Speakers Program

About The Conversation by Misha Ketchell, Editor

Misha has been a journalist for over 20 years. He sees democracy as we know it to be in crisis. This is particularly because of the astonishing decline in our trust in the media.

Maree Rebach 2019 award recipient 

Kate Louise Cherry- MS Ambassador

Dr. Kerry Bennett- CEO Graduate House, "THe redevelopment plan for Graduate House" 

CARLTON ROTARY BULLETIN OF 20 AUGUST 2019

Over a working lunch, Club Directors of four areas of service provided members with an update of their programs.

Monday 7th October 2019- 6.00Pm arrival for a 7.00PM

Graduate House- 220 Leicester St, Carlton

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Cost $30.00 for Rotarians (+Partners), $35.00 for General Public

Rotarian Action Group for Multiple Sclerosis Awareness (RAGMSA):

Michael Bula, President- Melbourne French Theatre, "Bastile Day Recognition" 

Our speaker was Hugh Bucknall, Melbourne Rotary Club. Hugh gave a very lively talk about the forthcoming Australian Rotary Centenary celebration in 2021 and the big success story of attracting the International Convention in 2023 (May 27 -31) over stiff competition from London.

David Gorman "Rotary-are we making a difference" 

Usha is a senior academic at the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT. She has worked in architectural practices in India, Canada and Australia. Her expertise in this area has extended to her work in encompassing sustainability in issues related to building and its connection with the built environment. A direct outcome of Usha’s influence from her work with triple involves bringing practical knowledge of energy, efficiency and conservation to triple bottom line sustainability in the buildings and the built environment.

One of Usha’s major strengths lies research. Her interests include Policy and Regulation, Built Environment Design/Form, Heritage Issues and Smart Cities. Usha has promoted her work in a number of key forms. For example, Information Technology, Conference Presentations, Seminars etc, all of which have involved students both from Australia and overseas tertiary institutions, including India, Canada and Asia.

Usa’s présentation was comprehensive, professional, engaging and was received extremely well by Rotarians and guests.

David Shrimpton & Carl Jones "ABCD" 

Rotary Foundation

"Financial Counsellors- online gambling"

Casey Tan- "The Lucky Country Kid"

Hannah Rundell will tell us more about her Music Scholarship to the USA and also a performance.

Toby Rowe Australian Unity’s Rathdowne Place

His informative presentation outlined the history of Australian Unity (formerly Manchester Unity) and their current involvement health care in Retirement Villages.

Marie Quirke-GM Marketing and Fundraising 

Marie did all her secondary and tertiary education in Ireland ( University of Limerick and University College-Cork ) and came to Australia in 2012 and has been working with the RFDS-Victoria ever since; gradually moving up the ranks until she was promoted to the General Manager's role in January 2019. 

A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP EVENT

Guest Speaker: Ian Riseley OAM,

President of Rotary International 2017-2018, Trustee of The Rotary Foundation 2019-2023. Introduced by Keith Ryall (District 9800 Governor 2011-2012; Rotary Club of Carlton).

THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM: HOW CAN I MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

Dean Phelan who spoke about leadership was introduced by Keith Ryall. They both worked at the consulting firm of Adessi.

Update on Cancer research at Peter Mac

“The Teacher Challenge/Education”

Fiona Darling-City of Melbourne