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2009 International Women's Day Debate
Brisbane's Most Popular International Women's Day Lunch
Date: Friday 6 March 2009 | Location: Brisbane
QUICKLINKS: Watch the 2008 IWD Debate | Womens Dais Blog | Past topics and debaters
In 2009 AIM will hold its annual International Women's Day Debate in the Great Hall at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre, as we're expecting 1500 attendees.
This move is to help celebrate Q150 and B150, a reflection of Queensland's 150 years of state independence from New South Wales, and the establishment of its capital city - Brisbane.
The Queensland government's vision for Q150 and B150 are 'reflect on our past, imagine out future' which resounds with the spirit in which IWD is held.
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated around the world, and marks a time for women, divided by distance and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, to unite to remember a tradition that represents a rich history of struggle for equality, justice, peace and advancement.
The IWD debate brings together women from all backgrounds, organisations and corners of South East Queensland to witness the fiery matching of wits from some of the state's most prominent business and community leaders. The identities of the six debaters are always a guarded secret, revealed only to those lucky enough to secure a table.
Previous attendees will testify that humour is alive and well among successful Brisbane women… not only through the speakers but also in the participating crowd.
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Watch the 2008 AIM IWD Debate
2008 Debaters:
- First speaker affirmative: Jenny Woodward
- First speaker negative: Di Thorley
- Second speaker affirmative: Fleur Madden-Topley
- Second speaker negative: Belinda Clark
- Third speaker affirmative: Linda Brown
- Third speaker negative: Jodie Bache-McLean
Womens Dais Blog
Missed AIM's International Women's Day Debate in March 2008? You can still catch much of the action on the Women's Dais blog. AIM blogged the event live with recaps, photos and video from the Debate. There were also a few surprises, so be sure to tune in to Women's Dais.
Previous Debates
Past topics and debaters have included:
| 2008: That heels have a rightful place in the boardroom | |
| Dianne Thorley Mayor of Toowoomba Toowoomba City Council |
Jenny Woodward Weather presenter ABC |
Belinda Clark |
Linda Brown Institute Director Department of Education, Training and the Arts |
| Jodie Bache-McLean Managing Director June Dally Watkins |
Fleur Madden-Topley Managing Director Red Public Relations |
| 2007: That the sticky floor is the new glass ceiling | |
| Kay McGrath Journalist/Presenter Channel 7 |
Kristin Devitt Chief Executive Officer KD Public Relations |
Tracy Dare |
Anne-Marie Birkill Chief Executive Officer i.lab Incubator Pty Ltd |
| Michelle Monsour Chief Executive Officer Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary |
Sue Chapman Educator & CFO |
| 2006: That women still remain small fish in a big pond | |
| Stephanie McCarthy National Learning & Development Manager NQX |
Marina Vit Head of Marketing Springfield Land Corporation |
Louise Cox |
Ranger Stacey Thomson Presenter Totally Wild |
| Kate Foy Associate Professor University of Southern Queensland |
Maureen Frank Managing Director You Go Girlfriend |
| 2005: That after 100 years a woman's vote still doesn't count | |
| Claire Booth CEO The Queensland Orchestra |
Christina Turner Principal Workplace Business Pty Ltd |
| Dale Spender Principal Digital Style Pty Ltd |
Lisa Newman |
| Michelle Young Station Officer Queensland Fire and Rescue |
Vivienne Anthon CEO Integrity Debt |
| 2004: That gender balance is yesterday's hero | |
| Alex Harris | Leisa Barry-Smith |
| Helen Bartlett | Catherine O'Sullivan |
| Madonna King | Jill Lange-Mohr |
| 2003: That women need to crack the code to open doors | |
| Lin Hunt | Helen Gluer |
| Liddy Clark | Victoria Carthew |
| Anne Gately | Kath Rynder |
| 2002: That women need to need to play the game to get ahead | |
| 2001: The best women managers manage like men | |
| 2000: That the glass ceiling is only gladwrap | |
| 1999: That women have disappeared – who cares they're invisible anyway! | |
| 1998: That women want it all – work and family | |
| Date | Friday 6 March 2009 |
| Time | 11.30am Registration for 12.00pm to 2.30pm |
| Venue | Great Hall Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cnr Merivale & Glenelg Sts, South Brisbane |
| Cost | $143.00 $121.00 AIM Members Tables of 10 available |
| RSVP | Wednesday 4 March 2009 |
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