2019 Professional Staff Conference
Thursday 19 September
People - Our most Important Asset
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Date: Thursday 19 September - 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Professional Staff Conference is designed to bring together professional staff from across the University to highlight best practice, share ideas, and provide professional development and networking opportunities to our vibrant staff community.
This year’s theme of People our most important asset will be explored through the lenses of Harmony & Success, The Importance of Being Us, Future World and Career Evolution.
The conference is an opportunity to interact, share experiences and learnings, collaborate, showcase our achievements and celebrate the role of professional staff at the University of Melbourne.
Your ticket price includes admission to our Networking Event, which will take place immediately after the Conference at a near-by venue.
#workinginharmony
The Professional Staff Conference is designed to bring together professional staff from across the University to highlight best practice, share ideas, and provide professional development and networking opportunities to our vibrant staff community.
This year’s theme of People our most important asset will be explored through the lenses of Harmony & Success, The Importance of Being Us, Future World and Career Evolution.
History
Established in 2014 and co-founded by three professional staff – The conference aims to encourage the exploration of best practice, reporting of project outcomes, sharing of new trends and opportunities, while engaging staff through motivational and creative practice.
Delivered within a project framework, the conference focuses on broadening networks and collaboration across the different campuses of the University, while contributing to the sustained excellence of services supporting learning, teaching, research and engagement at the University of Melbourne.
The Conference...
- Celebrates the contribution made by professional staff to the wider success of the University
- Acknowledges the expertise and passion of professional staff through presentations that share best practice and showcase innovation in higher education administration
- Provides participants and organisers mentoring and professional development opportunities and creates time for networking, collegiality and fun
Your Conference Committee members
The Professional Staff Conference is organised by professional staff for professional staff. Here is your 2019 Committee
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Read about the conference theme of People: Our Most Important Asset in whichever way sparks your creative energy or prompts the flow of ideas. Conference sub-themes are:
- Harmony & Success
- The Importance of Being Us
- Future World
- Career Evolution
More information on the program will be released soon.
More information on the sub-themes is below and all information for proposed presenters is available here. Submissions for presentations that address the key theme People: Our Most Important Asset, and/or one of the following four sub-themes are invited.
Sub-Themes
Harmony & Success | Realising your own potential, coping with stresses of life and working productively within the University. Have you brought people together to share experiences, challenges and learnings? How has a collaborative project or skill development resulted in personal or professional harmony for you? Do you have personal experiences where failure has taught valuable lessons? Your proposed submission may include such topics as our diverse campus life and experience; contributing to student experience and success; navigating change and resilience; healthy workplaces and mindfulness; bouncing back from failure. |
The Importance of Being Us | It’s not you, it’s me – celebrating individuality, diversity and inclusion in the UoM workplace. Do you have a story to tell? How do you combat conscious and unconscious bias in your daily life? Do you feel empowered? Can you demonstrate positive or negative outcomes from a connection being made through a personal or professional experience? Do you have experience working with teams from all of the University’s geographically diverse locations? |
Future World | How do we work with all the new platforms - will this make our lives easier? What role does Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and emerging technologies play in our changing workplace? Does technology provide us with the skillsets to future proof work? We invite you to share your experiences with technological or methodological tools to solve problems or create more efficient or effective outcomes. |
Career Evolution | Where to next in your career? We invite you to present your own experience and case studies on opportunities you have sought or been provided in your career. Do you have any practical examples of how you have exploited networking, shadowing, secondments or mentoring? Have you had any surprising career transitions? How have leaders supported you in your journey? |
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The Professional Staff Conference is excited to announce our Afternoon Keynote Speaker
DYLAN ALCOTT - OAM
Dylan Alcott OAM wins Quad championship at Wimbledon!
Not many people can lay claim to being a Paralympic gold medallist and world champion whilst still being in their teenage years. Then again, there aren’t many people like Dylan Alcott.
Dylan, a dual sport athlete, has represented Australia on the international stage in both wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis since the age of 13.
Dylan created Dylan Alcott Foundation, is an entrepreneur, and is the cofounder of Get Skilled Access, a training provider educating corporates and governments on how to better understand and treat customers with disabilities.
Dylan is an alumnus of the Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Melbourne.
Register now for the 2019 Professional Staff Conference to hear Dylan Alcott speak, and interact, collaborate and celebrate the role of professional staff at the University of Melbourne.
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2019 Professional Staff Conference is open to all professional staff of The University of Melbourne (and we also welcome any of our academic colleagues who would like to join us).
General registration NOW OPEN!
Please seek approval from your supervisor before registering for the 2019 Professional Staff Conference.
| Registration | Cost |
|---|---|
| Early Bird Registration - SOLD OUT! | $180 |
| General Registration | $230 |
| Presenter Registration | $180 |
We look forward to seeing you at the Conference!
If you have questions or comments, please contact the committee via email
psc-info@unimelb.edu.au
Thank you to our Gold Sponsor, for their support of the 2019 Professional Staff Conference.
Explore all 2019 Professional Staff Conference sponsors here.