Student Connect
Speakers
Meet our speakers
Our online student conference features a lineup of inspiring speakers from across industry and academia, sharing their insights, experiences, and advice with students. Check back regularly, as we’ll be adding new speakers in the lead-up to the event.
Rachelle Doyle
Chair, IChemE in Australia Board
Rachelle is a chemical engineer (FICHEME, FTSE; CEng) with over 20 years of experience delivering transformative solutions across the energy, minerals processing, mining, and heavy industry sectors.
Suzanne Hay
Chair, IChemE in New Zealand Board
Suzanne is a professional chemical engineer with over twenty years in the engineering consulting industry. She is currently a Principal at Beca in process engineering, in the Auckland Industrial team.
Dr Trevor Stuthridge
CEO – Co-Founder - CETOGENIX
In addition to senior executive roles in a range of R&D organisations, Trevor has led deployment of spin-out platforms, served as Chair/Director for multiple start-up, commercial and R&D companies, and as strategic advisor for industry/academic research consortia.
Dr Michael Akindeju
Principal Consulting Process Engineer, MKPro Engineering Pty Ltd
Michael is the Principal Consulting Process Engineer at MKPro Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Federation university, Australia