CEW SUMMIT

Wednesday 6th September 2023

Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

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CEW Summit

At our current pace, Australia will achieve leadership equality in 100 years’ time. This is the fast track to equality, turning what could be 100 years of snail-paced change into 10.

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Led by the most disruptive voices, the CEW Leadership Summit will ignite a chain reaction to fast-track an equal future.

The CEW Leadership Summit will identify tangible actions that we can all take to accelerate change. We need diverse women leaders at every decision-making table; we need workplace flexibility for all to work and care; we need to ensure women are economically secure and free from violence; and we need women’s workforce participation across all sectors within all roles.

Hear from the change-makers and Australia’s most influential leaders who are activating this new momentum.Join us in Melbourne on Wednesday 6 September and help us set a new Agenda for the next 10 years.

In person ticket sales have now closed, however live stream tickets are available until Tuesday 5 September. Please email events@cew.org.au if you have any questions. #Agenda2033

Program to include

MC: Narelda Jacobs OAM, Channel 10 Journalist and Presenter

Morning sessions

Keynote: CEW Executive Census Findings

Susan-Lloyd Hurwitz, CEW President

Listening Pair: Unlock Equity – Empower women with the freedom of safety and economic security

Sam Mostyn AO, Chair, Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce
Brid Horan, Chancellor, Dublin City University
Moderators: Sally Bruce, COO & CFO, Culture Amp
Narelda Jacobs OAM, Channel 10 Journalist and Presenter

Keynote: Educate all leaders on the economic case for gender equality

Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum

Listening Pair: Solving the Work and Care Crisis

Danielle Wood, CEO Grattan Institute
Madeleine Morris, Finance Presenter, ABC News

Morning tea

Keynote: Be the positive change - Focus on defining what good looks like to make better progress

Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO Macquarie Group

Panel: Accelerate 40:40:20 – Target actions to expedite gender equality targets for women in leadership

Mike Henry, CEO BHP
Leah Weckert, CEO Coles
Moderator: Samantha Mark, MD Spencer Stuart Australia

Closing Remarks: Accelerate 40:40:20

The Hon Natalie Hutchins MP

Opening Remarks: Shaping Our Future

June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

Panel: Shaping Our Future – Walk together with voice, truth telling and treaty

June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Kaylee Andersen, Victorian Aboriginal Engagement Lead
Shelley Reys AO, CEO, Arrilla Indigenous Consulting
Moderator: Neralda Jacobs OAM

Lunch

Keynote: What About the Men?

Peter Collins, Head of Ethics and Integrity, WEHI

Panel: Culture First – Build belonging through true inclusion

Didier Elzinga, CEO and Founder Culture Amp
Anna Brown OAM, CEO, Equality Australia
Catherine Clark, CEO, Paralympics Australia
Moderator: Akii Ngo, Disability, Gender Equity, Accessibility, Inclusion Consultant

Breakout session 1: Change the Conversation and Break the Cycle – Empower women out of homelessness and poverty with employment choices

Brianna Casey, CEO, Foodbank Australia
Helen Waters Silvia, CEO, Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre
Donna De Zwart, Managing Director, Fitted for Work
Moderator: Emma Fulu, Founder and Executive Director, The Equality Institute

Breakout session 2: Cracking the code

Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner
Professor Michael Flood, Sociologist Professor, School of Justice at QUT
Katherine Boiciuc, Digital Transformation Viva Energy
Dixie Gordon-Link
Moderator: Sunita Gloster AO, Non Executive Director and Advisor

Breakout session 3: Stay well - Enable women to sustain their workforce throughout their lives

Maree Davenport, CEO Endometriosis Australia
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University & Director HER Centre Australia
Grace Molloy, CEO Menopause Friendly Australia
Moderator: Jo Stanley, Founder and CEO Broad Radio

Afternoon tea

Overview: 10 Key Learnings

Marie Festa, CEO CEW

Keynote: Embrace Positivity

Taryn Brumfitt, 2023 Australian of the Year

Closing Ceremony

Djirri Djirri Dancers

Networking drinks

Program subject to change

The CEW Leadership Summit Committee 2023

Special thanks to the CEW Leadership Summit Committee for volunteering their time and invaluable expertise, knowledge and enthusiasm to make the CEW Leadership Summit 2023 possible.

Dee McGrath (Committee Chair), Ann Burns, Paula Benson, Jodie Hampshire, Carolyn Reynolds, Henriette Rothschild, Deborah Schembri and Katrina Troughton.