RACGP Canberra Launch
Virginia to host the Canberra launch of the RACGP at the National Press Club
The Canberra Day Oration
Virginia will deliver the annual Canberra Day Oration, hosted by the Canberra Historical Society at the National Library of Australia. Her theme for the Oration is “Canberra – a grand social experiment”. National Library of Australia
Festival Muse: ‘Bipartisan’: Celebrity Couple in Conversation and Under Interrogation!
Virginia joins husband Mark Kenny, Chief Political Correspondent, Fairfax in conversation with Allan Behm, about life, love and the perils of two journalists living under the one roof! Muse Bookstore Kingston, Canberra.
Department of Defence, Women Speaker’s Series
Sydney
Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, International Women’s Day
PM&C, Barton, Canberra Click ‘View Website’ below to watch an edited highlight of Virginia’s speech
Launch of “BroadAgenda” & International Women’s Day Celebration at the University of Canberra
A celebration of IWD and the launch of BroadAgenda – A bold new blog for broads, blokes, brawn and brain! A gender equality initiative brought to you by the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, at the University of Canberra.
ACT Women of the Year 2017
Canberra
All About Women at the Canberra Theatre… Panel discussion ‘Pussy Parade: when a March becomes a Movement’
Each year the All About Women festival at the Sydney Opera House attracts an audience of several thousand, and this year the event will be screened via live satellite to the Canberra Theatre, where Virginia will host the capital’s contribution to this festival of feminist ideas, with a star line-up of panelists and speakers. Canberra Theatre.
AICD Inaugural Chair’s Mentoring Program Alumni Dinner
Virginia will join AICD Keynote speaker, the Hon Kim Beazley, former Ambassador to the United States, for a “fireside chat” about women, politics, ‘pussy’ marches, and President Trump. And with timely focus, they’ll also chat about the ASX gender target of at least 30% ASX 200 companies directorships being held by women by 2018.
Canberra Conversations Series: Women – The Face of ACT Politics
Join Virginia in conversation with four of Canberra’s new women MLA’s about life in politics… and what difference ‘gender difference’ makes. Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Civic, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Australian National Development Index Roundtable (ANDI), Hosted by the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)
University of Melbourne
Destination Canberra Conference 2017
Hosted by VisitCanberra, the Destination Conference will celebrate and promote Canberra as the “coolest capital city” in the nation, with a two day program of keynote speakers and workshop events. Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
Department of Environment and Energy, Gender Equity Network
Virginia will be guest speaker at the Gender Equity Network’s inaugural event, designed to cultivate discussion around equity issues that intersect with gender and gender identities. Parkes, Canberra
Colleges Conference 2017: Innovations in Teaching
University of Canberra
