Premier’s Women’s Summit
2009 Premier’s Women’s Summit - Women’s Leadership in the Workplace
On 8 September 2009 more than 200 representatives from, business, community and government organisations gathered in Melbourne for the Premier’s Women’s Summit, which focused on Women’s Leadership in the Workplace.
The purpose of this year’s Summit was to examine the benefit to organisations when women participate in leadership and to explore high level strategies which can ensure that the workplace provides the opportunity for women’s leadership.
The Minister for Women’s Affairs, Maxine Morand opened the summit introducing the keynote speaker,
The Premier John Brumby launched the Women’s Leadership Grants which provides funding of up to $20,000 each to women’s organisations and groups for projects and activities that develop capacity and increase opportunities for women to participate in leadership roles. The closing date for applications is the 30 November 2009.
The Summit included a panel discussion that explored organisational strategies to overcome the barriers, as well as presentations from leading academics and thinkers on the topic. The panel was made up of the following members:
Margaret Dreyer, Director Inspiring Women Project, Deloitte. Margaret Dryer's presentation (PPS 1053 kb) or (Word 39 kb).
Geoff Allen AM – Chair, Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
Kate Palmer, CEO, Netball Australia.
Helen Silver, Secretary, Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Steve Knott – Chief Executive, Australian Mines & Metals Association. Steve Knott's presentation (PPS 1111 kb) or (Word 38 kb).
Helen Szoke, CEO, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.
Vox pop videos were shown featuring the achievements of the following organisations:
Deloitte | Maddocks | Building Commission |
Case studies of best practice were presented by:
Dr Marianne Broadbent, EWKP Recruitment. Marianne Broadbent's presentation (PPS 589 kb) or (Word 49 kb)
Hillary Crowe, General Manager People & Culture, Business Banking NAB.
Liana Downey, Associate Principal, Mckinsey and Company. Liana Downey's presentation (PPS 933 kb) or (Word 113 kb)
Séamus Power, CEO, Autoliv. Séamus Power's presentation (PPS 168 kb) or (Word 43 kb).
Read bios of the speakers (Word 421 kb).
Read the information sheets from the summit
Women’s Participation in Employment (PDF 55 kb) or (Word 295 kb)
Women’s Leadership in the Workplace (PDF 61 kb) or (Word 57 kb)
Women and Pay Equity (PDF 60 kb) or (Word 56 kb)
Women’s Participation and Leadership in the Workplace (PDF 64 kb) or (Word 57 kb)
Previous Summits
Since 2000 the Premier has hosted a Summit each year as part of the Government’s commitment to a continuous conversation with women. Summit themes focus on emerging issues for women.
The Summits provide excellent networking opportunities, with past attendees stating their main reasons for attending as “being able to voice my views to Government” and “networking”.
Each year a Summit Outcomes report is produced to provide a summary of the issues raised and the creative solutions that were proposed at the summit. Read the reports:
2008 Summit: Women and Money (PDF 860 kb) or (Word 109 kb)
2007 Summit: Women into Work (PDF 883 kb) or (Word 497 kb)
2006 Summit: Respecting Diversity - Harmony in Practice (PDF 1,579kb)
2005 Summit: Ageing with Financial Security (PDF 865kb)
2004 Summit: Women and Work 2025 (PDF 274kb)
2003 Summit: Unearthing the Foundations (PDF 291kb)
2002 Summit: Women, Work and Family - The Other Triple Bottom Line (PDF 52kb)
2001 Summit: Supporting Women as Community Leaders (PDF 56kb)
2000 Inaugural Summit: Growing the Whole of the State: Issues for Rural and Regional Women (PDF 833kb)
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