The 15th Women, Management and Employment Relations Conference on equal employment and workplace culture will be held in Sydney on 24–25 July 2003. This high profile conference provides an annual audit of the key issues confronting women in the workplace.
Themes of the 2003 Conference include the following.
- Diversity
- Leadership
- Advancing workplace culture.
All conference sessions are of interest to women. As well as the traditional topics, such as Women and Work: Key Issues; Women in Leadership; and the EOWA Census Findings, the following three new topics will be introduced this year.
- Indigenous Women and the Australian Workplace – Removing Barriers
- Older Workers – Tackling the Stereotypes
- Women in Hard Hats – Career Challenges in the Fire Brigade and Oil Industry.
Leading Speakers include Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions; Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Pru Goward; Clare Martin, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Parliament; Dr Kerryn Phelps, President, Australian Medical Association; Elizabeth Proust, Managing Director, Esanda; Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group; and Professor Graeme Russell, Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University. The dinner address will be by Julie McCrossin, Co Presenter of Life Matters on ABC Radio National. She is best known for her role in Good News Week on ABC TV and Network Ten.
For further information contact Pam Morpeth on (02) 9850 8985, email pam.morpeth@efs.mq.edu.au or visit www.gsm.mq.edu/EESPEC
