Keynote Speakers

DAVID MARQUET

Retired US Navy Captain, Expert on Leadership and Organisational Design, Bestselling Author of Turn The Ship Around
Session Title: Creating Leaders at Every Level

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BARBARA BLACKBURN

Leading Educator and Author of Rigor Is Not A Four Letter Word; Motivating Struggling Learners and The Principalship From A to Z
Session Title: Leading Future Learning for All Students: The Role of Rigor

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PASI SAHLBERG

Finnish Educator, Author and Scholar, Visiting Professor of Practice at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education
Session Title: Leadership in the Era of Facts, Myths and the Next Best Practice

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TANIA MAJOR

Indigenous Youth Advocate and Young Australian of the Year 2007
Session Title: Relationships: Connecting the Past to the Present for the Future

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RUSSELL QUAGLIA

Founder Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations; Founder and Chair Aspirations Academies Trust
Session Title: Student Voice: The Key to Unlocking a Schools Potential

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KIRSTI LONKA

Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Session Title: Reform in Teacher Education

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DAVID HOPKINS

Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Bolton
Session Title: The Past, Present and Future of School Improvement and System Reform

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BEN WALDEN

Founder & Artistic Director of Contender Charlie
Session Title: Skilful Influence: Lessons from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

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MARIAM ISSA

Human rights activist and co-founder of RAW ‐ Resilient Aspiring Women
Session Title: Authentic Curiosity

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Conference Open

THE HON. GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN MP

Premier of NSW

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Conference Host

TONY MACKAY

CEO, Centre for Strategic Education (CSE) Melbourne, Chair, ACER

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