2019
Graduation speakers and speeches
Autumn
Kristal Kinsela-Christie
Director, Indigenous Professional Services
Ceremony: 1 May 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
Sarah Gibson
Director & Co-Founder, DesignByThem
Ceremony: 1 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Hoang Dao
Founder and CEO, Early Start
Ceremony: 2 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Kylie Walker
Chief Executive Officer, Science & Technology Australia
Ceremony: 2 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
Warwick Plunkett AM
National Director & Past National President, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Ceremony: 2 May 2019, 5:30pm - Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Associate Professor Eric Chow
Head of Health Data Management and Biostatistics Unit, Monash University
Ceremony: 3 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Science, Institute for Sustainable Futures
Biography and Speech
Emeritus Professor John Daly
Former Dean, UTS Faculty of Health
Ceremony: 3 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography
Laurie Cowled
Ceremony: 6 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography
Violet Roumeliotis
Chief Executive Officer, Settlement Services International
Ceremony: 6 May 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte
New South Wales Chief Scientist & Engineer, New South Wales Department of Industry
Ceremony: 6 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
Louise Vlatko
Co-Founder & Director, Xmirus Pty Ltd
Ceremony: 7 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Professor Sandy Middleton
Director, Nursing Research Institute, Australian Catholic University & St Vincent’s Health
Ceremony: 7 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Denise Lofts
Principal, Ulladulla High School
Ceremony: 7 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
Tanya Hosch
General Manager Inclusion and Social Policy, Australian Football League (AFL)
Ceremony: 9 May 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Robert Kelly
Former Pro-Chancellor and Member of Council, University of Technology Sydney
Ceremony: 9 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Law
Biography
Dr Ponndara Ith
Head of Bureau of Academic and Training Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences Phnom Penh
Ceremony: 9 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Dr Paul Scully-Power AM
Co-Founder, The Ripper Group
Ceremony: 10 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Peter Bailey
Principal and Director, Arup Group
Ceremony: 10 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography, Video and Speech
Edward Santow
Human Rights Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Ceremony: 13 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
John Quinn
Director GWS Giants Academy, Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS)
Ceremony: 13 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography, Video and Speech
Steven Worrall
Managing Director, Microsoft Australia
Ceremony: 13 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography, Video and Speech
Roland Slee
Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Guidewire Software
Ceremony: 14 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Andrew Simpson
Principal, Vert Designs
Ceremony: 14 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Brad Chan
Chief Executive Officer, Banna Property Group
Ceremony: 14 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
Kelly Ferguson
Cloud and Infrastructure Executive, Telstra
Ceremony: 15 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography
Melonie Bayl-Smith
Director and Principal Architect, Bijl Architecture
Ceremony: 15 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Rachel Grimes
Chief Financial Officer - Group Technology, Westpac Group
Ceremony: 15 May 2019, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Mia Garlick
Director of Policy Australia and New Zealand, Facebook
Ceremony: 16 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
Topaz Conway
Director, StartupAus and Cicada Innovations
Ceremony: 16 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
Biography, Video and Speech
Claire Madden
Director, Hello Clarity
Ceremony: 16 May 2019, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Susan Bannigan
Chief Executive Officer, Westpac Foundation and Westpac Scholars Trust
Ceremony: 17 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
Todd Greenberg
Chief Executive Officer, National Rugby League
Ceremony: 17 May 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Spring
Lyn Lewis-Smith
Chief Executive Officer, BESydney
Ceremony: 9 October 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Brooke Boney
Journalist and Today Reporter, Nine Network
Ceremony: 9 October 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science
Biography, Video and Speech
Ajay Bhatia
Managing Director Consumer Business, Carsales.com
Ceremony: 10 October 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Dr Sarah Hill
Chief Executive Officer, Greater Sydney Commission
Ceremony: 10 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Joel Willey
Deputy Project Manager, Transport for New South Wales
Ceremony: 10 October 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Elaine Henry OAM
Chair, National Breast Cancer Foundation
Ceremony: 11 October 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
Andrea Myles
Chief Executive Officer, China Australia Millennial Project
Ceremony: 11 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography, Video and Speech
Dr Larry Marshall
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Ceremony: 14 October 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Science
Biography, Video and Speech
Dr Andrew Mears
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, SwitchDin Proprietary Limited
Ceremony: 14 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography
Jost Stollmann
Former Chief Executive Officer, Tyro Payments Limited
Ceremony: 14 October 2019, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Tim Reed
Former Chief Executive Officer, MYOB
Ceremony: 15 October 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Drenka Andjelic
Managing Director, Construction Assignments Proprietary Limited
Ceremony: 15 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Professor Jane Sandall CBE
Professor of Social Science & Women’s Health, Kings College London
Ceremony: 15 October 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Health, Graduate School of Health
Biography and Speech
Richard Potok
Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Education Foundation
Ceremony: 17 October 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Law, UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Russell Taylor AM
Chair, Burbangana Group
Ceremony: 17 October 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
