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Saturday 13th June 2009
Professor Graeme Davison
Graeme Davison has taught at the University of Melbourne, Harvard University, where he was Visiting professor of Australian Studies, and at Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of the Humanities and an adjunct professor in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. His main interest is in the history of cities in Australia, Britain and the United States. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne, The Unforgiving Minute: How Australia Learned to Tell the Time and Car Wars: How The Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered our Cities and an editor of Australians 1888 and the Oxford Companion to Australian History. He has been active as an advisor to heritage bodies, museums and in other fields of public history where his publications include A Heritage Handbook and The Use and Abuse of Australian History. His current projects include a collaborative history of the Powerhouse Museum and a history of suburban Australia.Professor Davison will speak on life and issues in 21st Century Melbourne and environs and the relevance of the role of civil celebrant in this context. Whilst Melbourne will be his focus, Graeme's insights will have a much broader application.
Sunday 14th June 2009
Jane Clifton
Jane Clifton is in high demand as a presenter. She is very well qualified to speak on the portability of skills as she has developed several careers in the areas of performance and writing, including a career in celebrancy. As is probably abundantly clear, Jane understands the power of networking in identifying opportunities and the benefits of a proactive approach in developing them.