NEAS is proud to present Ita Buttrose as our Plenary Speaker at this year's NEAS Management Conference. Ita Buttrose AO OBE is a truly exceptional Australian: a legendary media trailblazer, businesswoman, best-selling author, committed community and welfare contributor and 2013 Australian of the Year. Ita currently co-hosts Studio 10 on Network TEN. Twice voted Australia's most admired woman, Ita Buttrose was the youngest ever and an unprecedentedly successful Editor of The Australian Women's Weekly, the founding editor of Cleo, the first woman to ever edit a major metropolitan newspaper in Australia as Editor-in-Chief of the Sydney Daily & Sunday Telegraphs, and the first woman director of News Limited.

Ita headlines an inspiring list of speakers and key note presentations at this year's conference, including Professor Michael Andersen from the University of Sydney, Professor Madonna Stinson from Griffith University, and Honorable Michael Lavarch AO from ASQA.

Early Bird Registrations close 31 January 2017. Register now to receive discounts on ticket prices!

Congratulations to our latest NEAS member, International Institute of Business and Technology (IIBT) in WA, on achieving Quality Endorsement. IIBT not only emphasises a high quality of teaching and learning but also has fostered a collaborative culture amongst its staff whereby everyone is united in supporting students to achieve their learning goals.  We are very pleased to welcome IIBT to NEAS.