Special Guests - Plenary Speakers
Bruce Baird
Chair, Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council
Chair, Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council
Hon Linda Burney MLA
Minister for Community Services
Minister for Community Services
Elleni Bereded-Samuel
Community Engagement Coordinator Victoria University
Elleni Bereded-Samuel is currently employed by Victoria University as the Community Engagement Coordinator and she is the Co-founder of the Horn of African Communities Network in Victoria - more
Community Engagement Coordinator Victoria University
Elleni Bereded-Samuel is currently employed by Victoria University as the Community Engagement Coordinator and she is the Co-founder of the Horn of African Communities Network in Victoria - more
Professor Andrew Jakubowicz
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
Sev Ozdowski
University of Western Sydney
University of Western Sydney
Professor Hurriyet Babacan
Victoria University
Professor Hurriyet Babacan is the Professor of Social and Cultural Development at Victoria University. Hurriyet has over 20 years of experience as an academic, public servant, community worker, researcher and trainer in the government, community and university sectors. More
Abstract: As with many Western nations with high numbers of immigrant intake, the Australian public debates have placed doubt on ... More
Sharan Burrow
President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
Professor Robert Manne
La Trobe University
La Trobe University
Hon Laurie Ferguson MHR
Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services
Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services
Professor Saskia Sassen
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Columbia University in the City of New York
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Columbia University in the City of New York
Abstract: We are seeing the formation of new, often highly specialized, assemblages of bits of territory, authority and rights that used to be fully encompassed by the nation-state, More..
Professor Jock Collins
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
Professor Jenny Onyx
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
Phil Glendenning
Director, Edmund Rice Centre
Director, Edmund Rice Centre
Maqsood Alshams
S.A.V.E Australia
S.A.V.E Australia
Professor Lucy Taksa
Centre for Industrial Relations, University of New South Wales
Centre for Industrial Relations, University of New South Wales
Professor Kevin Dunn
University of Western Sydney
University of Western Sydney
Wafa Chafic
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
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