Agenda
The CEW Women in Leadership Summit features four sessions each aligned to Chief Executive Women’s key pillars: Women in Leadership, Female Participation in the Workforce, Workforce Flexibility and Economic Security. On this day we call for action and RE:SOLVE.
8.30AM ARRIVAL and REGISTRATION
- MC: Nour Haydar, ABC News – Political Reporter
- Welcome to Country: Mandy Nicholson, Wurundjeri-willam, Artist and Traditional Custodian of Melbourne and surrounds
- Welcome to Victoria: The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria
9.30am - WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
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Opening Address: The Case for Rapid Progress – Why Now?
Speaker: Sam Mostyn AO, President, Chief Executive Women -
Where are we now? Stats and stories about the status of women in the workforce
Speaker: Annabel Crabb, Writer, Presenter, ABC -
Women in Global Leadership: Global insights from some of the most powerful women in the world
Speaker: The Hon Julia Gillard AC, Former Prime Minister (Recorded from London)
Interviewer: Anita Jacoby AM
Morning Tea
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Global leadership for Gender Equity
Speakers: Baroness Mary Goudie, Labour Member, British House of Lords and Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard (both speakers recorded from London)
Interviewer: Liv Casben -
Kate Morris in conversation with Naomi Simson - Includes Q+A
Speaker: Kate Morris, Founder and Chief of Innovation, Adore Beauty
Interviewer: Naomi Simson, Co-Founder, Big Red Group
Acknowledgment: Katrina Troughton, Managing Director, IBM Australia and New Zealand
Women in leadership to workforce participation
12.30PM – FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKFORCE
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Building the pipeline of women leaders
Panellists: Annette Kimmitt, Non-Executive Director; Didier Elzinga, CEO and Co-Founder, Culture Amp; and Olivia Wirth, CEO, Qantas Loyalty
Moderator: Preeti Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer, The Adecco Group Australia & New Zealand
Networking Lunch
1:00pm – 1:50pm Lunch
1.45PM – WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY
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Equitable Flexibility: Building back better workforces
Speakers: Agathe Gross, Partner, Bain & Company; and Susan Metcalf, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Women -
Workforce Flexibility: The change we’ve seen and the change we need
Panellists: Carol Schwartz AO, Trawalla Group; Tim Reed, Chair, Business Council of Australia; and Ming Long AM, Deputy Chair, Diversity Council
Moderator: Sally Patten, BOSS Editor at The Australian Financial Review
2.45PM – ECONOMIC SECURITY
Afternoon Tea
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Women’s Economic Security in Australia
Speaker: The Hon Josh Frydenburg MP, Treasurer of Australia, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
Acknowledgment: Sally Bruce, Chapter Chair Victoria, CEW; and CFO and COO, Culture Amp -
Fireside chat: Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing
Introduction: Jason Johnson, Managing Partner, Johnson Partners
Speakers: David Leser, Author/Journalist; and Hunter Johnson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Man Cave & STUFF™
Interviewer: Sam Mostyn AO, President, Chief Executive Women
SUMMIT WRAP
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The CEW Summit wrap: What we’ve heard, what we’ve learned, what are we resolved to change - Includes Q+A
Panellists: Natasha Stott Despoja AO, Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Wendy McCarthy AO, Mentor, Writer; and Major General Simone Wilkie AO, The Beaufort Group
Moderator: Virginia Trioli, Presenter, ABC Radio Melbourne
5.30pm – 6.30pm NETWORKING DRINKS
- Welcome from Dee McGrath, Committee Chair, and CEO, Retirement & Superannuation Solutions, Link Group and a word from our Gold Sponsor, PwC
