Date: Friday 8 March 2024 Time: (11.30am Registration) 12.00pm - 2.30pm

Location: The Sebel Brisbane - Corner Albert and Charlotte Street Brisbane QLD 4000

Room: Albert 2 & Boardroom

Parking: Reduced car parking rate of $19.00 per car for day attendees (overnight parking is $28.00) per day

Format: Luncheon with guest speaker panelists

FMA QLD Branch Committee invites you to celebrate International Women's Day 2024 on Friday 8 March. 

The theme for 2024 is "Count Her in: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress"

When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world. And when women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment. At this event we will celebrate women's achievement and by raising awareness about discrimination and taking action to drive gender parity. IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere.

This luncheon event will provide you with an opportunity to network and connect with likeminded others and Q & A's session to celebrate this annual event. 

GUEST SPEAKER PANEL

CLAIRE BIRD

An indoor air quality and microbiology scientist and Industry advocate

A committed and driven Scientist and business owner delivering healthier buildings through a commercial and academic laboratory management, training, and consulting background. Dedicated to delivery of established and cutting edge products, processes and services through the LITMAS laboratory. An advocate volunteering as a subject matter expert and as a point of liaison across a speciality and geographically diverse range of indoor air quality (IAQ) focused National and International professional bodies and organisations.

Her mission is to protect building occupants from Chemical and Microbiological contaminants and to raise the profile of IAQ in the industry and regulatory sectors. Focused on helping global collaborators develop industry-driven relevant and up to date Standards that don't lag years behind scientific knowledge for critical applications.

Amanda Attard - Haben National Operations Manager

Amanda has had an extensive career in operations within the retail property industry having worked across various national accounts with JLL, AMP Capital where Amanda was Operations Manager for Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast for over five years which is one of Australia’s largest shopping centres before moving
into a Divisional Operations Manager role overseeing the retail shopping centre portfolio for Queensland, Victoria and New Zealand.

Currently working as the National Operations Manager for Haben, Haben is a privately owned funds and property management business that specialises in unlocking value from retail shopping centres with 12 assets currently located across the East coast of Australia. She is responsible for Haben’s Shopping Centre Operations, Compliance, ESG Strategy, National Procurement, Capital Works, and Tenancy Design & Delivery.
Amanda is passionate about leading innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability within the property industry. Amanda was recognised by the Property Council of Australia, in 2019 winning the QLD Inaugural Emerging Retail Property Professional of the Year Award.

Kathy McLeish - Director WMA

Kathy McLeish is inaugural Co-Chair of Women in Media Australia and now board director. She’s helped oversee its growth to become a national not-for-profit organisation with more than 6000 members that delivers a suite of programs aimed at increasing gender equality including mentoring, networking, research, scholarships, grants and a national conference.  

She’s also Supervising Producer of the ABC top-rating TV program ‘Back Roads’. Over the years, as a senior journalist and producer with the ABC she’s reported and produced for 7.30 Qld, Australian Story, 7.30, Landline, TV and radio News and current affairs and covered assignments ranging from the Nauru detention centre riots, the last Mentoring Taskforce handover in Afghanistan and Queensland’s major natural disasters and won a range of significant awards for her work.

Amanda Acutt

BA (Hons) LLB (Hons) PhD

Amanda is an experienced policy practitioner and analyst in the Queensland Public Service. She works with her team to improve outcomes for young people and communities in a fair and balanced youth justice system, through leading legislation, strategy and policy direction.

Blind since birth, Amanda is an avid reader with a thirst for knowledge and love of learning. The privilege of a braille-based education has been, and continues to be, fundamental to Amanda’s personal and academic achievements. Amanda holds undergraduate degrees in law and criminology, and was awarded a PhD in Criminology in 2018

Paul Gilmore

A.G.Coombs Executive Manager Group Business Development

Paul from A.G.Coombs is welcomed MC and industry specialist on our panel for this event.

He has held various senior executive management roles in private and public (ASX100) companies and has led the development of innovative facilities management and maintenance delivery models which have driven higher quality service outcomes, efficiencies and reduced ongoing costs.

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