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FECCA Congress 2007 Keynote Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

NEW! - Speeches from the Keynote Speakers of the 2007 FECCA Congress are now available.

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Khoa Do

Khoa Do is a film director, screenwriter and teacher who has had extensive experience working with the most disadvantaged in our community, inspiring them and guiding them to incredible success. Khoa’s own story is also amazing – arriving in Australia as a refugee on a tiny fishing boat crammed full of people to becoming the 2005 Young Australian of the Year is a journey of courage, resilience and hope amidst incredible opposition. Growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Khoa recalls going to school with sticky-taped shoes and coming home to find out that their electricity had been cut off because the family couldn’t afford to pay the bills. In 2004, he was the youngest film director in Australian history to be nominated for an AFI Award for Best Director. Over the years, he has received many awards for his work in the community and with young people – Young Vietnamese Australian of the Year Award 2000, Young Citizen of the Year Award 2001 and the Young Australian of the Year Award 2005.

OFFICIAL OPENING ADDRESS

The Hon Kevin Andrews MP
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

WELCOME ADDRESS

Michelle O’Byrne MHA, Minister for Community Development,
Minister Assisting the Premier on Local Government

PLENARY SESSION SPEAKERS

	Senator Bob Brown Leader of the Australian Greens			Commissioner Tom Calma Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission
	Shaun Brown Managing Director, SBS			Professor John Nieuwenhuysen AM Director of the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements
	Tony Burke MP Shadow Minister for Immigration, Integration and Citizenship REPRESENTING THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

	Senator The Hon Eric Abetz Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation			Senator Jan McLucas Shadow Minister for Ageing, Disability and Carers
	Dr. Berhan Ahmed Chairperson, African Think Tank Inc			Elida Meadows Executive Secretary of MCoT
	Senator Lyn Allison Leader of the Australian Democrats			Senator Christine Milne Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania
	Leila Alloush Manager, Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)			Abselom Nega Chair, Federation of African Communities' Councils
	Professor Hûrriyet Babacan Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives (ICEPA)			Janet Ong Manager, Multicultural Tasmania Department of Premier and Cabinet
	Professor Des Cahill Convenor, World Conference of Religions for Peace (Australia)			Serap Ozdemir Windermere Child and Family Services
	Commissioner Joe Caputo Victorian Multicultural Commission			Ljubica Petrov Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing
	Eric Chalmers Chief Executive of KidSafe ACT			Tanya Plibersek MP Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Youth and Women
	Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal OAM Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation			Paul Power Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Council of Australia
	Ellis Griffiths A/Executive Director, Office of Multicultural Interests WA			Associate Professor Nicholas Procter University of South Australia
	Carmel Guerra Director, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI)			Glenn Rees National Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Australia
	Tim Harcourt Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission			Stefan Romaniw OAM Executive Director, Communities Languages Australia
	Dr. Geoff Holloway Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth			Dr. Melika Yassin Sheikh-Eldin Manager Settlement Partnerships, AMES
	Joan Hughes Chief Executive Officer, Carers Australia			Lisa Singh MHA State Member for Denison
	Andrew Johnson Director, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)			Senator Ursula Stephens Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Social and Community Affairs)
	Gail Ker Director, A.C.C.E.S Services Inc.			Dr Elaine Stratford School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania
	Stepan Kerkyasharian AM Chairperson, The Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW			Patrizia Torelli National Manager, Participation Services, Cricket Australia
	Melba Marginson Executive Officer, Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition			Eugenia Tsoulis Executive Director, Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia
	Michael Martinez CEO, Diversitat			Diana Qian Executive Officer, National Ethnic Disability Alliance
	Arthur Maudlin Manager, Community Relations, Multicultural Affairs Queensland			Ian Yates AM Executive Director, Council of the Ageing