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Announcing AIEC 2025’s Keynote speakers | |
We're excited to announce the keynote speakers at AIEC 2025.- Dr Gill Hicks – Opening keynote
- Prof Peter Greste - Award-winning broadcast journalist, academic, media freedom activist and author – Closing keynote
We’re pleased to see a strong number of registrations have been secured since registration opened. We’re excited to see you at AIEC 2025 in Canberra from 14-17 October! Don’t miss out on the early bird savings - Register today!
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Dr Gill Hicks – Opening keynote | |
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We’re delighted to announce Dr Gill Hicks will present the Opening Keynote at AIEC 2025 on Wednesday 15 October.
An artist, published author, musician and award-winning director / producer, Gill is a powerful and thought-provoking communicator.
Gill was left severely and permanently injured from the actions of a suicide bomber in the co-ordinated attack on London's transport network in July 2005.
Through her work, The Fragile Project, Gill explores a perspective that transcends traditional concepts of resilience, encouraging a fundamental shift in how we approach change. Rather than merely surviving adversity, she advocates for becoming agile within a fragile existence—accepting change as an omnipresent part of life’s journey.
We look forward to her sharing her story, and what lessons our sector can approach change and develop resilience as we navigate through this period of change. | |
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Professor Peter Greste – Closing keynote | |
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We are thrilled to announce award-winning journalist, academic, and media freedom advocate Professor Peter Greste as the Closing Keynote Speaker at AIEC 2025 on Friday 17 October 2025.
Professor Greste spent 25 years as a foreign correspondent for the BBC and Al Jazeera, covering the Yugoslav civil war and South Africa’s elections in the 1990s. He became the BBC’s Afghanistan correspondent before reporting across Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
In 2011 he won a Peabody Award for a BBC documentary on Somalia. Later that year, he joined Al Jazeera as East Africa correspondent. In 2013, while reporting in Egypt, he was arrested on terrorism charges, convicted in a widely condemned trial, and spent 400 days in prison. His letters from prison sparked the international campaign that led to his release.
Since moving into academia in 2018, he has continued to champion journalist safety and free speech. He is the author of The First Casualty (2017), recently released as a feature film, The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh.
We look forward to hearing Professor Greste’s remarkable story of resilience, courage, and perseverance in the face of adversity. | |
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Don’t miss this early bird savings! | |
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Super early bird registration saves you $300 off the standard registration. And if you’re an IDP Client or IEAA Member, you’ll save even more – but only when you register by 31 July. | |
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