Where will you be in five years? If you are a student considering a career in industry - how will you get there? Or if you are mentoring someone considering a transition from academia to industry - what advice do you share?

IMNIS welcomes you to our panel event where you will hear from expert STEM professionals with extensive experience in different parts of the industry sector. Learn how they apply their STEM training to lead and excel in a range of rewarding roles. An expert panel will discuss transferable skills, ‘soft’ skills, the value of a professional network, potential jobs of the future and their top tips for career success. Think outside the square and dream big about future careers!

This panel event will take place from 4:00pm to 5:00pm, just prior to our consortium partner AusBiotech's Christmas function, co-hosted with TechInSA and HealthInSA, which will kick off at 5:30pm in the same venue. Registrations are now closed for the Christmas function! Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm.

Moderator

Kylie Sproston is CEO of Bellberry, a not for profit organisation providing streamlined scientific and ethical review of Human Research projects across Australia. A Chartered Engineer, Kylie has expertise across the full pharmaceutical product lifecycle, and has held key positions in both technical and management disciplines in the global Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries. Kylie previously led and managed the Australasian operations of the global group BTG PLC (a specialist healthcare company based in London, UK), as General Manager and Company Director.

Panellists

Lorna Mitchell is a medicinal chemist with experience working in big pharma and small biotech in three countries (USA, UK, Australia). Lorna has worked on projects at all stages of the drug discovery process from early target and hit identification, through lead optimization, and clinical candidate delivery. She's led teams working on projects spanning a range of operating models from fully internal to fully external (all chemistry and DMPK activities conducted at CRO’s) and she's delivered clinical candidates in both internal and externally partnered/ funded projects.

Susan Smith is an experienced executive with a track record of delivering improved business results in complex multinational settings. With over 20 years' industry experience and a consulting background including major infrastructure project approvals, she has a well-developed capacity for strategic thinking and strong organisational and interpersonal skills. Core areas of expertise include: climate change policy; sustainability; social responsibility and human rights; cultural heritage and native title; environment and resource management; elite and community sports administration and coaching; RD&D, strategy and planning, and public affairs and policy.

Dan Johnson has been the Managing Director of The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) since December 2011. Dan has worked in research, development and innovation for more than 15 years, almost exclusively in the not-for-profit sector. Dan’s career choices and achievements reflect his two great professional passions – science and business strategy. Having worked as a scientist and in various roles closely aligned to science, he is passionate about R&D but is equally passionate about the practical application of that R&D. Dan has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and the popular/trade press, delivered numerous presentations and lectures to scientific and industry fora on topics such as the wine industry and biotechnology, and was the inventor and owner of a granted patent which formed the basis of his own biotechnology company.

Wilf Lammerink is an Oil Industry Technical Consultant with 36 years’ experience in the international oil and gas industry in several petroleum engineering and technical management roles with Santos, Fletcher Challenge Energy, Petrocorp and Shell. Wilf has a successful track record in field appraisal/development, exploration, acquisitions and asset evaluation in several geological and operational environments by applying broad based geological and petroleum engineering skills. Wilf has achieved success through high technical standards/ insights, a deep understanding of value drivers/risks and strong team building skills to maximise contribution of others.

Host

Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea is the IMNIS Executive Director at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. She has received an Australian Leadership Award for her vision of the future for Australian science and is an inductee and Ambassador for the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.