Inspiration, aspiration and motivation

22 August

The sixth and final event of the inspiring women STEM sidebyside was held on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 and began with the Leading the Way, Stamina and Empowering You streams engaging in a workshop on Mastering Video to Excel your Career delivered by Amanda Selleck, Transdev. Covering the topics - Building your brand using video, Mastering videoing interviews and tips for success and to understand how an interview is conducted within an Assessment Centre (Empowering You stream only).

The evening concluded with a special presentation by emerging STEM leader Krystal De Napoli - discussing her journey into STEM, the difficulties she experienced as an Indigenous and STEM woman and her work in astrophysics and astronomy.

She was followed by an address by Baroness Kate Rock - elaborating on her life in politics and what it took for her to succeed.

After which a keynote presentation was delivered by trailblazer General Manager Anne Belcher - discussing her career pathway and lessons she learned along the way, her role at GSK and GSK's role in developing talent and supporting women leaders. 

All this coming together for networking over some refreshments with key STEM industry members and representatives who have supported the program for the past 8-months. 

In addition, the founding partners were provided an opportunity by Illumina, financial supporters of the program, to present a bracelet as part of their Illumina Women in Genomics Bracelet Program. The bracelet is an elegant, visible token of appreciation, presented to a woman for a noteworthy contribution in the scientific and/or medical fields, distinguished leadership, and a devotion to mentoring or teaching. This bracelet was presented to Krystal De Napoli as a young and emerging leader in STEM.

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updates and conversations

Julia L Page | @JuliaLPage 

So important to recognise incredible ‪ #inspiring-women and our future leaders ‪@veskiorg ‪@Vic_LeadSci

 

Governor of Victoria | @VicGovernor

A pleasure to present the inaugural inspiring women fellowships - congratulations to all recipients @veskiorg

 

About the program

The inspiring women STEM sidebyside program is an initiative to support women in the STEM industries that is led by veski and Monash University with the support of the British Consulate General Melbourne. This dynamic program is designed to empower women at different career stages with the skills, networks and mindset to develop and achieve their career goals within STEM industries.

 

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