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)
Amy Persson, Interim Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice & Inclusion)

         
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 Gavin, 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

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