Keynote Speakers for Adelaide

The keynote speakers for Adelaide 2008 have been named.  They include:

Peter Kearns: ".........Peter has had a lifetime of experience working in education and training in a range of contexts, in Australia and overseas, as a teacher, public servant, and consultant. He has worked as a consultant since 1990.

In the Australia Public Service, he held Senior Executive Service positions in the Departments of Education and Territories, and in the ACT Administration in the field of education.He was involved in this capacity in the establishment of the ACT Vocational Training Authority and the development of modern training arrangements for the Territory......."

Angus McFarland: ".......Angus McFarland is the National President of the National Union of Students. The National Union of Students represents over 600,000 university students across Australia. Angus is studying a double degree of Arts / Law at the University of Sydney. Angus was the President of the University of Sydney Students' Representative Council in 2007 and is currently the undergraduate student representative on the University of Sydney Senate (Board of Directors)........"

Klynton Wanganeen: "........Klynton Wanganeen was recently appointed the Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement and has taken leave from his position as Director of the Aboriginal Education Employment Policy Co-ordination Directorate of the South Australian Department of Further Education Employment Science and Technology (DFEEST).  Klynton also acts as a consultant to DFEEST’s, Aboriginal Policy Co-ordination and is currently the Chair of the Narungga Nations Aboriginal Corporation, Chair SA Congress of Native Title Committees and member National VET Indigenous Taskforce.

Mr Klynton Wanganeen is a descendant of the Narungga and Ngarrindjeri nations and many of you will know him as the former South Australian Zone Commissioner for ATSIC, responsible for Land, Water and Development, Economic and Social participation.

Klynton Wanganeen has a bachelor of Teaching (Adult Education), Graduate Certificate in Management; Advanced Diploma in Community Services Management and a Trade Certificate in Welding.

He has an intimate knowledge of the Aboriginal community of South Australia, and knowledge of state and national Aboriginal issues, especially through his involvement and participation on regional, state and national bodies......."

Tim Zak­: ".......Tim Zak is Executive Director of Carnegie-Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management branch in Adelaide, Australia and Co-Director of the school's Institute for Social Innovation. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Operations Management and Manufacturing at CMU's Tepper School of Business where he teaches MBA electives in Manufacturing Strategy and Supply Chain Management, and in the Executive Education program.

Prior to heading up the ISI, Tim was the CEO of the Social Innovation Accelerator, a private operating foundation originally established as a nonprofit in the fall of 2002 by the Richard K. Mellon and Charles McCune Foundations to support the development of earned-income ventures and innovative solutions to social issues by nonprofits, and to establish the Pittsburgh region as a leader in social enterprise and innovation. He sits of the boards of the Pittsburgh-based Coordinated Care Network, a globally recognized social enterprise, and the Social Enterprise Alliance, North America's leading membership organization for advocates, investors, and practitioners of nonprofit earned-income initiatives. In addition, he is on the Advisory Board of The Forbes Funds, a Pittsburgh-based foundation focused on capacity building, applied research, and leadership development in the nonprofit sector........"