2018
Graduation speakers and speeches
Autumn
Danny Lester
Deputy Ombudsman, Aboriginal Programs, NSW Ombudsman
Ceremony: 1 May 2018, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Catherine Breen Kamkong
Representative ad Interim, Cambodia Country Office, United Nations Population Fund
Ceremony: 1 May 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Adrian Appo OAM
Executive Director, First Australians Capital
Ceremony: 1 May 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
Garry Browne AM
Executive Chairman, Stuart Alexander & Co
Ceremony: 2 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography
Laura Berry
Chief Executive Officer, Supply Nation
Ceremony: 2 May 2018, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Caroline Rockett
General Manager- IT Delivery, TAL Life
Ceremony: 2 May 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography, Video and Speech
Dr Christobel Ferguson
Director, Planning & Policy, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Ceremony: 3 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Jennifer Westacott
Chief Executive Officer, Business Council of Australia
Ceremony: 3 May 2018, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
Professor Robert Gordon Whittaker AM FRSN FAIB
Chair, National Building Professionals Register
Ceremony: 3 May 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Zareh Nalbandian
Chief Executive Officer, Animal Logic
Ceremony: 4 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography, Video and Speech
Brian Zulaikha
Director, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Ceremony: 4 May 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Dr Alex Zelinsky AO
Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence
Ceremony: 7 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Science, Faculty of Health
Biography
George Savvides
Former Managing Director, Medibank Private
Ceremony: 7 May 2018, 2:00pm - Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Caro Meldrum-Hanna
Journalist, ABC TV
Ceremony: 7 May 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography
Professor Peter Ralph
Executive Director, Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney
Ceremony: 8 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
Associate Professor Beth Kotze
Executive Director of Mental Health Services, Western Sydney Local Health District
Ceremony: 8 May 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Dr Ray Owen
Chief Technology Officer, National Broadband Network (NBN)
Ceremony: 8 May 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward
Chief Executive Officer, Australian College of Nursing
Ceremony: 10 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Cristina Cifuentes
Commissioner, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Ceremony: 10 May 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Law, Faculty of Health
Biography
Paul Thorley
Director and Head of Partnership Strategy, Greenwich Capital Partners
Ceremony: 10 May 2018, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
Craig Roy
Deputy Chief Executive, Commonwealth Science, Industry & Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Ceremony: 11 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Science, Institute for Sustainable Futures
Biography and Speech
David Thodey AO
Chair, Commonwealth Science, Industry & Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Ceremony: 11 May 2018, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Hamish Cameron OAM
Chief Executive, Chief Entertainment Pty Limited
Ceremony: 14 May 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
Aidan Sarsfield
Head of Production Technology, Animal Logic
Ceremony: 14 May 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Jon Hutchison AM
Chairman, Tasman Cargo Airlines
Ceremony: 14 May 2018, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Ana Maria Escobar
General Manager - Brand & Creative, Big W
Ceremony: 15 May 2018, 10:30am- Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
Om Dhungel
Director, Om Dhungel Consulting
Ceremony: 15 May 2018, 2:00pm- UTS Business School, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
Spring
Professor David Currow
Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Institute New South Wales
Ceremony: 8 October 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Health, Graduate School of Health
Biography
Dr Edward Humphries
Director, Applied Materials Technology Group, Weir Minerals
Ceremony: 8 October 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Stan Grant
Chief Asia Correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ceremony: 9 October 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Arts of Social Sciences
Biography, Video and Speech
Frank Howarth PSM
Chief Executive Officer, Frank Howarth & Associates Pty Ltd
Ceremony: 9 October 2018, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Scott Olsen
Executive General Manager NSW/ACT, John Holland Group
Ceremony: 9 October 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Max York
Former Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Australia
Ceremony: 11 October 2018, 10:30am - UTS Business School, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Emeritus Professor Vicki Sara AO
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Technology Sydney
Ceremony: 11 October 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Science, Institute for Sustainable Futures
Biography
The Hon Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace
Judge of the Appeals Division, Family Court of Australia
Ceremony: 11 October 2018, 5:30pm - Faculty of Law
Biography, Video and Speech
Dianne Hill
Director, Sector Research Pty. Ltd
Ceremony: 12 October 2018, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Julian Doyle
State Director (NSW), Icon Co Pty. Ltd
Ceremony: 12 October 2018, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
Biography and Speech
Rob Castaneda
Chief Executive Officer, ServiceRocket
Ceremony: 15 October 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
Kim McKay AO
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Australian Museum
Ceremony: 15 October 2018, 2:00pm- UTS Business School, Faculty of Arts Social Sciences
Biography
Kerrie Mather
Former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Sydney Airport
Ceremony: 15 October 2018, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography
Dr Tony Smithyman
Founder and Managing Director, Cellabs Pty Ltd
Ceremony: 16 October 2018, 10:30am - Faculty of Science, Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
Dean McEvoy
Director & Co Founder, TechSydney
Ceremony: 16 October 2018, 2:00pm - UTS Business School, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
