Welcome Acknowledgement of Country

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Pitcher Partners Sponsor Address

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Julia has unique leadership experience spanning a career in law, the corporate business world and as a Member of the Federal Parliament of Australia. Julia will draw on her extensive experience to talk about workplace culture, gender bias, and the role of trust and values of doing the right thing in authentic leadership.

As we transition from traditional to new ways of working and with crises becoming business as usual, how do workplaces continue to protect and proactively manage psychosocial safety of staff.

We will talk to industry experts and external specialists as our panelists share their insights into the issues impacting our staff from a range of perspectives and how we might address them.

Facilitator: Sarah Patrick, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Pitcher Partners

Davidson - Gold Sponsor

The VicWater Safety Executive Group will discuss their approach to safety and wellbeing across the Victorian water sector.

What does Inclusion & Diversity mean for the water sector? Where have we come from and where are we going? Deb Fankhauser, chair of the VicWater Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee talks us through the Victorian water sector's Inclusion & Diversity strategy.

Pitcher Partners share their journey of defining their employee value proposition and look at the synergies between the water sector and external industries as we all strive to increase staff retention and attract new talent.

With increasing uncertainty and rapid change occurring globally what will the future leaders of the water sector look like?

Facilitator: Tony Matthews, Principal, InSync

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