Workplaces strong in gender diversity increase organisational performance and national productivity and growth, yet STEM women account for only 16% of the workforce.
Launching this September, Women in the STEM Workforce will address challenges and provide solutions to accelerate postgraduate women in the STEM sectors.
Join industry, university, government and STEM-related professionals committed to championing industry-university engagement and achieving gender equity in STEM. Create change through inspiring keynotes and hear from women realising diverse career paths with progressive employers.
Speakers
REGINA CRAMERI
Air4 Director, Defence, Science & Technology
SUE DOHERTY
STEM Advocacy Senior Manager, Westpac
MARGUERITE EVANS-GALEA
Executive Director, Industry Mentoring Network in STEM
KATHRYN FAGG
President, Chief Executive Women
MEAGHAN FITZPATRICK
Research Scientist & Former PhD Intern, CSL
KYLIE FULLER
Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Telstra
KYLIE HOLLINS
Analytics & Digital Manager, Alcoa
PETER KOOPMAN
Chair, Australian Academy of Science Equity & Diversity Group
KAREN LAMB
Biostatistician, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
ROBERT MUN
Executive Director, Australian Research Council
MILICA NG
Head of Data Science, CSL
ALESHA PRINTZ
President – Victoria Division, Engineers Australia
PROFESSOR ASHA RAO
Associate Dean (Mathematical Sciences), RMIT
Event Program
1:30pm
Welcome Address
1:45pm
Opening Keynote: Female Leaders and Increased Participation of Women in the STEM Workforce are Crucial for Australia’s Prosperity and Wellbeing
Kathryn Fagg, President, Chief Executive Women
Kathryn is an experienced chairman and board member, having worked in senior executive roles across a range of industries, from resources, to manufacturing and logistics, as well as banking and professional services, in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
2:05pm
Q&A 1: Challenges for Females Entering the STEM Workforce
Sue Doherty, STEM Advocacy Senior Manager, Westpac
Kylie Fuller, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Telstra
Kylie Hollins, Analytics & Digital Manager, Alcoa
Professor Peter Koopman, Chair, Australian Academy of Science (AAS) Equity & Diversity Reference Group
Professor Asha Rao, Associate Dean (Mathematical Sciences), RMIT
3:05pm
Afternoon Tea Break
3:30pm
Keynote: Benefits from Both Sides – PhD intern becomes Industry Partner
Milica Ng, Head of Data Science, CSL
Milica is a Data Science Professional with achievements in biomedical research, entrepreneurship, international IT management consulting, and software engineering.
3:50pm
Q&A 2: Solutions to Accelerate Women in the STEM Workforce
Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS)
Marguerite Evans-Galea, Executive Director, IMNIS
Australian Postgraduate Research (APR) Intern
Meaghan FitzPatrick, Research Scientist, CSL
Science & Technology Australia (STA) Superstar of STEM
Karen Lamb, Biostatistician & Researcher, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Robert Mun, Executive Director (Engineering & Information Sciences), ARC
Engineers Australia (EA)
Alesha Printz, President – Victoria Division, EA
4:50pm
Closing Remarks
5:00pm
Networking Drinks
Panel Questions
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Partners
About
APR.Intern is driving innovation and accelerating women in STEM through
short-term 3-5 month PhD industry internships.
Event Date & Time
Tuesday 4 September 2018
1.30-5pm (followed by networking drinks from 5-6pm)
Location
Level 31, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
MATHSADDS
La Trobe University
Delivered in partnership with La Trobe University, AMSI Maths Adds is Australia’s leading guide to mathematics career pathways. Highlighting the industry and innovation impact of mathematics, each edition features real past job ads, as well as inspiring profiles, and links to additional resources and programs.
ChooseMaths
BHP Billiton Foundation
Partnering with the BHP Billiton Foundation, the CHOOSEMATHS project is working with students, parents and teachers to turn around community attitudes to participation in mathematics, especially for girls and young women.
Working across four key components, the project is addressing pipeline challenges through Schools Outreach, Careers Awareness, CHOOSEMATHS Awards and the Women in Maths Network.
Maths
Delivers
ESA
In collaboration with Education Services Australia (ESA) AMSI developed a series videos which showcased exciting applications of mathematics: gene mapping, cryptography, braking distance and the Google PageRank algorithm. Each video was accompanied by a comprehensive set of notes that explains in more depth the mathematics underlying these real-life applications.
Careers and
Outreach
Boeing Australia
Boeing Australia allowed AMSI to support teachers in the Footscray region in an outreach capacity, host a national roadshow of aerospace careers events hosted in Melbourne, Brisbane and Townsville which gave students an in depth look into careers in the industry and develop a new series of Maths Delivers videos for classrooms which explain the use of mathematics in a range of industry settings.
Outreach
Project
William Buckland Foundation
Partnering with the William Buckland Foundation AMSI worked with 12 Geelong-based schools through ongoing professional development for teachers to build their capacity in mathematics. This included demonstrated lessons, school visits, and involving the community in family maths nights and careers evenings.
