Uschi Schreiber : Calling us to act
Uschi Schreiber AM, the EY Fellow on Digital Society and Innovation, and former member of EY’s global executive board, is a leading contributor to the public debate around technology, disruption, … Continued
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Dr David Putrino : Human in New York
David Putrino is on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. As the Director of Rehabilitation Innovation of New York’s Mt Sinai Health System, and the 2019 Advance Global Australian … Continued
Postcard from Oman: The culture of human caring shines bright
COVID-19 has certainly brought into sharp relief just how poorly some organisations are coping with radical uncertainty. Inflexible bureaucracies are retarding the flow of critical information and knee-jerk decisions are … Continued
Dr Gordon Perchthold asks : Are you managing defects or analysing the root cause?
Advance.org Chairman Yasmin Allen hosted a global digital roundtable on the Future of Work in the New Economy and welcomed guests from the UK, the USA, Japan and Singapore. Dr … Continued
The Evolution of Work in the New Economy
An Advance Connect Roundtable with Michael Priddis, CEO of Faethm.ai and Mark Rigotti, most recent global CEO of Herbert Smith Freehills. Yasmin Allen, Chair of Advance.org, opened the digital roundtable … Continued
Rocket Man : A conversation with Adam Gilmour, CEO and Co-Founder of Gilmour Space
When did you establish Gilmour Space and what prompted you to build a company that launches rockets? AG: We started the company in 2012 but we started building rockets in … Continued
A New International Icon : The Bondi to Manly Walk
Global Australians who have returned, or are planning to return to Australia, might want to take a walk. The Bondi to Manly Walk links all the existing coastal and harbour-side … Continued
Meet Yiyang Wu: An Advance Awards Mentee
Yiyang Wu is a student at The University of Sydney, majoring in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. As a motivated and determined individual passionate about health care, Yiyang has been involved … Continued
Tom Moore, a CEO with a drive to help veterans transition from military service to in-demand jobs with relevant training
This global veteran-founded company solves two problems. It transitions veterans from the military to the mainstream workforce and solves the skills shortage for organisations in the areas of AI, robotics, data and cyber security.
Postcard from Tokyo: Life in surprisingly low-tech lockdown
Advance.org Japan Ambassador Melanie Brock writes her Postcard from Tokyo for the Australian Financial Review. While the Japanese have a great deal of resilience and are used to disasters, lockdown … Continued
Meet Natalie Jeremijenko AO, an environmental health physician.
Natalie is an artist, engineer and professor. She is also the The Director of the XDesign Environmental Health Clinic at New York University. Natalie has been named one of the … Continued
Meet Sebastian Ko: A multi-award winning attorney turned technology business leader and co-founder of DHB Global
Sebastian Ko is a multi-award winning attorney turned technology business leader. He is co-founder of DHB Global, specialising in biotech commercialisation and regtech. Trained as a scientist and practised as … Continued
Meet Dr Yijia Li : Global stem cell reseacher
Dr Yijia Li is the Director of Public Translational Platform for Cell Therapy at Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University. An alumnus of The University of Melbourne, Dr Yijia … Continued
Meet anti-corruption commissioner Dr Laode M. Syarif.
Dr Laode Muhammad Syarif is the Commissioner for Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). An alumnus of The University of Sydney and The Queensland University of Technology, Dr Syarif is a Commissioner … Continued
New board appointment signals new direction for Advance.org
Chairman of the Advance.org Yasmin Allen has announced the appointment of Doug Ferguson, NSW Chairman KPMG, as a non-executive director. Advance.org is the only organisation that connects Australians living and … Continued
The Advance 100 Global Australians Summit
With one million Australians overseas at any given time, and many Australians holding influential positions in corporations and institutions around the world, the summit provided Australia with an opportunity to engage … Continued