979. On transfer back to Sydney in 1986, he joined the Rotary Club of Castle Hill and was President in 1991/92. He was Assistant Governor – Clubs to DG Michael van Heeswyk in 2000/01 and was Group Study Exchange Leader to The Netherlands in 2001. In 2002/03, he was the District International Adviser to DG Harold Sharp as well as District Group Study Exchange Chairman.
Bruce shall be speaking on Saturday morning.
For Bruce's complete biography click HERE.
Breakout Session Speakers - speaking on Saturday Afternoon
Dr Tania de Koning-Ward - Drugs in the fight against malaria
Annette Allison - Royal Flying Doctor Service
Leah Aylward - Rotary Peace Scholar
Andrew Lucas - Transition Initiatives
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