ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A warm-hearted thank you to the supporters and people who have brought this conference to life.

Hosts: 
Prof. Andrew Parfitt, UTS Vice-Chancellor and President

Prof. Carl Rhodes, Dean, UTS Business School
Prof. Kathy Walsh, Associate Dean, UTS Business School

The Hon. Prof. Verity Firth AO, former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice & Inclusion), UTS
Amy Persson, Interim Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice & Inclusion), UTS

         
Conference Chair: Professor Anne Summers AO
Creative Director: Libby Blainey
Saturday Program Director: Thomas Shortridge
Conference Producer: Nicolette Hughes
Conference Coordinator: Christine Howard
Conference Photographer: Lorrie Graham

Academic stream organisers: Dr Jane Wangmann, Dr Mihajla Gavi and Dr Celina McEwen

Sponsors:

• The Hon. Jodie Harrison MP, NSW Government. Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

• Department of Social Services

• The Snow Foundation

• Commonwealth Bank

• Australian Banking Association

• Welfare Recruitment Solutions

• Ashurst Legal

• Minter Ellison

Conference steering committee:

• Maha Abdo OAM, CEO, Muslim Women Australia

• Sarah Angus, Senior Advancement Manager, UTS

• Annabelle Daniel OAM, CEO, Women’s Community Shelters

• Delia Donovan, CEO, DV NSW

• Louise Gardner, Team Manager, Operations and Members, DV NSW

• Terrianne Hughes, Aboriginal Manager, DV West

• Rowena Puertollano, Chair, Marnja Jandu Refuge, Broome

• Professor Anne Summers AO, Professor of Domestic and Family Violence

• Fiona Versey, Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Advocacy, UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion

• Professor Kathy Walsh, Associate Dean (Research and Development), UTS Business School

 
Data Arena time tunnel:

• Ben Simons, Technical Director, UTS Data Arena 

• Juliette O’Brien OAM, UTS Lecturer in Data and Entrepreneurial Journalism

• Thomas Ricciardello, Data Arena Visualisation Developer

• Dr Merri Andrew, Health Promotion & Research Officer, Women’s Centre for Health Matters

• Aman Dalal

• James Wagner

• Jonathan Weitz-Freeman

• Olivia Bui

• Georgia Robinson

• Erin Hee

• Krutika Kale

• Ava Camillos

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Jessie Street Library poster exhibition: 

• Christine Yeats, Chair, Jessie Street National Women’s Library

• Sherri Hilario, Secretary, Jessie Street National Women’s Library

• Stella McDonald, Curator and Manager, UTS Gallery and Art Collection

• National Library of Australia. 

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Oral History Project:

• Emma McNicoll – interviewer

• Sarah Gilbert, Executive Producer, Impact Studios, UTS 

• Interviewees:  Sara Dowse; Christina Gibbeson; Penny Gulliver; Alex Kaufman; Vivien Johnson; Kris Melmouth; Pamela Oldmeadow; Chris Sitka; Anne Summers

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UTS:
Rebecca Whalen, Mika Bell, Jenny Ling, Sarah Angus, Fiona Versey, Amy Grady

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Inkfield: 
In-kind website and comms support for Elsie Conference
Georgia Nielsen and Caterina Giugovaz