The 2024 Inclusion & Diversity Summit aims to bring together people who truly value diversity and inclusion as an essential part of their personal learning (and development) as well as contributing to their organisation’s success. Through a unique experiential format – Learn, Think & Do! – the Summit will provide delegates a supportive environment to further develop their strategic thinking and practice.
DATE — Tuesday 10 September 2024 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
VENUE — RMIT Storey Hall, 342 Swanston Street, Melbourne
TICKETS — Starting at $548 for EEON Members, Table bookings get an extra 10% discount and $198 for students and concession holders.
WE INVITE YOU TO EXPERIENCE AN EVENT LIKE NO OTHER
OUR CONFIRMED TOPICS and Speakers FOR THIS SUMMIT ARE
Keynote Speaker Karen Milward
LEARN about what is important in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities right now and how you can fold this into your DEI practice
Karen will be speaking on:
- The future of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities since the Referendum, including progress on Treaty, the Yoorrook justice commission and the self determination fund.
- Karen’s travels to Kansas to get funding and support for local Victorian Businesses.
- Conversations about economic prosperity and how a treaty can help.
Some local business will have stalls at the summit.
Karen owns and operates Karen Milward Consultancy Services with extensive consulting experience and networks across Australia. Karen is a Yorta Yorta woman who was born and raised in Melbourne. Karen is a strong advocate for developing culturally appropriate solutions to the issues confronting Indigenous people that empower individuals and communities so they can confidently and effectively move forward.
Leading advocates in this space will inspire and challenge you to THINK, is your work is the best it can be?
Keynote Speaker Michelle Sheppard
There are many voices calling to roll back the human rights and social advances made in the Trans and Gender Diverse communities. Hear what you can DO to make a real impact in this sphere.
2024 has a significant number of changes that directly affect DEI and HR practice. Our experts will give you a roundup of what you need to know to not just comply but to excel.
Keynote Speaker Cilla Robinson
Cilla is an employment law partner at a top tier law firm, King Wood Mallesons, specialising in employment and industrial relations, dealing with matters from sexual harassment, discrimination to industrial disputes and enterprise bargaining and running large scale litigation for both her private sector clients and government clients.
An expert in discrimination laws and regular spokesperson for issues regarding both gender and cultural diversity, Cilla is considered a leader on the topics of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Cilla has led Gender and Cultural Diversity initiatives streams within law firms, she is a fellow of the Dr John Yu Culture and Diversity Leadership Fellowship, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors published her report on a practical roadmap for Boards on the Australian Human Rights Commissions Respect at Work Report.
She has worked with the Attorney Generals Department on the Respect at Work recommendations as well as consulting with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency in broadening pay equity reporting from companies to include partnerships.
Cilla is an Advisory Member of the Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession UNSW) and a Director on the Board of the Wayside Chapel. She has devoted her career to keeping her large corporate clients in check and giving a voice to those who don’t always feel heard, working towards a future where all workplaces are safe and inclusive.
Summit Themes
The 2024 Inclusion & Diversity Summit aims to bring together people who truly value diversity, equity and inclusion as an essential part of their personal and professional development. Through a unique experiential format – Learn, Think & Do! – Delegates will,
- Learn to influence, engage, and enable
- Apply fresh thinking to address systemic issues and explore concepts of power and privilege and overcoming resistance
- Walk away with practical ideas, and a plan for action to champion change in your workplace, and reinvigorate your own practice as part of your personal development
- Network with other participants, EEON forum and our partner organisations and sponsors.
What is our Learn, Think & Do! philosophy?
At EEON’s Summit we place an emphasis on ensuring our participants leave the day with concrete actions to take into their life and workplace. We do this with our philosophy of ‘Learn, Think & Do!’ where each keynote or group panel has the following elements, expertly facilitated by our MC.
LEARN — a presenter of panel will share stories, information, new ideas and current thinking.
THINK — our Conversation Leaders will lead a discussion about the preceding presentation.
DO! — participants will be encouraged to develop their personal DEI action plan.
Key to this is both the facilitation by our MC and the use of Conversation Leaders, who have been given early access to the speakers and the topics and are provided with prompts to guide the Think and Do! portions of the process.
