The Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Australia Indonesia Business Council Young Professionals, would like to invite you to join us for a panel discussion exploring how young professionals from all backgrounds can use innovation and entrepreneurialism to make a positive impact in the global community. This event is proudly sponsored by Gilbert + Tobin.
Speakers include:
We hope you can join us. Light refreshments will be served. Seats are limited, so please register below.
When: 6.00pm, Wednesday 15 November 2017
Where: Conference Room 2 Ground Floor Brookfield Tower 2 123 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000
CONTACT
AIIA E ypnwa@internationalaffairs.org.au
AIBC E jscott@gtlaw.com.au
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Alicia Curtis
Alicia established her leadership education business, Alyceum as a 19 year old and, 15 years on, is well known for her ability to design and facilitate award winning leadership and board diversity programs, conferences and social change campaigns. She has a Masters in Business Leadership and is the co-author of the book Difference Makers: A Leader’s Guide to Championing Diversity on Boards. She has been recognised nationally in the Westpac & Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence List in 2014 and as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow in 2017. She was also awarded the BPW International, Power to Make a Difference Award for implementing an international personal development program called Keys to Achievement.
Alicia has been a life long innovator and entrepreneur from co-founding her own children’s conference when she was 12 years old to running as an independent candidate for the Federal Senate when she was 21 to establishing one of the first large-scale women’s giving circles in Australia called 100 Women which has fundraised nearly $400,000 and awarded grants to nine projects supporting women and girls in four countries globally.
Jeffrey Effendi
Jeffrey is a social entrepreneur using the power of human-centred stories to deepen empathy and spark positive change in the world. As the founder of DrawHistory, a social impact brand agency, he has helped over 100 purpose-driven initiatives tell their stories by designing social brands and campaigns that rally people and funding to important causes.
In fostering further open conversations, Jeffrey also leads the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community in Perth and advises The Humanitarian Group to bring light to challenges such as the gender gap and global refugee crisis. He was previously UNICEF Australia’s Youth Ambassador, is a Fellow of the HIVE Global Leaders Program, and has been a Guest Lecturer at The University of Western Australia’s MBA Marketing program on Storytelling for Change.
Mark Stickells
Mark is the Director of Business Development and Innovation at The University of Western Australia, leading the development and stewardship of university partnerships with industry, the not-for profit sector, governments and communities.
Mark is an experienced executive and company director with more than 20 years’ experience working in joint ventures, R&D and collaborative industry research programs. He has expertise and passion for energy and resource sector innovation and former roles include Director of UWA’s Energy and Minerals Institute and Chief Executive of the WA Energy Research Alliance.
Mark has extensive national and international industry and innovation networks and is a highly effective communicator with a deep commitment to diversity, inclusion and innovation. Mark is a Board member or advisor to several UWA ventures and in 2017 was appointed an adjunct Senior Fellow of the Perth USAsia Centre. Mark is a strong advocate for Perth’s role as a regional energy city and innovation hub.
Stephanie Arrowsmith
Stephanie is co-founder of Impact Hub Jakarta, a coworking space and innovation hub for purpose-driven startups in Indonesia’s capital city and founding partner at VSStory, a communications agency focused on crafting and sharing powerful stories of visionary companies. She is also the curator of the first ASEAN Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, fostering collaboration among countries and sectors towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals and building a stronger ecosystem of support in Southeast Asia.
Previously with The Global Poverty Project and GlobalCitizen.org Stephanie has a background in international development policy, advocacy and digital platforms for civil society engagement. She also led the growth of global partnerships at StartSomeGood.com - a crowdfunding platform for social change, including helping launch over 150 campaigns and delivering workshops around the region.
As an ecosystem builder and community leader, she has been active in the dialogue around support for social enterprises in the ASEAN region and is passionate about enabling an environment where entrepreneurs can be a catalyst for social change and development. She is currently co-leading regional engagement and program delivery of Frontier Innovators - an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s innovationXchange - a search for innovative businesses in the Asia-Pacific that are delivering impact through their work.
Born in Indonesia and raised in Australia - Stephanie is a global citizen and happiest with her backpack on, exploring new places and turning strangers into friends. Her experience in social entrepreneurship, policy, fundraising and advocacy has taken her to over 35 countries, including living in Australia.
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