Members Connect In-Person Meetup – ‘Innovative models of collaboration’
Wednesday 25th September 2024, 11:30am
Google, NSWConnect with Franklin Women members at Google to explore innovative models of collaboration
We are excited to host this in-person Members Connect Meetup at Google to showcase the Australian Future Hearing Initiative – an innovative multidisciplinary initiative bringing together Google and Australian Hearing Hub members, to transform hearing health and communication.
We know that collaborative multidisciplinary projects are key to tackling some of the big health challenges our society faces. Building impactful partnerships with diverse stakeholders can bring a lot of opportunities, but also challenges.
At this event, we have brought together representatives from four partners of the Australian Future Hearing Initiative (scroll for their bios below) who will share how the vision for the initiative came to life, how they navigate the needs of different stakeholders and how this leads to innovative outcomes from their work.
This intimate gathering offers you the opportunity to:
- Hear from a diverse group of inspiring women involved an innovative model of multidisciplinary collaboration
- Participate in discussions on emerging issues and sector trends
- Connect with fellow FW members over lunch
- At the end of the event, join an optional 30-minute tour of the Google Sydney offices (from 2pm).
Members Connect Meetups are FREE for members to participate in but places are limited so you must register below.
About the Members Connect Meetup series
The Members Connect event series aims to bring together our amazing FW members to strengthen networks and provide opportunities to engage with organisations and individuals who are driving trends and leading innovative programs of work that impacts health.
We know it’s not always easy (or possible!) to attend in-person Franklin Women events due to work schedules, caring responsibilities, travel time, or because crowded event spaces aren’t for you. That’s why our Members Connect events will be hosted across Sydney, Canberra and virtually at different days and times throughout the year – and they are FREE.
Learn more and register for a future Members Connect event here.
25th Sep 2024
From 11:30am - 2:30pm
Tickets
Registration for this event closes at 23:59 on Thursday 12th September 2024.
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Our Guest Speakers
SPEAKER: Grace Chung
SPEAKER: Grace Chung
Engineering Director, Google Research Australia
Grace Chung (BE/BSc UNSW; Ph.D. Elec. Eng. Comp Sci. MIT) is Engineering Director of Google Research Australia. In her 16+ years tenure at Google, Grace has amassed extensive experience as an engineering leader, building engineering teams and delivering advances across products like ChromeOS, Chrome and Search. Prior to Google, Grace was a research scientist with expertise spanning Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing, Dialogue Systems, Information Extraction, Machine Learning and Information Retrieval. In 2022, Grace was appointed founding member and lead for Google Research Australia. Grace is passionate about fundamental research in Computer Science, the advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the benefits that this technology can bring to humanity. Grace was a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
SPEAKER: Dr Aleisha Davis
SPEAKER: Dr Aleisha Davis
SPEAKER: Professor Bamini Gopinath
SPEAKER: Professor Bamini Gopinath
Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health
Professor Bamini Gopinath is the inaugural Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health. In this role she leads the Public Health and Policy Pillar of Macquarie University Hearing. She is an epidemiologist who has been actively involved in developing and conducting numerous population health studies of vision and hearing loss. Using large population datasets, Bamini has provided novel community-based evidence on the health determinants and health outcomes associated with a sensory loss and disability.
SPEAKER: Kelly Miles
SPEAKER: Kelly Miles
Research fellow, Macquarie University
Kelly leads the interactive communication section of ECHO Lab at Macquarie University, where she leverages her extensive background in speech, hearing and cognitive science to address critical aspects of listening and communication. Her research program is deeply rooted in examining the dynamics of human behaviour when communication is compromised by hearing loss and/or background noise. Miles is dedicated to pioneering solutions to aid communication loss, focusing on developing new techniques and the development of new sensor technologies that intersect with hearing devices. This approach not only addresses immediate issues but also sets a foundation for future advancements in the field.