Speakers
CollabConnect: Bridging Ideas & Impact
MC and Moderators
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Leila Mindhili Gurruwiwi
MC
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Melissa Wheeler
MODERATOR AND CONFERENCE HOST
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Jon Hewitt
MODERATOR AND CONFERENCE HOST
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Susanna Bevilacqua
CONFERENCE HOST
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Michael Cassidy
Senior Strategy Manager / Strategy Office
Policy, Strategy & Innovation (PSI) portfolioRMIT University
SPEAKERS
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Dr Sharon Zivkovic
Founder and CEO of the social enterprise Community Capacity Builders
Keynote
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Cameron Neil
Director LendforGood
Ending Keynote - Collaborations and Connections
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Llawela Forrest
General Manager of the Purpose Precinct
Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries
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Nick Savaidis
Founder and owner of Etiko
Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries
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Shehreen Ahmed
Founder and Operator of 71bay
Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries
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Pru McMillan
Owner of Community Projects Worldwide
Explore the Intersection of Social Enterprise and the Creative industries
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Alan Taylor
Founder of 3P Impact
Social Enterprise Leadership: From Intent to Action
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Carmel Riley
CEO and Principal Consultant of CRSE Group
Social Enterprise Leadership: From Intent to Action
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Steven Weir
Director of Amplifier Collective
Social Enterprise Leadership: From Intent to Action
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Ishani Chattopadhyay
CEO of SENVIC
Navigating the social and the commercial – A social enterprise marketing workshop
Development of a practical marketing guidebook
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Jon Hewitt
RMIT
Navigating the social and the commercial – A social enterprise marketing workshop
Development of a practical marketing guidebook
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Robert Moorman
Founder and owner of Hunting With Pixels
Workshop Marketing Stream “Content driven relationship building and growth strategies for social enterprises”
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Nathan Lee
Co-Founder of Stint
Presentation Marketing Stream “The Benefits of Building a Personal Brand as a Social Entrepreneur”
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Vivian Qiu
Founder and Owner of Vivian Qiu Studios
Workshop - Building Future Cities from Rice
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Tara Anderson
CEO of Social Traders
Presentation - “Key insights from the Inaugural Social Traders Report on Identified Social Enterprises (RISE)”
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Pete Ekstedt
Executive Director at ACRE – Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship
Presentation Creative Stream Collaboration for Impact: The Role of Self-Organising Impact Networks in Accelerating Social Change
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Chuck Smeeton
National Training Manager, Jigsaw Australia
Presentation Creative Stream Collaboration for Impact: Growing Impact Through Collaboration
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Tarun Grover
Research Scholar at RMIT University
Presentation Creative Stream "Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Social Enterprises to Drive the Transition to a Circular Economy"
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Natalya Turkina
Founder and Owner of CEM (Collaborative Ethical Management) Consultancy
Presentation Mixed Stream “The paradigmatical shifts for impactful long term collaborations between corporations and social enterprises”
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Trang Du
Founder and Owner of Two Square Pegs
Panel Mixed Stream Building Success: Empowering Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurs through Grassroots Development
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Konker Malual
Founder and Owner The Rest of Us (T.R.O.U.)
Panel Mixed Stream “Building Success: Empowering Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurs through Grassroots Development”
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San
Founder of SHERO
Panel Mixed Stream “Building Success: Empowering Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurs through Grassroots Development”

