Speakers

CollabConnect: Bridging Ideas & Impact

MC and Moderators

  • Leila Mindhili Gurruwiwi

    MC

  • Melissa Wheeler

    MODERATOR AND CONFERENCE HOST

  • Jon Hewitt

    MODERATOR AND CONFERENCE HOST

  • Susanna Bevilacqua

    CONFERENCE HOST

  • Michael Cassidy

    Senior Strategy Manager / Strategy Office
    Policy, Strategy & Innovation (PSI) portfolio

    RMIT University

SPEAKERS

  • Dr Sharon Zivkovic

    Founder and CEO of the social enterprise Community Capacity Builders

    Keynote

  • Llawela Forrest

    General Manager of the Purpose Precinct

    Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries

  • Nick Savaidis

    Founder and owner of Etiko

    Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries

  • Shehreen Ahmed

    Founder and Operator of 71bay

    Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries

  • Pru McMillan

    Owner of Community Projects Worldwide

    Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries

  • Alan Taylor

    Executive and Team Coach, Trainer and Facilitator

    Panel Speaker-Leadership Panel

  • Carmel Riley

    BaSpath(Hons) GCertFamTher EMBA GAICD CPSP

    Panel Speaker-Leadership Panel

  • Steven Weir

    Director – Amplifier Collective

    Panel Speaker-Leadership Panel

  • Ishani Chattopadhyay

    CEO of SENVIC

    Workshop Marketing Stream “Development of practical marketing guidebook”

  • Jon Hewitt

    RMIT

    Workshop Marketing Stream “Development of practical marketing guidebook”

  • Robert Moorman

    Founder and owner of Hunting With Pixels

    Workshop Marketing Stream “Content driven relationship building and growth strategies for social enterprises”

  • Nathan Lee

    Co-Founder of Stint

    Presentation Marketing Stream “The Benefits of Building a Personal Brand as a Social Entrepreneur”

  • Vivian Qiu

    Founder and Owner of Vivian Qiu Studios

    Workshop - Building Future Cities from Rice

  • Pete Ekstedt

    Executive Director at ACRE – Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship

    Presentation Creative StreamCollaboration for Impact: The Role of Self-Organising Impact Networks in Accelerating Social Change

  • Chuck Smeeton

    National Training Manager, Jigsaw Australia

    Presentation Creative Stream Collaboration for Impact: Growing Impact Through Collaboration

  • Tarun Grover

    Tarun Grover

    Research Scholar at RMIT University

    Presentation Creative Stream "Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Social Enterprises to Drive the Transition to a Circular Economy"

  • Trang Du

    Founder and Owner of Two Square Pegs

    Panel Mixed Stream Building Success: Empowering Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurs through Grassroots Development

  • Natalya Turkina

    Founder and Owner of CEM (Collaborative Ethical Management) Consultancy

    Presentation Mixed Stream “The paradigmatical shifts for impactful long term collaborations between corporations and social enterprises”