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2018: Thirteen inspirational speakers with big ideas
Chair's summary of Rotary Forum 2018 speakers' presentations
Michael Fowler Centre, 23 August 2018.
Impossible Dreams for Wellington: city and the region.
‘Impossible Dreams’ followed the highly successful Rotary Forum 2017: Achieving the Impossible Dream for Wellington: the city and the region.
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See the Programme and roster of Speakers here
Presented by the Rotary Club of Wellington in partnership
with Victoria University of Wellington - Centre for Lifelong Learning.
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2018 Speakers
Georgina Beyer
The world’s first openly transsexual Member of Parliament and Mayor
Trailblazer, courage, diverse
A Wellington region where the future will be valued through combined power, dispatching parochialism.
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Dr Michelle Dickinson
Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Nanogirl Labs, manager of STEM outreach programs across five countries in five different languages
Breaker of stereotypes
When we think of cities, we think about buildings and infrastructure, but the heart of a city it it's people. What if Wellington could create the city with the strongest heart beat, powered not by bureaucrats but by the people who know it best?
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Susan Freeman-Greene
Chief Executive of Engineering New Zealand (formerly IPENZ)
Resilient, adaptable and curious
Imagine a world where engineering and the arts are inextricably mingled, unleashing our imaginations and igniting innovation. What would Wellington look like if we fired up our creative capital with a spectacular mash up of engineering, science and the arts?
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Eric Janssen
Editor, The Dominion Post, Stuff, Neighbourly
Skydiver with vertigo
MJGA - Make Journalism Great Again. Why fake news needs to be trumped.
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Nick Morrison
Director and Founder of Go Well Consulting, Co founder of "Bags Not" plastic-free campaign to solve plastic pollution in NZ
Passionate, curious, kind
Imagine a city with no waste and perfectly clean streets. Imagine a city that feeds itself on an abundance of cheap organic produce, grown in the city. And imagine a city with healthy, connected, communities free of diet-related illnesses living in harmony with the natural world.
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Nick Kapica
Design Lead at Wellington City Council, Co-chair of the The Wellington Chapter of Society of Experiential Graphic Designers (SEGD), Founder of the Off Grid conference
Urbanist, designer, kitesurfer
Pathways through the impossible with design thinking: How do we think big and dream up ideas for a better future city? How do we identify and navigate the hurdles to shift impossible dreams into feasible ideas?
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Benjamin Johnston
Co-Founder of The Free Store: a Wellington non-profit that annually redistributes $3.5m worth of quality surplus food from inner-city eateries to people in need from all walks of life.
Includer, connecter, learner
I dream of a truly inclusive city where our dinner tables and lives are shared with those who are vastly different to us. Where those on the margins of our communities are not problems to solve, but friends to know.
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Melissa Clark Reynolds
Futurist and Professional Director
Funny, curious, busy
Last year Melissa pitched the idea of Wellington becoming a Child friendly City - somewhere where there wild places to roam and play; bike lanes; and every kid could walk to the dairy and back for an ice cream without an adult in complete safety. Rotary and WCC took up the challenge and Melissa is back with an update.
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Kim Workman
Justice Reformer. Head of the Prison Service from 1989 – 1993. Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology. Member of the Police Expert Advisory Panel, to oversee the Iwi Justice Panel process
Justice reform advocate
Imagine a city that not only knows how to say sorry, it knows what to say (or do) after that.
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Fraser Callaway
Managing Partner at Strategy Creative and Co-Founder of Refold
Ambitious, perceptive, entrepreneurial
Design has the power to positively change Wellington, and the world. Let’s unleash it together.
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Peter McKenzie
Law, Politics and Mandarin student at Victoria University
Curious, confident, creative
Wellington is beautiful, exciting and full of interesting places - but what makes it our home are the people. Yet too often we feel unable to connect with people outside our close groups and silos. We need to build a Wellington where we can connect with everyone.
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Jaye Glam Morgan
Stylist and fashionista
I am glam
I will be bringing back fashion to the capital because that’s where it belongs.
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Hon Grant Robertson
MP for Wellington Central
Social justice builder
A city that is the opposite of loneliness, where we are connected to each other, our environment, and our future.
2018 PROGRAMME
Plus speakers and brief biographies
12.15pm
Mihi – Karen Coutts,
Rotary Club of Wellington Member, Moeraki representative, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Welcome – Rotary Club of Wellington President – Marion Cowden
Civic Welcome – Deputy Mayor Jill Day
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12.30pm – Keynote Speakers
Georgina Beyer, former Mayor and MP
Read her Forum Pitch & Bio
Dr Michelle Dickinson, Chief Technology Officer at Nanogirl Labs
Read her Forum Pitch & Bio
Susan Freeman-Greene, CEO, Engineering NZ
Read her Forum Pitch & Bio
Eric Janssen, Editor – The Dominion Post, Stuff, Neighbourly
Panel
Five one minute pitches from the audience
‘Impossible Promises, Inspiration into Action’, working in table groups.
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1.48pm - Coffee break
2.09pm – Keynote Speakers
Nick Morrison, Founder Go Well Consulting, ‘Bags Not’ plastic-free campaign
Read his Forum Pitch & Bio
Nick Kapica, Design Lead, Wellington City Council
Read his Forum Pitch & Bio
Benjamin Johnston, Co-Founder of The Free Store
Read his Forum Pitch & Bio
Melissa Clark-Reynolds, Futurist and Professional Director
Read her Forum Pitch & Bio
Panel
Five one minute pitches from the audience
‘Impossible Promises, Inspiration into Action’, working in table groups
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3.27pm - Water break
37pm– Keynote Speakers
Kim Workman, Justice Reformer
Read his Forum Pitch & Bio
Fraser Callaway, Partner, Strategy Creative and Co-Founder of Refold
Read his Forum Pitch & Bio
Peter McKenzie, Law, Politics & Mandarin student at Victoria University
Jaye Glam Morgan, Stylist and fashionista
Read her Forum Pitch & Bio
Panel
‘Impossible Promises, Inspiration into Action’, working in table groups.
4.50pm - Sum-up – Chair
5.00pm – Keynote Speech and Q&A
Hon Grant Robertson, MP for Wellington Central
Read his Forum Pitch & Bio
5.30 pm Close
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5.30pm to 7 pm Drinks and networking