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City of Perth Convention

Scholarship Winners

2014 Award Winners

The Perth Convention Bureau, with its major stakeholders the City of Perth and

Tourism WA, annually convene the Aspire Scholarships and Professional Developments Awards.

The Awards offer fi nancial support for the professional development of non-profi t association members

and university staff through attendance at an international conference within their discipline.

International conferences secured by this program have generated export income in excess of $100 million for

the Western Australian economy since its inception. In addition to the economic boost this provides, the program

delivers substantial knowledge sharing, international profi ling and advancement of the state’s many

sectors of expertise.

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Associate Professor Sven Ouzman, Centre

for Rock Art Research and Management

Associate Professor Ouzman is an

archaeologist, educator and reader in

Kimberley Rock Art. The award will support

him to travel to Cape Town and present

a bid for Perth to hold the next Oxford X

International Conference organised by the

International Society for Archaeoastronomy

and Astronomy in Culture.

Edith Cowan University

Award Winner

Maryam Omari, Associate Professor,

Faculty of Business & Law

Associate Professor Omari is the leader of

an international research team exploring

cross-cultural issues in workplace bullying. She

will use her award to participate in the next

International Association of Workplace Bullying

and Harassment Conference and explore the

possibility of bringing the conference to Perth.

Doctor Chris Skinner, Notre Dame University

Medical School

Dr Skinner is the Domain Chair of Personal and

Professional Development at Notre Dame’s

Medical School and is instrumental in the

development of future health practitioners.

The award will enable Dr Skinner to travel to

Buenos Aires in 2015 to attend the International

Congress on Emotional Intelligence and support

Perth’s bid to host the 2017 event.

Giving West Award Winner

Tiffany Rochester, Senior Clinical

Psychologist, Kids R Kids

Ms Rochester holds a Master of Applied

Psychology and through Kids are Kids,

commenced her PhD in partnership with the

Telethon Kids Institute in July 2014. She will

use the award to attend the 2015 ACBS World

Conference in Berlin. ACBS World Conferences

have a mix of research symposiums and

intensive training workshops.

Professor Shaun P. Collin and Assistant

Professor Kara Yopak, School of Animal Biology

Professor Collin and Assistant Professor Kara Yopak

are expert researchers at UWA’s Oceans Institute.

Both will use their award to travel to the Sharks

International Conference in Durban, South Africa.

Whilst at the conference they aim to expand their

research opportunities and attract experts to Perth

where they hope to host the conference in 2018.

Associate Professor Mohamed Shahin,

Department of Civil Engineering

Associate Professor Shahin has published two

books, more than 90 papers and has been

the two-time recipient of Curtin’s Excellence

in Teaching Award. He will use his award to

attend the 14th IACMAG Conference in Kyoto

Japan in September and present his bid to host

the conference in Perth.

Professor Erik Champion, School of Media

Culture and Creative Arts

Professor Champion is responsible for

developing a new master’s program in

Cultural Visualisation at Curtin University. His

award will allow him to attend the CAADRIA

Conference where he aims to mount a bid with

Professor Sambit Datta to host the 2016 event

in Perth.

Murdoch University Award

Winner

Doctor Christopher Lee, Clinical

Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, School of

Psychology and Exercise Science

Dr Lee trains therapists in Australia and overseas

in the treatment of post traumatic stress and

personality disorders. He will use the scholarship

to present at the International Society for

Schema Therapists in Turkey this year and lobby

for the 2018 conference to come to Perth.

City of Mandurah Award Winner

Rebecca Cassells, Community Landcare

Offi cer, City of Mandurah

Mrs Cassells will use the support of the

scholarship to attend the Australian Association

of Environmental Education Conference in

Tasmania in November 2014. Her attendance

will enable her to collate educational solutions

to environmental pressures in the Peel area and

investigate opportunities for Mandurah to host

the event in the future.

Curtin University Award Winners

The University of Western Australia Award Winners

As a founding partner of the Perth Convention

Bureau in 1972, the City of Perth recognises

the importance of business tourism as a

signifi cant social and economic driver for the

city. Business tourism continues to play a

critical role in the development of the city’s

accommodation and venue infrastructure.

Monnia Volpi-Wise, Manager Prevention

Services, SIDS and Kids WA

Mrs Volpi-Wise is a manager and senior

educator at SIDS and Kids WA, the not-for-profi t

organisation which aims to save babies’ lives

through education and research and provides

grief support to those affected by the loss of a

child through Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

The City of Perth Convention Scholarship will

support Mrs Volpi-Wise to attend the ISPID

International Conference in The Netherlands

in September and attract both national and

international conferences to WA.

University of Notre Dame Australia Award Winner

Ms Tiffany Rochester and

Mr Kevin MacDonald.

Mrs Rebecca Cassells and Mandurah

Mayor Marina Vergone.

Professor Andrew Taggart and Ms Katrina

Boterhoven on behalf of Dr. Lee.

Professor John Finlay-Jones and

Associate Professor Maryam Omari.

Associate Professor Sven Ouzman

and Professor Alec Cameron.

Winthrop Professor Shaun Collin

and Assistant Professor Kara Yopak.

Mr Mark Herndon and Associate

Professor Mohamed Shahin.

Professor Erik Champion and

Mr Mark Herndon.

Professor Selma Alliex and Associate

Professor Chris Skinner.

The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor

Lisa-M. Scaffi di, Mrs Monnia Volip-Wise

and PCB Chairman Ian Laurance AM.