SPEAKERS
Adam Brimo, CEO, OpenLearning
Peter Chapman, CEO, Ediply
Adam co-founded
OpenLearning.com in 2012 with UNSW
associate professor Richard Buckland and
David Collien. More than 350,000 students
have joined courses on the platform, which
has hosted the first MOOCs from Australia
and Malaysia. Adam also led the Vodafail
consumer activist campaign in 2010–11.
Peter is responsible for operations, product
development and global strategy of Ediply,
a global education database, where you
can discover and apply for a world of
education opportunities. It features more
than 15,000 courses and 141 universities,
and has a presence in 16 countries.
Teri Balser, Dean, Teaching and Learning,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin
University
Teri is Dean of Teaching and Learning for
the Faculty of Science and Engineering
at Curtin University, where she came
after having been a Professor of Soil and
Water Science and Dean of the College
of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the
University of Florida. Balser is widely known
in higher education as a change agent and
leader in STEM. She has long been an active
advocate, speaker, and workshop facilitator
for women’s leadership and gender equity.
Rod Camm, CEO, Australian Council for
Private Education & Training
Rod has been in his current role since 2014.
Prior to this, he was the Managing Director
of the National Centre for Vocational
Education Research. Rod has also held
senior appointments in Skills Queensland
and the Department of Education and
Training, where he was Associate
Director-General for Tertiary and Non-State
Education. He is a fellow of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
Bruce Chapman, Policy Director, Crawford
School of Public Policy, Australian National
University
Bruce has extensive experience in public
policy, including: the motivation and design
of the Higher Education Contribution
Scheme in 1989; as a senior economic
adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating from
1994–96; and as a consultant to the Bradley
Review of Australian Higher Education on
student income support, 2008.
Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research
Council Future Fellow, Asia Pacific College
of Diplomacy
Susan is an Australian Research Council
Future Fellow and was appointed associate
professor to Griffith University Law School
in July 2015. She remains an adjunct reader
at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy
at the Australian National University. Susan
was also appointed Associate Fellow,
international economics, at UK think tank
Chatham House. She is an expert on
women’s rights and international law.
Phil Honeywood, CEO, International
Education Association of Australia
Phil is a member of the Tertiary Education
Quality Standards Agency Advisory Council,
and its committees for the New Colombo
Plan and education visas.
Michael Lavarch, Commissioner Risk,
Intelligence and Regulatory Support, ASQA
Michael has extensive experience in Higher
Education and the public policy process.
He is a former Dean of the Faculty of Law at
Queensland University of Technology and
Secretary-General of the Law Council of
Australia. From 1987 to 1996, Michael was
a member of the Australian Parliament, and
he served as Attorney-General from 1993 to
1996. He was made an Officer of the Order
of Australia in 2012.
Faye McMillan, Director, Inclusion and
Indigenous Strategic Practice Leader,
Charles Sturt University
Faye is a Wiradjuri woman and was the
first Aboriginal person in Australia to gain a
pharmacy degree and go on to registration
as a pharmacist. She is currently the
Program Director of Djirruwang Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health
Education and Training Program at Charles
Sturt University and Chairperson of
Indigenous Allied Health Australia. She is a
member of Wiradjuri Mudyigalang and is
undertaking a professional doctorate on
shared meanings of leadership through
accounts of the experiences of Indigenous/
First Nations women leaders.
Saba Nabi, National Equity Officer, Council
of International Students Australia
Saba is a PhD Scholar in the School of
Biomedical Science at Charles Sturt
University based at Wagga Wagga (New
South Wales). Saba is the President of CSU
International Student Club and part of CSU
Green and environmental committees.
She was also the student representative in
the University Council and Science Board.
She was the recipient of the 2014 NSW
International Student of the Year Award in
the Higher Education Category.
Peter Noonan Mitchell, Professorial Fellow,
Mitchell Institute for Health and Education
Policy
Peter has played a major role in shaping
policy in Australia’s education and training
system and has experience working
as a policy adviser, senior executive
and consultant to federal and state
governments, universities, higher education
providers and TAFE institutes. Peter has
been instrumental to several major policy
changes and reviews.
Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program
Director, Grattan Institute
Andrew is the higher education program
director at the Grattan Institute. Andrew
co-authored the government report on
the demand-driven system. He has also
authored or co-authored many other
publications on higher education, including:
Mapping Australian Higher Education,
the widely used reference on trends and
policies; and Doubtful Debt: the rising cost
of student loans.
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