Event description
Trust for Nature and Bush Heritage Australia invite you to join the 12th annual Celebrating Women in Conservation Breakfast on Friday 3 March 2023.
Hear from our inspiring guest speaker Nicola Toki, CEO at Forest & Bird NZ about her journey to leadership in the conservation sector, the environmental challenges shared and unique to her country and the significance of working with First Nations people.
KEY NOTE SPEAKER
NICOLA TOKI is a New Zealand conservationist and head of the country’s largest conservation organisation, Forest & Bird. Nicola has an impressive history of conservation leadership and advocacy for New Zealand’s wildlife and wild places, having worked in a range of roles across the private and public sector for almost 20 years.
Nicola has held leadership roles in the agribusiness industry, the Predator Free New Zealand movement, as the Department of Conservation’s Threatened Species Ambassador, and has represented New Zealand at international biodiversity science and policy meetings. Prior to her recent appointment as CEO at Forest & Bird, Nicola was the Operations Director for the Eastern South Island at the NZ Department of Conservation.
Nicola will be joining us live in person in Melbourne!
THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT
Option 1 - join us at Zinc Federation Square
If you're in Melbourne we invite you to purchase a ticket to the event at Zinc Federation Square, where you'll enjoy a morning of networking with the cream of the conservation crop, have the opportunity to kick-off some thought-provoking conversations and savour the sumptuous grazing breakfast platters.
Option 2 - join the event online
Purchase a virtual ticket and enjoy the event live from any location! Join from the start or come and go as you please. You'll have the chance to chat online with other virtual guests and hear from Vikki Parsley, Bush Heritage Australia's Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Manager - South-East Region and Dr Nicki Munro, Senior Conservation Officer from Trust for Nature, during the event networking breaks.
Interested in hosting your own event with staff, supporters or friends, and streaming Celebrating Women in Conservation live? Contact Georgia to find out more at events@bushheritage.org.au
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Tanya Ha is an award-winning Australian environmental campaigner, author, broadcaster, science journalist, and sustainability researcher. She is also a media commentator on science and environmental issues, a behaviour change researcher, and was a delegate to the Australia 2020 Summit.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
The Hon Ingrid Stitt MP, Minister for Environment, Victoria
Heather Campbell, CEO, Bush Heritage Australia
Corinne Proske, CEO, Trust for Nature (Victoria)
TICKETS AND DONATIONS
Your ticket fee goes towards the conservation work of Trust for Nature and Bush Heritage Australia. As not for profit organisations, we rely greatly on donations from supporters. Please consider making a donation to Trust for Nature and Bush Heritage Australia.
For event enquiries please email events@bushheritage.org.au
Ticket sales for the event at Zinc close 18 February, unless sold out prior
Ticket sales for online event close 28 February
