Program
Keynote Speaker
Kirk Docker
Kirk Docker is one of Australia’s finest interviewers and storytellers. He is the co-creator and director of the landmark ABC program You Can’t Ask That. The show has been awarded Rose d’Or, AACTA and Walkley awards and is the most successful format in ABC history, selling to 17 territories, and broadcast in 9 different languages worldwide.
When it comes to the content he creates, no subject is off-topic. Kirk’s interviewees range from ex-politicians to ice users to sexual assault survivors. He has a deep curiosity, compassion and playfulness that elicits honesty from his participants, many of whom have never sat in front of a camera before. Through thousands of hours of open dialogue, what’s become absolutely clear to Kirk is that every human, no matter what they believe or how high their stature, share a core value: the desire to be understood.
Full Program
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8:15-9:00am | Registration - Main Foyer | |||
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Opening and Keynote Sessions - Plenary | ||||
9:00-9:20am | Welcome to Country Conference Opening by Katerina Kapobassis, CFO & Conference Sponsor Welcome Address by Paul Axup, Vice-President (Administration & Finance) & COO | |||
9:20-10:30am | Keynote Presentation Kirk Docker, Director of ABC Series "You Can't Ask That" | |||
10:30-10:50am | Morning Tea - Main Foyer | |||
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10:50-11:15am | How to create engaging video content for social media | Managing incidents and emergencies at the University of Melbourne - a team effort | Place-Based partnerships: lessons from the frontline | Creating Value: how to build things people love |
11:15-11:40am | Mental Health First Aid Training in the workplace: reflection from a professional staff perspective [in RIC] | UniSuper presentation | ||
11:40-11:50am | Mini Break | |||
11:50-12:15pm | Empowering strategic change: Insights from leading and implementing sustainability strategy at the University | Professional growth and advancement at University Research Centres | Energise, enrich and empower through University communities | Work-life balance: developing your blueprint |
12:15-12:40pm | Green Impact: empowering change to make a positive and sustainable impact at the University | Fostering career preparation through student employment and peer-led engagement | The Melbourne Indigenous Professional Employment Program: growth and change | |
12:40-13:40pm | Lunch - Main Foyer | |||
13:40-14:05pm | Everyday leadership: coaching skills | Student Voice: students at the heart of everything we do | From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Elevating FFAM’s Curriculum Development Process through Service Improvement | Speed networking |
14:05-14:30pm | Courageous and respectful conversations | Enriching learning and teaching through cross-functional partnerships: insights from FlexAP | Reflecting to enable improvement: how to get the most out of retrospectives | Cookie decoration competition |
14:30-15:00pm | Afternoon tea - Main Foyer | |||
15:00-15:25pm | Stop 1: innovation on the frontline | Disability 101 | Artificial Intelligence Explainer | Creative wellbeing |
15:25-15:50pm | The "Do's" and "Don'ts" of partnership management: navigating and leveraging the University Machine | The big picture of empowering disability at work | Energise yourself: Stretching and Well-being with MU Sport | |
15:50-16:00pm | Mini break | |||
Closing and Keynote Sessions: Plenary | ||||
16:00-16:15pm | Vice-Chancellor's address | |||
16:15-17:00pm | Keynote: People Strategy panel discussion, facilitated by Kirk Docker Dual panelists: Professor Nicola Phillips and Professor Pip Nicholson | |||
17:00-18:00pm | Networking drinks |
Please note that this program is subject to change.