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International Conference on WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD 22nd & 23 rd September 2016 Queen's University Belfast SPEAKER INFORMATION CONFERENCE PROGRAMME VICE-CHANCELLOR'S Thursday 22nd September 2016 -VENUE: Ulster Muesem WELCOME 5.30pm Welcome Refreshments bEWI 6.00pm Global Discussion Panel Facilitator: Julia Paul (QUB) Developing Leadership in Global and Multicultural Organisations Chair: Pat Coffey (Allstate US) Nlenlt aslta ea que apellt doluptas nlhll mos ex et, slmaxlml, cus reperum exptlqula sit entlo qulatet with David Ruebain (Equality Challenge Unit) ex eaquos aut labor aspls non non pornnn sequld qulae verem. John Healy (Allstate NI) Anne Phillipson (William J Clinton Leadership Institute, QUB) Ovid que velum rehendiam, net volorestio. Ut solo mil imoluptam net et fuga. 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Ut acearib 10 .00pm -10.30pm Close velitatum que velit, quis acerate quos magnam, eribust quias dolor andundit eum ilis sunt, simus quiae laciis nectoraepra consequae rempora exerati busciur? As esequatem incitatur, temporepera tureriberro excerchitem quam expeliquat as ad esti ex et doluptas atis aritatem reperias dendaesequid Thursday 22nd September 2016 -VENUE: Riddel Hall utemqui antecta ecerovid eossimod eos aut audae eati nitesciis di remperf erovit et voloritis dolupid quamenis ad ullorendel inveliquos 8.45am -9.00am Welcome et exerrunt. 9.00am -10.30am Session 1 Women into Leadership - Overcoming the Barriers Chair: David Gavaghan (CBI Ommolla sustiasperi optatur ibusaep tatiost la is NI with Janet McCollum (Moy Park) Denise Cranston (BITC) Justice Siobhan Keegan (High et fugia ini a quatatu sdaesed eumet prorion et aut Court NI) Caitriona Ruane (Principal Deputy Speaker) etur a nonse aspide et es doloremque moluptas maximus daectur? Qui ium volo berum exereptat. 10.30am -11.00am Networking Break Tate suntis est vii quat arum alitis non porruptaquis 11.00am -12.30pm Session 2 Leadership, Diversity and Innovation Chair: Julie Chen (UMass Lowell) with Catherine O'Neill (Amelio Group) Joseph Hartman (UMass Lowell) Claire Burn (QUB) Mark Campbell (Randox) 12.30pm -1.30pm Lunch 1.30pm - 2.45pm Session 3 Women Leading Change - How Diversity Delivers Performance Chair: Yvonne Galligan (QUB) with Sue McAllister (NI Prison Service) Elaine Birchall (SHS Group) Michelle Cullen (Accenture Ireland) Jill Minne (Belfast City Council) 2.45pm - 3.00pm Networking Break 3.00pm -4.30pm Session 4 Women, Peace & Security - Leadership During Challenging Times Chair: Victoria Denoon (UMass Lowell) Paula Rayman (UMass Lowell) Linda Bishai (US Institute of Peace) Brenagh Hinds (DemocraShe) Judith Gillespie (Garda Policing Authority) 4.30pm - 5.00pm Keynote Address Frances Fitzgerald (Tanaiste and Minister for Justice & Equality, Roi) 5.00pm - 6.00pm Closing Reception 3 2 Inaugural International Conference on ~ DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP IN ~ WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD GLOBAL AND MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS David Ruebain is currently WOMEN INTO LEADERSHIP - Chief Executive of the Equality OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS Challenge Unit. Prior to this, he was a practicing solicitor for 21 years; latterly as Director of Julia Paul is a lecturer in the John Healy is Managing Legal Policy at the Equality and David Gavaghan is currently practice of broadcasting in Director of Allstate NI, Human Rights Commission of e the Regional Chair of the CBI, the School of Arts, English responsible for over 2,300 Great Britain. a business organisation that and Languages at Queen's employees based in three represents 190,000 businesses. University, Belfast. She has locations in Belfast, Derry and Ruebain is a member of the Advisory Group of the He is the founder of Aurora been a journalist for more than Strabane. Office for Fair Access, an equality adviser to the Prime Real Estate Limited, which 20 years. English FA Premier League, a Trustee of Action on is seeking to raise £'.50m to Healy joined Allstate NI from his position as Head of Disability and Development, a member of the Rights & invest in Grade A office space in Before becoming an academic she reported for the CITl's Belfast Service Center. Before serving in this Justice Committee of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Belfast. BBC, most recently covering politics in Northern position, he held senior management roles as head of Trust, and a Member of the Editorial Board of Disability Ireland. Her PhD research focuses on how that work technology and as a business unit manager for CITI. and Society journal. David has been Chief Executive of Titanic Quarter helped explain post-conflict devolution in Northern He also has extensive experience in leading teams to Limited, having been an Executive Director of Quintain Ireland. Her career has also included training set strategic goals and deliver practical solutions to Ruebain is the winner of RADAR's People of the Year Estates. He was formerly CEO of Strategic Investment journalists and media development in countries address business and technology issues. Award for Achievement in the Furtherance of Human Board, which advises Ministers in Northern Ireland on the infrastructure programme across the region. emerging from conflict, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Rights of Disabled People in the UK, 2002. He has Healy has developed strong relationships with the been listed as one of 25 Most Influential Disabled Currently, David is Vice Chair of the Washington In 2013 Paul devised a project to link women writers local Universities and Invest NI, and serves in a variety People in the UK by Disability Now Magazine, listed in Ireland Program and Chair of Sports Changes Life. He in Northern Ireland with Afghan women. The Afghan of industry, university and community settings. These the Disability News Service's 'Influence Index', and in is a Fellow of both the RIGS and the ICE. Women Spread the Word project has trained Afghan include the board of the Northern Ireland Chamber the 2014 and 2015 Disability Power Lists. women to produce interviews, poems and short of Commerce and the Professional Advisory Board, He went to TCD reading Economics and Social stories about their experiences of conflict. CScohmopoul toefr ESlecicetrniccael a&t QElueecetrno'sn iUc nEinvegrinseitey rBinegl faanstd. THURSDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS Studies. David and Helen have 8 children (4 girls) ranging in ages from 24 to 3. He lives in Co Down and keeps fit by running including the occasional half Pat Coffey is Senior Vice Healy earned his bachelors and masters degrees in marathon! President for Allstate Insurance Engineering and Computer Science from Queen's Justice Minister Claire Sugden Company. She currently holds University Belfast. is an Independent MLA Denise Cranston is currently the roles of leader of the representing the East Londonderry the Workplace Manager with Delivery and Risk Management Anne Phillipson is a constituency. Claire is the only Business in the Community and organisation as well as Interim Programme Director at the Independent member of the is responsible for leading the Group CIO for Enterprise William J Clinton Leadership Northern Ireland Assembly and Workplace 20:20 Campaign. Applications. Institute at Queen's University the first Independent to hold Belfast. She has over 20 years Ministerial office. At 29 she is the The Workplace 20:20 campaign Coffey has shaped strategic technology solutions to of experience in executive youngest Minister in the Executive with Departmental works with employers throughout benefit Allstate's employees and its customers. She development with hundreds of responsibility. Northern Ireland to tackle key workplace issues is dedicated to finding innovative ways to strengthen programmes and clients. around health & wellbeing and workforce diversity. The Allstate's businesses. Sugden is an alumnus of the Washington Ireland Workplace 20:20 team supports business through the Phillipson was National Training Manager with Program when she worked within the US government provision of advice and guidance, peer learning, toolkit Coffey is Chair Emeritus for the Society for Information Hudson's Bay Company, and a Senior Consultant in in the Department of Health and Human Services in development and thought leadership. Management and is a member of the society's PwC's UK People & Change practice. She was PwC's 2010. She managed the Program in 2012. Advanced Practices Council. In 2007, she was elected contact for the UK government to develop client Cranston is currently leading BITC's Gender Project to the Board of Directors of Lake Forest Graduate relationship skills in their teams of overseas Inward Sugden is a passionate advocate for her constituents - a unique business-led collaboration working School of Management where she earned the honour Investment Advisors, and travelled the globe to work and works closely with many community and voluntary towards better gender balance within companies. of Distinguished Director in 2015 in recognition of her with UKTI teams to attract FDI. Phillipson leads on the sector groups locally. She is particularly concerned She is responsible for developing a Workplace Age board service. Global Connect programme, with partners Allstate, to with helping vulnerable people and those with learning initiative to help employers to prepare for and manage help their technology teams to lead in a multicultural disabilities. the significant demographic changes that will result organisation with dispersed teams. in significant economic impact unless the labour Coffey has featured on Computerworld's Premier100 Her priorities in the Department of Justice include market participation of the over 65's increases. She IT Leaders, Insurance Business America Elite Women Phillipson is also a Professional Coach, and works tackling domestic violence, rural crime and crimes has also managed and led a number of community and Insurance Network News' Women in Insurance with leaders in one-to-one capacity to build leadership against the elderly. She also wants to reduce the programmes aimed at linking business skills and Leadership lists. She earned her BA from National confidence and competence. She recently chaired numbers of young people and people with mental expertise into the third sector. Louis University and her MBA from University of a panel at the Deschpande Global Conference at health issues coming into contact with the criminal Illinois, Chicago, UMass Lowell, and regularly works with Queen's justice system. International MBA students in addition to her executive 5 4 Inaugural lntcrnat1onal Conference on ~ Inaugural International Conference on ~ WOMEN Al~D LE!4DERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD -~ aJupsptoicinet eSdio absh aan H Kigehe gCaonu wrt as CAse natnra iln Atemrnearitcioan a(El la Sida wlvoardkoerr,, NRiucaarnaeg uwao,r kGeuda tine mala Burn is a Women Techmakers Belfast Leader, and has 0 ) Catherine O'Neill founded Judge in October 2015. She and Honduras) from 1983-87. Upon her return to spoken about these topics at various events including Amelio whilst studying at was one of the first two women Ireland she worked with Tr6caire, before founding a Women Techmakers Dublin 2015, Future2016, and Queens University, Belfast, ever to be appointed two the human rights Centre in West Belfast. Women Techmakers Belfast Summit 2016. She also and is the companies current High Court, along with Madam teaches a class entitled Code First Girls, which is a Managing Director. She Justice McBride. Ruane was the director of Feile an Phobail, a founder voluntary web development course. graduated from Queen's in 2012 with a first class master's degree of St. Patrick's Day Parade in Belfast. 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A advanced and innovative technology and equipment Mark Campbell is a Senior available. served as Vice Chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland, Manager with Randox. a Chair of the Young Bar, Chair of the Family Bar LEADERSHIP, DIVERSITY global leader in healthcare In 2015 O'Neill was announced as a finalist for EY's Association, Chair of the Bar Charity Committee AND INNOVATION ' diagnostics and the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. She was the youngest and she was a long standing member of the Bar \ largest diagnostics company. women to date to be shortlisted for this award. She Professional Conduct Committee. . Campbell is responsible for was also the recipient of Ulster Bank's 2015 Business Professor Julie Chen has taught strategic outreach, planning and Achievers Award for a Women Led Business and Janet McCollum is Chief in the mechanical engineering government relations and affairs. Women in Business' Young Businesswoman of the Executive of Moy Park, departments at both UMass Year Award in 2013. She now sits on board of Women responsible for the strategic Lowell and Boston University Prior to joining Randox he served in the British Army, in Business. direction and leadership of Moy and is considered one of the where his roles included Battalion and Regimental Park's business across Europe. region's leading experts on command, strategic planning in the Pentagon. WOMEN LEADING CHANGE - Washington DC, instructor at both the British Army nanotechnology. Moy Park is one of the top 15 Staff College and The Royal Military Academy HOW DIVERSITY DELIVERS employing over 12,000le paedoinpgle U inK 1fo4o odp ecoramtipoannsi easc,r oss dHeefro ninmtearteiosnts oafr efib inre m setrcuhcatunriecasl, bfiberhea vaisosuerm abnldie s CSaonmdmhuarnsdt, &a nSdt asftfu Cdoelnletg aet. the Australian Army $\PER,FO~R MA NCE UK, Ireland and Continental Europe. In recent years, and composite materials. Additionally, her work Campbell holds an MA from KCL, was awarded the Janet has played a key role in the comprehensive focuses on experimental investigation and analytical OBE in 2003, the CBE in 2006 and is a Deputy Lord Professor Yvonne Galligan is reorganisation and restructuring of the business. modelling of processing such as forming, stamping, ,Lieute~nant for the City of Belfast. Head of the School of History, energy absorption, fatigue, and failure behaviour of Anthropology, Philosophy and She graduated from the University of Aston in composites as they relate to the fibre architecture and ., Politics, Director of the Centre Birmingham with a degree in Business Administration manufacturing defects. for Advancement of Women & French and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Professor Joseph Hartman was in Politics, and Director of Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA). Chen also serves as the Vice Chancellor for Research appointed Dean of the Francis Queen's Gender Initiative in McCollum has over 20 years' experience within the and Innovation for the Mass Lowell. This includes College of Engineering at the Queen's University Belfast. She has published in major fSocohdw ienpdpusetsr yB, ecvoemramgeensc. ing her career at Coca-Cola & oevnetersrpereisineg, wUhMicahs ss pLaonwse all'lsl a$c6a5d emmilliico nd erepsaertamrcehn ts ,~~ ULonwiveelrl sinit yJ uolfy M oaf s2s0a1c3h. uAsne tts Sincteiernncaeti oRneavl iejowu,r nGaelsn dseurc ha nads SInotceirentay,t ioPnoalilc Py oalnitdic al and 14 centres and institutes. She is responsible for industrial and systems engineer Politics, and others. McCollum completed the INSEAD Advanced facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, the transfer by training, Hartman's research Management Programme in July 2012, is a Board of technology toward applications and ensuring that and teaching interests are in the areas of engineering Galligan has participated in events organised by member of the Northern Ireland Chamber of research partners-which include large corporations economic decision analysis and applied optimisation. the Council of Europe, Northern Ireland Assembly, DBCeoolmcfatomsrtea frtocere isn ae nErvdci coinen so2 mt0o1ic 6bs uw fsraionsme as Qws uaaerndeden dcs o aUmnn miHveeorrncsoeitr.ya ry saenrdv evda.r ious federal and state agencies-are well SHcisie rnecsee aFrcohu nhdaast iboene, nin sculupdpinogrt ethde b CyA thReE ENRa tiAownaalr d, ODRaeFifMlo ErDmirFe M(aRn o(nNi,) ,I )M.t hiSnehi sWet rioysm oaefls nJo u aasntcditc iveEe,q Euinqa ultihtayel i Utvyon aliutn n(dUt aKLra)y,w a nd and he has authored the textbook Engineering sector, and is a member of the 50:50 campaign in Claire Burn is a current Queen's Economy and the Decision Making Process. He is both the UK and Ireland seeking to bring about equal Caitriona Ruane has been an University student, studying for a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems political representation for women. assembly representative for an MSc in Cyber Security, and Engineers. South Down since 2003. She acted as the undergraduate As Director of CAWP, Galligan established and runs was appointed Minister for representative on EEECS's Hartman previously served as professor and chair of a highly popular women's development programme, Education in 2007 where she Athena SWAN committee. She is Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University Next Generation. Her work with the Gender Initiative led the badly needed refonm of also Women Who Code Belfast of Florida and in a similar capacity at Lehigh University was recognised when the University obtained the the education system. She is City Lead. From this position where he held the Kledaras Endowed Chair. He coveted Times Top 50 Employer award. currently the Principal Deputy she spearheaded an initiative to develop a Youth has also held visiting positions at the University Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Chair Outreach Program for the city of Belfast. This involved of Edinburgh and the University of Dortmund. He of the Women's Caucus in Stormont. delivering tutorials to girls in local schools on coding earned a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and a B.S. from the and other aspects of technology. University of Illinois. 6 7 Elaine Birchall is currently Chief Minne leads the development and delivery of the City Denoon graduated with a degree In Law from Queen's She led on the PSNl's Gender Action Plan and In her Executive of SHS Group, having Council's Gender Action Plan through the Council's University Belfast before moving to the United States, final year as Deputy Chief Constable oversaw the first previously served 7 years with Women's Steering Group. She was part of the core where she began her work In UMass Lowell. She Senior Women In Policing conference to be held In PZ Cussons, owner of Imperial team that worked to develop Belfast City Council's has fostered her connection with Ireland through her Northern Ireland. role as President of Queen's Alumni New England Leather soap, as Africa Regional investment programme, where she trebled the required Director and UK Managing 300 job and 600 work placement opportunities Chapter, Including presenting former Irish President Dr. Gillespie Is a recipient of an honora,y Doctotate from Mary McAleese with an honora,y degree from UMass Queen's University Belfast, and was awarded the CBE Director. within Belfast City Council at no addttional cost to Lowell. In 2014. the ratepayer. She is now leading a project to look at With over 20 years' experience in Fast-Moving extending this employability work across the city. Denoon recently acted as Conference Moderator Bronagh Hinds Is Senior Consumer Goods Birchall has directed finance, supply chain and general management operations for Minne is a board member of the Labour Relations for the Irish Diaspora Conference In the Letterkenny Associate with DemocraShe organisations based in the US, South Pacific, Europe, Agency and a board member and Ambassador for Institute of Technology, Co. Donegal. This two-day which she founded to advance the UK and Africa. the Women's Fund NI. She is Belfast City Council's event drew more than 150 academics, authors and women In polltlcs, public llfe representative on Queens University Employers' policymakers, and was delivered as part of the 1916 and peace-building. She works She takes responsibility for developing and growing Forum and a member of the Northern Ireland Joint centenary celebrations. with International Institutions, SHS, which has an annual turnover of more than Council. She has two teenage daughters and is active polltlcal, government and cMI s£a4u0c0ems ,a scarloesss a tntsd f omuarr kdeivtiisnigo,n asn -dd crionrkpso,r caoten dsiemrveincetss .& in fund raising for a number of charities. on Syria and Iraq for thseo cI.iIeNt,y U bkordaiiense, amnod sNt roerctheenrtnly Ireland/Ireland. Sue McAllister is the first woman Hinds cofounded the Women's Coalition, was Involved Dr Michelle Cullen is a Managing to hold the most senior position In negotiating the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Director in Accenture's within a prison service anywhere and led Implementation of Its equality provisions as Gwiltohb ealx tCeonrspivoera itnete Frunnactitoionnasl , einx tpheer ieUnKc.e S ihn et hhea sp r2is5o yne saersrv oicfe , Cthoem fimrsits Dsioepnu ftoyr C Nhoiertfh Ceronm Irmeliasnsdio.n Sehr eo fs tihtse o Enq tuhael ity experience in driving large scale including working as governor Board of Ireland's Glencree Centre for Peace and transformation and change, of both a prison and young Bishai was responsible for a·seriesof programs oIni] Reconcillatlon. innovation, intellectual asset offenders centre. electoral violence prevention in Sudan before the portfolio management, and McAllister has worked in a variety of roles in prisons general elections and the South Sudan referendum Hinds served on the local Government Staff organisation design. In addition, she is a member of in England, including as Governor of HMP Gartree, a and co-teaches the Preventing Electoral Violence in Commission and Women In Local Councils lnltletlve, the Accenture Ireland leadership team, as Lead for prison for adult male life sentenced prisoners, and of Africa course at USIP. She has also worked on police/ and as Northern Ireland Commissioner on the UK Inclusion & Diversity. HMYOI Onley, which housed juvenile and young adult community dialogue programming and developing Women's National Commission. Cullen is a passionate advocate for equality & social offenders aged between 15 and 21. eviloelcetniocnes p inre Avefrnictiao.n B pisrhoagir ahmasm winogr kfeodr uwpictho muninivge rsity Hinds was selected UK Woman of Europe In 1998 and inclusion, and has a long standing commitment to As Director General of NIPS, McAllister is the educators to support peace-building concepts and awarded the International Women's Democracy Centre driving a culture that develops and empowers women Accounting Officer with responsibility for an operating courses in diverse fields and curricula. Global Democracy Award In 2002. She Is an Honora,y leaders. She holds a Ph.D. in communications and budget of around £149m and an estate comprising Senior Research Practitioner at Queen's University semiotics. Through the project Women on Walls, three prison establishments, a Prison Service College As an adjunct professor at the George Washington Belfast. Accenture is currently partnering with the Royal and Prison Service Headquarters. She provides University, Bishai currently teaches international laIw'll u Ileriasdhe Arsc aind ethmey s tcoi ecnocmems iasnsdio hnu pmoarntriatiietss ,o tfo w roecmoegnn ize alelsaod earssshuipm teod a rreosupnodn 1si9b6il0it ys tfaofrf .t hIen Y20o1u4th, JMucsAtilclies ter Canodu rtth Fee ullsoew o af tf othrcee F. eSdheer ahla Jsu sdeicrivael dC aesn tae rS, uwphreerme e PDriroefcetsosro or fP thaeul aM Ridadylme aEna sist agennde crealteiobnrsa.t e their achievements, and inspire future AOgffeenncdyin ags DDirireecctotorar toef. a newly formed Reducing rsihgeh tws olarkwe fdo ro tnh aen f eindterroad! ujucdtiiocnia troy. international human S& oeCcnuitoletluro rfgoey ra aPnted tah ace eP U, rDnoifevevesersslooitrpy om ofe f nt, Cullen is a member of the GLEN Diversity Champions Massachusetts Lowell. Business Ambassador Council, and of the 30% Club. WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY Judith Gillespie Is a member of Prior to joining Accenture, Cullen worked at Microsoft, - LEADERSHIP DURING the Garda Policing Authority, Stie is also Senior Scholar at and was a Director at Oracle. She is a member of the and was Deputy Chief Constable the American Association for the Advancement of lnstttute of Directors in Ireland, and a former Board CHALLENGING TIMES of the PSNI from 2009 -2014. Science( MAS); Gender Consultant at the United I Member of the Shared Services Forum in Ireland. She Is a Commissioner on States lnstttute of Peace and Visiting Professor,atI the Equality Commission, a Queens University, Belfast 2016-17.I Victoria Denoon is a Co • Probation Board member, and Is A ,- • •-....1'--n:•--"' • _, ...... ,.. 1"::J- Jill Minne is Director of Director of the Centre for Irish a visiting profe.s sor at The University of Uls.te r. Organisational Development Partnerships at UMass Lowell In 2004; Gillespie was appointed Assbnant Chief for Be~ast City Council, leading and Director of Academic Constable, making her the first woman to reach chief the strategic organisational and Communications and Events. officer rank In Northern Ireland. She began her policing cultural change programme. The Center for Irish Partnership career when she joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary She developed the Council's fosters collaborations and In 1982, after being tumed down twice due to her OStrrgaatengisya ationnda ml Daneavgeelosp tmhee nCt hief paanrdt nNeorsrthhieprsn w Iriethla enddu accartoiosnsa al nin isnttieturdtiiosncsip ilnin Iarreyla nd gweansd aewr. aDrdueridn gth hee Br lantlotlne l otrfa Hinoinngo uart. Ennlsklllen, she Her numerous publications includ-e,'-" -The Equtty I Executive's department. spectrum and embraces faculty exchange and joint Equation", "Beyond the Bottom Line: The Searcti for research ventures. When the World Police and Fire Games were held In Dignity at Work" and "UNSCR 1325 in the Middle East 8 Belfast In 2013, Gillespie acted as Chair of the Board. no North Africa: Women and Security". DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP IN ~ GLOBAL AND MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS Frances Fitzgerald is Tom Millar is a Professor currently serving as the of Astrophysics in Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Queen's University Minister) and Minister for Belfast and the Justice & Equality in the current President Government of Ireland, of the International representing the Dublin Astronomical Union Mid-West constituency. Commission on Astrochemistry. A former Chair of the National Women's Council of Ireland, Fttzgerald trained He joined Queen's in 2006 and recently completed 10 as a social worker and family therapist, working in years as Dean of Engineering and Physical Sciences. inner-city London and Dublin for 20 years. In this role he was heavily involved in the promotion of the careers of academic women in STEM as Chair of She has led a programme of fundamental policing the QUB SWAN Steering Group. He is now Director of reform, including a new independent Policing Authority the QUB SWAN Initiative and has overall responsibiltty to oversee the performance of An Garda Siochana for the University and School submissions for Athena and an expansion of the role and remit of the Garda SWAN awards. Siochana Ombudsman Commission. Millar has served on many national and international The Tanaiste also pioneered a number of ground committees and has completed terms as Chairman breaking reforms, including the comprehensive reform of the International Board of the James Clerk of the child protection and welfare system in Ireland, Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii and as President of while serving as Ireland's first senior Minister for Division VI (Interstellar Matter) of the International Children and Youth Affairs 2011-2014. Astronomical Union. He makes extensive use of radio Last year she introduced the legislation paving the way & submillimeter-wave telescopes in Hawaii and Chile for Ireland to become the first country in the world to to study the emission lines from molecules as a tool introduce same sex marriage by way of popular vote. to understand the process of star formation and the chemistry of space. SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE PLANNING GROUP Conal Clapper Yvonne Galligan Chris Henry Rose Kelly Anthony Lynn Tom Millar Denise Price Nigel Smy1h Cathy Tolan Dolores Vischer 10 International Conference on WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD ({/<-~. Queen's University ~J ~ Belfast