District Conference 8-10 March 2024
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Saturday 9 March 2024
Clary Castrission
'Journey towards scale'
Roanne Monte
‘Innovating for Impact: Harnessing Technology for Societal Change’.
Jennifer Scott AM
‘Building Peace - a world beyond war’
Lyn Worsley
'Resilience and Hope'
Lyn Worsley is the Director of The Resilience Centre in Sydney and a Clinical Psychologist and Registered Nurse. She is an engaging and dynamic presenter for people of all ages, helping them to build resilience and hope, learning to cope and thrive through the adversities that affect all stages and transitions in life. She is also the author of “The Resilience Doughnut Book – The Secret of Strong Kids” and “The Resilience Doughnut Book – The Secret of Strong Adults”. Lyn brings humour and real life stories to her talks that are relatable and comforting for the audience.
Costa Georgiadis
'Connecting communities: How transformative change is being translated into action'
Associate Professor Joshua R Francis
‘Could rheumatic heart disease be a thing of the past, one day?'
District Governor 9640 Dave Harmon
‘Say No to family violence’
Dave’s commitment to community service began in Coffs Harbour with APEX. Dave held various Board positions including President. In 2012 Dave moved to Ballina and joined the Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond. During Dave’s 2 years as President, he helped transform the club to connect with social causes such as Mental Health and Domestic and Family Violence. This Transformation helped grow his club’s membership from 33 members to 76. Currently Daves club has a membership of 80 members and is the 3rd largest club in our zone.
For the past 5 years Dave has led a local project in Ballina on Domestic and Family Violence. Dave is pleased to have the support of the other 19 District Governors in our zone to activate a campaign across our zone that ‘Says NO to Domestic and Family Violence and YES to Respectful Relationships’.
A.N. “Raju” Subramanian
'Message from Rotary International President Gordon McAnally'
Subramanian joined Rotary in 1987 as a charter member of his club. He has volunteered in club projects ranging from administering polio vaccine during National Immunization Days to supporting his club’s global grants project that provides free pediatric heart surgery in low-income communities.
One of his greatest Rotary moments was seeing the children who were positively impacted by one of the club’s school projects, which teaches English, computer literacy, and life skills to kids who would otherwise have limited opportunities to learn outside their native language. “It was satisfying to see how some moved on to graduate to become chartered accountants, architects, and engineers,” says Subramanian. “It helped them see that there is a large life ahead of them.”
He has served RI as a member of the Election Review Committee, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, and the Council on Legislation Organizing Committee. Subramanian also served as Rotary institute chair, training leader and support training leader, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and director of the Rotary Fellowship for past district governors. His two most challenging Rotary roles have been serving as training leader and as vice chair of the 2022 Council on Legislation, when he had to lead the meeting after the chair fell ill with COVID-19.
Subramanian and his wife, Vidhya, support The Rotary Foundation as Paul Harris Society members, Arch Klumph Society members, and Benefactors. Subramanian is a recipient of the Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service.
Stephen Humphreys
'Chair Australian Rotary Health'
Stephen was District Governor of District 9675 in 2016/2017. Stephen is a very keen golfer and was President of Camden Golf Club for 20 years, retiring 3 years ago.
Stephen and Judith have recently celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. They have three children, four grandsons one granddaughter. Stephen and Judith have lived in the Macarthur area of Sydney for most of their married life.
Stephen was appointed to the Board of Australian Rotary Health 4 years ago and elected Chairman in December 2023.
Sunday 10 March 2024
Ken Hutt
‘Paragliding for Polio’
Ken Hutt, born in Sydney in 1958, served with distinction in the NSW Police Force for 17 years, earning commendations for his role in various rescue incidents. After leaving the force in 1995, he became a Project Manager and later established his Civil, Rural, and Landscaping Company in Berry, NSW. Ken's community involvement led to him carrying the Olympic Torch in 2000 and receiving awards for his humanitarian work after the Asian Tsunami. He's an accomplished athlete, mountaineer, and paraglider pilot, setting records and raising funds for charitable causes, including Rotary's efforts against polio. In 2022, he embarked on a solo paragliding expedition from Mt Everest to support Rotary International's End Polio Now campaign, documented in a film. Currently, he's undertaking a solo yachting challenge around Tasmania to raise awareness for Rotary's Shelterbox program.