Graduations

Guest speakers - by ceremony in 2013

The guest speakers listed below gave occasional addresses at University of Sydney graduation ceremonies in March / April / May 2013:


15 March 2013

  • Lee Ausburn, 9.30am, 15 March 2013, Faculty of Pharmacy graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Independent Director of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Lee Ausburn, 11.30am, 15 March 2013, Faculty of Pharmacy graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Independent Director of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Professor Iven Klineberg, 2.00pm, 15 March 2013, Faculty of Dentistry graduation ceremony, Great Hall Head of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Dr Maurice Saxby, 4.00pm, 15 March 2013, Faculty of Education and Social Work graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Honorary Associate of the Faculty of Education and Social Work

22 March 2013

  • Associate Professor Josh Burns, 9.30am, 22 March 2013, Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Deputy Director of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Research Group at The University of Sydney
  • Liesl Tesch, 11.30am, 22 March 2013, Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Co-Founder of Sport Matters and Australian Paralympian
  • Dr Kirsty Thompson, 2.00pm, 22 March 2013, Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Director of Inclusive Development, CBM Australia
  • Dr Kathy Dracup, 4.00pm, 22 March 2013, Sydney Nursing School graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing

5 April 2013

  • Dr Mary Rickard AO , 9.30am, 5 April 2013, Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Chief Radiologist with Sydney Breast Clinic and Adjunct Professor with the Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Tanya Davies, 11.30am, 5 April 2013, Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Member for Mulgoa for the NSW Parliament
  • Craig Ritchie, 2.00pm, 5 April 2013, Faculty of Health Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    General Manager of the Indigenous and Equity Branch, in the Higher Education Division of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education

12 April 2013

  • Professor Penny Russell, 9.30am, 12 April 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Professor of History, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney
  • Professor Carole Cusack, 11.30am, 12 April 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Professor of Religious Studies, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney
  • Karina Kelly, 2.00pm, 12 April 2013, Faculty of Science graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    former Quantum television reporter and presenter
  • Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM, 4.00pm, 12 April 2013, Faculty of Science graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Julius Sumner Miller Fellow, School of Physics, University of Sydney and one of Australia's 100 National Living Treasures

19 April 2013

  • Emeritus Professor Tony Vinson AM, 9.30am, 19 April 2013, Faculty of Education and Social Work graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Emeritus Professor of the University of New South Wales and Honorary Professor with the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
  • Associate Professor Sue Green, 11.30am, 19 April 2013, Faculty of Education and Social Work and Board of Studies in Indigenous Studies graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of New South Wales
  • Richard Francis-Jones, 2.00pm, 19 April 2013, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Design Director of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, Architecture Landscape Urban Design Interiors
  • Richard Francis-Jones, 4.00pm, 19 April 2013, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Design Director of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, Architecture Landscape Urban Design Interiors

24 April 2013

  • Adjunct Professor Hugh Harley, 9.30am, 24 April 2013, University of Sydney Business School graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Financial Services Leader, Price Waterhouse Coopers Australia
  • Professor Hans Hendrischke, 11.30am, 24 April 2013, University of Sydney Business School graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney Business School, and chair of the executive committee of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
  • Professor James Der Derian, 2.00pm, 24 April 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Michael Hintze Chair of International Security Studies and Director of the Centre of International Security Studies, University of Sydney
  • Professor Mike Michael, 4.00pm, 24 April 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney

3 May 2013

  • Professor Andrew Terry, 9.30am, 3 May 2013, University of Sydney Business School graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Professor of Business Regulation, and Chair of the Discipline of Business Law, in The University of Sydney Business School and Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales
  • Louise Walsh, 11.30am, 3 May 2013, University of Sydney Business School graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    CEO of Philanthropy Australia
  • Professor Robert Park, 2.00pm, 3 May 2013, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney
  • Professor Vrasidas Karalis, 4.00pm, 3 May 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Sir Nicholas Laurantos’ Chair in Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney

10 May 2013

  • Professor Ian Frazer AC, 9.30am, 10 May 2013, Faculty of Medicine graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    CEO and Director of Research, Translational Research Institute
  • Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, 11.30am, 10 May 2013, Faculty of Medicine graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    Governor of NSW and former Chancellor of the University of Sydney
  • Professor Chris Baggoley, 2.00pm, 10 May 2013, Faculty of Medicine graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    the Australian Government’s Chief Medical Officer
  • Edmund Capon AM OBE, 4.00pm, 10 May 2013, Sydney College of the Arts graduation ceremony, Great Hall
    former Director of the Art Gallery of NSW