Date
2pm-5pm (AEST)
September 5, 2019
APR.Intern invites you to celebrate some of Australia’s outstanding women in STEM.
STEMFest 2019 Webinar will put the spotlight on their contributions to Australian innovation and how their careers have impacted leading Australian businesses including Flamingo Ai, KPMG, Toyota and Cochlear.
Be inspired by their stories, their impact on Australian innovation and their influence as mentors for future generations.
Join the conversation #STEMWomenAPR
Registrations have now closed for this webinar.
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ALISON KITCHEN
National Chairman, KPMG
ANDREW STEVENS
Non-Executive Director, Male Champions of Change
ANNA-MARIA ARABIA
Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science
DR CATRIONA WALLACE
Founder & Executive Director, Flamingo Ai
JANE WAYLAND
Director – Innovation Digital & Data, KPMG
KRISTINA CAMPBELL
Associate Director – Engineering & Asset Management, KPMG
PROFESSOR GARY HOGAN
Director, APR.Intern
GERALDINE MCKENZIE-MCHARG
Manager Professional Development, Toyota
MILLIE KEATING
Associate Director – Defence & Defence Industry, KPMG
RACHAEL MOORE
Senior Systems Project Manager, Cochlear
2:00pm
Welcome Address
Professor Tim Brown, Director, AMSI
2:10pm
APR.Intern Address
Professor Gary Hogan, Director, APR.Intern
Gary Hogan joined the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute in 2018 as Executive Director of its national PhD internship program, APR.Intern. He is responsible for leading stakeholder engagement and corporate relations with government, universities and industry partners.
Gary has held executive and advisory positions at KPMG, RMIT, UNSW and the Victorian Government and is currently an Enterprise Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is passionate about APR.Intern’s ambition to transform the futures and career trajectories of STEM PhD students across Australia, not to mention the innovation dividends that will be delivered to the Program’s industry partners.
2:20pm
MC Introduction
Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science
Anna-Maria has over 20 years’ experience in the science sector and is an experienced Chief Executive.
She currently leads the Australian Academy of Science, an independent not for profit organisation that provides authoritative and influential scientific advice, represents Australia on key international scientific bodies, builds public awareness and understanding of science, and champions and supports excellence in Australian science. In this role, Anna-Maria has led significant reform in global science engagement, in science policy matters; and in addressing gender equity in science.
Starting her career as a neuroscientist, Anna-Maria undertook medical research in Australia and abroad, before applying her skills to policy development both in the Australian public service and in politics where she has provided policy advice across many social and economic portfolios.
She has held several senior executive positions in the science sector as CEO of Science and Technology Australia and Deputy Director at Questacon. In these roles, Anna-Maria has worked extensively with parliamentarians, the business and community sectors, and the media.
2:30pm
Keynote
WOMEN: THE STEM DISRUPTORS
Unconventional and Authentic: Navigating Success in a Traditionally Male Marketplace
Dr Catriona Wallace, Founder & Executive Director, Flamingo Ai
Dr Catriona Wallace has been recognised by the Australian Financial Review as the Most Influential Woman in Business & Entrepreneurship (2018). She has also achieved Advance Australia’s highest award in Technology & Innovation for Australians working abroad and recently won the FinTech Leader and Overall Excellence in Finance award by Women in Finance (2018). Catriona has been named among the Top 9 Female Entrepreneurs by the Sydney Morning Herald and Top 30 Woman redefining business by Womens’ Agenda.
Based in the US and Australia, Catriona is the Founder and Executive Director of Artificial Intelligence FinTech and ASX Listed company (ASX:FGO) Flamingo Ai, provider of Machine Learning based Cognitive Virtual Assistant technologies. Flamingo Ai is the second only woman led (CEO & Chair) business ever to list on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Catriona has a PhD in Organizational Behaviour: Human Technology Interaction and is a well published author and commentator. Catriona is one of the world’s most cited experts on the Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Ethics & Human Rights in technology and Women in Leadership.
3:10pm
Male Champions of Change in STEM | Work & Actions to Increase Gender Equality in STEM in Australia – Call to Action
Andrew Stevens, Non-Executive Director, Male Champions of Change
Andrew Stevens is the Chairman of the Board of Innovation and Science Australia, an independent statutory board with a mandate to provide strategic, whole of government advice on science, research and innovation matters.
He is also Chairman of the Data Standards Body for the Consumer Data Right implementation in Australia. He is a Director of Stockland Group Limited, Thorn Group Limited, the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS and CEDA.
He is a member of the Advisory Executive of the UNSW School of Business, and the Male Champions of Change, a group of CEOs and Directors working to make gender equality a reality.
3:20pm
Intermission
3:35pm
Panel Discussion (KPMG)
BE WHAT YOU CAN SEE | Nurturing STEM Female Talent
Alison Kitchen, National Chairman, KPMG (EmCee)
Millie Keating, Associate Director – Defence & Defence Industry, KPMG
Kristina Campbell, Associate Director – Engineering & Asset Management, KPMG
Jane Wayland, Director – Innovation Digital & Data, KPMG
4:05pm
Panel Discussion
FOMO: Power your Female STEM Workforce
Beyond 50/50 in 2020: Foundations for Sustained Change
Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science (EmCee)
Alison Kitchen, National Chairman, KPMG
Andrew Stevens, Non-Executive Director, Male Champions of Change
Dr Catriona Wallace, Founder & Executive Director, Flamingo Ai
Professor Gary Hogan, Director, APR.Intern
Geraldine McKenzie-McHarg, Manager Professional Development, Toyota
Rachael Moore, Senior Systems Project Manager, Cochlear
4:35pm
Women in STEM Pledge Launch
Paying it Forward for Women in STEM
4:50pm
Closing Remarks
5:00pm
Webinar Close
APR.Intern is Australia’s only all-sector all-discipline PhD internship program, transforming businesses through 3-5 month industry-university research collaborations. A not-for-profit, the program acts as a catalyst for innovation and advancement in STEM.
2pm-5pm (AEST)
Thursday 5 September 2019