Women in Leadership Breakfast
Get ready to be inspired and empowered at the 2023 Women in Leadership Breakfast at the RANZCR ASM and due to popular demand now with an extended time slot.
The event follows the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion and is open to all members.
Date:
Friday 20th October
Times:
Breakfast: 7:00am – 8:15am
RSVP required – limited places
Reserve your place for Breakfast
Session: 8:30am – 10am
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Join us for a morning of brilliance as we hear from our keynote speakers Silvia Damiano, Scientist, Founder and CEO of About my Brain Institute and A/Prof Catherine McDougall, Chief Health Officer Clinical Excellence Queensland. The session then continues with Prof Liz Kenny AO providing an update on the College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and also exploring College membership data, the current College landscape and identifying areas for improvement.
To finish the morning we bring together a panel of extraordinary women in leadership who have overcome challenges and achieved remarkable success in their respective fields.
Panel Members:
Prof Liz Kenny AO – Senior Radiation Oncologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Silvia Damiano – Scientist, Founder and CEO, About my Brain Institute
A/Prof Catherine McDougall – Chief Health Officer Clinical Excellence Queensland
Dr Marie Burke – Chief Medical Officer, GenesisCare
Ms Yvonne Warner – RANZCR Board Member
Dr Annika Cruickshank – Clinical Radiology Trainee
Dr Tracy Lim – Radiation Oncology Trainee
As the event unfolds, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals who are equally passionate about championing women in leadership. Engage in meaningful conversations, share your own experiences, and forge valuable connections that will support you on your own leadership journey.
Meet our Keynote Speakers
Silvia Damiano
Silvia Damiano is a scientist, educator, author, speaker, coach, entrepreneur, award-winning leadership specialist and filmmaker.
Silvia’s scientific background and curiosity about the human brain led her to a decade long journey of research into optimal brain functioning and the application of neuroscience in leadership and daily life. Her past and current roles have uniquely prepared her for the current undertaking, that of leadership activist & change agent.
Silvia Damiano founded the About my Brain Institute in 2009, with the purpose of democratising leadership & neuroscience. She has a passionately held belief, that leaders in our 21st century global economy and their organisations must radically change long-held ideas of what constitutes effective leadership.
Silvia has worked in different countries, across many industries, helping teams and organisations improve business performance. Silvia’s clients have described her as a passionate, dynamic, a highly experienced speaker and master facilitator on the topics of Personal Leadership, Women’s Leadership, Culture Change, Neuroleadership & Engagement.
Catherine McDougall
Dr Catherine McDougall is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with fellowships in arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty and is the current Clinical Director of Surgery at Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), Metro North Hospital and Health Services. Her clinical research interests include hip and knee arthroplasty, patient optimisation and infection prevention and orthogeriatrics and she supports the embedding of research into everyday clinical practice. Dr McDougall has a strong interest in quality improvement in health care and is the Clinical Lead of the “Getting it Right the First Time (GIRFT) program in Orthopaedics in Qld – a program focusing on high value care and decreasing unwarranted variation.
