Guest Speakers
March 2010 Guest Speaker: Mark Lister
Mark is The Interim CEO for the Australian Alliance to Save Energy and Group Manager Corporate Affairs Szencorp. More about Mark
February 2010 Guest Speaker: Brendan Condon
Brendan is the director of four companies working in the sustainability field. These include Australian Ecosystems, Cape Paterson Ecovillage, Safe Climate Australia and Climate Positive. More about Brendan.
December 2009 Guest Speaker: Dan Atkins
Managing Director of Shaper Group, Dan Atkins
November 2009 Guest Speaker: Kate Auty
Dr Kate Auty, Victoria’s newly appointed Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability.
October 2009 Guest Speaker: Philip Wollen
Philip Wollen former merchant banker and one of Australia's most head hunted executives is "giving it all away". More about Philip
September 2009 Guest Speaker: Jan Owen AM
Jan is the Executive Director of Social Ventures Australia (SVA). More about Jan
August 2009 Guest Speaker: Steve Sammartino
Steve is the Founding General Manager of Rentoid.
More about Steve
July 2009 Guest Speaker: Scott McDougall
Scott is the President of TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc.
More about Scott.
June 2009 Guest Speaker: Monique Conheady
Monique is a co-founder of Flexicar and the company’s CEO.
More about Monique
May 2009 Guest Speaker: Marcus Godinho
Marcus is the Chief Executive Officer FareShare.
More about Marcus. Download the MP3 of his talk (17MB)
April 2009 Guest Speaker: Larry Quick
Larry is the Resilient Futures Network global practice leader and is involved in projects in Australia (e.g. the Future Fuels Network), and in the U.S.A. reinventing Stamford CT, and Resilient Communities U.S.A.
More about Larry.
March 2009 Guest Speaker: Andy Baker
Andy is co-author of the Living LOHAS in Australia report series and co-founder of strategic consultancy Mobium Group. Mobium Group provides market insights to business about issues of sustainability, technology, health and well-being. Andy is a strategic planning specialist with ten years experience in corporate, analytical and consulting roles across financial services, energy, technology, health, agribusiness and other sectors. View the Mobium Group website.
February 2009 Guest Speaker: Dan Atkins
Dan is the co-founder and Director of Business Shaper and has extensive international and domestic experience with corporate and government sectors in Asia, Europe and Australia. Starting his career as a chartered accountant, Dan specialised in understanding the financial implication of sustainability aspects and incorporating sustainability considerations into business strategy and corporate reporting. More about Dan Download the MP3 of his talk (12MB)
November 2008 Guest Speaker: Fiona Poletti
Fiona Poletti is married to journalist Stephen Lunn and has three young boys Tom, Jack and Oliver. After leaving Loreto in 1982, Fiona went on to complete a degree in Economics and Politics at Monash University and later a Post Graduate Diploma in Communications. She worked as a senior policy adviser to the former Federal Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts , Richard Alston, advising him on all matters related to broadcasting and print media and the arts for eight years. More about Fiona
October 2008 Guest Speaker: Larissa Brown
Larissa Brown is the 2008 Australian Young Environmentalist of the Year. She is the founder and executive director of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, a non profit organisation dedicated to supporting Australians to make their communities, workplaces and sectors more sustainable. She is the recipient of the 2006 British Council award for Communicating Climate Change and the 2006 Brian Robinson Fellowship. More about Larissa
September 2008 Guest Speaker: Eric Bottomley
Eric Bottomley has taught geography, economics and environmental science in schools for 20 years, and was coordinator of CERES Education for 13 years before transferring in 2003 to his new role of Team Leader- CERES Sustainability Projects. More about Eric
August 2008 Guest Speaker: Nick Palousis
Nick Palousis is an Associate for Sustainable Business Practices, and holds positions as the University of South Australia’s inaugural Southcott Scholar, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. More about Nick
July Guest 2008 Speaker: Arron Wood
2007 Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year Award winner Arron Wood has already achieved more than many of us would in a lifetime and his commitment to mainstream environmental sustainability has seen him advise the Australian Government, work closely with State and Territory Governments across Australia and New Zealand, mobilise the Australian school community and build links between the corporate world and the community sector. More about Arron
June Guest 2008 Speaker: Craig Lapsley
Craig Lapsley has enjoyed an impressive career in the Emergency Management sector for over 25 years. The majority of the 25 years has been as an employee of the Country Fire Authority (CFA), and has served as a volunteer firefghter prior to that. With CFA, Craig has worked in most parts of Victoria which has resulted in his involvement in Operations, Community Safety, Regional Management and Planning roles and finished his employment with CFA in August 2007 as Deputy Chief Officer.
