HELLO AND WELCOME

We are very excited to have you join us at the Bambuddha Group 2022 Program Launch and welcome you back to any returning members and program recipients. We will meet for some networking at 12noon before we take a moment to launch the 2022-2023 program with live music and loads of good vibes!

The launch will take place on Friday 29th July at 1 pm at Wesley Conference Centre in Sydney.

If you have already registered for the Game Changer Graduation or Coach Training through another link do not worry you do not need to register again, as your ticket will also grant access. This is a great opportunity to meet others that have undertaken, contributed, and supported the programs over the years as well introduce you to some of the Humans of Bambuddha and their impact.

6 2021-2022 program participants will be sharing their work and impact on the day.

Luli Adeyemo

I have over 30 years+ of experience curating content for thought leadership discussions and campaigns within the technology, Government, Fintech, and health sectors.Prior to running Best Case Scenario, I worked for Gartner leading their Asia/Pacific conference business. During this time I grew the APAC event business by a staggering 250%. This required managing and launching a portfolio of senior executive programs in Australia, Singapore, India & China. In the last year, Luli spearheaded the not-for-profit #TechDiveristy, a community that aims to make diversity and inclusion the number one business priority in Australia for technology workforces.

Grace Arach

My name is Grace Arach and I am a survivor of the civil war in Uganda. I had a lucky escape
after 5 years of brutal abuse and exploitation. Now I live in Australia and my passion is to
help those with a similar story, still living a painful and difficult life in Uganda. For that end, I
have founded Bedo Ki Gen (Living with Hope) to fulfill my desire to help others who have
suffered like me.

Renee Brack

A graduate of UTS, Australia with a Master of Creative Arts (documentary and VR) and a Bachelor of Arts Macquarie University (screen and media studies) Renée Brack is an acclaimed storyteller, journalist, writer and screen professional with 20+ years experience in film TV, print and digital.

Right now, her social impact feature documentary Ticketyboo: a Secret in Plain Sight (2022) is on the international film festival circuit. It explores innovative, artistic, compassionate design to help people engage with dementia. She also has a development slate of female-centric stories for screen, audio, and print. It gives her great joy to give back to the filmmaking community by nurturing the next wave of screen professionals as an EP, mentor, and creative consultant on a wide range of award-winning films, documentary and web series, overseeing production from concept to transmission.

Erkmen Savaskan

Will share some of his inspirational story before showing a 90-second video prepared with Welcome Merchant and Rabbit Productions. Erkmen is an Experienced Interior Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. Skilled in Interior Design, Product Design,Branding, Design Management and Application, Concept Development, and Art. Strong arts and design professional with a Master’s Degree focused on 20th Century Architectural History from Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University.

Will Wheeler

Will is a proud neurodistinct professional, founder of Neurodiversity Academy, and author of The Book of Dyslexic Motivation in Pictures. Will is so passionate about helping neurodistinct professionals and organisations reach greatness through leadership that he established the Academy and now a new podcast show offering advice and support. More than anything, Will loves helping people see the power of what being neurodistinct means.

Yaser Naseri

Yaser escaped from Iran after the Green Revolution began around 2009, which was heavily suppressed by the government. He embarked on an unknown journey to Indonesia where he was imprisoned several times and made 5 attempts to take a boat to Australia. One sank in the middle of the Indian Ocean leaving only Yaser and 36 out of 250 other asylum seekers to survive.

But survive he did.

With the help of UNHCR, Yaser finally arrived in Australia in 2014. Having no educational background, he started from scratch studying English at TAFE, then received a scholarship to Sydney University, and is now finishing a Bachelor of Commerce degree there. Yaser has faced extraordinary and unprecedented challenges throughout his journey and now he shares his story in high schools, universities with other refugees to inspire them, and change their trajectory.

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As you can see this will be a brilliant event and a great start to the new program, welcome again to all the new humans of Bambuddha and we look forward to meeting you there on the day

All new program recipients and graduates are welcome to bring a plus+1

See you there!