DPC Speakers series
Speakers series event recordings
2022
Carly Findlay—2 December
Carly Findlay OAM, is an award-winning writer, speaker, and disability advocate. Carly shares her lived experience with disability and appearance diversity, and shared tangible ways we can all be advocates for accessibility, inclusion and belonging in the workplace.
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Hayley Lewis—17 October
Hayley Lewis is an Olympian and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland Mental Health Ambassador. Hayley shares her experiences and the challenges she faced as an elite athlete, and her transition to being a small business owner. Hayley talks about resilience and shares ideas on how to foster a supportive workplace culture for people with mental health issues.
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Breeanna Brock—8 March
As part of International Women’s Day, Breeanna Brock – Brisbane Lions CEO of Women’s Football, spoke about her personal and professional career journey and how making change for women in AFL led to last year's Brisbane Lions Women’s Club premiership.
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2021
Dr Paul Harpur—3 December
Dr Harpur shared his personal story, discussed the barriers that people with disability encounter and empowered the audience to drive meaningful change through becoming disability advocates of change.
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Wayne Gerard, Queensland Chief Entrepreneur—9 September
Wayne Gerard discussed his role as Queensland Chief Entrepreneur, his role on the Innovation Advisory Council and how he is driving innovation across the state.
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Dr Jackie Huggins—28 May
As part of National Reconciliation Week, Dr Jackie Huggins Huggins discussed her role as Co-Chair of the Treaty Advancement Committee, including her work on Path to Treaty to create a new future between First Nations and non-Indigenous Queenslanders with truth-telling and healing at the heart of this dialogue.
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Josie Thomson—18 March
Josie Thomson focused on building certainty and resilience during periods of change, and how we can adopt practical tools to manage this.
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2020
Dr Sarah Pearson – 19 October
This session focused on the role of science, research and innovation following the impacts of COVID-19. Dr Pearson hosted a panel discussion with four innovation ecosystem leaders including Mr Andrew Liveris AO, Professor Deborah Terry AO, Emeritus Professor Roy Green and Dr Cathy Foley.
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Phil Barker – 11 September
Phil Barker, author and columnist on men’s issues spoke about ‘creating a new masculinity’ – one that is positive, open and empathetic. Our attendees were challenged to think about the role we all play when it comes to fostering positive masculinity.
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Leanne Kemp—5 June
Queensland Chief Entrepreneur Leanne Kemp facilitated a virtual panel discussion with three small businesses about how they've transformed their business models to produce essential items that are supporting health services and the wider community as part of the #MakingItForQLD initiative. Panel members included Evolve Group, The Bearded Chap and Triple Eight Race Engineering.
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Orange Sky Laundry—25 February
In October 2014, two best mates had a crazy idea to put two washing machines and two dryers in the back of a van, and wash and dry clothes for people experiencing homelessness.
Hear from co-founders Nicholas Marchesi and Lucas Patchett about Orange Sky Laundry—a world-first, free mobile laundry service to assist the homeless and how they stumbled across something bigger and much more significant—the power of a conversation.
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2019
Australia Post—25 September
Michael Oates from Australia Post, General Manager of Portfolio Strategy and Innovation spoke about how Australia Post has remained relevant and found their place as an innovator in the digital economy. Michael also shared the customer-centric approach his teams are taking to protect jobs in a highly competitive market, as well as current projects the organisation is working on to drive innovation now and into the future.
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Digi Youth Arts—9 July
In celebration of NAIDOC Week, Digi Youth Arts focused on the stories and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and their views on the 2019 theme, ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future’. You’ll learn about the issues driving the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and their vision for the future.
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Jude Kelly—25 June
Jude Kelly, Founder of the WOW Festival, spoke about gender equality and how everyone can be part of the global WOW movement, which celebrates women’s and girls' achievements. The discussion takes a frank look at the lives of women and girls and the obstacles that prevent them from reaching their full potential.
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Angel Dixon—15 March
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Queensland Women’s Week, we welcomed Angel Dixon to our first Speakers series for 2019.
Angel is an inspiring female leader, passionate activist for disability inclusion and human rights, and Queensland’s Young Australian of the Year 2019. Angel Dixon's story inspired, challenged and motivated us to think differently about creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.
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